So after the broken Aesop in season three Jaden is (understandably) distanced from this 'friends', they do a good job playing the awkwardness of the interactions, I was impressed how they showed Jaden had become this alien demigod entity through performance as opposed to special effects.
The start of the season is mostly closing the sub-plots, I like the end of sho's journey (but why bring back Zane? He already had a decent resolution and a good death scene), It resolves everyone's stories but also shows that everyone has a life after the plot which is good writing. The reconciliation between Jaden and his friends is also handled well, they come to realise they've been treating him unfairly and they need to grow up and face grim reality like he has, but also Jaden realises that he has been ignoring their abilities and taking them for granted. Its left on a bitter sweet note that things can never be the same but in spite of everything they still care. This is prime stuff, not sugary and unrealistic but still heart warming.
Then the harbinger of the plot arrives, agent Smith from Matrix Revolutions in bondage gear. They play the reference up to the hilt and he will be your faceless undying mook for the evening.
Now Season three was trying to be Dark, but it takes more then joining Gwar and dating a hermaphrodite to be dark. This time the main plot is Grimdark: horrific flashbacks, tragic back stories, dark dimensions of suffering and death trap buildings that explode. Then the writers get bored of the villain being faceless hoards that are slowly consuming the world (which was a nice change TBH from the card carrying villains) and play plot thread reborn to use a subplot extra as place holder for people to boo at so they can save the boss for later.
In the end the bad guys nearly win and Jaden is forced to play a card game against skeletal winged Baphomet (Yes its as awesome as it sounds).
I like this season, people get lost with the philosophical edge to the plot but if you've been paying attention it all makes sense: The universe was created by the playing of a card, The normal world is its face up active state, the darkness world its face down inactive state (the opposite of life isn't death, its existence without change). Cards are given power by peoples belief in them, when they lose faith that belief flows into the dark world.
Season Four - What is the Matrix?
So after the broken Aesop in season three Jaden is (understandably) distanced from this 'friends', they do a good job playing the awkwardness of the interactions, I was impressed how they showed Jaden had become this alien demigod entity through performance as opposed to special effects.
The start of the season is mostly closing the sub-plots, I like the end of sho's journey (but why bring back Zane? He already had a decent resolution and a good death scene), It resolves everyone's stories but also shows that everyone has a life after the plot which is good writing. The reconciliation between Jaden and his friends is also handled well, they come to realise they've been treating him unfairly and they need to grow up and face grim reality like he has, but also Jaden realises that he has been ignoring their abilities and taking them for granted. Its left on a bitter sweet note that things can never be the same but in spite of everything they still care. This is prime stuff, not sugary and unrealistic but still heart warming.
Then the harbinger of the plot arrives, agent Smith from Matrix Revolutions in bondage gear. They play the reference up to the hilt and he will be your faceless undying mook for the evening.
Now Season three was trying to be Dark, but it takes more then joining Gwar and dating a hermaphrodite to be dark. This time the main plot is Grimdark: horrific flashbacks, tragic back stories, dark dimensions of suffering and death trap buildings that explode. Then the writers get bored of the villain being faceless hoards that are slowly consuming the world (which was a nice change TBH from the card carrying villains) and play plot thread reborn to use a subplot extra as place holder for people to boo at so they can save the boss for later.
In the end the bad guys nearly win and Jaden is forced to play a card game against skeletal winged Baphomet (Yes its as awesome as it sounds).
I like this season, people get lost with the philosophical edge to the plot but if you've been paying attention it all makes sense: The universe was created by the playing of a card, The normal world is its face up active state, the darkness world its face down inactive state (the opposite of life isn't death, its existence without change). Cards are given power by peoples belief in them, when they lose faith that belief flows into the dark world.