May 15, 2024
Another fun PGSM commentary from MistareFusion - my favourite part was the highlighting of parallels between the Senshi and the Shitennou, some of which I hadn't thought of before!
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Another fun PGSM commentary from MistareFusion - my favourite part was the highlighting of parallels between the Senshi and the Shitennou, some of which I hadn't thought of before!
Am I the only one who considers “Lore” as a secondary priority?
In his retrospective of the Dragon Ball series, MistareFusion comes to the Freeza Saga where he discusses how worldbuilding is handled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJdjT04LPxk&feature=youtu.be&t=33s
This stuck out to me because of how it made me think about how I still enjoy Steven Universe even with how the “Lore” is often put on the back burner, given out at its own pace. Said pace could be quicker if CN would cut the shit but that’s another story.
Essentially, the show is not concerned with long diatribes of Homeworld’s history or how the rebellion went so much as the characters themselves and how all of it affects them on a episode-to-episode basis, particularly Steven who finds himself in over his head with all of this as a mere half-Gem.
To refer to the video once more, I cannot agree with how well this part of Dragon Ball employs the “Show, Don’t Tell” method of worldbuilding way more effectively than a lot of other TV shows or Manga. So many times, it feels like the author is trying to firmly establish things by beating us over the head with dense explanations about how a battle tactic was pulled off like in Shonen.
Often you have exposition justified by the fact that the protagonist is a stranger to the new places they’re visiting but even then, it would be cool if they were to figure things out non-verbally by observing just as we the viewers/readers are.
This is what I get from Steven Universe. Sure, he doesn’t exactly demand answers as much as we would want him too but he sure knows how to get how things work like with how the prison cell forcefields don’t fully affect him as well as how the Gem Destabilizers work, therefore letting us figure it out.
Now if you personally prefer SU’s fantastical elements to the more grounded emotional stories of Beach City, I’m not going to come down on you since we were all drawn to the show for different reasons.
However, I side with MF on how storytelling and characters trump the more superfluous details that aren’t very relevant at the moment. I like that we hardly get entire infodumps that give EVERYTHING away but rather little details that build off the others.
If CN’s gonna play hard ball, then I’m game.
Another PGSM review from MistareFusion, this time focusing on Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Luna. I think I was most interested in their take on Sailor Luna, who’s kind of the Scrappy-Doo of the show, with elements of child sidekick characters like Robin. It’s true that her role is incoherent. I just didn’t realise the extent of it - and I think that’s because the whole concept of her is so silly that I never tried to analyse further, just enjoyed it when she did something goofy.
Every couple of months I always find myself relistening to MistareFusion on YouTube with their Dragon Ball Dissection!
And if you haven’t, give them a try!! They are perhaps the LEAST problematic Dragon Ball YouTuber! They’ve literally analyzed the WHOLE Dragon Ball Manga along with GT, the live action atrocities and are starting on Modern!Dragon Ball!
Every episode, in order, of the ongoing Dragon Ball review and analysis series, including the main manga series, the movies, and the TV adap
Hey everyone, apologies for the delay in the liveblog lately.
Fortunately, I'm not the only one talking about PGSM! Here's the next video from MistareFusion. I'm quite interested in this one, as I do like the ending myself, but it is a mess.
Hey everyone, guess what dropped a mere hour ago? The new MistareFusion video on PGSM, that's what!
Go watch it and all that jazz. It's really good and it deserves it.
(Also keep in mind this is the fourth in a video series, so watch the others first if you haven't.)
MistareFusion's announcement video of his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Direct links below:
https://twitter.com/#!/MistareFusion
http://www.facebook.com/MistareFusion
He makes videos on such things like Star Trek, Star Wars, and Dragon Ball! Recommend you check him out.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MistareFusion
Also be sure to contact him so that he knows which logo you prefer. (original Youtube video link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-wvcqK8G8