Board Thread:Ben 10 Discussion/@comment-5486221-20180825033929/@comment-4816710-20180825123200

My only argument about the Negative 10 is that they wanted a villain for each character (so Charmcaster for Gwen) and they wanted a diverse cast of abilities. Having Hex and Charmcaster defeats that. And I agree that Driscoll could’ve been much better of a villain if they explored more of his Plumber past.

Omnitrix placement to me is just better when it’s seemingly random. I don’t mind a Chestrix, but I’m really attached to the way the Omnitrix worked in the OS. But I totally understand your position.

I thought it was silly that they introduced the idea that Gwen could be useful with her mana abilities, and then immediately said “nah it’ll take her 75 years and she’ll lose her humanity so fuck that”. Like, she got stopped by Bivalvan with a welding torch. She held up a shield, but she couldn’t do anything to move it??? Maybe that’s more of a plothole for the episode, but it still irritates me. As for Osmosians, you can’t have a whole arc surrounding a villain who is a member of an alien species, and then just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Like I get that retcons happen all the time, but that one specifically was absolutely atrocious. Kevin’s better as an alien, and it opens up the possibility for Ben to become an Osmosian.

My issue with Dee voicing every alien in UAF is more about voices that don’t match the aliens. Like Four Arms for example. I don’t think that voice fits him. Dee’a Diamondhead didn’t sound anything like Diamondhead aside from one appearance in ”Above and Beyond” where for a split second he had a voice filter. Or at least it sounded like he did... either way. For most of the OS aliens that return to UAF, Dee sounds like a bad impression of the original actors.

I agree that Ultimate Ben not transforming was stupid, but I don’t agree that his personality was alright. He’s just... large UA Ben. In twenty years he never dropped the full-of-himself-super-Hero thing? I can understand still being a fun-loving hero guy, but he doesn’t act like an adult. He acts like a kid.