Ok, so bringing in new characters is a great thing, because they did so many twists and turns in the last seasons, but now they have that desperately needed refreshment in material. Also it means unfortunately having to put aside some old ones, which is sad but acceptable.
What I don't get is why they just rushed so much with all the new storylines. They have so much loaded in their think-tank and they just let it all out immediately, instead of sprinkeling it over two or more seasons like in the very beginning with garmadon, the snakes and the ultra-evil.
The show us all the bad guys from the whole chain of command, and don't really explain who they are like who is the black lion, why is he the only lion etc. Also the empress is really hollow in my opinion, without build-up, she comes onto the battlefield, shouts random stuff and is really more a of a joke than a threat, although she is supposed be the boss.
Furthermore the whole zane reactivation/teleportation/monastery mess came out of the blue and I didn't understand anything about it. That was the most random happening in all ninjago seasons by far, only to get a big (yet completely unnecessary) end fight which featured ridiculously slow, walking-speed flying dragons.
Kai also got a huge nerf, getting a random girl on his side mastering fire immediately. I mean please, you have new characters, so introduce them weak and undeveloped, because they are supposed to be new main characters, so we as audience should grow, suffer and root with/for them.
All in all so much potential somewhat waisted by giving us finished heros instead of new, exciting people with strengths and weaknesses that we can relate and connect to.
Seemed like they followed a to-do list from wikipedia on how to make an ok at most season instead of the 'how to make great new series'-tutorial from the industry.
What I don't get is why they just rushed so much with all the new storylines. They have so much loaded in their think-tank and they just let it all out immediately, instead of sprinkeling it over two or more seasons like in the very beginning with garmadon, the snakes and the ultra-evil.
The show us all the bad guys from the whole chain of command, and don't really explain who they are like who is the black lion, why is he the only lion etc. Also the empress is really hollow in my opinion, without build-up, she comes onto the battlefield, shouts random stuff and is really more a of a joke than a threat, although she is supposed be the boss.
Furthermore the whole zane reactivation/teleportation/monastery mess came out of the blue and I didn't understand anything about it. That was the most random happening in all ninjago seasons by far, only to get a big (yet completely unnecessary) end fight which featured ridiculously slow, walking-speed flying dragons.
Kai also got a huge nerf, getting a random girl on his side mastering fire immediately. I mean please, you have new characters, so introduce them weak and undeveloped, because they are supposed to be new main characters, so we as audience should grow, suffer and root with/for them.
All in all so much potential somewhat waisted by giving us finished heros instead of new, exciting people with strengths and weaknesses that we can relate and connect to.
Seemed like they followed a to-do list from wikipedia on how to make an ok at most season instead of the 'how to make great new series'-tutorial from the industry.