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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34326: Jul 8th 2016 at 7:03:07 PM

[up]Technically, although that clip was released officially and seems more like a regular preview than the other one.

I wish these previews would just be the first 40-100 seconds of the episode, not a mid-episode clip whose leadup you can barely begin to guess.

edited 8th Jul '16 7:04:49 PM by thatother1dude

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#34327: Jul 8th 2016 at 7:38:27 PM

The first minute of an episode isn't always that interesting...

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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#34328: Jul 8th 2016 at 8:19:00 PM

[up]I mean...they probably shouldn't show the interesting part for the preview...

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34329: Jul 8th 2016 at 8:26:42 PM

Not all the time, but an episode with a slow start wouldn't do much nuts for nobody.

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#34330: Jul 8th 2016 at 8:53:31 PM

I'm sorry. I just thought it was neat. :(

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34331: Jul 8th 2016 at 9:00:41 PM

an episode with a slow start wouldn't do much nuts for nobody.
Can you name a specific, already-aired episode where the beginning wouldn't make a good preview?

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#34332: Jul 8th 2016 at 9:17:46 PM

[up]Almost all episodes hat dosent focus in the gems, since their apear at first only to move away for the rest of the episode

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#34333: Jul 8th 2016 at 9:35:29 PM

[up][up]"The Answer"? Which was one of 'em...even though Garnet's eyes.

Any of early season 1 stuff...ex: Together Breakfast, Steven's Lion..something else.

edited 8th Jul '16 9:37:13 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34334: Jul 8th 2016 at 10:45:59 PM

Almost all episodes that don't focus on the gems, since they appear at first, only to move away for the rest of the episode.
They don't all begin like that. Looking through season 1a, somespecifically  are pretty much as you say, but, othersspecifically  make it immediately obvious that, even if the Crystal Gems are there at the start, they aren't what the episode will be about. Some later ones, like "Lion 3: Straight to DVD", "Open Book", and "Horror Club", start without the gems there at all.

And even when the literal first scene doesn't make the best preview—generally because it's the set up for something much later in the episode—the second or third will be an obvious introduction to the central concept or character. For instance, with "Frybo", you'd skip past the opening scene with Pearl explaining the shards, and instead use Steven running into Peedee as the preview.

"The Answer"? Which was one of 'em...even though Garnet's eyes.
The preview for the "The Answer" was exactly what it should have been: it showed the Framing Device and about thirty seconds of the flashback. Anything else would be confusing, as you'd have to figure out it's a flashback and couldn't know where or when it was set.

Together Breakfast, Steven's Lion..something else.
The point of "Together Breakfast" was to show the Heroes Gone Fishing, so most scenes work fine out of context. The plots of most episodes are far more continuous.

Different topic: Looking through screenshots reminded me of that time Lion ate a Crystal Lizard. Much like the Crystal Shrimp, that's strange for a number of reasons: It has a corpse, so it's not a gem monster or the creation of one. Is it an actual animal from Homeworld or some other planet that happens to have gem-based life forms? Did it drop any Titanite?

EDIT: Also, "Hit the Diamond" music. Nice how an episode where a bunch of characters are working together has music of a bunch of their instruments together.

edited 8th Jul '16 10:55:05 PM by thatother1dude

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34335: Jul 9th 2016 at 12:39:42 AM

In hindsight, Lars' virtual absence from season two is really freaking weird—not just because of how long it's been, but how suddenly it happened and severe the difference. "Horror Club" was more than halfway through season 1b, while "Say Uncle" was written to be the season's sixth-to-last episode. In the second season, Lars never speaks at all, and literally the only other named residents of Beach City that didn't were Yellowtail and Kofi.

If they just didn't want to give Lars another major role (as season two had fewer episodes about Beach Citizens), he probably still would have made some minor appearances. If they wanted to stop writing about Lars entirely, you'd think he'd be written out/become a background-only character, rather than getting that one scene in "Sadie's Song", which seems to exist just to remind us that he does.

I suspect the real reason was that they couldn't get his voice actor. Even that would require some advance notice—what's the time between initial outlines and first recordings? Hell, maybe Moy still isn't available, Lars will have a new voice actor next we see him, and the title of "The New Lars" is a bit of Leaning on the Fourth Wall.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34336: Jul 9th 2016 at 1:02:17 AM

The amount of casual Beach City episodes in season 2: 6 episodes?

It makes some sense, don't expecting this Lars character to show up...

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#34337: Jul 9th 2016 at 2:25:12 AM

Still looking forward to these episodes, especially if we can get one or two Gems to show up in one.

The cast interactions with how big it all is practically write themselves.

Peridot/Ronaldo, Sadie/Lapis, Stevonnie/anyone, Peridot blowing up the Big Donut while trying to improve it with Gem tech, Lapis helping out the local fishermen, etc.

It's funny, despite the fact the Crystal Gems are more or less magical superheroes, they don't have much interaction with the public, which neatly sidesteps any identity, personal responsibility, or self-image problems that usually come with it.

Gems are Gems, and they just don't seem to care about how humans think of them.

Not that the humans care much either, they've pretty much just been Conditioned to Accept Horror. And they're not wrong.

Ronaldo: How can you possibly go on, knowing that we are under siege by forces meant to destroy the Crystal Gems?

Mr. Fryman: How close are you to being done with this project?

Ronaldo: Just answer the question, Dad!

Mr. Fryman: Ugh... I-I guess its pretty bad, but what's a regular old guy like me supposed to do about it? I've got work to do... and so do you, put down that camera.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34338: Jul 9th 2016 at 10:51:49 AM

We've been focused on reforming Peridot and dealing with the Cluster lately, so I'm looking forward to some new slice of life episode that take advantage of the New Improved Expanded cast.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34339: Jul 9th 2016 at 10:57:53 AM

Anyone care if I post about that "Summer Adventure" promo? The spoilers thread talks about much more spoilery things.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#34340: Jul 9th 2016 at 11:28:30 AM

It's official and it was posted here, so it's mostly alright...

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34341: Jul 9th 2016 at 11:54:23 AM

Something I notice that no one has brought up, in either thread, is that Connie and Stevonnie are wearing the same jacket Mr. Maheswaran wears. Connie is also standing in front what looks like the same car he drove in "Winter Forecast", which has a "dad on board" sticker.

So Doug is probably gonna be back and find out about Stevonnie. Hopefully he'll take it better than some have imagined.

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#34342: Jul 9th 2016 at 12:05:22 PM

Oh, huh, I didn't notice that the jacket they were wearing was Mr. Maheswaran's jacket, but now that I've watched the promo again, I see it. Oh dear. I wonder why Connie and Stevonnie are wearing Mr. Maheswaran's jacket, though.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34343: Jul 9th 2016 at 12:34:25 PM

Given how well it fits Connie, I'm thinking it's not the same jacket, just the same design in her size.

Connie said he was a security guard who works for "a bunch of different beaches". Makes me think he took Connie and Steven to hang out at a beach he had a job at, and it's a jacket she wears when he takes her to work. Maybe that leads to a "Who are you, and why are you wearing my daughter's jacket?" scene.

Now I'm imaging Stevonnie wandering to Doug's work station, then he hassles them about loitering while griping about "annoying teenagers."

edited 9th Jul '16 12:36:07 PM by thatother1dude

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34344: Jul 9th 2016 at 1:00:20 PM

Oh Geez. When you said Doug, I thought you were talking about Doug walker and the Vlogs he does with his brother. Have they even said Mr. Maheswaran's name is Doug in the show itself?

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34345: Jul 9th 2016 at 1:09:45 PM

[up]No, that's just from Jones-Quartey. Same for "Priyanka". If they agreed on those names, I imagine they're going to use them in-show eventually.

I wrote "Doug" because I thought it would be clear from context and typing "Mr. Maheswaran" over and over is kind of awkward.

edited 9th Jul '16 1:12:34 PM by thatother1dude

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#34346: Jul 9th 2016 at 1:33:14 PM

" It's interesting to see a couple that isn't right for each other, buts keeps ending up back together, and it isn't taken so seriously. Like the opposite of the stereotypical Will They or Won't They? couple."

I think Lars and saddie could be a good couple in the future both they have to improve as person, which is still a far thing to go.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34347: Jul 9th 2016 at 2:24:13 PM

"They bring out the worst in each other" is not really a great reason not to be together, it just sounds like an excuse not to improve as a person. You don't resolve your issues by keeping them inside.

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#34348: Jul 9th 2016 at 3:07:49 PM

I just call him Alucard Maheswaran because his voice actor is Alucard from Hellsing.

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#34349: Jul 9th 2016 at 3:15:26 PM

Wait really?

Oh really when?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34350: Jul 9th 2016 at 3:16:43 PM

Crispin Freeman has been doing a lot of American cartoon voice acting since about 2009.


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