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RobotPrincess I'll forgive you. Would you forgive me, too? Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#176: Jan 27th 2015 at 4:36:09 AM

One thing I really liked in this episode was the reference to Dance Dance Revolution.

I'm a really really big fan of DDR and Hardcore. So that was neat.

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#177: Jan 30th 2015 at 10:47:07 PM

The memes begin

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#178: Jan 31st 2015 at 11:39:02 AM

Yeah, so I just found out about this and watched the first episode(s) and really enjoyed it. It really feels like Gravity Falls only with a Magical Girl / Fantasy bent rather than Sci Fi and Folklore. It's too early to say what the series as a whole will be like, but I'm definitely looking forward to more episodes. Star herself is a bit manic, but I think that the show handles it well and there's plenty of space for Character Development. The general type of humor it seems to be using is right in line with the type of stuff I like, too. Pony Head was kind of annoying, but everything else was pretty solid. I'm loving the self-aware Magical Girl anime style, too.

Also, I'd be surprised if we don't see St. Olga's by the end of the series. It'll either be a prison breakout episode, or it'll turn out that it's nowhere near as bad as it's made out to be.

edited 31st Jan '15 11:40:10 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#179: Feb 1st 2015 at 5:40:28 PM

I hope if they go to the school/prison in an episode, there will be a couple Expies of Dokuro-chan and Punie Tanaka.

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#180: Feb 5th 2015 at 6:30:30 PM

The art style feels like a mash up of Steven Universe and Wander over Yonder, while the OST is giving me major Gravity Falls vibes.

I think I'd like to keep up with this show. When's the next episode?

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#182: Feb 5th 2015 at 8:20:45 PM

I really wish we had an actual date. At least then I could try to watch it live instead of having to find it later via Perfectly Legal Means.

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RyanStoppable from Sheboygan, WI, USA Since: Dec, 2009
#183: Feb 10th 2015 at 3:57:54 PM

Here's a magazine article talking about the show: "No Time for Tea Parties"

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#184: Feb 10th 2015 at 4:03:38 PM

This is gonna become a big competitor with Steven Universe.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#185: Feb 10th 2015 at 5:03:50 PM

[up][up]Well, it's not every day that someone claims that Executive Meddling helped the show.

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#186: Feb 10th 2015 at 6:52:47 PM

"A Star is Born"

Haha

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SonicWind from North Carolina Since: Nov, 2011
#187: Feb 10th 2015 at 7:59:38 PM

So, this article apparently states that Star is going to have a "continuing arc". Sounds more like "story arc" to me, or at the very least, continuity of some sort.

Interesting. We don't see that a lot in two-episode cartoons like these. Could this mean that some of the events we saw in the preview episodes will come back to haunt Star later in the series?

[down][down] Yeah, it's been happening more recently, but it's still kind of uncommon.

edited 10th Feb '15 9:24:08 PM by SonicWind

BagofMagicFood Since: Jan, 2001
#188: Feb 10th 2015 at 8:26:22 PM

So before the show was made, it already contained the obligatory WMG that all the weirdness was just in the character's head. waii

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#189: Feb 10th 2015 at 8:30:31 PM

I don't know, a sense of continuity has been growing in a lot of the shows on Cartoon Network. Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Steven Universe all have a strong sense of continuity. Steven Universe in particular has a developing story and looks like it might have a Half-Arc Season weighted with more one shots in the front half (we can't tell yet because the first season still isn't over).

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#190: Feb 11th 2015 at 5:38:33 AM

@Sonic: Well, both of the episodes we saw involved St. Olga's, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if it ends up being relevant to future episodes. And Ludo is almost certainly going to show up again.

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SonicWind from North Carolina Since: Nov, 2011
#191: Feb 12th 2015 at 9:58:32 AM

So, Star's been renewed for a second season. I'm sure you'll recall it hasn't even officially premiered on Disney XD yet.

If this isn't proof that people love this show already, nothing is.

edited 12th Feb '15 10:02:15 AM by SonicWind

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#192: Feb 12th 2015 at 10:28:18 AM

Wut.... HOW!?

I mean, It's fun but... It hasn't started yet! No one's even seen the first half of season one!

Uh... Okay then, I hope it doesn't disappoint.

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#193: Feb 12th 2015 at 10:29:42 AM

This happens. The Cleveland Show was greenlit for 2 more seasons BE-FORE THE FIRST SEA-SON AIRED.

edited 12th Feb '15 10:29:59 AM by kyun

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#194: Feb 12th 2015 at 10:30:32 AM

We may not have seen the show but executives and test audiences probably had so the positive response from that probably.

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blak89 from Naples, Italy Since: Aug, 2013
#195: Feb 12th 2015 at 12:42:56 PM

uhm... ehm... wut... WHAT?

I mean. WOW. I liked the preview but... WOW, just wow.

SonicWind from North Carolina Since: Nov, 2011
#196: Feb 12th 2015 at 12:57:17 PM

Disney's official press release for the announcement goes into more detail, including info on another preview episode hitting WATCH Disney XD on the 23rd.

blak89 from Naples, Italy Since: Aug, 2013
#197: Feb 12th 2015 at 1:17:52 PM

How is this even possible...?

I mean... did the preview episode got really high ratings or what?

Maybe they have a plan for a 2-seasons story arc?

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#198: Feb 12th 2015 at 1:49:14 PM

You ARE AWARE that networks screen premiere shows to select test groups and events, in places other than on TV, right??

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#199: Feb 12th 2015 at 2:46:09 PM

Yeah, but even so, those focus groups aren't always good indications of overall quality. I mean, I liked the preview well enough, so I'm happy to see that what they have so far is strong enough to get renewed already, but it's still kind of odd that they're investing so much into it even though the general public hasn't seen much of it.

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RyanStoppable from Sheboygan, WI, USA Since: Dec, 2009
#200: Feb 12th 2015 at 4:47:20 PM

[up][up][up]The ratings were about the same as the other Disney XD cartoons get when they hop over to Disney Channel, but nothing special.

Honestly, I am surprised that it was announced this early, but it actually makes sense when you think about it. Season 1 only has 13 episodes, and it wouldn't really be fair to pull the plug that quickly. And if you wait to pick it up, then it's another situation like Gravity Falls, which had a full year between the end of its Season 1 and the start of Season 2 because of how late it got renewed.

The press release also confirms the originally announced and then rescinded premiere date: Monday, March 30 at 8:00PM Eastern, with the preview episode from January followed by a new one.

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