Like he'd often sneak out when Galvanax made planets his battle arenas and tried to escape with varying shenanegins and often used it to hone his Ninja skills. If only for a gag or two that'd make Victor and Monty go, "Wut?"
As in she has a weird little dude who can make her monster's grow. A sort of humanizing aspect of her before we learn who she really is. Maybe when she's roboticized, they could switch him out for the Sate-laser to show Karone's been supressed.
And he sounds like Impmon from Digimon as Derek Stephan Prince would be pulling double duty as Elgar.
They’re gonna be fawned over at first before a finale hits and out come the pitchforks. And no matter how valid the hard feelings might be, many are gonna campaign to have their heads on a pike. It never changes. Sorry if I can’t cheer for RTD’s sacking because, well, it’s only a matter of time.
Look, we all need to do a mental exercise where we tell ourselves, “This showrunner and I will have differing ideas on what works for Doctor Who and that’s okay. I can’t control the show but I can control how I act on my anger.”
Because… the show can’t please everyone. Some like the Doctor as the oncoming storm with space street cred while others want their space traveling hobo’s antics. Some like their companions down to earth while others want to be as away from earth budget be damned. Some actually liked Chris Chibnall’s seasons warts and all.
What I appreciated about RTD2 was it being unapologetically itself warts and all. I won’t spare the notes on what I’d have preferred but I also fear influencing the show in any way. I do not want that target on my back.
The show won’t cater to my exact tastes and that’s okay.
It’s amazing how the likes of Super Sentai answer, “Are you Sci Fi or Fantasy?” And answer, “Yes.” Without hesitation.
I don’t doubt criticism comes from a good place but a little Dolyist reading doesn’t hurt to center oneself.
All I am saying is that Toph could’ve likely been this mythologized “good cop” that’s actually good to the public. Given how Lin took off her badge to help find Korra, she was clearly taught that the law can only go so far
In terms of producing a TV show that may or may not go on for quite a while, I can see how locking down certain calander dates or ages might pose a problem in cases of season fluidity as various outlets get... creative with which episode goes where.
This is likely the M.O. of most other shows Mr. Astruc and his contemporaries have worked under over the last few decades with the likes of Totally Spies, Code Lyoko, A.T.O.M. and the like. Something lost with the rise of streaming services where stories are streamlined often to a fault and with fewer episodes per season. Miraculous practically carrying this torch likely clashed with certain expectations of certain viewers.
While there's a variety of plotlines and character arcs going on, timelines are vague enough to let writers have a bit of freedom in terms of what they wanna tell on an episode by episode basis. Like one thing I appreciated about Season 5 having a very consistent plotline, I could revisit certain episodes on their own as I pleased with their format in mind.
Obviously this isn't without drawbacks but though I criticize, I also see what they're going for based on my experience. Whether this is them being Boomers about writing for TV or not, I feel there's more to it than just "Astruc's being a meanie bo beanie to the innocent fans."
Though... I do wish certain season based episodes like with Winter or Summer were considered more. If only for some fluff and snow based superheroics.
Particularly when it was debuting on Nick or online.
I actually got into Avatar all together via reruns of Book 1: Air. At twelve episodes, it made a great first impression on me and led me to see Aang's journey. In fact, not having seen ATLA made references to it carry a bit of mystique. The protagonist was trying to live up to a legacy set by the one who came before her and as a young adult then struggling with adulting, I related to trying to live to impossible standards.
Anybody else or am I a freak accident?
Like I could easily see Grita as an alien princess that the Cosmic Rangers or Ninja Steel Rangers gotta protect, get a funny b-plot out of an episode. Or General Schwartz as one of Lord Zedd's lackeys piloting as Squidrill with a R. Lee Ermy impression.
…dinosaurs would’ve evolved into intelligent robots that can combine into bigger robots. Man, we were robbed when the meteor hit. XD XD
But I feel it could’ve done better. I mean, a lot of other things could’ve been done better but to keep focus.
I like that they had Vrak create Metal Alice while under Malkor’s command and had the Mutants as allies. However, I feel Bigs and BluFur could’ve been introduced early like in Episode 2 where they are rivals to WarStar in trying to conquer Earth. Some Goseiger aliens could be written as mutants when adapting the first third of the Sentai footage.
Additionally, while I get making Robogog from Goseiger into an Armada Messenger, I feel that it could’ve been Malkor but reconstructed into heavy cybernetic armor. This way the final battle could be less against a rando and more a second round of the last boss fight.
...Simon's fate?
I can just imagine her just blankly staring at the skull without blinking once, trying to keep up that unflappable facade but...
Say they're looking into a string of accidents connected by survivors of a disaster. And they get involved by saving a survivor. Like what if a scientist analyzed a Visonary?
But I feel it could’ve done better. I mean, a lot of other things could’ve been done better but to keep focus.
I like that they had Vrak create Metal Alice while under Malkor’s command and had the Mutants as allies. However, I feel Bigs and BluFur could’ve been introduced early like in Episode 2 where they are rivals to WarStar in trying to conquer Earth. Some Goseiger aliens could be written as mutants when adapting the first third of the Sentai footage.
Additionally, while I get making Robogog from Goseiger into an Armada Messenger, I feel that it could’ve been Mallory but reconstructed into heavy cybernetic armor. This way the final battle could be less against a rando and more a second round of the last boss fight.
What are people talking about? He gets out of the orgy he set himself up for looking less shaken and more bothered. He clearly had to show those people a good time on his own terms even if it got in the way of picking up his crush.
Multiple people go missing without a trace and come back with most of their emotional baggage unpacked would raise an eyebrow. If made it to Season 8, I can see it opening with testimonies from Tulip, Lake, Jessie, Grace (assuming she made it off) and others by a paranormal investigator who's pondering what this whole deal is.
Well, yeah? At fifty minutes in the special, they only had time for Kazuno and Miki when it was their team doing their thing when Ladybug and Ryuuko crossover.
But we get enough of a sampling of their whole deal that it sparks intrigue for their spin off to come or perhaps for fans to make fics out of. I mean, fandom looooooves the underdeveloped so they may develop them as writing/art prompts.
...I don't wanna fall into the trap of nostalgia for "the good ol' days" when said days laid the foundation for today's problems in entertainment.
There were massive franchises before today's age of chasing an "MCU" and Star Wars was one of them before Disney came along.
TV finales would often be controversial, bad or at least age well in terms of fans softening up to it in time.
A lot of executives prefer the entertainment to be dumbed down from any complicated politics. People complain about superhero movies being dumb blockbusters but action movies without the coustumed crime fighters were a dime a dozen. Especially if you look at B-movie titles like from PM Entertainment from the 90s.
Slop changes form but it always exists. This isn't a call to claim up and scarf it down but to bare in mind that what we have now is an evolution of what came before. That's how all this crud snuck up on us. We're the frogs in the slowly boiling water.
Namely Super Dino Mode in PR is a power up each Ranger accesses at different points in the series rather than Abare Mode where the Abarangers power up and go feral like the Dinosaur they take after. It's interesting when they didn't go all in with the merchendise showcase right away.
When Ladybug's lie is unveiled, erasing Paris's memories will be deliberated over. Especially as Chat Noir fears his own powers and refuses to let his father be remembered as a hero. A real "You have the power but do you know when to use it if at all?" quandary.
Like I always felt that the power of Destruction not being expanded on is in its name: "Destruction." What if he loses control of the Cataclysm orb and disintegrates an ally or innocent bystander?
Hell, Monarch getting his arm wounded likely haunts him as Miraculous Paris shows and, well, the truth getting out means he knows that his father's death came from his power.
...Bias's brain room that has the minds of past students of his who scored 1000 and became part of his immortality scheme. That Kemp, Mazenba and Oblar were not the first and may not've been the last if their killing of Mari and Takuji didn't inspire the creation of the Livemen.