I don't know what is it with Scott Fellows. He worked on Fairly Odd Parents, Recess and is a producer on the new Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (which I actually enjoy) but as a show runner, he created some of the most insincere, pandering and painfully lethargic animated shows out there. He's become sort of like the Adam Sandler of animation; completely disinterested on improving his craft.
Sigh* Okay the plot of the show is centered on four middle school kids that acquire spaceballs X.D by accident from two aliens thinking their military soldiers because they were wearing a bunch of safety gear while playing paintball out in the woods.
Adding to the stereotypes upon stereotypes, Alien Schwarzenegger (not his actual name thank Glob), horrid animation, bland story lines, uninspired soundtrack and very aggravating voice acting (I blame the voice director for this) it also feels artificial. It feels like there is nothing personal put into it. No hint of uniqueness or fun that other shows perform light years above this. There is no sense of real genuine charm and originality. It's painstakingly unimpressive. The overall "quality" embarrassingly reflects the out of touch middle-aged artistically challenged mindset responsible for the content making it look dated and soulless. Further more, it's cripplingly safe. It's low standard of character and world building frustratingly limits itself from standing out and making us care more about getting a glob of wax out of a dogs ear at a dog park while in heat then having any investment in this stupid show. The writers of shows like this seem to think that farts and characters with annoyingly loud voices talk all the time without breath are good enough for the general public. Sad.
It's very disappointing that Scott hasn't learned ANYTHING from his other shows that willingly ostracizes itself from actual quality television to Barbie & Ken doll sitcom and tired Saturday Morning cartoon leftovers that even 1980's American TV animation would tell him to put more effort in. His lack of passion and self-improvement as an artist for writing shows in this. I hesitated to criticize him as nobody really wants to hate on someone that made a few bad shows but this really crossed the line for me. Either he tries harder or find someone with actual heart with something to say.
If there is one positive I can muster up, it is the episode The Noobs Strikes Back where the main characters look like their about to become alien monster food in an arena to prove their worthy of the spaceballs. In most shows the protagonist(s) come out victorious on their first try but here one of the aliens saves them and despite them failing the test, the kids tenacity to fight impresses the alien counsel so they keep their balls LMAO
I don't think the shows premise is lame but how they executed it. Because they referred to their ball things as battle balls I was laughing so hard because I took their scripted dialog out of context so if I had an opportunity I would just re brand this as a ridiculous over the top animated ADULT cartoon called Superboobs about horny, self-centered and naive collage students that must use they're high-tech balls that a couple of off-duty intoxicated aliens just gave them at a party thinking they'd be cool additions to the counsel mistaking them for earth soldiers so they now must protect their space junk (and the Earth) from alien invaders. Unfortunately out of the box thinking is no place for the likes of Scott Fellows.
As you may have noticed, I am NOT a fan of his. Better and way more talented writers for TV and animation deserve what he clearly does not respect enough doing.
To top off all my criticism towards this show, what makes me the most furious; the worst impact shows like this affect most of all is another reason to blackface the Canadian animation industry as hacks that either have no &%$#@! clue what their doing or not giving a flying strip of bacon of how to construct some semblance of interesting storytelling, ANYTHING and with shows like this? Yeah, I'm thinking "just keep doing what your doing Canada, if you kindly excuse me, I'll be watching the last episodes of Final Space while anticipating Hazbin Hotel." We demand BETTER!!!!!!
So, Congratulations. Right up there with Space Monkey's, Johnny Test, Fan-Boy and Chum Chum and Almost Naked Animals. Amazingly underwhelming!
Sigh* Okay the plot of the show is centered on four middle school kids that acquire spaceballs X.D by accident from two aliens thinking their military soldiers because they were wearing a bunch of safety gear while playing paintball out in the woods.
Adding to the stereotypes upon stereotypes, Alien Schwarzenegger (not his actual name thank Glob), horrid animation, bland story lines, uninspired soundtrack and very aggravating voice acting (I blame the voice director for this) it also feels artificial. It feels like there is nothing personal put into it. No hint of uniqueness or fun that other shows perform light years above this. There is no sense of real genuine charm and originality. It's painstakingly unimpressive. The overall "quality" embarrassingly reflects the out of touch middle-aged artistically challenged mindset responsible for the content making it look dated and soulless. Further more, it's cripplingly safe. It's low standard of character and world building frustratingly limits itself from standing out and making us care more about getting a glob of wax out of a dogs ear at a dog park while in heat then having any investment in this stupid show. The writers of shows like this seem to think that farts and characters with annoyingly loud voices talk all the time without breath are good enough for the general public. Sad.
It's very disappointing that Scott hasn't learned ANYTHING from his other shows that willingly ostracizes itself from actual quality television to Barbie & Ken doll sitcom and tired Saturday Morning cartoon leftovers that even 1980's American TV animation would tell him to put more effort in. His lack of passion and self-improvement as an artist for writing shows in this. I hesitated to criticize him as nobody really wants to hate on someone that made a few bad shows but this really crossed the line for me. Either he tries harder or find someone with actual heart with something to say.
If there is one positive I can muster up, it is the episode The Noobs Strikes Back where the main characters look like their about to become alien monster food in an arena to prove their worthy of the spaceballs. In most shows the protagonist(s) come out victorious on their first try but here one of the aliens saves them and despite them failing the test, the kids tenacity to fight impresses the alien counsel so they keep their balls LMAO
I don't think the shows premise is lame but how they executed it. Because they referred to their ball things as battle balls I was laughing so hard because I took their scripted dialog out of context so if I had an opportunity I would just re brand this as a ridiculous over the top animated ADULT cartoon called Superboobs about horny, self-centered and naive collage students that must use they're high-tech balls that a couple of off-duty intoxicated aliens just gave them at a party thinking they'd be cool additions to the counsel mistaking them for earth soldiers so they now must protect their space junk (and the Earth) from alien invaders. Unfortunately out of the box thinking is no place for the likes of Scott Fellows.
As you may have noticed, I am NOT a fan of his. Better and way more talented writers for TV and animation deserve what he clearly does not respect enough doing.
To top off all my criticism towards this show, what makes me the most furious; the worst impact shows like this affect most of all is another reason to blackface the Canadian animation industry as hacks that either have no &%$#@! clue what their doing or not giving a flying strip of bacon of how to construct some semblance of interesting storytelling, ANYTHING and with shows like this? Yeah, I'm thinking "just keep doing what your doing Canada, if you kindly excuse me, I'll be watching the last episodes of Final Space while anticipating Hazbin Hotel." We demand BETTER!!!!!!
So, Congratulations. Right up there with Space Monkey's, Johnny Test, Fan-Boy and Chum Chum and Almost Naked Animals. Amazingly underwhelming!