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Adventure Time Season 6 |OT|
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I really like the blend, but I do miss the adventurey episodes that we don't get anymore.
All in all I'm glad the show has evolved and changed tone, and I hope it continues to do so.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
that...that was something I guess
_StreetSonic_
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I was expecting something amazing and more interesting.
commanderpepper
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Hey PBG isn't ruler of the Candy Kingdom. Maybe her new kingdom will have citizens who aren't dillweeds.
Ha, forgot about that. Pauper Bubblegum... Has a nice ring to it.
One step closer to giant gumball machine future.
So at the end of the week
-Princess Bubblegum no longer rules the Candy Kingdom
-Betty is the new "Magic Man"
-Martin is out of the picture
Everything else went nowhere (for now) or was forced back into the status quo (oh Adventure Time......).
Overall it was ok. I'm legit curious where they take Betty. I have no faith the Princess Bubblegum plotline will last or that they can make The King of Ooo an interesting character so whatever - it will be retconned within 3 episodes. With regards to Martin it was interesting they never tried to redeem him but that also meant they ran out of things to do with his character so out the show he goes. Hard to give two shits about Gunther since that plot point was pushed back to the status quo in the span of two episodes.
Steven Bomb was better
-Princess Bubblegum no longer rules the Candy Kingdom
-Betty is the new "Magic Man"
-Martin is out of the picture
Everything else went nowhere (for now) or was forced back into the status quo (oh Adventure Time......).
Overall it was ok. I'm legit curious where they take Betty. I have no faith the Princess Bubblegum plotline will last or that they can make The King of Ooo an interesting character so whatever - it will be retconned within 3 episodes. With regards to Martin it was interesting they never tried to redeem him but that also meant they ran out of things to do with his character so out the show he goes. Hard to give two shits about Gunther since that plot point was pushed back to the status quo in the span of two episodes.
Steven Bomb was better
Orgalorg did not end up being a compelling villain. Why even bother pulling an eldrich abomination out of nowhere if you aren't going to do anything interesting with him? He just got his ass kicked by a grass sword after two episodes. Worst Big Bad of the series.
Extremely disappointing, especially for an episode Jesse Moynihan was involved with. At least the orgalorg arc is over. Hopefully the Betty plotline goes somewhere interesting.
Extremely disappointing, especially for an episode Jesse Moynihan was involved with. At least the orgalorg arc is over. Hopefully the Betty plotline goes somewhere interesting.
forgeforsaken
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Yeah that was bad by pretty much every measure.
SigmasonicX
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Jeez, they made Orgalorg so creepy in his intro episode, but then they gave Gunther's brain arms, and then they gave him a voice, and I was done taking him seriously. I know it's kind of a thing of Adventure Time to give mundane voices to important figures, but they seriously had to give a mundane voice to him too?
I thought that Finn would try to appeal to the Gunther inside Orgalorg, since Gunther didn't seem to really like what was happening in "Orgalorg", but nope, the Gunther part was completely irrelevant. As was Sweet Pea dreaming about the comet. And the thorn was used solely as a deus ex machina to easily defeat Orgalorg; if they were going to do something like this, then Finn's Me Sword doing something weird probably would have better tied into the theme of the story. And they brought up Jake's croak dream again only to again pass off the croaking to someone else.
PB being ousted is something, but I fully expect that to be returned to normal soon enough.
It felt like the crew came together and said, "We have to do the part of the Hero's Journey where he is offered enlightenment but rejects it to remain home," and just half-assed the rest.
The Steven Bomb was so much better.
I thought that Finn would try to appeal to the Gunther inside Orgalorg, since Gunther didn't seem to really like what was happening in "Orgalorg", but nope, the Gunther part was completely irrelevant. As was Sweet Pea dreaming about the comet. And the thorn was used solely as a deus ex machina to easily defeat Orgalorg; if they were going to do something like this, then Finn's Me Sword doing something weird probably would have better tied into the theme of the story. And they brought up Jake's croak dream again only to again pass off the croaking to someone else.
PB being ousted is something, but I fully expect that to be returned to normal soon enough.
It felt like the crew came together and said, "We have to do the part of the Hero's Journey where he is offered enlightenment but rejects it to remain home," and just half-assed the rest.
The Steven Bomb was so much better.
SigmasonicX
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Huh? What wasn't explained?
BMO = GOAT
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So is Finn the creator of everything? He says it's because he chose to have Banana man show up in his space ship is the reason Jake survived. So is basically everything a joke or game to Finn like the Comet said it was?
Is it really underrated though when it's one of Cartoon Networks biggest and best critically received shows.
i mean, i think it should be taken as serious as something like Mad Men, its basically the prestige drama of western animation right now
I don't think he is meant to be a creator but something like a powerful being reincarnated. They've showed his willpower accomplishing stuff a few times before when he really concentrates.
oh god. please don't be "it was all the figment of a child's mind" at the end of the series
TheGreatLugia
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The week of episodes was neat but I do think the finale was a bit underwhelming.
If we're talking about ongoing storylines in western animation, I think Gravity Falls has it beat at the moment.
If we're talking about ongoing storylines in western animation, I think Gravity Falls has it beat at the moment.
If we're talking character drama, I think Steven Universe is on its way to surpassing Adventure Time too.
How did he know and how did he create these songs?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Psa1ZxySRoJ_uyqJ_Cp7Q
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Psa1ZxySRoJ_uyqJ_Cp7Q
This week of episodes was excellent except for The Comet. I don't care if they reset to the status quo - this is a children's cartoon, that's perfectly acceptable to me. But it just wasn't a satisfying ending to me, and there were several off-putting aspects. I liked Finn better when he was just a regular kid rather than some mystical being.
I guess it's possible that reincarnation is a thing for all humans in AT universe.
I guess it's possible that reincarnation is a thing for all humans in AT universe.
Well Finn was already clarified to be a reincarnated being a while back. I guess they thought it'd be fine to have some of his other reincarnations be plot-sensitive.
I actually kinda liked the episodes. I was fairly happy with the way that they wrapped up Jake's prophetic dream because it meant that while the prophecies are written in stone, there's still a lot that they can mean and they don't have to be straightforward.
Yeah, the status quo ending wasn't what bugged me either. The episode just didn't feel like Adventure Time.
I think the problem might've been the heavy exposition, which the show has never been known for, and the writers have explicitly condemned in the past. Orgalorg was the worst offender; we were told exactly what he'd do multiple times before he did it. When he showed up, instead of building on the backstory in his title episode, nearly all of his lines were explaining his motivations.
Show, don't tell.
Chezzymann
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I didn't really like The Comet. The show is just so unfocused now. I liked it way better when it was just Finn, the Lich, and the dark past of Ooo/Earth. I guess it might be a biproduct of them stretching this show across 7 seasons and constantly having to revert back to the status quo. Maybe its just because Ron Perlman wasnt voicing Orgalorg but he just wasnt very interesting. Also Finn basically being a god was kind of strange, not really sure if I like that. Overall in my opinion shows like Gravity Falls and Steven Universe are way better at doing what adventure time started.
innervision961
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I'm a 32 year old man. This show is too dark for me 
Pai Pai Master
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Didn't like the finale at all except for a few funny lines.
Train of Midnight
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Yeah. That's the good stuff.
Keep it coming.
Keep it coming.
Thinking about it, I did not like The Comet for two big reasons:
1. Everything was resolved completely anti-climactically. The comet, which had been hinted for so long, amounted to nothing meaningful. Don't build something up if you have no intention on making a big splash.
2. They were seemingly trying to be deep and philosophical but in an Adventure Timey sort of way, and the result was an exposition filled mess that did not say anything worth while. Previous finales didn't try to be anything more than fun and exciting.
So in all, I'm really disappointed. The finale was pretty much a total failure for me, which is very unusual for Adventure Time.
EDIT: Reason 3, Orgalorg was a total let down. Thinking about it more, they should have introduced him a long time ago, rather than just a few episodes prior. Feels like he lacks the buildup that The Lich had.
1. Everything was resolved completely anti-climactically. The comet, which had been hinted for so long, amounted to nothing meaningful. Don't build something up if you have no intention on making a big splash.
2. They were seemingly trying to be deep and philosophical but in an Adventure Timey sort of way, and the result was an exposition filled mess that did not say anything worth while. Previous finales didn't try to be anything more than fun and exciting.
So in all, I'm really disappointed. The finale was pretty much a total failure for me, which is very unusual for Adventure Time.
EDIT: Reason 3, Orgalorg was a total let down. Thinking about it more, they should have introduced him a long time ago, rather than just a few episodes prior. Feels like he lacks the buildup that The Lich had.
TheBaldEmperor
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I initially was down on the finale and then last night I went back and watched all of this weeks episodes in order again. I liked it much better after a second watch.
The Lich didn't have much of a build up. While he was mentioned in Billy's song, we only got info on him in his second appearance, which was in the season 2 finale. However they did a much better ob developing him not just in that episode but later as well.
This was probably the worst part of it. The dialogue was so straight-forward and blunt. Normally AT does a great job of dropping hints and then cashing in on them seasons later. This was just "Hi, viewers at home! Here's what's going on! Pretty crazy, huh?"
Jesse Moynihan has some interesting things to say about the finale and the upcoming season in his blog here (read the comments): http://jessemoynihan.com/?p=2452
Some of you will be glad to hear that season 7 will have a bigger emphasis on jokes and adventure, now that Finn has embraced his "temporary, material life."
Some of you will be glad to hear that season 7 will have a bigger emphasis on jokes and adventure, now that Finn has embraced his "temporary, material life."
I wonder if the comet that brought the first incarnation of Finn the Butterfly was the catalyst comet show in the episode Evergreen?
Probably not. It was green and had horn shapes, so it was probably associated with the Litch (after all the comet did say itself to be an incarnation of it).
Probably not. It was green and had horn shapes, so it was probably associated with the Litch (after all the comet did say itself to be an incarnation of it).
This does not excite me. The finale raised more questions than it answered yet the writers are going to go back and focus on fun and adventuring. There's always the chance that they will address some of the stuff in the finale, but I'm not holding my breath. I think I'm just going to accept the fact that we'll never get any answers from this show. Oh well, I hope the next season will at least be more entertaining than this one.
SigmasonicX
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Wasn't the thing with that witch connected with Marceline attacking the Candy Kingdom also supposed to have been part of the movie?
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