The reveal of Heavy Metal as Faith shocked me, especially since it had no build-up, but then I saw what it was building up to. The big reveal that Iron Baron had been lying to his hunters to keep power worked so much better because of Faith. Her history with Iron Baron was needed to make it work, and it made for such a well written character.
Overall, I thought Hunted was an amazing season. It continued the mediocre story of Sons of Garmadon, but made it into an enjoyable and exciting story that could stand on it's own as well as setting up for what would come next.
Wow, what a ride. Not just Hunted, but the entire show. Even though I didn't enjoy every season, I thank the creators for their passion, and for doing their best to make this show more than just a big toy commercial. Now, I look forward to March of the Oni, and the future.
Finally, if you think I spoke too highly of this season, remember that this is my opinion, and it will not always align with yours. When you rewatch Hunted, say what you really think of the season. I'd be interested to know.
Honestly, I thought Hunted was pretty bad, if not completely terrible. All the same, much of it felt like total filler. The Ninja escaped the Dragon Hunters the first time and then just... sat around in the desert listening to Wu waffle about stuff... and the Resistance just sort of ran around and did a lot of stuff that essentially came to nothing until Skylor finally got a hold on Garmadon's power. Dareth got waaaay to much screentime which could have been used to focus on more main characters, i.e., more characters besides Lloyd, who was annoyingly edgy. Also, the MacGuffin of the Golden Dragon Armor was woefully useless when it came down to it.
The reveal of Heavy Metal as Faith shocked me, especially since it had no build-up, but then I saw what it was building up to. The big reveal that Iron Baron had been lying to his hunters to keep power worked so much better because of Faith. Her history with Iron Baron was needed to make it work, and it made for such a well written character.
Overall, I thought Hunted was an amazing season. It continued the mediocre story of Sons of Garmadon, but made it into an enjoyable and exciting story that could stand on it's own as well as setting up for what would come next.
Wow, what a ride. Not just Hunted, but the entire show. Even though I didn't enjoy every season, I thank the creators for their passion, and for doing their best to make this show more than just a big toy commercial. Now, I look forward to March of the Oni, and the future.
Finally, if you think I spoke too highly of this season, remember that this is my opinion, and it will not always align with yours. When you rewatch Hunted, say what you really think of the season. I'd be interested to know.
Honestly, I thought Hunted was pretty bad, if not completely terrible. All the same, much of it felt like total filler. The Ninja escaped the Dragon Hunters the first time and then just... sat around in the desert listening to Wu waffle about stuff... and the Resistance just sort of ran around and did a lot of stuff that essentially came to nothing until Skylor finally got a hold on Garmadon's power. Dareth got waaaay to much screentime which could have been used to focus on more main characters, i.e., more characters besides Lloyd, who was annoyingly edgy. Also, the MacGuffin of the Golden Dragon Armor was woefully useless when it came down to it.
I'm glad that you came out and expressed your opinion, but I really don't agree with what you said. I don't want an argument, but I will respectfully counter your points.
Saying that all the ninja did was sit around in the desert and listen to Wu "waffle about stuff" is a big oversimplification of things. There was the Faith twist, the Iron Baron twist, the dragons, Firstbourne, and Wu returning to being a Master. You may not have liked that stuff, but you can't just ignore it.
I already explained why the Ninjago side of the story was important in my review.
How was Lloyd in any way too edgy? After he finds out his friends are alive, he doesn't act all that angsty, and he never whines about not having any powers. I guess the focus on Dareth is a valid criticism, though.
If you think about it, the power of the Dragon Armour is having no power. Iron Baron believed it would give him the power to control Firstbourne, and that false belief allowed Wu to outsmart and defeat him. It acted as a red herring, or golden herring, if you will. I personally thought it was a great way to subvert the whole "find the MacGuffins before the villains do" plot.
I welcome your opinion, but I really feel you could have explained your points better, or come up with more valid criticisms. If you want, we can leave this here, or calmly discuss this.
Honestly, I thought Hunted was pretty bad, if not completely terrible. All the same, much of it felt like total filler. The Ninja escaped the Dragon Hunters the first time and then just... sat around in the desert listening to Wu waffle about stuff... and the Resistance just sort of ran around and did a lot of stuff that essentially came to nothing until Skylor finally got a hold on Garmadon's power. Dareth got waaaay to much screentime which could have been used to focus on more main characters, i.e., more characters besides Lloyd, who was annoyingly edgy. Also, the MacGuffin of the Golden Dragon Armor was woefully useless when it came down to it.
I'm glad that you came out and expressed your opinion, but I really don't agree with what you said. I don't want an argument, but I will respectfully counter your points.
Saying that all the ninja did was sit around in the desert and listen to Wu "waffle about stuff" is a big oversimplification of things. There was the Faith twist, the Iron Baron twist, the dragons, Firstbourne, and Wu returning to being a Master. You may not have liked that stuff, but you can't just ignore it.
I already explained why the Ninjago side of the story was important in my review.
How was Lloyd in any way too edgy? After he finds out his friends are alive, he doesn't act all that angsty, and he never whines about not having any powers. I guess the focus on Dareth is a valid criticism, though.
If you think about it, the power of the Dragon Armour is having no power. Iron Baron believed it would give him the power to control Firstbourne, and that false belief allowed Wu to outsmart and defeat him. It acted as a red herring, or golden herring, if you will. I personally thought it was a great way to subvert the whole "find the MacGuffins before the villains do" plot.
I welcome your opinion, but I really feel you could have explained your points better, or come up with more valid criticisms. If you want, we can leave this here, or calmly discuss this.
Lemme get my logical debate hat on. =P
I can't ignore all that stuff, but I can label it as essentially useless. The Faith twist and the Iron Baron twist both contributed to the "character" arc of the Dragon Hunters, which went--where? They're a villain faction in a different realm whoaffected the climax of the season only by the fact that Faith taught the ninja to use chains. Otherwise, the Dragon Hunters existed to antagonize the ninja for the sake of stalling them for the season, which was uninteresting. Their aims were equal and opposite to those of the ninja, causing the conflict to be a very back-and-forth--i.e., hunters capture ninja, ninja escape, hunters hunt ninja, ninja flee, hunters capture ninja again, ninja escape again. This sort of struggle was unfulfilling. Also, Iron Baron's character was heavily let down by the fact that his evil schemes wouldn't really do anything for him. He could rule the realm--so what? There's essentially no one in the realm to rule. Moreover, the ease with which he went down was also disappointing, and again, his lack of influence on the season's real climax rendered his role pretty minor.
I suppose "annoyingly edgy" was too vague. Lloyd was actually just boring--his story was annoyingly edgy. That's my preference, though: I've never liked "survive under a hostile rule" stories because the heroes are just bottled up and I weary of watching them run away so much. As I said, though, the Resistance did not accomplish much until the very end of the season. The biggest problem with this was the introduction of a bunch of elemental masters, who broke into Borg Tower, got captured immediately afterwards, and then were not seen again until the end of the season. They had more potential that was unused.
In regards to the Dragon Armor, the only point I'll bother to make is this: If Wu knew that the Dragon Armor did nothing, why did he put so much stress on wandering the desert looking for it? Since it did nothing, the season would have been no different without it. The ninja could have befriended the dragons and gone home much earlier than they did.
I'm glad that you came out and expressed your opinion, but I really don't agree with what you said. I don't want an argument, but I will respectfully counter your points.
Saying that all the ninja did was sit around in the desert and listen to Wu "waffle about stuff" is a big oversimplification of things. There was the Faith twist, the Iron Baron twist, the dragons, Firstbourne, and Wu returning to being a Master. You may not have liked that stuff, but you can't just ignore it.
I already explained why the Ninjago side of the story was important in my review.
How was Lloyd in any way too edgy? After he finds out his friends are alive, he doesn't act all that angsty, and he never whines about not having any powers. I guess the focus on Dareth is a valid criticism, though.
If you think about it, the power of the Dragon Armour is having no power. Iron Baron believed it would give him the power to control Firstbourne, and that false belief allowed Wu to outsmart and defeat him. It acted as a red herring, or golden herring, if you will. I personally thought it was a great way to subvert the whole "find the MacGuffins before the villains do" plot.
I welcome your opinion, but I really feel you could have explained your points better, or come up with more valid criticisms. If you want, we can leave this here, or calmly discuss this.
Lemme get my logical debate hat on. =P
I can't ignore all that stuff, but I can label it as essentially useless. The Faith twist and the Iron Baron twist both contributed to the "character" arc of the Dragon Hunters, which went--where? They're a villain faction in a different realm whoaffected the climax of the season only by the fact that Faith taught the ninja to use chains. Otherwise, the Dragon Hunters existed to antagonize the ninja for the sake of stalling them for the season, which was uninteresting. Their aims were equal and opposite to those of the ninja, causing the conflict to be a very back-and-forth--i.e., hunters capture ninja, ninja escape, hunters hunt ninja, ninja flee, hunters capture ninja again, ninja escape again. This sort of struggle was unfulfilling. Also, Iron Baron's character was heavily let down by the fact that his evil schemes wouldn't really do anything for him. He could rule the realm--so what? There's essentially no one in the realm to rule. Moreover, the ease with which he went down was also disappointing, and again, his lack of influence on the season's real climax rendered his role pretty minor.
I suppose "annoyingly edgy" was too vague. Lloyd was actually just boring--his story was annoyingly edgy. That's my preference, though: I've never liked "survive under a hostile rule" stories because the heroes are just bottled up and I weary of watching them run away so much. As I said, though, the Resistance did not accomplish much until the very end of the season. The biggest problem with this was the introduction of a bunch of elemental masters, who broke into Borg Tower, got captured immediately afterwards, and then were not seen again until the end of the season. They had more potential that was unused.
In regards to the Dragon Armor, the only point I'll bother to make is this: If Wu knew that the Dragon Armor did nothing, why did he put so much stress on wandering the desert looking for it? Since it did nothing, the season would have been no different without it. The ninja could have befriended the dragons and gone home much earlier than they did.
Thanks for explaining your opinion on this better. To be honest, a lot of this is just a matter of preference, since I personally enjoyed both stories and didn't find them useless. I know this can come off as me backing out of the debate, but I just have no interest in keeping this going, so we should leave most of this here.
The one point I will counter is your final one. I doubt Wu actually knew the Dragon Armour was powerless before he got his memories back.
But Double Trouble has Darkly's Boarding School For Bad Boys. It introduces Lloyd's old school friends/enemies, who I think are amazing characters and wish we'd seen more of them. Plus they all dress up as ninja at the end!
Wow, you got through them all fast! Great reviews!
Do you want to know how I got through the seasons so fast?
Most seasons of Ninjago are 10 episodes long, and each of those episodes are 22 minutes long. Doing the math, that means 10 episodes of Ninjago put together are a total of 3 hours and 40 minutes. Putting together 5 episodes, on the other hand, leads to a runtime of 1 hour and 50 minutes. So you see, watching an entire season in one day isn't that hard.
Actually you might be on to something. Maybe they actually did want to go and just listened to him and went along with it because they kinda wanted to and had the kidnapping thing be their excuse when they found out thier kids were on the opposite side and decided to join them instead. ( I shouldn't be making theories, I haven't seen the season for a long time. )
I've suddenly decided that I don't like Ray and Maya as much as I used to.
I know right? It's hard not to think about Harumi when watching some of it.
Yay, a fellow slow-slug!
I wonder what the age difference between Lloyd and Harumi is, especially when he became a teenager.
Yep, and I'm still as slow as ever.
Well let's think. Lloyd was about 10 when he got aged up, so perhaps about 4 years were added to him to make him about 14. Harumi I'm guessing was about the same age as Lloyd, about 10. But time obviously must have passed for Harumi to grow older. It's likely that about 4 years past between Season 1 and 8. Which would make Harumi about 14 and Lloyd about 19. I originally thought 5 years were added to Lloyd and 5 years past, however the ninja said they were " grown up teenagers " in Season 9 and that seems to fit how much time has passed in the seasons. I honestly wasn't expecting that for results, in my mind they should be older. What do you think?
The reveal of Heavy Metal as Faith shocked me, especially since it had no build-up, but then I saw what it was building up to. The big reveal that Iron Baron had been lying to his hunters to keep power worked so much better because of Faith. Her history with Iron Baron was needed to make it work, and it made for such a well written character.
Overall, I thought Hunted was an amazing season. It continued the mediocre story of Sons of Garmadon, but made it into an enjoyable and exciting story that could stand on it's own as well as setting up for what would come next.
Wow, what a ride. Not just Hunted, but the entire show. Even though I didn't enjoy every season, I thank the creators for their passion, and for doing their best to make this show more than just a big toy commercial. Now, I look forward to March of the Oni, and the future.
Finally, if you think I spoke too highly of this season, remember that this is my opinion, and it will not always align with yours. When you rewatch Hunted, say what you really think of the season. I'd be interested to know.
Wow, I'm-- I'm honestly a little surprised you think so highly of Season 9. --And I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing to me, I mean really, I'm surprised. To me it felt like this season had a few more oddities shoved into the story, such as Chew Toy (just. . . Chew Toy ) and Mistake's character being changed to that of an Oni to make her more interesting. There were also some weird elements, like that thing with Dareth getting his "brown power", which never came to anything, and how the Elemental Masters were so easily defeated by the Sons of Garmadon despite being way better fighters than those Garmy fanboys could ever be. But brick it, I agree with you. It really was an awesome season, with a well-rounded story and cast of interesting characters of both new and old. The action was great, the interaction between the characters was fun, and the details that helped tie things help felt complete. For all the history it revealed, each of the characters' spotlight moments, and the humor and heart put into it, Hunted was definitely worth the hype. ^,^
Also. . . can we just take a moment to appreciate what a bricking boss Skylor was in this season?? The ninja need to hire her for help more often, seriously.
Funny that once I've pretty much given up hope they finally give Skylor a chance!
I honestly like it dark, it makes it feel kinda realistic and a bit more exciting for me.
Plus, it's a way of the show growing up with the audience, you could say. We meet change, we watch characters grow up and stories intensify, and that's OK, because change is part of life.
I mean, oh yeah, and it gets way more exciting when it's all dark and gritty.
Exactly, and Ninjago has kinda tought me how to except change a little more. Plus if you think about it, if a kid started watching Ninjago when it first came out when he or she was 7, by this time they would be about 15 years old!
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Maybe they actually did want to go and just listened to him and went along with it because they kinda wanted to and had the kidnapping thing be their excuse when they found out thier kids were on the opposite side and decided to join them instead. 