Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26812877-20150807010728

While I am glad that there is a reboot of the Ben 10 series being made, the approach to rebooting the Ben 10 Original Series is certainly not the right approach to take. It is very much, if not completely, unnecessary to reboot the Original Series because it was and still is a fantastic show with very few minor flaws to it. The Original Series is just a very well-made and well-structured show and therefore doesn't need a reboot. The art design for the reboot is good but it's not good enough. It's just too cartoony to be suitable and fitting for the reboot and Ben 10 as a whole. Overall, there is just so much wrong that is being done and so many opportunities and potential for Ben 10 that Cartoon Network isn't taking and this reboot is more likely to not succeed and/or deliver upon release and most fans of Ben 10 can very much see this. The series has now reached a point where Cartoon Network can't screw this up. Otherwise, there are going to be major consequences for the series and the company as well if this reboot doesn't succeed and most fans of Ben 10 can very much see and very much know that rebooting the Original Series is not going to work.

What needs to be done instead is that Cartoon Network should focus on for Ben 10 is rebooting the sequels of the series. To reboot Ben 10 Alien Force and take the series down the right path. Make a sequel that takes place right after the events of the Original Series where Ben, Gwen, and Max make their return home from their trip. The reason why is because all the major problems of the Ben 10 series stemmed within the sequels. Replacing Man of Action with Glen Murikami and Dwayne McDuffie proved to be the biggest mistake that was made for the series. They aren't bad writers. They were just not the right choice for the series because Ben 10 isn't really a superhero show but instead a hero show. There were so many problems with the sequels, so many mistakes, so many plot holes, so many questions left unanswered, so much that just doesn't make sense, and overall so much that was wrong about the Ben 10 sequels that it would just be much better, more ideal, and overall the right choice to reboot the sequels instead. Also, the reboot needs to incorporate the style and art design of the Original Series while focusing on making improvements and adding in new elements to freshen and innovate the series and not making any changes whatsoever. Tara Strong and Meagan Smith also need to be the voice actresses for Ben and Gwen respectively as they are the best and ideal choice for these characters. There is also a weird concept that most fans really want in the series and that is having Ben and Gwen be a romantic couple. While this is weird because they're cousins, it does make the most amount of sense and is a more ideal approach for a romantic couple in the series. It is most definitely better than Gwen being with Kevin, which just makes no sense whatsoever. In fact, there are so many factors that lead up to this cousin romance concept that I even think that Man of Action themselves wanted this to happen ad even intended for Ben and Gwen o be a couple. Make Man of Action the writers and directors of the reboot as well. Let them make Ben 10 and take the series down the right path. That is what the reboot should be and that is what most fans truly want for Ben 10.

I've made a GoogleDoc addressing the problems of the Ben 10 reboot and the fan responses to the approach that is being taken. Basically, it goes further indepth to what the first two paragraphs are about This is my attempt to convince Cartoon Network to listen to the Ben 10 fan base and make a Ben 10 series that will deliver, succeed, and bring justice to the franchise. I do encourage anyone to read it if they want to. This document is very long though. In fact, it's 16 pages long and the reason behind that is because there is a lot that needed to be covered for Ben 10. If anyone does decide to read my document, feel free to take your time doing so. Here is the link to the GoogleDoc.

GoogleDoc Link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1loM1ZqjpepGvjm7smq-HutFx8zORVAn8yU_yVouug6E/edit

If anyone has any thoughts and suggestions, feel free to comment in the discussion page or on the GoogleDoc itself as a comment. If anyone does agree with this and even wants to support this approach of rebooting the Ben 10 sequels and not the Original Series, I encourage you to take my document and this discussion page and spread it around on social media and the internet. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, DeviantArt, etc. Just spread it around to help gather up more fans and supporters for this effort as well as encourage any new supporters to do the same. I also encourage anyone to message Cartoon Network and convince them to go for the approach that the document and second paragraph addresses and to keep constantly and repeatedly send that same message over and over again to get Cartoon Network's attention.

Here is a link to the feedback page on Cartoon Network's website. Here is also an email address for if anyone wants to message Man of Action and discuss this approach to them as well. It will just take a few minutes to type your response. You can even just send the GoogleDoc link and/or copy and paste the first two paragraphs of this post and just say that you support this and want this to happen and then just hit the send button. It's very simple and quick to do.

Link to Cartoon Network's Feedback Page and Email Address to Man of Action:

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/feedback/index.html

brenda@manofaction.tv

If anyone thinks that this is just a waste of time or that there is no chance that Cartoon Network will do what we say, here is something that Cartoon Network and their audience needs to know about. Basically, Cartoon Network does not own Cartoon Network and also doesn't own Ben 10. Legally they do but in actuality, they don't. Who really owns Cartoon Network and their shows and are really in charge of them are us. The fans. The viewers. The audience. We are the ones that are really and actually in charge of Cartoon Network here. How is this possible? Because the audience are the ones that supports them. We support them and their shows. We keep them running. We invest our time and money on them. They have to do what we say because we are the very people that keeps the company and their shows alive and going. After all, there is that saying "the customer is always right" and this applies to here. If Cartoon Network does something that the audience don't like, we tell them what they're doing wrong and how they can fix the problems the right way. If they don't listen to us, they pay the consequences for it. It's not about what Cartoon Network wants, it's about what we want. It is important to gain a profit to keep your business running but it's even more important to keep your customers satisfied and happy and maintain their support for you because the customers are the ones that are bringing in the profit. If Cartoon Network continues to not listen to us and not do what we say, well, we just won't support them anymore and if they lose our support, they don't get a profit and if they don't get a profit, then they can't keep their company running and eventually, Cartoon Network will fall. Cartoon Network isn't making a Ben 10 reboot for them, they're making a Ben 10 reboot for us and they need to realize that. The audience has the real say in everything and Cartoon Network needs to realize this and listen to their audience and do what their audience says. Otherwise, they're going to face the consequences of it and no matter what happens, we win. That is why this effort isn't pointless. Enough people just needs to stand up and get their voices out to Cartoon Network and tell them how they need to do their jobs the right way and how they are to make this Ben 10 reboot for us. If anyone decides to support this effort and contact Cartoon Network, feel free to tell them about this paragraph, too. To let them know and understand that the audience are the ones in charge of them and that they need to do what we say and want if they don't want to face the consequences of dissatisfying their viewers.

Finally, this is not an advertisement. I am not looking for any payment and credit for this. Whether or not you decide to support this effort is completely up to you. I do encourage you to support this effort but you don't have to. All I want is for this Ben 10 reboot to deliver and succeed. All I want is for this reboot to do this series justice for all the wrong that had been done. This is also something that most fans of Ben 10 want as well. This isn't about what I want. This is about what we, the fans, want for the reboot and Ben 10 as a whole.

Overall, rebooting the Original Series is going to cause more harm than good for the series. Cause more damage than repairs. Bring more consequences than benefits. Rebooting the Original Series is not the ideal approach to take and most fans can very much see that and very much know that. It is better, ideal, and right to reboot the Ben 10 sequels instead and take the series down the right path. The path that Ben 10 needs and deserves. Incorporate the style and art design of the Original Series into the reboot as well. Focus on making improvements and adding in new elements for the series and not make any changes from the Original Series whatsoever. Whether or not making Ben and Gwen a romantic cousin couple is necessary, it certainly is a much better direction to take than a romantic pairing between Gwen and Kevin, which again doesn't make sense whatsoever. If anyone wants to support this, share this discussion page and/or the GoogleDoc around all over the internet to help gain more supporters as well as send this very message to Cartoon Network. We are the ones that are in charge here. With enough fans and supporters joining in on this effort, we can convince and persuade Cartoon Network to make the Ben 10 reboot that we all truly want and that is right for the series. 