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Originally Posted by OneWingedAngel
I think its time honestly, with Dwayne McDuffie gone there hasn't been any real creative talent with Ben 10, and Omniverse is proof of it. Not to mention the art style went to shit because they wanted to be cheap. Just let it die
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I still find the manner of "5 week speed run" to just all the episodes out before the end of November to be... well disrespectful to a franchise the network has had running for 9 years! It's kind of like how Comedy Central treated Mystery Science Theater, the show sustained them when they started out as the Comedy Channel but they don't acknowledge it even aired because it went to another network eventually. No matter how you feel about the direction the series took it's not right to let it die with out any effort at minimal promotion at all.
Cartoon Network seems to have moved toward the idea relying on 11 minute programs that they play 10 times a day every day, and have the entire series up for free online, just to try to squeeze as many memes out of them as possible. I also like some of their 11 minute shows too and would like to see more new episodes rather then the same few over and over.
Nickelodeon and Disney XD also tick me off with their strategy of "Extend a season over the whole year", where new episodes seem to come out bi-monthly despite the show being aired 3 times a week.
Sadly I understand the logic behind these strategies, to boost ratings by making sure a series is seen by making it a more "on demand" experience. But as with shows created for streaming that are meant to be binge watched their are many downsides to productions with this attitude.