Ben 10 Month

[akinoame]

For the rest of October, I'm rewatching Alien Force and Ultimate Alien to rekindle my love for, well, for Ben. The flaws of the show stand out to me a lot more now that I've seen both shows in full, so it's going to take time to remind myself to love it. That the flaws help give it character. Rather than seeing how they keep giving Ben too many flaws.

Comments

[gourdcaptain]

Uh... wow. That's about four times as much response as I expected. Thanks!

Honestly, none of those sound appealing except maybe Alien Force to me. Especially the original, since you mentioned Fourze (which I could not get through) and Kyoruger. And Kyoruger is that show I watched one episode of, decided it wasn't for me... and then have sat through several months of my one friend who watches it and dissects at length how terrible it is for him each week. Especially KyoruRed for him, AKA that guy who's voice alone irritates me when he appears in the commercials included with Wizard or Gaim episodes.

Also, the second coming of Tendou? (flees the country in panic)

[akinoame]

Like I said, love it or hate it. I was in the fandom for about four years, and I saw some pretty fucked up stuff--it's a fandom where nobody is happy and everybody is miserable.

Alien Force and Ultimate Alien both showed in their first seasons that Ben could be an interesting character if handled right, but too much pandering to old school fans turned him into Tendou 2.0. Or rather, 1.0--his show premiered maybe a month or two before Kabuto. Instead, Ultimate Alien season 1 is really more about Kevin, and most fans of that series will pretty much agree he became the better character and should have gotten a spinoff.

[gourdcaptain]

A fandom where nobody is happy and everybody is miserable - I swear, half the fandoms I'm vaguely in are like that anymore. ESPECIALLY a lot of Tabletop Gaming fandoms *sigh*.

[akinoame]

You either learn to like the smell of cyanide, or you get out.