Uranus' World Shaking! (Definitely caught that one here from the Sailor Moon series with Jubilee's "nova" blast)
The episode as a whole was okay, but the pacing for Lifedeath Part 1 was rushed. I was hoping they would cut it to 10 to 10 or 15 to 15 (minutes that is) but for some reason, Lifedeath Part 1 was what like? 35-40% screentime compared to Motendo...
I don't know about you guys, but I kinda enjoyed and not enjoyed the Lifedeath Part 1, kinda hoped for more from one side but then again I was happy that they didn't extend the romance between Storm and Forge...
Jubilee wants to celebrate her birthday, and says "Let's go to the arcade"
Wait, do arcades still exist? I know that there are ways to play old arcade games in PC software or browsers, but the physical place, those where people would buy coins to play in those oversized machines with a single game in them, are those places still around somewhere? I know that this is a continuation of a 1990s series, but is it meant to be literally set in the 1990s world?
As mentioned previously, by 1997 arcades were actualy in decline.
1995 to 1996 saw the release of new more powerfull gaming consols like the first Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn or Nintendo 64, which could not only rival the arcade machines in graphics but provided a much bigger bandwith of genres and individual games.
So unlike the times of the NES or SNES (Super Nintendo) and Sega Genesis, the Arcades were no longer exclusively providing the "best" versions of games within certain highly popular genres (tournament fighting, beat 'em up, shoot 'em up, racing).
Which somewhat fits nicely into the theme of Jubilee's story here.
That being said...
Indeed. They are apparently also still big in South Korea and Japan. Never the less in the US they became much more niche compared to the 1980's and 1990's or had to evolve into hybrid forms like the mentioned barcade.
Still as with so many places or forms of entertainment which people were quick to call dead, once something else became more accessible and popular, they survived in a reduced form and are still around.
Because if something provides a certain atmosphere, engagement or experience that the new form can't, someone will provide it if it's supported/profitable.
For example. Cinema didn't kill theater, TV didn't kill cinema and streaming has not killed TV programming or cinema yet either.
Not my favorite episode, the split attention between two plots made an already short 28 minutes feel even shorter. The cameos are nice, but also frustrating.
I really hope Disney either gives us more episodes per season or increases the time, though I feel like that's unlikely.
I can hear Hi-Fi grinding his teeth XD
Take my dreams, childish and weak at the seams
Please don't analyze, please just be there for me
Just realized the show’s iconic theme music sounds a lot like the melody from “I’m your baby tonight” by Whitney Houston. Or vice versa.
Either way, it’s an earworm.