I love reading your endpoint analysis. The way you dissect what ticked and what didn't really expresses the things that I wanted to comment on more eloquently than I can. The funny thing is that I was introduced into the Ben 10 series watching both the original as well as the sequel (AF) back to back. I enjoyed the original, it made me want to plop on the couch and grab some popcorn and enjoy myself. But in all honesty, Alien Force finally got me invested. To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure what it was. Something about it made me not just sit down and enjoy while it was on, I started to think about it outside of when I was just watching it. I started to look through it, flesh out its themes, try to understand what made it so solidly created.
As somebody who wades around in the mess of the comic book universe, I have to admit that it's not as great as people make it out to be. It's a mess that just keeps getting worse as they fiddle around, reboot it and wave a bunch of gimmicks in audience faces. This is the true concern for following the comic book route with this show - it feels like that. Truly good writing doesn't bend over sideways, or twist into pretzels to make everyone happy because no one will nor is it about not listening at all. I think if they just stuck with a solid plot idea and just keep on telling it and change only little things, this actually makes for a much cleaner storytelling. Big issue in the second season with it's inability to focus on its arc because they probably inherently know it wasn't that good. I hated what they did with Julie almost as much as my hatred for Ben being villainized all 2nd season. I remember my sister saying that the reason why they made Julie a jackass was because no one in this fandom can relate with anyone who isn't a jackass. There's probably that plus the fact that they were trying to Gwenify her. That's the best theory I've ever heard for it. And your explanation and the way you vented on the Onore Dikeido of this season already expresses everything I want to say about it.
The news that Murakami isn't a part of the new series has actually put my position of supporting Omniverse in jeopardy. I don't know if I can watch it without him. I don't know what to think about it anymore.
If nothing else, I'm so glad you were a part of the fandom for the previous two series and I absolutely enjoyed all the essays you wrote and the discussions we had. This was a wonderful endpoint analysis. Thanks for the great read!
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Date: 2012-07-08 03:35 am (UTC)As somebody who wades around in the mess of the comic book universe, I have to admit that it's not as great as people make it out to be. It's a mess that just keeps getting worse as they fiddle around, reboot it and wave a bunch of gimmicks in audience faces. This is the true concern for following the comic book route with this show - it feels like that. Truly good writing doesn't bend over sideways, or twist into pretzels to make everyone happy because no one will nor is it about not listening at all. I think if they just stuck with a solid plot idea and just keep on telling it and change only little things, this actually makes for a much cleaner storytelling. Big issue in the second season with it's inability to focus on its arc because they probably inherently know it wasn't that good. I hated what they did with Julie almost as much as my hatred for Ben being villainized all 2nd season. I remember my sister saying that the reason why they made Julie a jackass was because no one in this fandom can relate with anyone who isn't a jackass. There's probably that plus the fact that they were trying to Gwenify her. That's the best theory I've ever heard for it. And your explanation and the way you vented on the Onore Dikeido of this season already expresses everything I want to say about it.
The news that Murakami isn't a part of the new series has actually put my position of supporting Omniverse in jeopardy. I don't know if I can watch it without him. I don't know what to think about it anymore.
If nothing else, I'm so glad you were a part of the fandom for the previous two series and I absolutely enjoyed all the essays you wrote and the discussions we had. This was a wonderful endpoint analysis. Thanks for the great read!