He was warned, but in his hubris he flew too close to the sun and was burned (tldr, it’s really that bad)

Basically What you heard it's true, the network did interfere with the production, originally they wanted to make a dragon's plotline while doing something with Kevin's mutation but not what was shown in the final product They were forced to change everything as the ratings of alien force were getting lower than the original Series, fun fact, the fool's gold episode was made out of sheer anger, "if you don't let us do what we want, then you'll get poop"

No one ever talks about that Kevin sumo slammers inconsistency. It always bothered me because even in the classic series he was such a fan.

Sadly the biggest problem with Ben 10 is the same problem fans have with Spider Man post-One More Day: THEY DON'T ALLOW THE CHARACTER TO GROW. CN forced the showrunners to make Ben so unlikable because they wanted to tried to recapture that feeling from original series, which only work because Ben was kid and his attitude was consistent with his age and personality at the time. Having Ben acting this way in Alien Force, when he is already teenager completly ignore all his grow through both series and doesn't makes Ben look like relatable hero. It makes him come off as imature man-child.

While it does suck that you aren't gonna see some of the cool things (and loads of missed potential) in Ultimate alien, I think it's kinda fitting that AF season 3 was what broke you to the point of stopping. Thanks for the great videos!

I think Vilgax's return could've been better executed if Ben actually lost the fight. Since Ben stopped the Highbreed invasion he's become a respected hero that's praised throughout the universe. It would make sense that he'd become a bit more brash and cocky, which results in him not trying as hard. Conversely, Vilgax has spent the last few years conquering other planets, absorbing the powers of their respective champions, and becoming stronger. When the two clash for the first time after so many years, because Ben was unprepared he's quickly defeated and Vilgax finally emerges victorious. Basically, Vilgax should've been to Ben what Clubber Lang was to Rocky, or Bane was to Batman. This can result in either Ben losing the Omnitrix here, or Vigax finally conquering Earth. Then perhaps this season can have an over-arching plot of Ben getting back into shape, devising a plan to take down Vilgax, and save the Earth. To this season's credit there were a handful episodes I did enjoy: "Single Handed", "If All Else Fails", "Busy Box", "Con of Wrath", and "Above and Beyond".

I was so confused how they went from a decently caring and smart Ben to this. Biggest character assignation!

This is why Omniverse retconned the retcon

While I agree the Vilgax change is drastic and not well handled, I think they could have made it slightly less jarring if they changed it so that he only started ruling Vilgaxia between the timeskip of classic and Alien Force. Maybe he changed his ways in order to be a better ruler for his people. Yeah it still wouldn't feel in line with Vilgax but at least in this scenario it could be somewhat excused as character progression/development instead of assassination.

We warned you about this season... hope he sticks for the entire franchise... I think Omniverse really builds up...

Oh lord. Season 3 is a thing to be dreaded in the Ben 10 brand

Oof, a shame it was cut short. Happen to have grown to like the later series Omniverse a lot over the years. Although I suppose I knew from the start of Alien Force that its 3rd season would be what stopped the momentum. Also, hit the nail right on the head with Vilgax. I really wish they just said he was a different character that's related to him in AF instead of changing virtually everything about him and making him this joke/shell of his former self. Wouldn't have had as much impact if he was some other guy I guess, but it's better than completely off characterization. The Vilgax I knew would destroy an entire city just to find Ben and break out of an ice block and come out swinging the moment Kevin 11 thought of him as anything less than the most dangerous and feared being in the galaxy. Not you know, abide by galactic law and get beaten up and made fun of constantly by characters he should be able to easily defeat.

I'd still recommend the good portions of Omniverse as it still a great different interpretation enough for your time.

“Perhaps I treated you too harshly!” - Lowart probably 😂

I think it's really sad, because Vilgax as a hero to his own people has a TON of interesting potential that the show just doesn't interrogate at all. Vilgax is a galaxy-conquering tyrant but his own people love him because he keeps them safe? You just wrote half a Star Trek story about perspective and different alien cultural values, just steal the other half and you're golden! But instead the episode is full of cutesy moments where Gwen pats Vilgax on the back and says "maybe you're a nice guy after all" to the dude who has tried to kill them all a dozen times.

"I'm tired of Ben 10 giving me sloppy retcons". Good thing he's skipping Omniverse then.

Yeah even as a kid this was the point Ben 10 began falling off for me. It was like Cartoon Network got cold feet about making these characters...likable or something and had them become massive prima donnas in some strange attempt at "adding personality".

Honestly it's a shame, even as a kid I hated the inconsistency of this season and ultimate alien, but man I remember it being better than this. Guess I won't be rewatching ever, but I'm glad you did this series.

Rest in peace ben 10 reviews, it was fun while it lasted

JUST-JUMP-TO-OMNIVERSE !!!! you dont even need to see UAF for that , like the most you must know about uaf is that ben gets a new watch so you dont question why in omniverse he has a new one.

4:48 omniverse fans: 💀

honestly this is hilarious and i love it

Good Ole Big Ben~ TOP TEN ANIME DEATHS 1.Lowarts hope for the series!

OG Vilgax = 2003 General Grievous AF Vilgax = TCW General Grievous

It's too bad this is what broke you. Me personally I didn't like AF Or UA but I thought the OG Ben 10 was an alright show as a kid I can definitely see the flaws it had though and Omniverse was probably the peak of Ben 10 Media we'll ever get despite it's own flaws I think it's by far the best show they released

ACCURATE BEN VOICE LINE AT THE END LMAO!

Holy shit, I just really realized your name comes from "Low Art" just because you said it out loud. Damn, I feel stupid now.

I get what you mean about season 3, but please cover Omniverse! It has my fav character Paradox as well

I appreciate your willingness to stick it out. I think you had a really fresh perspective on the series, and its helped me consider episodes in lights I never really thought of before. I'm content with you leaving things off here, and naturally I'm looking forward to whatever you cover next! ...If I may throw a suggestion in, Man of Action worked on a show called Generator Rex, which, to me, is their best work. I hope that if you feel like checking that out, you enjoy it, because I remember the story and characters fondly. But I'm more than happy to see you critique it as well. Have a good one.

The retcons are insane

4:47 This line is poetically ironic

I feel like season 3 was all about the fact that someone was like “alien force isn’t enough like the original. I miss the bratty Ben and the evil Kevin” and so they doubled down and made this.

Thank you for this 10pm upload I will watch in bed all snuggled and warm

I need to ask, when you are reviewing these episodes, are you taking into consideration production order vs airing order??? Cause some of these continuity issues could be due to you viewing them in the wrong order.

Damn I fr thought the one kid he had to apologize to was Naruto 😂 Still waiting on the rest of that series

Sometimes I gotta come to these videos when Kuro gives Ben too much credit lmao

This has been such a wild ride

IMO Ultimate Alien season 1 is very enjoyable, but then it gets progressively worse again like AF. I personally love the series though, through its highs and lows.

Season 3 of Alien Force basically combined the worst parts of the first two seasons of Alien Force with the worst parts of the classic series and didn't even try to make them *fit* with each other. And while the franchise did get better at times after this, this season's problems *still* continued to affect the show

I would have been way more surprised if you'd said you were continuing after this season. It's been a great series of videos regardless!

It seems like the third season of every Ben 10 show is just cursed to be bad I guess

When I watched an episode after season 2 I saw gwen saving him and ben couldn't use the omnitrix because it was covered by some metal and last season he used it without touching it so I thought oh he is an impostor or decoy or something but no Also I agree vilgax was botched this season before he was like darkseid or thanos if that was a different character the same species as vilgax that would've been pretty cool

Thanks for this. Honestly, while I liked quite a few things across the whole franchise (and for some reason watched Oniverse, after dropping ultimate), characters become unlikable and incompetent, without consequence, was a definitely nail in the show. If you want to palate cleanse 'Roswell: Aliens, Myths & Legends' has a lot to recommend, though a bit dated. Generator-Rex was a good show that even crossed over with Ben, but I'll admit that a cool premise was bogged down by some flaws and episodes that didn't accomplish much.

Well... This was an interisting Journey

This is why I've been very meh on this ben 10 nostalgia wave people have been on trying to get reactors to watch or making whole channels based around a show made for pre teens at best. The OG show imo is best and as soon as you were having issues with it I thought MAYBE the older and sorta darker sequal series would help you in some way but I didn't have high hopes. Tbh ultimate alien has its own problems and is a similar level to AF the diffrent series after that gets worse every time imo. I aged out of it all sometime around ultimate alien and trying the l later stuff later it wasn't much better looking back.

We don't talk about season 3 of alien force

11:03 imagine if the show got its animated movie like classic where the quality changes

Comeback again to this vid again just to remember this season destroy Lowart mind and it's the season that stop Kuro from full breakdown every episode of Ben10 and change some episode to short breakdown

Yer this was the main reason why I like Ben 10 over omniverse.

That was a quick period between reviews, I was expecting another few days before there was another Ben 10 upload.

It is time for you to stop. Ben 10 in general isn't for you.

I didn't even know you were watching it, good to know it's not gonna be a complete series so I don't need to waste my time watching more from you on this.

Honestly you could just skip UA entirely - all you'd be missing is a few new aliens and that he gets a new watch

I think it became pretty clear during the first parts of alien force review that you probably wouldn't like the rest of the series. Ben 10 is just wildly inconsistent in every iteration and show and while I personally like ben 10 and am willing to look past the flaws it's clearly something that just isn't for you and I gotta respect that. At some point you gotta tap out.

I warned ya bro, I warned ya dude Worst character regression in history (a pet peeve of mine)

Vilgax attacks should of been season 3 which should of also been a movie, but make vilgax as difficult as he was in the beginning

I really wanted you to cover Ultimate Alien because it's the most interesting saga to talk about but I'm happy that you won't suffer through it because you'd probably feel the same as you did with Alien Force. But I really think that it would've been the one that you would've disliked the least.

I get why you don’t like this season, hell almost every hardcore fan hates it. But…the sequel series Ben 10 Omniverse went out of its way to trash on this season especially with the Kevin’s father plot line. Fair enough that you quit the franchise after this but still give Omniverse a try, it will be worth your time

Yo, you should get me on board your next Ben 10 video brother!

Tbh. I think that Omniverse is the best one. You’d probably like it since everything has an actual weight to them and things actually matter. Characters are also great. They’re all taken a bit less seriously but it fits into your enjoyment of the weird episodes of season 2 with the big chill mother episode, but it also has the seriousness of the episode of the DNA desert episode

It's sad to see you stop here, because I feel like Omniverse is where it gets off. But I get it. I wouldn't want to watch a show that takes 10-11 seasons to get good. I at least would want you to watch the first season of Omniverse, but I feel like I'm asking too much. Thank you for your months of service, and rest well. If you wanna really watch something good, watch Generator Rex.

This is honestly depressing, to find out that a show I loved so much as a kid sucked so hard. It's been forever since I last saw it, but after keeping up with this video series I don't think I'll have to:(

Now the last shot is ben 10 omniverse

2:50 why can’t alien force get its own Animated film

Maybe I'm a little petty, but I'm so happy that there's someone out there who doesn't follow the Ink Tank Philosophy that UAF was the best the show has to offer. I want to turn this video into a fluid and then inject it straight into my veins. I've shared every single view you've dispensed in this video and it makes me so happy.

I feel bad for the ben10 generation that they didn't have the DC animated universe I think that's what they mostly wanted out of Ben10

the for ever knights do come back. vilgax he sort of goes on his own arc well on off screen defeated all these heroes to prove to him self that he can defeat ben ten , it makes bit more honorable but then after words he quickly reset back to old vilgax

They did a Ben 10 dirty And knowing that I’m a hard-core Ben 10 fan, Ben 10 Alien force s3 deserve better

At the time, it wasn't just ben 10 that started falling off to me, most of cartoon network shows just started to change drastically in style, there were still great shows like adventure time and gumball and the regular show but most stuff got boring

I genuinely love Alien Force. It had its issues but it was overall a solid show I found. Season 3 and onwards, with some exceptions, is a drop in quality I find.

Honestly, it's going to be sad that you won't continue this series anymore. That being said, it's highly understandable why. In some way, I'm a little glad you are. I never chose to watch Alien force, mainly because I didn't like the style, it was too dark, seemed very serious, etc, but these videos gave me more insight to why. Tbh, the only other Ben 10 series I've seen was Omniverse, but let me tell you it's kind of shit. It wasn't that good and I think Ben reverts back to Kid Ben more than ever there, and probably less responsible than he was in Alien Force. The kid Ben segments in there, boy, it was kind of shit too. I mean it was a little fun for me to see some of that, but most of that was about Ben at age 11 dealing with some sort of addiction to his own alien. Mainly, Feedback. I'm gonna be honest. I never liked that alien, as he was mostly shown for the remainder of the show when I was a kid. Even so, I didn't think he'd be that bad. Then Omniverse pulled this bullcrap where Ben was getting addicted to this dumb alien, and apparently liked him so much that he'd use him to defeat Malware with no concern for anyone. He even outright said that Gwen was jealous, despite EVERYONE BEING REASONABLE. Then after he looses Feedback, he tries to kill Malware and succeeds. Then he's all depressed because he lost his alien. What? I don't understand. You know, maybe I'd be able to forgive it if it was portrayed differently. Maybe instead of Ben using Feedback to fight Malware, maybe he's at school. Could be when he's still 10 or whatever. He uses Feedback and he causes destruction, the alien kind of takes over like Ghost Freak. When Ben turns back, he realizes how much damage he's caused. Then Malware shows up and Ben's powerless because he timed out using Feedback. Gwen gets hurt badly, and Ben cries and screams in rage and terror, and would outright try to kill Malware. He then gets depressed, probably more so given his actions got his family and everyone else hurt, and would insist that Azmuth removes the omnitrix. Soley because Ben believes he's too immature and too much of a danger to even have that thing. He'd be fine to given Malware appears to be dead. That would be a MUCH better reason for Ben to remove the omnitrix. Not because he lost some dumb alien he got addicted to, but because he hurt everyone and thinks he's simply doesn't deserve to be a hero. Like that episode in season 1 where he tries to leave. His reasons for not using Feedback? PTSD. He simply never uses Feedback and refuses to speak about him, because that alien caused him to destroy everything. That entire line of self forgiveness in omniverse, or saving the beating for the bad guys, would hit harder in my opinion. Anyway, Omniverse didn't do that, among with other things it did wrong, like toss Julie aside and get Ben together with Kai, simply because it HAS TO HAPPEN due to their future son wanting it. Bullshit. Outright bullshit. You may have dodged a bullet, but honestly my points might be biased so take everything with a grain of salt. That being said, I'm glad you went through with reviewing the series and finished as much as you could. It takes a large amount of dedication to do that. I hope you find better series to calm your mind.

Don't worry, the retcons are only going to get even more confusing

You could say Ben was the original Mary Sue.

icl just skip to omniverse

My first problem with this season is that they gave Gwen Ben's face. Still better than the Omniverse design though, where she turned into Velma from Scooby-Doo.

a fitting conclusion to the saga

I was never a Ben 10 viewer as a kid. I did catch one episode and never thought about it again. Most of my friends around me loved it though, and I can understand why based on its cool premise. Yeah, it doesn't sound like a programme that holds up. Some of the character reverting in the original series probably would be due to children being addicted to repetition, so I can understand making multiple episodes teaching redundant lessons. At this point, however, the character reverting feels like the result of executive meddling. I have a hard time believing the staff behind the programme wanted to do all of this, perhaps a higher-up decided this or that should go this way in an effort to boost ratings and profit. Any chances you might take a quick look at the 2016 reboot? I've heard mixed things about it but it does look like something I'd find preferable.

HA! Con of Rath, Wrath of Khan. I see what they did there.

Didn’t get a chance to watch, just waiting for the Omniverse videos!! So excited

Ok so, I know you said you're dropping Ben 10 and all that, but if you ever feel nostalgic for it for whatever reason, give Omniverse a shot. You need little to no knowledge about Ultimate Alien to watch it, and it has everything you seem to have liked about Alien Force's earlier seasons, in that it mainly tries to be funny, and has some genuinelly hilarious plotlines, as well as making the worldbuilding more consistent and coherent.

I wonder how will you would have reacted to Kevin's arc in ben 10 ultimate alien but oh well

I’m honestly surprised you made it this far.

I like the premise of ben 10 lol

So... I was right all along. 'Alien Force' takes itself WAY too seriously and doesn't allow itself to have virtually any of the fun the OG series had; yet never bothered to actually FIX the problems with the show. 'Omniverse' isn't that great, but it is more fun than AF and UA

The episode where his hand gets cut off is really good

I don’t know what they were thinking making Ben’s personality such an annoying shit. I liked the way Alien Force made Ben come off as more mature.

I was really hoping to see tear apart the Kevin plot from Ben 10 Ultimate Alien. I understand why you quitting here, but it was so good to see finally a guy on youtube who's reviewing Ben 10 without nostalgia goggles and points out all the flaws the series has. I was hoping that even if you don't cover the entire franchise, you will at least cover Ultimate Alien, which I consider to be the worst of the Ben 10 shows. Oh well.

Well, I can say you took it well. Well for who is a different question.

thank god someone is talking about af not being perfect, i was very hyped to watch af after rewatching og (never got to see af as a kid) and i was hugely dissapointed.

I mean, you kinda set yourself up for disappointment via your high expectations but at the end of the day, I can understand as to why this show ain't your type. Thanks for the good videos tho :>

That’s to bad cuz ultimate alien is decent Eve Kevin turns evil

he going into a character arc over ben 10 is he?

Dwayne said that season 3 was on purpose so bad because of CN..Also Ultimate alien has more and better arcs..that's why is confirmed as the best ben 10 show by the audience

I hope I like this episode

Man, please do Omniverse, it's different.

I think a little imagination and some retrospect could fix the show when it's ultimately adapted in live action.

I enjoyed the OG series and barely saw any of Alien force. I like the idea of the Omnitrix and i especially love the stuff that it does later? (I think its in ultimate alien where ****SPOILER***** they get their war forms and that was always amazing to me) it was always a neat idea but seeing you review has really shown me just how the show really is. Pretty sad, i do have fond memories, the spoiler mention, ghostfreaks episode, the movie, so on. I think i saw the live action one too which was.......odd to say the least. Anyways sad about ultimate alien but thats totally fine. Maybe i'll give it a go for myself and see how that is!

i love some of the episodes this seasons idc how much hate i get

Understandable. I also dropped the show a bit before this point 🤷‍♂️

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