Board Thread:Ben 10 Discussion/@comment-24922135-20170719135557/@comment-24922135-20170719145025

My thoughts: I don't really have an opinion on the actual episode promo, since it's just kinda more of the same filler that happens at the start of every single episode. On the other hand, I am kinda glad the off-model jokes and exaggerations are staying. I get that most people probably don't like it as it is kinda a symptom of being a modern CN reboot, but I think it gives the reboot a more unique identity compared to the rest of the franchise.

As for the opening, I like how they're circumventing the inherent problem with story-based cartoons by making the new opening blue instead of green. That way you can immediately tell what season the episode belongs to, and therefore how far along the story is. Not being able to immedtiatley tell how far along the story was is the main reason I didn't watch The Last Airbender when it aired. In Ben 10 the only way to kinda tell was when the opening changed to replace Ghostfreak with Cannonbolt in OS or in AF when Alien X got coloured in.

On the other hand, the opening also feels somewhat disjointed. It felt like it was supposed to give a focus to all ten aliens individually but instead it gave focus on them all at the start and then three individually.