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Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: Animo Farm

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  • Tactical OchoaT

    Episode Link:
    http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Ben-10-2016/Episode-6?id=72021

    Episode Review (contains spoilers):
    This episode was just ok. Stupid, annoying, and bland but just ok.

    While Gwen and Max are off to some corn festival, Ben ends up going to play football with a group of kids that constantly get trampled over by a group of bigger kids. Strange that Ben would even play football since that he's not much of the type of character that's even into sports. Also, these kids that are getting decimated by the larger kids are, for some reason, continuing to play against said larger kids instead of just leaving to go do something else. So what hand fisted moral is Ben learning this time? Learning teamwork. Wait, didn't Ben already learn that before in this reboot, I think? Oh whatever.

    Soon a mutant cow and...gorilla, I guess (I don't really know what that other mutant animal is)...start attacking the area to get feed from a nearby barn. Ben transforms into Stinkfly and just stands there as he gets knocked out by an easily avoidable attack before he even does anything (again?). Stinkfly gets captured and learns about the Accidental, which are mostly smaller and "weaker" mutant farm animals, and the Alphas, bigger and stronger mutant farm animals led by a mutant pig that treat the Accidentals like slaves and losers. An EMF shield is up, keeping Ben stuck in his Stinkfly form (great, because people really wanted to see more of reboot Stinkfly). Stinkfly tried to fight the mutant pig but his gas attack doesn't work because the mutant pig...is a pig and the stinkier it is...the better? Do the writers even know that pigs are actually some of the cleanest animals on a farm? No really, look it up and see what I mean. Ok so whatever, that doesn't work so how about Stinkfly just shoots goo at the pig instead. Oh wait, he never even thinks to do that. Great. Just great. Also, the mutant pig is pretty freakin annoying and thus an unlikable and forgettable villain.

    Realizing that Ben can't defeat the Alphas on his own, he convinced the Accidentals to work together to defeat the Alphas. There's one point where the mutant chicken gets launched through a fast spinning air duct fan and actually manages to make it through without being sliced to pieces. Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on that. Eventually a fight between the Accidentals and the Alphas ensues. Notice that I put the word "weaker" in quotations in the previous paragraph. Yeah, the Alphas get their asses hand to them very easily, which makes me think that the Accidentals never even tried to fight back. Ben uses Stinkfly's gas (again, why not use his goo instead of his gas) to make the mutant pig get high on said gas (yeah, that really did happen), distracting the mutant pig into getting knocked out. The generator powering the shield is destroyed, the Alphas get defeated, end of episode.

    Again, it's just an average episode. Bland, stupid, annoying, but overall just an ok episode with it also being arguably mediocre as well. A bit of a rushed review as well but recently I finished making a review of Riding the Storm Out and now I have to watch the episode Take 10 and make a review of that episode so things are pretty busy for me right now.

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    Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: The Charm Offensive

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    @csgt I do agree with you on Charmcaster's UAF design. Granted, as shown in the quote that you're using to respond to, that's not the point that I'm addressing here. I'm not stating that Charmcaster's UAF design looks unique overall. I'm stating that it looks better and more unique than Charmcaster's reboot design. Even though her UAF design isn't really unique on its own, is most certainly not a design that I like and favor, and doesn't even hold a candle to Charmcaster's OS design, it is a better and more visually unique design when compared to Charmcaster's reboot design, which, again, looks very much like a typical and generic Goth girl. Considering how they've handled the Ben 10 reboot so far, I doubt that they're going to make a connection between Hex and Charmcaster in the reboot. Her first name being Hope and the concept of Ledgerdomain itself are pretty much the only things related to Charmcaster in UAF that I liked. Ledgerdomain does have some nice potential and Hope sounds pretty ironic considering what Charmcaster went through with Hex before the events of the Original Series. Everything else with Charmcaster in UAF is stuff that I don't like. I most especially don't like how they handled her relationship with Hex in UAF though given that it very much conflicts with what was established with them in the OS. Granted, you do make a good point. Charmcaster, and Hex, were terribly handled and written in the sequel shows. However, when it came down to Charmcaster as a character, I really only compared the reboot Charmcaster to the OS Charmcaster because yeah, Charmcaster went through a pretty severe downgrade in the sequel shows and Charmcaster was at her best in the OS. I do have an interest in making an article about Charmcaster and analyzing her as a character, much like how I did with other characters such as Julie Yamamoto and Professor Paradox. I know for sure that this Charmcaster article is going to address the points about her in UAF that you made here.
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    Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: Recipe for Disaster

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    Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: Need for Speed

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    Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: The Clocktopus

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    After some thinking, I realized something that I forgot to mention. On its own and when compared to the Original Series episode, Last Laugh (considering that both episodes use the same story premise in regards to Ben dealing with his own fears), The Clocktopus is still not a good episode. It still suffers from poor writing and I mentioned other aspects of this episode that also holds it back. However, when compared to other episodes of the Ben 10 reboot show, it is a better episode. Despite the problems that I have with Steam Smythe, I still like the theme of his character and he is at least a better villain than the other villains that were showcased in the reboot. He's just an annoying villain much like with the Weatherheads and, at least to me, the writers just exaggerated a little too much to him or something of the likes. Like I said, there was some potential with this villain. Like I also said before, at least Ben's fear of squids does give him some struggle with fighting Steam Smythe and thus helps to make the conflict a little more challenging. So yeah, even though I find that the episode still had some really poor writing and the episode itself is still not good, it is better than the other episodes of the Ben 10 reboot. However, considering the quality of the other episodes of the Ben 10 reboot, that's not saying much. At best this episode is just average.
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    Ben 10 2016 Reboot Episode Review: Rustbucket RIP

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    @Ben-10-Fan Thank you