I got linked to you on a W.I.T.C.H. forum! I love your reviews. I've been wanting to see something like this on W.I.T.C.H. ever since I finished the thread at Television Without Pity.
I did notice that the show gets more serious as it goes on. I was surprised at it when I was rewatching it a few months ago, and the beginning was more childish and cheesy than I remembered. The comics are a bit like this sometimes. Of course, they have seriousness and flow too, but they're not as action and plot-oriented as the show became, except for possibly the fourth and fifth arcs. The seriousness in the comics feels different than in the show, although it's still there, more like a shojo manga. I like both, and I appreciate the the show's later development. Most fantasy cartoons I've seen in the West aren't serious enough for me.
Yeah Phobos can be a stereotypical kiddie cartoon evil overlord, complete with lapses in logic and unnecessary cruelty towards employees. They even changed his clothes from the comics to make him more stereotypical, all black and red with a standard evil castle.
About Caleb and the boards: well he didn't understand the skis either, which arguably are pretty similar in their usage. A skateboard you use on the streets and sidewalks, there's no need for a slope. But his problems with boards and skiing were probably just for comic relief.
Hay Lin just likes designing clothes given any excuse to do so, although it seems like a bit too much effort even for somebody with her enthusiasm and energy.
One thing I noticed: Cornelia starts off as a shallow nasty stereotype, with a few fun moments like her fight in this episode. But eventually those sorts of comments grow rarer, at least by the end of the first season(I haven't watched the second one in years now) and I really came to like her best. Although I don't know whether I'd enjoy being around her.
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I did notice that the show gets more serious as it goes on. I was surprised at it when I was rewatching it a few months ago, and the beginning was more childish and cheesy than I remembered. The comics are a bit like this sometimes. Of course, they have seriousness and flow too, but they're not as action and plot-oriented as the show became, except for possibly the fourth and fifth arcs. The seriousness in the comics feels different than in the show, although it's still there, more like a shojo manga. I like both, and I appreciate the the show's later development. Most fantasy cartoons I've seen in the West aren't serious enough for me.
Yeah Phobos can be a stereotypical kiddie cartoon evil overlord, complete with lapses in logic and unnecessary cruelty towards employees. They even changed his clothes from the comics to make him more stereotypical, all black and red with a standard evil castle.
About Caleb and the boards: well he didn't understand the skis either, which arguably are pretty similar in their usage. A skateboard you use on the streets and sidewalks, there's no need for a slope. But his problems with boards and skiing were probably just for comic relief.
Hay Lin just likes designing clothes given any excuse to do so, although it seems like a bit too much effort even for somebody with her enthusiasm and energy.
One thing I noticed: Cornelia starts off as a shallow nasty stereotype, with a few fun moments like her fight in this episode. But eventually those sorts of comments grow rarer, at least by the end of the first season(I haven't watched the second one in years now) and I really came to like her best. Although I don't know whether I'd enjoy being around her.