Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6527064-20151205151611/@comment-24152851-20151216043720

I think a lot of the times the series has bombed was because CN was trying to do what it thought fans wanted, rather than using common sense for what works and what doesn't. Trying to pander to the fans using fanservice, but end up making a load of nonsense.

There's a fine line between "fun and entertaining" and "immature moron". And even though some people didn't like serious Ben in AF, that's no excuse to make him backtrack all of the development he went through just to make him more like OS Ben.

Umm, actually I'm pretty sure they did end up saying Anodites have DNA (or at least something reminiscent of genetic material). It's just that it isn't compatible with the Omnitrix. Also, if I remember correctly that "Anodites don't have DNA" stuff was never mentioned in the show.