Star Vs has been gathering potential energy on a roller coaster for the last ten or so months, and I have a good feeling that it's going to explode in the next season.
Because this is a season review, I'm going to be talking about my three favorite episodes, and my three least favorite. I'll start with the least good: "Royal Pain," "The Other Exchange Student," and "Sleep Spells." The first two have good jokes here and there, but they fall victim to extremely predictable plots, one of Star Vs' weakest aspects. TOES in particular - I managed to predict the plot twist, and then the plot twist to the plot twist a few minutes later. On the other hand, my least favorite ("Sleep Spells") does a complete 180 halfway through, and then drops the issue of Star's sleeplessness and mother issues to never be mentioned again. But these episodes are still Star Vs episodes, and therefore better than the best of some other cartoons out there.
My three favorites: Diaz Family Vacation, Blood Moon Ball, and Storm the Castle. This is more fun to talk about, so I'll go over them individually. Diaz Family Vacation includes some great comedy and really sweet moments between Star, Marco, and their family (families- the King is in this one too!) This is actually kind of tied with Mewberty and the pilot, also excellent episodes, but I gave this spot to DFV. Blood Moon Ball has Tom and he's the best part, no questions asked. I was looking forward to seeing him since the moment I saw him in the theme song, and he lived up to my expectations. Also, the climax is great - Star and Marco are hypnotizing, and the red lighting is like something out of Steven Universe.
Storm the Castle came out yesterday and it's already my favorite. The epic levels were upped unbelievably high. Toffee is a fantastic villain even going beyond Star Vs. What's his deal? What are his end goals? What's happened with the wand?????
The best qualities of Star Vs are the characters, the animation, the creativity, and the heart. Unfortunately, it's frequently squeezed into uncreative plots that puppet the characters along. Also, it has difficulties with pacing and comedic timing. But with the recent change of status quo, I think we can expect some great things. Awesome season, and looking forward to the next one!
Season One Review (tl;dr 8/10)
Star Vs has been gathering potential energy on a roller coaster for the last ten or so months, and I have a good feeling that it's going to explode in the next season.
Because this is a season review, I'm going to be talking about my three favorite episodes, and my three least favorite. I'll start with the least good: "Royal Pain," "The Other Exchange Student," and "Sleep Spells." The first two have good jokes here and there, but they fall victim to extremely predictable plots, one of Star Vs' weakest aspects. TOES in particular - I managed to predict the plot twist, and then the plot twist to the plot twist a few minutes later. On the other hand, my least favorite ("Sleep Spells") does a complete 180 halfway through, and then drops the issue of Star's sleeplessness and mother issues to never be mentioned again. But these episodes are still Star Vs episodes, and therefore better than the best of some other cartoons out there.
My three favorites: Diaz Family Vacation, Blood Moon Ball, and Storm the Castle. This is more fun to talk about, so I'll go over them individually. Diaz Family Vacation includes some great comedy and really sweet moments between Star, Marco, and their family (families- the King is in this one too!) This is actually kind of tied with Mewberty and the pilot, also excellent episodes, but I gave this spot to DFV. Blood Moon Ball has Tom and he's the best part, no questions asked. I was looking forward to seeing him since the moment I saw him in the theme song, and he lived up to my expectations. Also, the climax is great - Star and Marco are hypnotizing, and the red lighting is like something out of Steven Universe.
Storm the Castle came out yesterday and it's already my favorite. The epic levels were upped unbelievably high. Toffee is a fantastic villain even going beyond Star Vs. What's his deal? What are his end goals? What's happened with the wand?????
The best qualities of Star Vs are the characters, the animation, the creativity, and the heart. Unfortunately, it's frequently squeezed into uncreative plots that puppet the characters along. Also, it has difficulties with pacing and comedic timing. But with the recent change of status quo, I think we can expect some great things. Awesome season, and looking forward to the next one!