Now that's a review I understand^^
While I don't really understand why fans hate Gwevin so much (I was personnally indifferent to it), I agree with pratically every point of this review. Really sad they gave up on maturing Ben...
Well, it's not so much that I hate it...It's just really in your face, which does get annoying when you're there for the action and not the romance.
... Good point. Kinda lacked subtlety...
Indeed. I had a loathing for the Romantic Plot Tumor of Ben and Julie too, though I'm unsure if that appears in this series too.
I don't think so. Ben and Julie was fairly quiet in AF and the writers willingly didn't develop much about it because they wanted to focus the show on the story, according to Word Of God. Really, I feel Julie is underservely hated, just because she started out as a Satellite Love Interest; and she got better, but writers just won't aknowledge that.
Asger, how was Gwevin overshadowing the action?
MOO!
My god a review that finally makes sense. Because it was forced and overused. Anyone with any common sense can tell how badly the pairing was done.
How exactly did Gwen and Kevin's relationship dominate the show? By existing?
By being shoved in the faces of viewers from the getgo with unneeded relationship drama.
While it wasn't necessary by the end a lot of the reason that Gwevin exists was because a lot of people were starting to suspect Ben/Gwen.
Thats not a good justification for the horrible way it was handled let along going with that pairing. They could have just as easily created a character they would have ship teased Gwen with and spent one or two season developing the relationship before going into couple territory while keeping the main focus on Ben's adventure with the Omnitrix.
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A Mixed Bag
Omiverse, the fourth entry into the Ben 10 series. I'll say it's a good series and worth a watch, but it's hardly without its faults. So I'll break down the positive and negative elements of the show.
The Positive: The Gwen/Kevin 'romance' has thankfully been put on a bus, after dominating the last 2 series' in such an obnoxious way. Rook is a pretty awesome supporting character and fills the much needed role of a Badass Normal on the show. Animation is alot more fluid compared to AF and UA and thus the fights are much better. Khyber and Malware make for some pretty awesome villains. The new aliens present in this series are also pretty cool.
The Negative: The new art style can be...pretty awful at times. Several aliens have been redesigned and look vastly inferior to their earlier counterparts (Big Chill being among the worst offenders, being a bulky Hulk-like monster in this series.) Ben's character seems to have devolved. After 4 whole series he's still a bumbling Idiot Hero acting like a 10 year old and makes all the same mistakes. Come on writers, can't you have him mature a little? the flashbacks to kid Ben only serve to highlight this, where the only difference between young and old Ben seems to be their voice actor.
On the whole Omniverse is good but not great. Give it a watch, but do be aware that it's far from perfect and some asects to it are likely to grate on your nerves.