IN AWE & WONDER. GANGSTER CATS! LACKADAISY (Pilot) Reaction/First Time Watching/Commentary & Review
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• LACKADAISY (Pilot)
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00:00 - Here's what I know about LACKADAISY!
1:47 - Moments before the premiere!
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18:28 - Small breakdown of credits
21:55 - Review and NEED MORE!
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Original video: Lackadaisy (Pilot) (2023)
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i love how they left the construction lines underneath the polished animation to evoke that classic disney style, really fits the era
Ohhhh it's a reference to that? I really didn't know, that's neat. I've seen is has distracted some people, but now I get why it kind of transmits this vintage vibe to me. That's awesome, thank you Bonzo!
It's actually an homage to the webcomic it's based on! The og comic for Lackadaisy was made off of monochrome sketch-style panels and drawings, and they wanted to invoke that, ya know? 😅👌🏽
@@riotto1802 The other volumes are recently out! It's best recommended to do so! You'll be amazed by the amount of effort in the art style, and details of coloured-in background!
rocky doesn't even drink alcohol, he's just like that sometimes
Oh, damn, I wonder how chaotic he may be he is with alcohol then 😂
@@darquidarqui Possibly the opposite. He seems like the sort of person who has hyperactive-impulsive ADHD at a time when there was no access to support or treatment for it.
A disturbing number of people with undiagnosed or unsupported ADHD eventually resort to substance abuse in a desperate attempt to control their symptoms, and alcohol is a popular choice for “forcing their brains to slow down.”
Also…they put cocaine in regular soda back then…while some stimulants do “calm” ADHD people (by basically providing enough extra dopamine to satisfy their brains), that isn’t true for all them and especially not in uncontrolled dosages.
"Raspberries" as an exclamation isn't so much of an insult as a replacement for profanity, the thing a person would say if they weren't comfortable cursing, particularly a young child or a sensitive individual. In this case, it serves to show that Ivy is a more innocent person who should probably not be running bootlegged alcohol.
Perfect, awesome explanation, thank you so much! I'll keep in mind all these differences between each character, love the back and forth!
and pit the time...something the crew made sure to match
In regards to the ticking sound for Mordecai, it's less about him being associated with "Time" and more him being associated with being "Orderly". His mind is like a clock, methodical and precise, so the ticking is supposed to represent his perspective or mindset... plus I think it's part of what allows him to be so aware of his surroundings (and why Freckle couldn't get the drop on him), because Freckle making that slight sound disrupted Mordecai's perfect rhythmic perception, thus making him aware of the sneak attack.
At least that's my take on it.
Also yeah, Rocky and Mordecai are my two favorite characters, both from the web comic and from this pilot. Interesting that I love the two most insane characters, though both of them are polar opposites in how their insanity manifests
Ohhh, I think I actually agree with you! That makes a ton of sense, that completely aligns with Mordecai counting the bullets before aiming at Freckle. "Perfect rhytmic perception," that's some excellent description, I think I'll have this new perspective in mind going forward. Thank you!
Hahaha that's awesome! Can't wait to see more of them, I REALLY hope they continue this, lots of potential!
this us my take too, as well as the idea that hes blocking out every ambient sound but his pocket watch ticking
@@darquidarqui I also noticed that he walked into the middle of the road before starting to aim. Gotta keep that symmetry!
I like the short comics where Rocky and Mordecai talk to each other. Somehow, despite being polar opposites, are able to hold longer conversations than with what they do with other ppl. They just get it lol
@@ma.2089 Someone compares it to left and right side of the brain having a conversation. XD
production cats are a reference to production babies! a credit youll occasionally see for babies born to crew members during the production. I think those are cats that belong to the crew!
Ohhh that's so cute! Love to see these details in the project, so much care and love!
and chickens 😅
At 21:29 thats Rocky and Freckle when they were younger! They're cousins, and were raised by freckles Grandma.
I've been into Lackadaisy since early middle school (im in college now), so I'm really excited for this project. I'm not going to put spoilers in this comment, but all of the characters stories are so good. It's like a huge web interconnecting everyone. I have a lot of love for Freckle, Mordecai and Victor (the Slovak bartender).
Ohhh hahaha well that's embarassing hehe really thought it was Ivy there 😂
Ooof, can't wait to see more (hopefully there WILL be more 🙌), it sounds so ambitious! That Victor guy certainly has presence, love the character design for every single one of them. Thank you so much!
it wasnt his grandma it was his mother
Nico’s utterance of ‘cher’ towards Mordecai is a term of endearment in French, if nobody has hinted at that yet.
the comic is worth the couple hour read if youre interested! puts a lot of things in clearer context, and the art is phenomenal
Thank you so much! I'm super curious about it but I also want to first time experience this through this *hopefully possible* new series and be surprised! But it's definitely on my list to do things when the time comes :D
@@darquidarqui this is also apparently outside the canon of the comic as well
The opening scene with Rocky was one of the best opening sequences I've ever seen in an animation. It's honestly hard to choose a favourite here but I gotta say, as a violinist Rocky hit straight into my heart. He's at the same time someone who clearly has seen hardships of the world and someone who still manages to be a romantic in a way. He's clearly a show person and for him, the world is just one big stage. I'm really intrigued by him.
And honestly, Zib and Wick, even though they only had a short banter, managed to get my attention. I have a feeling that Zib's gonna get a lot of fans if this animation becomes a series (alongside with Mordecai who already appears to have a strong fanbase).
You described the opening scene beautifully! It truly felt magical and so vintage, like it was a scene from a lost movie from ages ago!
Really intrigued to see the dynamic of that group going forward. And yep, Mordecai definitely has my attention!
Nico and Serafine speak some French because they Cajun or Louisiana Creole. The Cajuns are an ethnic group that descended from Acadians who were exiled by the British from Canada and settled in Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles are Africans who were settled in Louisiana by the French and Spanish before the territory was bought by the US. Typically they're descendents of slaves, but not always.
Ooohhh this is some really interesting historical background! Love to be learning more about this through this show, thank you!
i like how the clock ticking not only starts when mordecai has one of them in his sights, but also when freckle has him in his sights
A thing I love is that you can clearly tell the main trio are the youngest we have seen due to their design.
Bigger eyes and more rounded features.
True! Even their body language, love love these details!
I think the “three rings” from the “We’ll make our three rings anywhere” is a reference to a three-ring circus. I don’t know what it means, but I’ve heard the expression before.
That's an expression I just learned about, that's fascinating! Thank you for this 🙌
The "rings" were actually literal: Circus performances are performed in circular arenas (rings), and having more than one allowed a troupe to switch rings between performances (reducing the time needed to set up for an act) and/or conduct several performances in different rings simultaneously.
Compare the phrase "five-alarm fire": the "alarms" in question imply the number of stations (i.e: units of firefighters) dispatched to handle a specific fire -- e.g. a "one-alarm" fire means first responders, a "two-alarm" fire means they called for backup, and so on.
Serafine is insane. And I love her
She was definitely scary with that gun lol!
I love Lackadaisy already! I would love to know the background of Rocky and Freckle, bc both of them are really unhinged at certain times. With Freckle it seems like he is this quiet, polite guy, til he has a gun in his hands. And Rocky also seems to go crazy, but only if there is dynamite around him. These two are cousins and because Ivy til now doesn`t have a trigger, as far as I know, I wonder if it lays in their family or they share a story that gave both of them these triggers. Really invested, I will certainly check out the webcomic. Great reaction, as always, Dark-Cry!
Yessss, let's go! Me too, can't wait for more interactions between them! 🙌 that's an interespoint Athena, about them being family and if those triggers run around because of some shared experience in the past. Hahahah thank you so much Athena! Dark Cry is here to stay 🙌
Fun fact. Freckles originally wanted to be a police officer but was rejected due to how... enthusiastic he gets when he gets a gun in his hands.
Not just dynamite, i think he’s got a thing for arson lol
i hope you did check out the webcomic, it goes into some detail about their backstories
Kinda spoilery but I kept it as vague as I could. In the comic Ivy mentions to Freckle that Rocky brought up his past to her and Freckle gets this scared look in his eye which cant be because of Rocky's injury because he already knows about it and why would he be scared about Rocky opening up to a friend? Worried maybe but he looked like doom was approaching. And my theory is that there's some sort of family secret that Freckle was worried Rocky might have let slip to ivy. I think that it must have something to do with Freckle and Rocky both having these violent triggers. Like an event that caused it. Perhaps a crime or a murder. But this is all just speculation on my part.
Fun fact I haven't seen mentioned in the comments: the poem Rocky recites in the beginning was written *by the writer of the comic herself*! She's just that awesome
I really recommend reading the web comic, the series seems to be following an abridged and slightly modified version of the comic’s story, so it’s not the same, and it gives some background on the characters. That is, unless you don’t want spoilers for future episodes, but who knows how long it’ll be. Plus, like I said, it’s not the same story. But I’m sure the character backstories will all remain the same.
Also, fun fact, Mordecai not shooting at Ivy as they were leaving the quarry was a reference to him getting “sentimental”. ;)
Thank you Zaya! I'm strongly considering to read the webcomic as I did now know part of that takes place before the pilot. Hmmm interesting! Really curious to know what happened, thanks!
@@darquidarqui No problem! I hope you enjoy it if you do!
21:10, I’ve sorta read the webcomic a long time ago & I read a fanfic of the comic, it wasn’t until I looked up and realize it’s Mitzi on top of the piano playing the ukele, confirming what I read in the fanfic. Mitzi was part of the band with Zib, but when she hooked up with Atlas, essentially their boss, he seemingly passed on the business to her (tho it may or may not be confirmed if Mitzi legally inherited the business so I’m not sure) & she goes on telling people like Horatio, Victor, & even her fellow band mate like she’s the boss in which it’s an interesting dynamic that’s only explored or inferred from as little evidence found here that’s not shown in the show, for at least for now like how u sniffed out a murder mystery yet to be addressed. 😅
Now would be a great time to start reading on the comic. It starts before the pilot but as you read you get to see a lot of references that were put into the animation. The comic is on hiatus rn since everything is getting animated but you should definitely consider reading it.
So interesting to hear it starts before the pilot, I'm definitely curious! I'm considering it actually, thank you so much!
So that was a FANTASTIC pilot right there! What do you think about this new animation project? What's your favorite part overall? Let me know down below! 🙌🔥
Hi! I have never heard of Lackadaisy before, but as soon as you dropped this reaction I decided to watch the pilot and I quickly fell in love with it. So, thank you for introducing me to this fandom. 🐈
According to the comic :
Rocky isn't alcooholic... He is pancake&syrup-olic 🥞
(They didn't specifically said that, I created the "word". We can see of it affects him, though... And it's TERRIFYING.)
Then him being alcoholic would be a real worry, cuz wow the chaos 😅 he's certainly an unstoppable force when he's inspired!
ANOTHER PERSON THAT LIKES THE "Play us a symphony" LINE YESYESYES
the cat silhouette that becomes a reflection of the moon is almost a hidden detail, even if it's unintentional, since Rocky is often draw with the moon
There are some officially dubbed comics on their page as well, if youre interested! might be good filler, without reading the comic which could spoil later eps! (The comic kinda just hits just before this ep so idk how theyre looking to move forward but be it as it may)
Ohh didn't know the comic hits before the pilot! Thank you so much, I'll definitely keep it in mind 🙌
9:50 it's just a replacement word for balls. The USA was rather prudish when it came to swearing for the longest time, but people would come up with replacement words.
11:32 His whole speech at this time is Circus related and a lot of circus in the USA were 3 ring circuses where each ring focused on a different headline act, so the use of 3 here was probably coincidental and not in reference to the main 3 characters.
15:57 Yes it was his Quarry, apparently, there is a bit more to it but I haven't read the source comics yet so not entirely sure, but Rocky really enjoyed destroying Wick's Property.
Ohhh, got it got it, had no idea, thank you!
I see I see, it's interesting to see his love and passion for carnivals, or at least that's suggested when he looks at the explosives place. Glad to see there's a lot of meaning behind each character's lines.
Poor dude, loved Rocky's simple yet sassy last reply to him. Can't wait to see more, hope they continue this, thank you so much!
Rocky really doesn't like Wick. I can't remember completely but I'm pretty sure this is because Rocky has a thing for Mrs. M and she currently kinda has a thing going on with Wick.
I vaguely recall from the comics that Rocky worked at a circus bit? I could be wrong! (He got out of a situation in the comic because of this.)
I loved Lackadaisy I read the comic in 10th grade. So happy the team cam so far with this!!
That's so awesome to hear! Really glad to see long time fans so thrilled that this has just begun 🙌
Finally someone who notices why I ship ivy and freckle 😂
Yesss, they actually look so cute together, loving the chemistry between them already!
Favorite moment freckle reacting to the sunset whiskey
4:30 - One of the fringe benefits to Rocky's hat landing on Freckle's face is that, because the camera panned over with the hat, _nobody had to animate Rocky picking himself up off the ground._
8:21 matching expressions
It's interesting to get an outside perspective on something so focused on American history. Lotta cultural things I take for granted. For instance: the sad trumpet music is 'Taps', which is traditionally played at American military funerals.
Haha thank you! It's actually super refreshing to read these comments and identify the historical callbacks and learn more about this, it's enlightening. Had no idea about the trumpet meaning, I appreciate it!
Rocky's my favorite so far.
So home made alcohol is called "Moonshine". So cool what they did with the intro
(Don't know if moonshine also applies to drinks that haven't aged properly)
Rocky... rocks?! lol. He's captivating to watch!
The visuals are so well thought out, fantastic pilot!
Little Daisy Cafe is the cover business for the Lackadaisy Speakeasy
Just asking, by curiosity :
If by any chance you are going to read the comic, are you going to make a video about it ? Like a commentary/review, theories, thoughts about the pilot after reading the "original" ? :)
Awesome question! I've been strongly considering reading the comic, and while it's not my priority to cover right now in the channel, I'd love to do a commentary on it! It wouldn't be the first time I've done this with a comic as I did once for The Legend of Korra in one video, so it's a strong possibility! 🙌
You can tell Rocky and Freckle are related. Both have some ... issues that come out under stress.
On the Channel of Lackadaisy, they made a lot of comic dub of the comics. If you want more info it could be a good start ! (And if you want to do a reaction of it i'd looooove to see it !)
Thank you so much! Reacting to a comic would be pretty awesome (not my first time doing so, I did one for Korra!), and to get more context (I've heard the comic starts BEFORE this pilot 👀) that might be a good idea! Thank you, can't wait to see more though! 🙌
Surprised no one I've watched has a made a 'Cat and the fiddle' joke yet
I've heard of it but I'm not really familiar with that! 😅
@@darquidarqui Just an old English nursery rhyme called hey diddle diddle
I don't know when "raspberries" got this meaning (obviously it usually refers to the fruit) but it also means blowing your tongue at someone. In this case, it's being used as an intentionally mild swear- after all, a girl can't be saying *real* swears in the 1920s.
Makes sense that they had to be more "proper" in those times, thank you! Can't wait to see more of Ivy and all the characters
Fun Fact the VA for Rocky is actually the same VA for Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel (Michael Kovach I think was his name). I find it funny that he voices two unhinged characters lol
Ohhh! Don't know who Angel Dust is lol haven't seen Hazbin Hotel (will react to it at some point) but that's awesome! Thank you for letting me know!
I loved your reaction! This is your first video that I watched so I'm not too sure if you haven't seen this already, but please consider watching Murder Drones if you haven't already. It's fantastic, and it uses the same actor who voices Rocky.
Thank you so much Julia! Definitely in consideration to watch Murder Drones, love to hear he's also in that! Thank you, it's on the list now! 🙌
@@darquidarqui Yay!! Thank you!!😄
Nah that wasn't Ivy. Pretty sure it's Rocky and Freckle. Rocky's got them eyebrows xP
Thank you! 😅
I watched this video at least 4 times, I just love it so much...
Thank you for reacting to Lackadaisy, without you, I would probably have ignored it...
And now I watched the pilot 10 times and read the comic in less than 3 days (yes I am obssed) ✨
As always, I love your editing and your thoughts (and your reaction as well ofc)
Heeyyy, that's actually amazing, thank you so much Aelita, happy you loved the video ❤️ Wow, I'm glad I reacted to this and have introduced this to some people hehe! Thank you thank you 😄
I have same heart eyes for rocky lol
he's the best for real 🔥
"I'm Diego"
*LIES* (Or an April fools?) We all know it's DarkCry!!!!
That trailer like edit at the beginning was SICKKKK!!!!!!!
Your reaction to the Glass spitting was totally relatable!!! Also your comment about the smol pistle sounding miserable made me seriously LAFF lol!!!
😂
DARK CRY?! Why does that ring a bell, it must be the voices in my head 🤔 Hoot hoot!
Heeey thank you so much! I spent like some good 30 minutes trying to find the right rhythm with the frames, ty 😄
Right?! So hardcore hahaha freaking loved that pistol sound, fr miserable, felt bad for Freckle 😂 Thank you so much Moscooo! ❤️
Damn. Missed this reaction too!
If we get a Hasbin Hotel reaction from Dark-Cry my life is complete
Keep an eye for the last days of October! 🔥
As an American with English as my native language, "Raspberries" doesn't mean anything special, to my knowledge. I've never heard of it before. But it seems she's just using it as a exclamation of frustration. It's not uncommon for some Americans to replace exclamations like that with made-up or benign words to avoid swearing, like saying "Gosh Darn" instead of "God Damn!"
It's also possible that "Raspberries!" is an old word used in frustration that is before my time. People in the 1920's did speak differently than we do now.
Thank you! It makes sense that it's an old expression as well, and as a Latin American myself, this expression took me by surprise, can't wait to see more!
I suspect both Freckle and Rocky have schizоphrenia, not sure. But I'm sure Freckle has it, bc I see myself in him (I have been diagnosed when I was 14)
Eh…Rocky is almost textbook hyperactive-impulsive ADHD, especially during a time when there was absolutely no support or treatment for it. Gets especially prominent in the comic when his head injury prevents him from continuing to mask, and he starts revealing that he knows the effect he has on people but he can‘t control it, and he feels worthless as a result.
Freckle…given his upbringing, he likely just has a lot of suppressed frustration and rage that he’s never been allowed to actually express or work out. He grew up in an extremely strict, overly sheltered Irish Catholic household with a domineering mother and he was expected to be “the golden boy” (with Rocky as the family scapegoat) at all times. And the golden child doesn’t yell, or speak out of turn, or cause any sort of trouble whatsoever…that’s the scapegoat’s job.
Спасибо вам за реакцию.Интересно наблюдать за вашими рассуждениями, а так же отдельно спасибо за разбор некоторых персонажей по отдельности. Кстати, забавный факт: Многие англоговорящие, кто делал реакцию на эту серию, в первую очередь интересовались актерским составом, а вы в свою очередь крайне интересуетесь мелкими деталями, а затем пытаетесь собрать все в одну картину. Мне очень понравился персонаж - Веснушка)
Heeey thank you so much! I used Google Translate since I don't speak the language and genuinely wanted to know what you typed and I appreciate it! I love to take my time with analyzing certaing things, characters for the most part. And details drive me crazy! I'm all for that in storytelling, really can't wait to see more of this project. Freckle is so lovable, he's so much fun! Thank you once again 😄
@@darquidarqui Now it's my turn to use Google Translate since I don't speak English fluently. I can only roughly understand the meaning of what was said. Yes, this project is amazing. The authors are great and if they succeed! I will need to take some time for myself and read the original comics in this universe. And about your reaction: as a rule, such modest CZcamsrs like you make the most sincere and interesting analysis of what they saw. This is what I need! Sincere and sincere response! I will study your channel for interesting reactions) I wish you good luck in the future!
never heard of it an it wil be interesting journey
Just heard recently and in love with it already! Hope they make more soon 🙌
@@darquidarqui same, it looks incredible🔥
if love lackadaisy you need to complete the trio of youtube
helluva boss
murder drones
Those are in strong consideration actually, thank you!
This is 1920s United States of America there in a decade it was illegal to have or sell any alcoholic beverages, but America did anyway they formed bars, clubs lounges they were called speakeasies, and they were illegal to operate the whiskey that they required came from Canada, where it was perfectly legal, but they had the form interesting ways to ship it like in coffin boxes later on after that was repealed they still use the same technique to ship illegal narcotics into the country. For instance, if there was a war and they were returning bodies they would fill the bottom of the coffins with drugs, and stick the dead body on the top prohibition on alcohol was from 1920 to 1933 during that decade the rich in the powerful seal smuggled in alcohol from what they didn’t save prior to 1920 and this is just evidence that prohibition on alcohol and drugs is a lot more work and financial crippling
Then continuing the legalization of products of this nature sort of the concept of Eva, eating the bidden fruit the the concent of forbidding such items opens up the world to temptation.
I was studying history-
Actually it wasn't illegal to have it, only to buy or sell it.
That really sounds like a terrifying time. I'm really looking forward to see how the story continues with all that context in mind. Thank you for the explanation!
@@grahamreece519 you know that if they found alcohol, they automatically destroyed it or they poisoned it and gave it back to you. You weren’t allowed to have it right you in part by the religious ideals
8:33 👀👀🫢
Ahhh what? 🥺
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YESSSS HEHA
What you were there, live
Yessss I was! 🙌
So, what can we do to strongarm you into a couple anime? You're incredibly observant and would be a genuine blast to see you watch something like Trigun Stampede. Or Attack on Titan. Both of them are good 'anime isn't just schoolgirls and their underwear' shows. They're what I'm using to onboard anime newbies...
Maybe you're not a newbie.
But if not tf are you not posting things for
Hey! Thank you! What if I told you that anime reactions are actually in the works right now, starting sometime this year... 👀
I apologise for not waching this video, i haven´t seen the pilot myself and i´m not interested on doing so, i´ll just leave the video running on the computer for the view while i do something else.
Don't worry! I appreciate the engagement with the comment and watch time ☺️
Hello, love your videos but when’s the next shera coming out?🥲
Hi! I recently got a copyright claim on the next Owl House reaction and that's supposed to premiere before the next She-Ra reaction, so the posting has been delayed unfortunately. The next She-Ra reaction will be on either Sunday or Monday :)
@@darquidarqui GOOD TO KNOW, ABSOLUTELY LOVE UR SHERA REACTIONS, PROBABLY THE BEST ON CZcams 🫶🏾🫶🏾