{"id":144777,"date":"2019-02-22T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=144777"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T23:42:24","slug":"ffgtgr-carmen-sandiego-season-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/ffgtgr-carmen-sandiego-season-1\/","title":{"rendered":"FFGtGR: Carmen Sandiego Season 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-144778\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/carmen-sandiego.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/>Carmen Sandiego<\/strong><\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Kevin Dart, Jos Humphrey, Kenny Park<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s):<\/strong>\u00a0Duane Capizzi, May Chan, Greg Ernstrom, Becky Tinker<br \/>\n<strong>Starring:<\/strong>\u00a0Gina Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard, Liam O&#8217;Brien,\u00a0Mary Elizabeth McGlynn<br \/>\n<strong>Music:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve D&#8217;Angelo, Lorenzo Castelli<br \/>\n<strong>Production:<\/strong> HMH Production<br \/>\n<strong>Distributor:<\/strong> Netflix<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 30+ years since the \u201c\u2018gentleman\u2019 thief\u201d in red Carmen Sandiego exploded onto the scene. Being the titular character in one of history&#8217;s longest running educational video game series, Carmen Sandiego\u2019s exploits throughout the world, time and space massaged young impressionable minds with information all under the guise of gaming. Additionally, Carmen Sandiego managed to steal her way onto daytime television with a game show and two cartoons before practically fading out of sight. Now, in 2019 Netflix has decided to revive the iconic \u201cLady in Red\u201d in glorious fashion with \u201cCarmen Sandiego\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Carmen may have a history as the Queen of V.I.L.E. (Villain&#8217;s International League of Evil), but in 30 years fans have had very little to no information about her as a character. Netflix seems to have big plans for Ms. Sandiego and it starts by giving fans the thing they\u2019ve had to piece together and theorise about for decades; her backstory. Even if it is a complete retcon of what little we already knew about her.<\/p>\n<p>Gina Rodriguez plays the voice of a younger Carmen Sandiego (and will also play the Netflix live action version of the character). An orphan in her teens, adopted and trained by the organization V.I.L.E. to be a master thief, this version of Carmen has turned from the side evil and has a much nobler agenda in that her motivation to steal is solely influenced by her desire to thwart V.I.L.E. any way she can. Netflix starts immediately on Carmen&#8217;s story with a two part episode that introduces both the new and old audiences to this new Carmen. We learn about her friends and rivals, her personality and moral compass as well as the true evil behind V.I.L.E and the super secret crime fighting organization A.C.M.E.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144779\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144779\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carmen2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zack, Carmen, and Ivy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have to say this cartoon is gorgeous. DHX Media, the company responsible for animation duties, have rendered Carmen and the cast in a somewhat matted cell shaded style that sometimes reminds me of the artistically groundbreaking Samurai Jack but somehow not. I think this style of animation lends itself pretty well to both the sequences of action and chase as well as the artistic recreations of the locales in which each heist takes place.<\/p>\n<p>There have been some significant changes in scope for this iteration of Carmen Sandiego. Most notable is that the education has taken a bit of a backseat to the entertainment. However, the new blended \u201cedutainment\u201d format sees Carmen and her pals dish out world trivia through conversation in ways that you may not even realize you\u2019re being schooled. There are still pockets of dialogue that come off as classroom exposition but these, for better or for worse, are few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I have about as long a history with Carmen Sandiego as she has been a character. Having been in the shoes of \u201cPlayer\u201d i\u2019ve chased Carmen and her gang through numerous Broderbund games as a young kid, shouted trivia answers at the game show on PBS after school and sang along to the theme song of the Saturday morning cartoon, I was pretty excited to hear Carmen was coming back. So I have to admit that I was a little disappointed initially with the change of Carmen from villainess to good guy. However, it was short lived as the show is so incredibly well done. Watching my eleven year old randomly share trivia he heard on the show, as if it was something he discovered hidden in the back of his brain, cemented to me that Netflix was doing something right with the legacy of Carmen Sandiego.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Snell<br \/>\nesnell@comicattack.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carmen Sandiego Director(s): Kevin Dart, Jos Humphrey, Kenny Park Writer(s):\u00a0Duane Capizzi, May Chan, Greg Ernstrom, Becky Tinker Starring:\u00a0Gina Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard, Liam O&#8217;Brien,\u00a0Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Music:\u00a0Steve D&#8217;Angelo, Lorenzo Castelli Production: HMH Production Distributor: Netflix It\u2019s been 30+ years since the \u201c\u2018gentleman\u2019 thief\u201d in red Carmen Sandiego exploded onto the scene. 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