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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake: Cheers (2023)
Adventure Time doesent lose sight of what it is
Gonna start by saying that i was worried going into this. Adventure Time is truly like no other show, and they could've easily abandoned what made it so special for a wide variety of reasons. But they stuck to the end, with this wonderfully weird, vague, and oddly paced style to make (in my opinion) the best season. With Adventure Time clearly being in the right hands I hope we can get new content far into the future.
That said, one thing at the end was really dumb. Far from ruining the finale (even the very best animated finale has dumb stuff after all), but man they really should've left it out, the plot would've BARELY been affected.
Adventure Time: Come Along With Me (2018)
The most anticlimactic finale ever made
Adventure Time has always staunchly stuck to having major culminations of events be anticlimactic; I'm sure we remember the time where the world was ending, and Jake was rapping with God Jr. In a hot tub with the whole thing on mute. And even for the finale, they stick to that. Major plot beats are resolved in seconds, no one ends up actually fighting anything, and the show straight up makes fun of you for thinking major changes would happen to the status quo.
And its captivating, despite the lightning pacing the emotions wash over you, the characters have truly satisfying conclusions to their arcs, and you're left to analyze the shows final, possibly most fascinating mysteries (at least until Fionna and Cake).
Although you do have to jive with Adventure Times truly odd style of storytelling (past its first few episodic seasons) to really jive with it, though if you don't then why are you even here?
My Adventures with Superman: Adventures of a Normal Man Pt. 1 (2023)
Pretty solid first episode
Of course, before we get into it, it still has all the trappings of an early episode of a cartoon. If I'm being honest its more like a 7 due to some really weird pacing, though when you compare it to other first episodes i think its fair to bump it up.
Anyways, I'm glad they breezed through the introductions. We all know Superman is a farm boy, works with Luz..I mean Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen at the daily planet (for real they act so similar its a bit uncanny), and is from Krypton which is kinda cooked.
The show quickly establishes its own unique tone, doing a good job of mixing humor and serious situations. And a lot of shows have been doing it these past few years, though this is distinct from say, Owl House or Infinity Train
They did a pretty good job with Clarks motivation to become Superman here, this time its more about him discovering himself than just the typical "With great power comes great responsibility".
Only real complaint is they do the whole liar revealed trope, though if they had to do it for Lois (which it does make sense for her character), then its a good idea to get it out of the way as early as possible.
Also the animation is great, though that looks to be the norm for Adult Swim serialized cartoons.
Invincible (2021)
People absolutely love this, I legitimately wish I did too.
First off, the last 2 episodes completely lived up to the expectations set for me, watch the series just for them.
As for the rest of the series, I found Invincible to have an incredibly strong core, bogged down by very boring side plots. I found Atom Eve to be generic, William to be fun but unable to hold up his occasional serious moments, Amber to just be poorly written, and Robot and Monster Girl just made me incredibly uncomfortable; in some ways the writers probably intended, others I think more likely not (and if Robot is supposed to be neurodivergent, then actually yikes). The action is great, but the CG background characters just take you out of it. The Omni Man and Debbie plot was almost perfect, though the twist was just too predictable. None of the villains outside of Omni Man and Titan have any depth.
At the end of the day, i cant deny that Invincible is a decent to good show (and of course opinions on media are subjective), but people constantly calling it one of the best western cartoons ever made is just something i cannot understand (especially when its become such a competitive field, even if i thought of it highly)
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal: The End of the Beginning (2023)
Genndy finally fixed his biggest flaw
I'll just preface this by saying this seems to not meant to be the series finale. I totally understand people thinking that it was meant to be, since that is what we were told by Adult Swim (maybe the show got canned who knows), but the Warriors specifically say they've still got big work to do.
Anyways, as a SEASON finale this ticks all the boxes. Tasteful callbacks that serve a purpose to the plot. Massive and well foreshadowed changes to the status quo. A great resolution to the seasons main arc.
And last, but not least, a good climactic battle. Now that point is especially important because, quite frankly, if you follow Genndy Tartakovskys work you know that climactic battles like this one are by far his weakest point (and there are still ways this battle could've been improved mind you).
Anyways, I will confess i am more excited for Primal season 3 than season 2 of this, but this still had a pretty good first season even though it had some problems.
Lego Monkie Kid: A Hero Is Born (2020)
This entire series reeks of review bombing...
First up, this is the best pilot I've seen. The animation throws crazy angles, creative expressions, and flawless action at you every 10 seconds. I legitimately don't think I've seen animation this good outside of movies.
And the plot, great introductions to all the characters (unlike say, the Ninjago pilot where its just Kai and Wu), highly unique premise despite the Journey to the west inspiration, and a great establishment of lore.
I simply don't see how anyone with good faith can give this a lower than 8 out of 10, maybe 7 out of 10 if they REALLY REALLY don't vibe with these types of shows.
The Owl House: Watching and Dreaming (2023)
One of the greatest finales of all time, despite some pacing issues
First off, i want to say i am most probably biased, im neurodiverse and the nd characters in this show (Luz, Hunter, Gus, Vee, and others), just spoke to me on such a deep level,quite possibly a deeper level than any other media ever will.
Anyways, this finale did such a great job under such terrible circumstances (a full 14 episodes being cut causing them to have to do some truly drastic rewrites), Character arcs come to beautiful conclusions (especially Luz) and Belos once again proves himself as the best villain in Disneys repertoire, even beating out Darth Sidious, Bill Cipher, Darth Vader, Doofenshmirtz, Darth Maul, Scar, Darth Sion, pretty much every Darth. Also he legitimately has one of the funniest scenes ive ever seen in this episode, funnier than THAT Mermista line from She Ra.
Now, there is a problem in the finale that both isnt too important, and i just don't think its fair to hold them accountable for, and that's the 12 minute montage at the end. Owl House was an extremely ambitious show, and there is no way it all ever could be perfectly wrapped up in 3 hour long specials. Not like any of the stuff in it is bad, just certain scenes (regarding Amity and Vee especially) needed 2 minutes to themselves at least.
And that is pretty much all i can say without spoiling some transcendent TV, all i have left to say (though this is subjective), is if this finale had 10-15 more minutes it'd have a good chance of beating out Star Wars: The Clone Wars for the best Finale of all time
Actually one more thing, if you are also mad about the missed potential, then they tease a spinoff multiple times in the episode. Good chance nothing comes of it, but if it does you better be there day 1 random viewer.