ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN

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“liveblog” of the first Infinity Train episode, unedited because where else am I supposed to dump stuff like this

• GAME CODING COMPETITOR TULIP CONFIRMED
• there’s a lot of exposition in these first few minutes which doesn’t thrill me but I like the friend
• mom’s voice is A+
• y’know I didn’t think we’d get anything from tulip’s everyday life? but HMM
• TULIP NO DON’T USE WARPED COMIC SANS
• the painterly backgrounds are really nice
• she doesn’t have like. friends’ parents who can bring her or something?
• tulip walks all the way to her game club the scene. gotta go fast
• POLAR EXPRESS VIBES
• her sarcasm is so fucking great
• “you have really good speech recognition” :DD
• “bagel mother” that’s gonna end up being foreshadowing calling it now
• was one-one left on the snowman to freeze and die or something
• TAKES BIG INSPIRATION NOTES ON THE BLOCK ROOM
• tulip that’s a really basic game but I support you
• “unlike my name which is Tulip and is perfectly normal”
• JUST SUCK SOMEONE INTO A BLACK HOLE JUST FUCKIGN
• holy SHIT that’s a big train
• oh what FUNKY creature designs
• so are these things related to the black hole or what
• oh shit wasn’t the wire monster called The Conductor
• THAT’S IT?
• THAT’S IT???????

HMM okay so my overall thoughts were like. really narration-/tulip-talking-to-herself heavy but it’s a kids’ cartoon debut so whatever ig. did Not expect like a quarter of the ep to focus on her home life but that’s an interesting touch & I wonder if the code camp will end up having something to do with the whole train mystery? it definitely felt like a prologue more than a complete story on its own which is pretty dang cool for what could very well be a long-running overarching story

admittedly if I have one teeny tiny gripe it’s that the animation feels a Tad stiff but I’m starting to feel like that’s like.. Modern Cartoon Problem and not at all exclusive to this/She-Ra/SU/what have you but anyway. Cool Stuff^TM