02-05-2017, 11:06 AM
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*takes a deep breath*
Ben 10 was one of my favorite TV shows during its first incarnation. The idea of kid having a watch which turned him into various alien forms to combat threats both Earth and intergalactic level was a fun a interesting idea. Ben 10 was an all-round good show.
Then we have Alien Force. It used a different art direction, older characters, was darker, and had new aliens. Some were turned off, but I didn’t mind because saw it as a way of trying to take to the next level. All round good series as well. That is until Ben started becoming a jerk and too much emphasis was put on the aliens. Things got shaky in the end but it held together.
After that, Ultimate Alien became a thing, the concept of having ultimate versions of aliens was pretty awesome at first. But then it took AF’s Darker and Edgier direction and turned up to ELEVEN. In just the first season, death became and omnipresent concept and it ended with Kevin becoming a monster and Ben of all people deciding to kill him. Not try to find a way to restore him, no. Despite his forgiving nature in the past, he decided it was neccesary to KILL a dude he’s become great friends with even though he clearly wasn’t himself. And things just got darker and more depressing from there with sadness, relationship conflict, pointless death, war etc becoming WAY too common a theme for Ben 10. It got so dark I just found myself not watching it anymore. And from what I read, I wasn’t the only one. Apparently, according TVTropes, UA got the lowest ratings because it became so unnecessarily dreary.
But then we got thrown for a whirl with Ben 10 Omniverse. About that show, let me tell you that while I apreciated the efforts to take the series back to it's roots, and that I personally liked the inclusion of the Nemetrix into the Ben 10 lore, but I just couldn't get into it, mostly because I was starting to lose interest in the series as a whole when Omniverse became a thing. Needless to say, I stopped watching it sometime after the Malware story arc. I heard the news about the reboot and all I have to say is.... Meh.
Oh yeah, while we are at it, might as well start the always obligatory "favorite alien" thread. Mine is Wildmutt.
No specific reason, I just like him.
Ben 10 was one of my favorite TV shows during its first incarnation. The idea of kid having a watch which turned him into various alien forms to combat threats both Earth and intergalactic level was a fun a interesting idea. Ben 10 was an all-round good show.
Then we have Alien Force. It used a different art direction, older characters, was darker, and had new aliens. Some were turned off, but I didn’t mind because saw it as a way of trying to take to the next level. All round good series as well. That is until Ben started becoming a jerk and too much emphasis was put on the aliens. Things got shaky in the end but it held together.
After that, Ultimate Alien became a thing, the concept of having ultimate versions of aliens was pretty awesome at first. But then it took AF’s Darker and Edgier direction and turned up to ELEVEN. In just the first season, death became and omnipresent concept and it ended with Kevin becoming a monster and Ben of all people deciding to kill him. Not try to find a way to restore him, no. Despite his forgiving nature in the past, he decided it was neccesary to KILL a dude he’s become great friends with even though he clearly wasn’t himself. And things just got darker and more depressing from there with sadness, relationship conflict, pointless death, war etc becoming WAY too common a theme for Ben 10. It got so dark I just found myself not watching it anymore. And from what I read, I wasn’t the only one. Apparently, according TVTropes, UA got the lowest ratings because it became so unnecessarily dreary.
But then we got thrown for a whirl with Ben 10 Omniverse. About that show, let me tell you that while I apreciated the efforts to take the series back to it's roots, and that I personally liked the inclusion of the Nemetrix into the Ben 10 lore, but I just couldn't get into it, mostly because I was starting to lose interest in the series as a whole when Omniverse became a thing. Needless to say, I stopped watching it sometime after the Malware story arc. I heard the news about the reboot and all I have to say is.... Meh.
Oh yeah, while we are at it, might as well start the always obligatory "favorite alien" thread. Mine is Wildmutt.
No specific reason, I just like him.