Netflix Retrospective - The Dragon Prince Book 1 Chapters 7-9

We’re back to finish off our look at the Dragon Prince. And just to clarify my issues with the pacing. It’s not that any particular episode drags, but more a price of a 9-episode season that spends 1/3 of its length getting everything in place. In a longer season, (hell, if it were 12 instead of 9) I wouldn’t complain, but with only 9 episodes to play with, you have to allocate time accordingly and I feel too much of it is spent in the opening. And no, I’m not expecting the show to complete the quest by season’s end, but I expect them to build to something, let’s see if the next 3 episodes alleviate my concerns.

Netflix Retrospective - The Dragon Prince Book 1 Chapters 4-6

 Let’s continue our look at The Dragon Prince, and see how things progress.

Netflix Retrospective - The Dragon Prince Book 1 Chapters 1-3

I’ve been on the fence about doing this one with the allegations against Aaron Ehasz, it's claimed he was discriminating against women in the workplace, these are statements made by former employees of Wonderstorm, the start-up company behind this show. However, the people making these allegations have encouraged people to continue watching and unlike, say, JK Rowling, who’s work I am now boycotting, Arron Ehasz has not spreading hate in the public view.

So with that disclaimer out of the way, The Dragon Prince. Arron Ehasz was one of the brains behind Avatar: The Last Airbender. In 2017 he co-founded a company called Wonderstorm with Justin Richmond and Justin Santistevan. They made a pitch for a new animated adventure, this time utilising computer-generated animation, and Netflix bought onto it, thusfar ordering 7 seasons of around 9 episodes each.

The show has been positively received an won an Emmy, but let’s take a look and see how it handles itself narratively.