Steven Universe

unpopular opinion, but i dont like it when shows dedicate episodes to entirely singing

keyword: entirely

its not a bad episode on its own merits, im just not a fan although this is the first(?) time it's happened so im not going to be too down on it

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Dr. Alphys said:
Great concept for an episode. To be honest though, I'd have liked if there was a bit more focus devoted to the actual conversation between Pearl and Greg. I mean, there's been years of tension between them, and the way it was resolved in just a couple lines felt kind of... I don't know, lackluster.
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to be honest, this isn't the first time where i felt the resolution for the problem came too quickly

for example, the cluster had been talked about for god knows how many episodes and was foreshadowed to be this absolutely devastating amalgamation of gems that was capable of completely destroying the earth in seconds....................yet the whole problem is resolved in like two minutes by steven bubbling it....

there was a lot of tension and hype with very little payoff, imo. i guess the problem is trying to cram all this info and action into 11 minutes of air time, but it just doesnt work some of the time

maybe its just me
 
Oboro said:
to be honest, this isn't the first time where i felt the resolution for the problem came too quickly

for example, the cluster had been talked about for god knows how many episodes and was foreshadowed to be this absolutely devastating amalgamation of gems that was capable of completely destroying the earth in seconds....................yet the whole problem is resolved in like two minutes by steven bubbling it....

there was a lot of tension and hype with very little payoff, imo. i guess the problem is trying to cram all this info and action into 11 minutes of air time, but it just doesnt work some of the time

maybe its just me
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No, I thought something like that about the cluster resolution as well. When they were in the drill and Peridot said something along the lines of "It'll still take several hours to reach the cluster", followed very shortly by "Ok, we're here", I was kind of taken aback.

I mean, granted, it's hard to do much with two people stuck inside a drill, but the eventual resolution came so fast, it almost seemed trivial.

As for the song issue: I feel the same way. I'm not the biggest musical fan for that reason, and I prefer quality over quantity. What I like about this show is that, when it does a song, it's usually used to make particular character moments stand out. Pearl's solo song from Mr. Greg fits that criterium, but for the other three I think I'd have rather had normal dialogue instead. There's also the issue of oversaturation. Having too many songs makes the really good song seem less remarkable.

But yeah, this was the first episode to go full-on musical. Maybe they were just experimenting, which isn't a bad thing.
 
steven universe does have trouble with resolving things, but that's more or less an inherent problem of the 11 minute format. honestly, i'm not sure removing songs would have really helped that case

i'm not crazy about musical episodes but i thought this one was cute and it seemed like a 1-off so i was fine with it
 
I haven't been able to wach any of the new eps and i've been avoiding spoilers since the first lot so

HOLY SHIT WHAT
 
Well that was anime as fuck.

Ranking of this week's episode: Mr. Greg > Too Short To Ride=Beach City Drift > Drop Beat Dad > Steven Floats > The New Lars
 

Disclaimer: New episode is actually ok. It just happens to have cars in it.