The risk of any product associated with Kung Fu Panda is that the film trilogy is one of the best animated films in the universe. its main character By, takes a journey that introduces various characters, a few cultured winks are made while the protagonist (and his entourage) transforms into Dragon Knight, the highest title he could lay claim to. Or not.
The value of the Kung-Fun Panda story lies in the values that its characters cultivate during their battles; not skill development. That’s why the movie trilogy puts so much emphasis on the emotional aspect. This pillar of history is supported in the series Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight, only unlike the film trilogy, abilities have more weight. However, the fist is not as strong as the mind.
This is the one, the mind, the one in Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight she looks startled. Po goes through a crisis, loses prestige and tries to regain his title. This is an argument, in the long term it is not negative. A big detail is that this partly goes against his tradition, because at some point he makes fun of the character on the pretext that his abilities seem to have been forgotten. None of this would have been a problem if the previous tradition had not left him in a chosen place, in the place of a legendary teacher.
Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight, far from the movie trilogy
In this series, Po should rely on Luther, an English knight who lives by laws different from those of the protagonist. While one is allowed to have fun and improvise, the other is subject to a strict order and a series of personal motives that determine his pace. The juxtaposition of characters is interesting in that it allows one to oppose the behavior of one who has come to terms with his past, and the other, who is alarmed by events and desires that do not entirely depend on him.
Poe and Luther must forge an alliance to obtain four weapons with which they can guarantee world peace. This quest takes place when the two weasels oppose this plan, and the script offers various gags and traditional character clumsiness in deference to the story’s narrative tradition. In that sense, it’s intuitive that this could work for kids, although far from a movie trilogy (in case an adult approaches the series with that achievement in mind).
Characters Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight who initially oppose each other, gradually approach each other and share their stories. That’s when the transformation happens, which perhaps goes too far until the other set of events isn’t entirely appealing.
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The weight of tradition
While Poe is cleared of his title as dragon master, without a good decision, she becomes a kind of knight Luther’s apprentice. Although the character has always been committed to other figures from whom he could learn, in a gesture of humility, this resource seems to have been abused in this case. What’s going on between Poe today and someone who grew up in movies? His transformation. He is no longer a student, but a master.
To minimize their role is to give up part of this journey. This affects the images associated with the character. Luther, unlike the Tigress (with whom she seems to share some similarities in character and aesthetics), does not have her own charm throughout the chapters. The rhythm of the series is too stretched out, with chapters that could be generalized to create another point of tension in various aspects of the story.
The result is a history that strives to remain close to the history that gave birth to it, while at the same time attempting to mutate in areas that distance it from its cultural tradition. This fluctuation is confusing, causing the expression of the characteristic values Kung Fan Panda and loses its power in terms of entertainment and character transformation. Without saying anything and without showing that his trilogy did not open neither adults nor children.
The first season of the eleven-part series is available on Netflix.
