American Dragon: Jake Long. Yeah. Much like what I said in my review of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, it's an example of a clever idea for a family/kids' cartoon gone to waste with glaring factors.
Yeah, I know the idea of a kid having a great power (in one form or another) that he/she must keep secret has been used a number of times before. However, it all has to do with HOW they use it and find ways to keep it feeling fresh. Did they keep it fresh here? I don't know--I keep getting annoyed by the characters' way(s) of talking.
I have seen two, maybe even four episodes total, and my attempt at hearing the characters (basically the main character) talk like a normal person is about as slim as winning the lottery--consider yourself lucky if you hear him NOT talk like some kind of rapper. If it happened VERY briefly, and every once in a while (say, 10 to 15 episodes in between), I wouldn't be as annoyed. But since they have it happen in every episode and in every other sentence . . .
The key in making a show or movie good is by making the characters likeable. But after hearing about 20-30 minutes of the character talking like a rapper (sorry for sounding like a broken record) and being all into himself, I find myself yelling "SHUT UP!" at the screen multiple times.
Case in point, while I give a LITTLE bit of credit for the idea ('Cause come on, a teen whose superpower is to turn into a Dragon? How cool is that!?), the show overall is just too annoying.
Yeah, I know the idea of a kid having a great power (in one form or another) that he/she must keep secret has been used a number of times before. However, it all has to do with HOW they use it and find ways to keep it feeling fresh. Did they keep it fresh here? I don't know--I keep getting annoyed by the characters' way(s) of talking.
I have seen two, maybe even four episodes total, and my attempt at hearing the characters (basically the main character) talk like a normal person is about as slim as winning the lottery--consider yourself lucky if you hear him NOT talk like some kind of rapper. If it happened VERY briefly, and every once in a while (say, 10 to 15 episodes in between), I wouldn't be as annoyed. But since they have it happen in every episode and in every other sentence . . .
The key in making a show or movie good is by making the characters likeable. But after hearing about 20-30 minutes of the character talking like a rapper (sorry for sounding like a broken record) and being all into himself, I find myself yelling "SHUT UP!" at the screen multiple times.
Case in point, while I give a LITTLE bit of credit for the idea ('Cause come on, a teen whose superpower is to turn into a Dragon? How cool is that!?), the show overall is just too annoying.