I gave Steven Universe Future a go - I've pretty much hated the last few seasons/the movie, so I hadn't planned on watching Future (honestly, the only reason I kept up with the original show for as long as I did is a) I used to watch it with a pal and b) I figured "I'm close enough to the end of the show, might as well keep going"), but then it aired over here earlier than I expected and, well, it caught me at a time where I was willing to give it a chance ;) Honestly, I just found it boring, for the most part. Couldn't get worked up about it either way. I'm not going to bother watching any more of it. I used to love SU, but MAN it really went downhill after a while... I hate the "everyone is friends! :3 they just need to say sorry and it's all okay!" thing they went with.
I only kept watching for Jasper and within 10 eps she only appeared once but I am not giving up hope on seeing her NOT come around and become friends with Steven. I dislike the entire Spoiler
"Steven is part Pink Diamond so everybody love him like they loved Pink" thing. It looks like Steven is dealing with anger issues in this season and every time he gets them he glows pink. Ugh, we should know by now that nothing is ever Steven's fault and everything bad he does must be rooted in him being part Pink. It's become really predictable but like I said, I will stay with the show just because I need clarity on what happens to Jasper. I was not amused when Amethyst said "forget her!" Ehm, isn't Amethyst the one who forgave Jasper and called her her sister? Apparently that part of her development has been thrown away.
I don't get what went wrong with this show but I feel like the "storyboarders are the writers of the episode" approach failed in some instances and they ended up with wasted potential and some threads that led to nowhere.
I've been meaning to catch up with We Bare Bears for months now. Sort of fell off the wagon, there. I love that show, but it was starting to get a bit.. repetitive... hopefully it was just going through a slump. I wonder when the movie/Baby Bears spinoff will be released... can't honestly say I'm excited for the spinoff (I LOVED the Baby Bears eps at first, but then they became WAY too formulaic and plentiful... although maybe the spinoff means there'll be less Baby Bears eps in the main show? which would be a welcome change at this point, lol), but, we'll see how it goes...
Omg, my mother loves the baby bears. She will be pleased to hear this XD
I think lots of slice of life shows lose their appeal after a while if the writers can't come up with some kind of extra plot or gimmick. The baby bear eps always provided some kind of backstory, so I liked them a lot. Not sure if I would like a split between the normal show and the extra baby bear show?
I've been watching the new She Ra series on Netflix. I know it's had a fair amount of hate... but I really like it. It's entertaining and I like the wide range of characters.
Ah yes, good old times when people were getting really angry over one single lineart mid-motion :lol:
I am super into the reboot and I love Catra and Scorpia. It's always nice to see multidimensional female villains.
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I do hope Scorpia gets over Catra eventually, tho. My main ship is Catra/psychotherapy.
I really thought I had just lost interest in Steven Universe and after that finale I think I can safely say I don't like it anymore (aside from the background artworks, which are still unique and beautiful) but wow, talk about a ton of unused potential and even more hanging plot threads :lookround:
Spoilers for anyone who still gives a hoot about this show...
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Basically, Steven goes crazy angry because he can't cope with his PTSD (and because his GF doesn't want to marry him right away...) and becomes ultra powerful to a point he becomes Godzilla and nobody can stop him - until everybody apologizes to him, hugs him and he stops being a literal monster.
Did we ever learn why the heck Steven is stronger than even the strongest of Gems, btw? It's like he is a Force child or something. And now he is officially the strongest and most dangerous character in the entire show :lookround:
I really expected Steven to see that violence and anger can't solve anything - because that is what he always preached throughout six seasons, but in the end he just becomes like that himself and instead of realizing his faults, it's presented as everybody else's fault. They even turned his dad into a bad father real quick just to give Steven a reason to hate him, too.