I had heard nothing about this production before randomly coming across Ep1 on HBOMax. I was originally a fan by proxy since my kids were devoted to the CN series, and then an actual fan of the brightly festooned but overall grim nature of the lore and story arcs. I was just a bit disappointed to realize it wasn't a continuation of the lives of Finn and Jake, but that didn't last long when I saw how well the treatment of BMO in the premier episode was handled over an hour long tale. It feels very much like the original, but just not about the original focus.
Having BMO competently live our their proclivities towards justice via the unique existential lens so instantly recognizable to fans of the CN series was almost completely perfect.
The only real but not surprising issue I have with this so far is the same lack of a piece of the magic that Pendleton Ward wove into his creation, and that small loss of the passion he put into the work has been noticeable since Adam Muto took it over. Muto is great, but it's still just not quite as full a world and Ward's was.
The only real but not surprising issue I have with this so far is the same lack of a piece of the magic that Pendleton Ward wove into his creation, and that small loss of the passion he put into the work has been noticeable since Adam Muto took it over. Muto is great, but it's still just not quite as full a world and Ward's was.