Line #6 Tropers/CommanderVisor


1	[[Sandbox/CommanderVisorSandbox Click here for my sandbox.]] Please don't edit my sandbox.
2
3	If you have any questions, message me on TV Tropes.
4
5	'''Please do not message me on other websites.'''
6
7	[[foldercontrol]]
8
9	[[folder:Pages I launched:]]
10	* A bunch of ''Star Wars'' content pages that I've lost track of:
11	** ''Magazine/StarWarsRebelsMagazine''
12	** ''ComicBook/StarWarsPurge''
13	** ''ComicBook/StarWarsCaptainPhasma''
14	** ''Literature/StarWarsPhasma''
15	** ''ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel''
16	** ''Literature/AdventuresInWildSpace''
17	** ''Literature/TheVoiceOfTheEmpire''
18	** ''Literature/RebelRising''
19	** ''Literature/GuardiansOfTheWhills''
20	** ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView''
21	** ''Literature/TK462''
22	** ''VideoGame/{{Ragtag}}''
23	** ''VideoGame/{{Maul}}''
24	** ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''
25	** ''ComicBook/StarWarsJediOfTheRepublic''
26	** ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan''
27	** ''Literature/TheLegendsOfLukeSkywalker''
28	** ''Literature/InfernoSquad''
29	** ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances''
30	** ''Literature/StarWarsMostWanted''
31	** ''Literature/StarWarsLastShot''
32	** ''Literature/TheMightyChewbacca''
33	** ''ComicBook/StarWarsTIEFighter''
34	** ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder''
35	* ''WebAnimation/ToBelong''
36	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisImpacts''
37	* ''VideoGame/AWayOut''
38	* Creator/{{Zagtoon}}
39	* ''Film/VanishingTime''
40	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansStreet''
41	* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'' (at least when it was under WesternAnimation.BigHero6)
42	* ''Series/MidnightCaller''
43	* Creator/DavidOyelowo
44	* Creator/GaryCole
45	* Creator/LarsMikkelsen
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' (...before it got removed for being a stud.)
47	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''
48	* ''WesternAnimation/DenverAndCliff''
49	* ''Film/DaphneAndVelma''
50	* ''WesternAnimation/GhostForce''
51	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho''
52	* Creator/ChristianLanz
53	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince''
54	* ''Film/SevenInHeaven''
55	* WebVideo/{{Sethical}}
56	* Creator/VivicaAFox
57	* Creator/LilianaMumy
58	* Creator/BenSchwartz
59	* ''Film/TheLastKiss''
60	* ''Literature/PenguinHighway''
61	* ''WebVideo/JohnTheHellhound''
62	* ''Series/{{Fam}}''
63	* Creator/MyrnaVelasco
64	* Creator/KazumiEvans
65	* Creator/AimeeCarrero
66	* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingHeartOfIron''
67	* Creator/JasonHightower
68	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland''
69	* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena''
70	[[/folder]]
71
72	[[folder:Personal Thoughts]]
73	!!''Miraculous Ladybug''
74
75	Has a lot of potential, but squanders it in favor of [[ExecutiveMeddling prioritizing merch over creativity/storytelling]] and bad anime tropes -- particularly, the excessive focus on ''shoujo''-esque romance and playing them straight for comedy, ignoring that these can be [[StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale unhealthy]] if done badly. Marinette's obsessive behavior towards Adrien and constantly placing him on a pedestal is never something to be developed out of (and she has no reason to, because whenever Adrien notices she's up to something, he [[EasilyForgiven doesn't think much of it]]) and is always used as a joke to move the plot, and makes her a {{designated hero}} at times.
76
77	As for the toyetic>storytelling priority, it does seem like it's something they're making up along the way if the Pearls/Stones being scrapped for the Magic Macarons is any indication. It also feels at times that they're only introducing new Miraculous users for the sake of it rather than to move the story, even if it does expand the lore.
78
79	The show also has a bad problem with scheduling -- like normal shows, it would've made more sense to release the episodes ''in order'' while the season is done or finishing up production. Releasing episodes out of order whenever they're ready feels unprofessional and rushed.
80
81	!!''Star Wars Rebels''
82
83	Season 1>Season 3>Season 4>Season 2
84
85	First of all, animation is not a respected medium, especially not in the ''Star Wars'' fandom. If you don't like cartoons, then generally, you're not going to like a ''Star Wars'' cartoon. Generally, I encourage anyone to watch them and enjoy them.
86
87	That said, ''Star Wars Rebels'' greatly suffers from being in the shadow of ''The Clone Wars'' and used to propel other stories in a way that takes away from ''Rebels''' own identity.
88
89	While Season 1 is seen as the worst season for being the least connected to the greater ''Star Wars'' story, I believe this is actually part of why it's the ''best'' season in the show by miles.
90
91	The rest of the show is encumbered by guest stars, most egregiously with Season 2, where we add ''The Clone Wars'' fan-favorites Ahsoka, Rex (and Wolffe and Gregor), Hondo, Vader, and Maul to the cast.
92
93	Except... Ahsoka and Vader aren't really there for anything other than the inevitable fight fans have waited years for -- Ahsoka doesn't do anything except one cool fight scene, the Vader fight, and then a setup for a post-OT story, presumably the ''Ahsoka'' show. Neither does Vader, who mysteriously disappears from the show after the fight with Ahsoka, even though Kanan and Ezra are still out there helping foster the Rebellion and that he'll have to pick up on the Jedi-hunting work now that the Inquisitors are ''apparently'' gone.
94
95	Speaking of the Inquisitors, Maul also hijacks the status of the personal Dark Side archnemesis for Ezra and Kanan from the Inquisitors. "Twin Suns" is an excellent to end to Obi-Wan/Maul's intertwined arc, at the cost of a proper conclusion to Ezra's arc. According to behind-the-scenes information, scenes about Ezra and the ''Ghost'' crew musing upon Ezra (and the absent Sabine) growing up and becoming independent from them were cut, and instead we got Ezra having the very simplistic "Oh no! I should've listened instead of not listening." lesson.
96
97	While I enjoy that the messages of Ezra and Sabine's stories are [[TheUnchosenOne allowing others to the take reins because saving the world isn't their true purpose]], I think the show fumbles this up by having the Sabine/Mandalore arc serve as a [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor]] to ''The Mandalorian'' and using Ezra's arc to tie up two unrelated characters' arc.
98
99	Kanan's blindness is also subpar in terms of representation. There are touching scenes like Kanan being able to see Ezra and Hera through the Force in special circumstances and the occasional "Remember? Kanan can't see how cool that is because he's ''blind''.", but Kanan handling his disability and his crippling depression from the end of the Season 2 is resolved in the Season 3 premiere because... the Force. It's not explained much beyond that, and so we get the occasional blunder like Kanan being able to use the ''Ghost'''s cannons during dogfights.
100
101	Along with overshadowed stories, the show also has a ''huge'' problem with {{Aborted Arc}}s and suddenly introducing new plot points out of thin air.
102	* "By the light of Lothal's moons." would've been a WhamLine about Kallus being Fulcrum... if were ever told about it.
103
104	I firmly believe that Creator/GregWeisman's exit from the show after Season 1 is what kneecapped it. Creator/SimonKinberg is okay, and I think ''Rebels'' really did show that Creator/DaveFiloni didn't/doesn't know how to write economically. From Season 1, it's clear that Weisman had a different storyline for Zeb and Kallus in mind, wanted to do something with the ion disruptors, Zare, Dhara, and Jai's stories to be told onscreen, and so on.
105
106	TL;DR:
107
108	!!''Star Wars Resistance''
109
110	Season 1 starts a little rough, but it does a really fun job of building up the anticipation to the events of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', with the First Order gradually tightening its grip while everything dissolves into chaos and the characters are caught in the middle of it.
111
112	I will agree with the popular sentiment that Season 2 is weaker than Season 1, I think it lost some momentum in returning to the usual Saturday morning cartoon-style episodes in about the first half of the season. Not that they aren't fun, but I think they don't develop the characters as well as they do in other parts of the show.
113
114	If anything, I think the show would've benefitted greatly from a Season 3. It really feels like with Season 1 and 2, we were only seeing the beginning of their journey, and it does feel like they were setting up for things that would've eventually been addressed in a longer show (Nena being the SixthRangerTraitor who could've had a HeelFaceTurn later, for instance).
115
116	As for wasted plots, I think the biggest miss is Kaz not having grief about his homeworld being destroyed and that his family was somehow offworld when it happened. It would've been nice if he could connect that with Leia, especially if the popular fan theory is that his dad was in cahoots with the First Order is true (leading to parallels between Vader and Senator Xiono). I also think that Tam's arc in Season 2 had some misses, like not having Rucklin's friend join them, Tam not having a reaction to learning Hosnian Prime was blown up, and Tierny using Tam as a tool to track down the Colossus ultimately doesn't build up to some master scheme.
117
118	Not sure where the complaints about the artstyle are coming from, because as far as cel-shaded CG animation goes, ''Resistance'' is really one of the ''best'' I've ever seen and is one of Polygon Pictures' best in that field. The art is gorgeous and the character designs are probably the most creative and fun in any ''Star Wars'' media.
119
120	Part of why ''Resistance'' is lambasted is because, like ''Rebels'' Season 1, it's not that connected to the greater galaxy. It's very standalone and self-contained. But like my thoughts on ''Rebels'' Season 1, that's what makes it stronger because it's able to standalone without needing outside material to understand it.
121
122	(The complaint that ''Resistance'' is kiddy is the same explanation I'll give for any "kiddy" show; that's... the point. It's a children show and not every children's show is going to be as dark as ''The Clone Wars''. If you don't like cartoons, then you're not going to like ''Star Wars'' cartoons in general.)
123
124	While being careful not too go aboard with the references, I would've liked more explicit connections to other ''Star Wars'' media, like a guest star appearances from Vi Moradi, Captain Cardinal, Kix, and so on, and building up Episode IX. Sadly, I think this is more blame on Disney/Lucasfilm for [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants their poor handling of the Sequel Trilogy's story and lore]] and the ''Resistance'' crew not wanting or not being allowed to OvertookTheManga. Given that TheCavalry in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' was supposed to be a message about BadassBystander and that ''Resistance'' was about civilians becoming the Resistance ("We are the Resistance now."), this would've been a great way to end the show.
125
126	TL;DR: Most of the cons come from ''Resistance'' being [[ItsShortSoItSucks too short]].
127
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:I'll look at it one day]]
131	!!!Anime
132	* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''
133	* ''Anime/TheBigO''
134	* ''Anime/BlackLagoon''
135	* The live-action ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' movie
136	* ''Blood #'' (that is, if anyone ever gets a hold of it and uploads it onto the Internet...)
137	* ''Manga/DGrayman''
138	* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' (apparently isn't as good as ''Baccano!'', but whatever)
139	* ''Anime/ErgoProxy''
140	* ''LightNovel/FateStayNight'' and the rest of the franchise
141	* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise''
142	* ''Anime/HellsingUltimate''
143	* ''Anime/{{Katanagatari}}''
144	* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (after I finish the original series, someday)
145	* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' (never finished)
146	* ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth''
147	* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK''
148	* ''Manga/OnePiece''
149	* ''Anime/{{Overlord}}''
150	* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn''
151	* ''Manga/ScumsWish''
152	* ''Anime/ShirokumaCafe''
153	* ''Manga/SoulEater''
154	* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''
155	* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''
156	* ''LightNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''
157	* ''Anime/YourLieInApril''
158	!!!Comics
159	* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''
160	!!!Literature
161	* ''Literature/BattleRoyale''
162	!!!Live-Action Series
163	* ''Series/Babylon5'' franchise & ''Series/{{Crusade}}''
164	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise
165	* ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' (only watched the Ninth Doctor episodes, so...)
166	!!!Video Games
167	* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
168	* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn''
169	* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''
170	* The rest of the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games and thus the other ''Persona'' games by proxy
171	* ''VideoGame/Drakengard2''
172	!!!Web Original
173	* ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''
174	!!!Western Animation
175	* ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo''
176	%%* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman''
177	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxTrolls''
178	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
179	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
180	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ducktales}}''
181	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}''
182	%%* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''
183	* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' (because it sounds bad and I'm curious to see how bad.)
184	* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel''
185	* ''WesternAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
186	* ''WesternAnimation/RedVsBlue''
187	* Anything from the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' franchise.
188	* ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE''
189	* ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm''
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:I will never watch because I don't want to]]
193	But I could be persuaded to, but that's not your job.
194	!!!Anime
195	* ''Anime/TheSevenDeadlySins'' (it looks bad)
196	!!!Comics
197	* All of them except for the ''Star Wars'' comics because I don't know where to start.
198	!!!Live-Action Series
199	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (or read ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' for that matter)
200	* ''Series/{{Rome}}''
201	!!!Western Animation
202	* Every single ''The Simpsons'' / ''Family Guy'' episode.

Context Tropers / CommanderVisor