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Recently we've got a bit more information regarding the upcoming 2016-2017 Ben 10 reboot.
It's not a LOT of new info, unless you count a couple of seconds of footage as a substantial
amount of information.
With that being said, I'm going to relay this info to those of you who may not have already
heard and maybe talk briefly about it.
As well as share the results of the Ben 10 poll I took months ago.
First up we'll start with some obviously good news: Tara Strong has confirmed she will be
back voicing Ben in the reboot!
I'm sure this was a point of contention for some fans, whether she'd be back since Grandpa
Max's voice actor won't be returning.
I think maybe this is why Cartoon Network didn't ask her back for Powerpuff Girls, because
she'd be busy with Ben 10.
But maybe I'm wrong on that.
Either way our glorious mistress of a hundred voices has returned to us, so hopefully that's
some cause for celebration regarding the reboot.
In other news some shots of the Ben 10 reboot were shown recently in a trailer for a bunch
of other things.
I don't remember where it was shown off at, maybe Comic-Con, but I can't show it off here
because that footage, at the time of this writing, has still not been released.
I won't encourage you go and find it, but if that's...something....you need to do...
The footage shows off a few of Ben's alien transformations: Cannonbolt, a newly redesigned
Stink Fly, and Four Arms.
The one that sticks out is Stink Fly, if that really is the alien I'm thinking of.
Personally it looks more like a cross being Big Chill and Stink Fly but that's just me.
I don't have a personal problem with how this one looks.
It's actually a bit cooler than Stink Fly's design.
It's also possible it's a new alien.
Not a lot of footage is shown and it's, no offense, recorded on some person's phone or
camera of all things.
So the quality isn't crystal clear, but from what I'm seeing the animation doesn't look
bad.
In terms of style and the actual animation.
I'll need to see a full trailer and definitely the first episode before I set down a complete
judgment, but this doesn't seem like it's not Ben 10.
It looks different than what's come before, but it doesn't looks so different it's alien.
Pun intended.
We also know a better release window for the reboot.
It'll be airing sometime this fall in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific
region.
An American date will be sometime 2017.
I'm not sure how I'll be reviewing the new show.
Whether I'll jump on any English dub that airs in these places or if I'll wait for the
official U.S. Release.
I guess since I waited for Ladybug, I'll wait for Ben.
But that does probably mean I'll have eager beavers trying hard not to
tell me the show does or does not suck.
Now I wanted to address the elephant in the room.
The fact fans out there are already claiming this reboot will suck.
What are they basing this on?
Such little information that it makes my head hurt.
Not counting the rumors floating around by potentially valid or non-valid sources, we
know very little.
Certainly not enough for one to get it in their head that they won't enjoy the new series.
What people are confused about is that I'm not saying the show WILL be good.
I'm saying none of us know if it'll be good or bad and we should go into it with open
minds.
Another thing to consider is that Man of Action are the executive producers on this.
What does that mean?
It means they oversee the creation of the Ben 10 reboot; they're the head producers
in other words.
You might be thinking 'so what?'
Well, guess what?
Man of Action were just consultants on the original show.
Sam Register was the executive producer on that one, who of course was the vice president
of Cartoon Network at the time.
So for the first time ever, the four men who created Ben 10 will now fully control the
direction of the reboot creatively.
That's cause for at least some optimism going forward, in my opinion.
Especially considering how some Ben 10 fans worship the ground these men walk on.
Now several months ago I created a poll asking fans their initial thoughts on the Ben 10
reboot and I think it's garnered enough votes that I can reveal the results.
I may do another poll when an actual full trailer is ever released or when the first
episode premieres, but for now these are what a group of Ben 10 fans think.
The questions were divided up into: I'm excited for the reboot, I'm not looking forward to
the reboot, undecided/need more info, and mixed feelings.
A whopping 207 people voted on this poll.
That's a good enough sample size for our purposes in gauging the fans' interest.
Here are the results.
25% said they had mixed feelings.
14% said they needed more information or were undecided.
21% said they were not looking forward to the reboot.
39% said they were excited for the reboot.
So while it wasn't by a landslide or anything, the majority of those who voted are indeed
excited for the Ben 10 reboot.
Now of course there are still those undecided who make up the smallest percentage or those
with mixed feelings, which I described as maybe being excited but also feeling like
a reboot isn't needed so soon.
I'm pretty happy with these results as it shows that almost double the people not looking
forward to it are excited.
Again, I'm hoping to do another large poll once another big trailer is revealed.
Something that not only clear shows off the art style and animation, but also other aliens,
characters, the tone of the series, and the story.
That way we'll have something more substantial and fans will have a better idea if they're
excited or not.
Before I end things off, I wanted to point the way to a new Youtuber who made a very
excellent video on why you shouldn't freak out about the Ben 10 reboot.
I referenced a couple of things he says in his video, so go check him out.
His name is Matthew Shelley and I'll include a link in the description and in the comments.
Give him a sub while you're over there.
And that's it from me.
What do you think of the new info?
Let me know in the comments.
Thanks for watching and take care.