Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25342943-20170419025039/@comment-4890318-20170717202104

I just put this on my wall as a first "offering" to the wiiki, and was swiftly chastized since my Message Wall is not the right place and it belongs in the forums. Since you've broached essentially the same subject here, I'd rightly be scolded for starting a new thread. My apologies for the length - it was a wall message after all.

In short - yeah, I kinda think the Reboot sucks. TL;DR, but well-reasoned imho:

"I'm chuffed that Ben 10 has been so successful since the original series, but I'm hoping for a series which utilizes a more realistic and flattering animation style, or even CGI - like that used in "Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens" - but with the late-teens characters of, e.g., "Alien Force" and "Ultimate Alien".  Something for teens on to adults.  The 2016+ "Reboot" has a comical animation style, not to mention scripts and plots, which seem far more "Family Guy" or "American Dad"; doing a complete disservice to the Ben 10 property by making the series more of a tongue-in-cheek joke than the action and adventure sci-fi/superhero classic that it has always been.

There was plenty of room for humor in all the Ben 10 series, but this is a self-deprecating style that detracts from the whole franchise - nudging it ever-closer to a sputtering demise. Consider what CGI has done for the Star Wars franchise, or the more visually realistic, less-comical animation styling of Marvel's super-hero offerings - which continue to flourish in both animated and live-action forms. I really hope that the creators and current production team see the wisdom in moving toward a more flattering and ultimately successful format for any future development - that is, if this Reboot doesn't steal the entire franchise's mojo first."

Make it so, Man of Action, Make It So.