Board Thread:Series Discussion/@comment-4848837-20150121024809/@comment-4848837-20160225032930

Action in These Befallen

Let's talk action -- to be clear, fights, not just unspoken words. We've gotta toil with often lengthy fight scenes around these parts. The medium, however, means that rather than just accepting that which is happening on a TV before you, you have to absorb and analyze a wall of text. We've gotta stop that. We only have so long before attention spans (or interest) run out. So in These Befallen, every fight scene is choreographed carefully for each to matter. There's dialogue in between -- because what's a technically-superhero show without quips from the heroes? --, but there's also a very limited amount of action.

Now, you may have seen Drop's preview. In it, the first fight scene is already beginning, after buildup for much of the episode past Hood's arrival and Ben getting the Omnitrix (but mainly Hood chasing Ben, Gwen, and Julia). This takes a good while, and in it, the moment-to-moment stuff tell you about Ben as a somewhat-trained fighter as is, and Hood as the... well, what appears to be the opposite. In the moments that follow, Heatblast is "introduced" (btw: spoiler alert for the obvious!). Ben's got the 10 minute time limit to learn how to use a transformation for a fight.

That's much of the episode, Ben learning how to use a number of his new aliens for fight scenarios because he's gonna get swarmed by more than just Hood. Immediately following this scene, we don't leave the action behind, though. We've met Hood. We've met Ben. Next up: a trio of bounty hunters, two of whom will be some fairly integral characters for a chunk of the show.

Guess we'll find out who they are at Fanon Con, which is just around the corner (kinda) c:

-- COKE ( C S T ) 03:29, February 25, 2016 (UTC)