This kind of flash-like style is entirely unappealing to me.
its also really goofy carmen and crackle discuss their weaponry and backstory to each other as if they both arent 100% aware of what they are
You know I just wikipedia'd her this morning as my intro to her was the PBS game show and you know what the craziest thing about this statement is.
Watched 4 episodes today, and I'm going to have to COMPLETELY disagree with you. The first 2 episodes are actually the best ones (so far). The trailer made it seem like the entire show was going to be her learning to be a thief, and while her characterization is still wrong (she's now a Robin Hood character instead of a GentleLady thief), it was still mostly on her and being a really cool character.
I expected a well crafted plot that's somewhat on par with other cartoon shows that started in the last few years. I still somewhat enjoy watching this, 'cause I love me some passable cartoon art, but stuff since the Adventure Time days, be it She-Ra, be it Voltron, be it Gravity Falls or My Little Pony, hell, even Miraculous, which setup is as paper-thin as it can get, show that kid's cartoons don't have to be featureless and genericly clichéd just because they're kid's cartoons. Kid's aren't dumb, they never have been. And the benchmark of quality for storytelling and characterization in cartoon shows has been raised immensely during the last few years.
Miraculous and MLP? I disagree on this, plus I just picked some shows that came to mind, I'm sure there's more.
Next season will be "WHEN is Carmen Sandiego?!" and it will feature a time-travel plot.
The show definitely does stuff like "Oh btw did you know that Ecuador, the country you are in, is known for bananas and tuna exports and their capital is the highest in the world?"
I mean, it's going for a VERY different style here
The latter with hints of the former. This is first and foremost, a kids spy/action series. It does it's best to pretend to be a bit educational with some info dumps at the start of each episode (beyond the first few)
I wouldn't even call Zac and Ivy "bumbling sidekicks". Sure they aren't like as crazy skilled and poised as Carmen, but both of them don't really "mess up" as you usually see with those kind of sidekicks. Even when they had Zac pose as someone else he got it down in less than 24 hours and did manage to play the role till the end although with some close calls. He is also a great driver and both Ivy and Zac have been running distraction and interference for Carmen successfully. They also never got caught and taken hostage or anything else stereotypical like that.
They also have zero character development as for the mid point in the season, so there is still time... but like absolutely nothing about any of their back stories, including player's.
That is true. I expected a backstory episode for them, but I feel we'll get that in season 2.
