Alright!
Hot takes!
Ben 10 edition!
Let’s just jump right in!
“UAF is overrated and the worst of the three era's from the og continuity”
I don’t think UAF is overrated per say, but the maturity aspect really plays a role
in making fans like it more for that reason alone.
I touch on this subconscious feeling we have that just because a show is mature, its automatically
good, in another video, and its definitely the case here.
“Kevin should have been a villain in the first 2 seasons of AF and still have his mutant
form(possibly replacing Animo as the king of the void)”
I see where you’re coming from on this one, but I really don’t think this would’ve
been a good idea, especially because Glen Murikami’s vision for the first 2 seasons
at least, worked miracles and was among the best episodes in the Ben 10 franchise.
I think we got enough of mutant Kevin in Classic, and with the more nuanced tone Alien Force
had, it would’ve likely ruined it.
“UAF Vilgax was better then OS Vilgax (minus Primus that was pure crap)”
I agree and disagree with this one.
I LOVED Vilgax in Vengeance of Vilgax and The Final Battle, but the rest of his appearances
in Alien Force and especially Ultimate Alien felt really repetitive and boring to me.
I do prefer his new appearance in UAF, but his voice, menace, and awesome buildup was
just amazing in the classic series!
“Ben 10 the Reboot is fantastic” & “I think the reboot gets too much hate”
I’ll group these two together because they’re practically the same, and while I agree that
it is overhated, its not fantastic by any measures.
The comedy is really one-note, the characters are all bland and no one has any character
flaws, the art style is cliche and predictable, with very lazy designs in a lot of cases,
and it doesn’t follow a legitimate story.
“The only reason that people hate on the cn reboot is because it doesn't follow a legitimate
story like its predecessors also its basic animation and gags”
Yep.
“The Alien Force aliens are better than OS alien roster.”
You have no idea how much I agree with this!
Swampfire?
Echo Echo?
Big Chill?
Humongausaur?
Alien X?
GOOP?
Ohhhh baby, don’t get me started!
The Classic roster is great, but the Alien Force roster is on a whole other level!
“Blukic and Driba are really annoying characters” I actually really agree with this!
Especially with Driba, the voice is really annoying on the ears.
“Even tho i don't care for the reboot, i like the gen 10 crossover.
Even tho i dont like the artstyle I really like rex and missed him so much, and I find
they did a pretty decent job integrating him in the reboot.
It just felt right even if i was a bit confused.”
Well, I reviewed Ben Gen 10 in a different video if y’all wanna check that out, and
if you look at it, you’d see that I absolutely agree with this.
Ben Gen 10 had its fair share of problems, and it didn’t blow me away like Heroes United
did for sure, but it was solid entertainment for 45 minutes and I’m happy they took the
risk and made it.
“The only thing I can say is that Ben 10 Omniverse is very underrated.”
I agree.
Of all the Ben 10 shows, this one has definitely been dealt the harshest fan reaction, but
in terms of looking back at it I think fans are more in love with it than most of the
other ones!
“Ben as Ghostfreak was underutilized in the classic series.”
I don’t really know how to feel about this one.
I think Ghostfreak’s arc in the Classic series was handled pretty well, and they continued
it later in Omniverse, but that might just be because I’m not a huge fan of Ghostfreak
as an alien personally anyways.
Also, kudos to Mister Kid who wrote this one, he makes great videos and I got something
in the works with him, believe me.
“Shocksquatch was a sucky alien, he was beaten by Fistrick who’s only power is going
to the gym.”
I agree and disagree with this.
In terms of design and voice acting, Omniverse Shocksquatch is one of my favorites!
As for powers, he’s basically a copy of Rath and Feedback, and you’re right, he’s
very downplayed in the show.
“The Worst is actually a decent alien because he could take a lot of damage and I'm pretty
sure he could run away fast enough so he's a good alien for defense.”
Here we go, The Worst is one of my favorite aliens because of how stupid and silly the
concept is, but also how clever it is.
The Worst is basically an indestructible punching bag, but can still feel the pain of every
punch.
I explained this in my Aliens Explained video, and it makes him one of, if not the best defense
alien, outside of maybe Goop or something like that.
As for running fast, he is pretty short and fat, and I don’t think he ever ran fast
in the show, but I agree with the rest.
Here’s a long one: “Ben has no full control over Alien X.
Why do I think that?
Well...
Derrick Wyatt has repeatedly said he has no control, Ben never asked for full control
FOREVER, he said: “Let me borrows the keys of Alien X for a MINUTE”.
When Rook Blonko said in the episode Weapon XI "Ben has full control over Alien X" he
said that BECAUSE BEN ASKED THEM TO GIVE HIM CONTROL (AGAIN) FOR A MINUTE.
Besides, it doesn’t make sense why Ben didn’t use Alien X against some strong villains like
Maltruant if he has full control.”
Well first of all, I appreciate the enthusiasm, you literally provided 4 sources to prove
this point, and I appreciate the FACTS and LOGIC, but as for your point, I don’t think
thats a bad thing.
If Alien X had a lot of control, then he’d just turn into Alien X every time and forget
about his other 70 transformations.
I feel like this is just a storytelling rule, and it was beautifully explained in Alien
X’s premiere episode, where Ben says (its not worth the price)
“Omniverse is amazing.
Better than Ultimate Alien.”
I’ve seen this hot take around the fandom a lot, and while Omniverse was pretty unfairly
hated in the beginning for its art style, the fandom has loved it as it continued and
especially sinced it ended.
I don’t personally agree that its better than Ultimate Alien, but its definitely close.
I even said this in my video ranking all the series.
Sorry for plugging like 400 of my videos here, but it was all related so if you got a kick
outta this, maybe you’d like to check some of those out as well!
“The Ultimate Alien (series) is trash.
The story is extremely predictable and repetitive.
Eg.
Each episode in which Aggregor searched for Andromeda Aliens has the same sequence of
events.
Likewise when he was looking for an infinity map (first they go to a planet or dimension,
then they take an infinity map but watch the miracles every time in the end Agregor beats
them and takes them).
The end of each season is anticlimatic.
There are almost no soundtracks or they are bad.
The transformations are either the same as in AF or similar, I’m not sure how anyone
could not get bored of it.
The new aliens are either a copy of another alien (Fasttrack) or have an incredibly bad
design (Jurry Rigg), although there are a couple of good ones (Clockwork).
I could write this for a hundred years…”
I actually agree with a lot of your points, so kudos for that.
I agree that the Ultimate Alien aliens are among the worst in the franchise, even compared
to the very hit or miss aliens of Omniverse, but there are a couple gems like Ultimate
Echo Echo or Clockwork as you said.
The soundtrack I would agree is very bland, definitely not as good as the other 4 shows,
and as for the storytelling, it is basically a season 4 and onward of Alien Force.
As for the Aggregor criticism, I would disagree, but to each his own I guess.
“Ben should never gained access to Alien X because he's stupidly overpowered”
This sounds a bit similar to the other hot take from before except its the exact opposite.
I don’t think Alien X is stupidly overpowered, and here’s 4 sources why.
:) Love ya Marvin!
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