>>107961954The last season of UA was largely still influenced by McDuffie
And yeah, I am serious about Omniverse. It was a great show with a lot of creativity. Yes, there were retcons, but honestly sometimes retcons are needed. UAF really gucked up the lore - Plumbers, anodites, the null void, etc.
OV did an excellent job of sort of bridging the gap between the two very different interpretations of the same universe. It god rid of stuff that didn't fit, and incorporated the good ideas like Albedo, Good Kevin, and the Incurseans, even resetting the whole universe in-show to help explain these small changes (and later having an episode to discuss this reset in-depth).
Some of these changes were definitely controversial - the changes to Kevin and the plumbers' helpers, for example, have always gotten criticism. Personally, I think the new backstory makes more sense (how tf could a human and a Pyronite mate?) but I understand the complaints.
The whole tone of the show was way more in keeping with the original series as well. Ben was still a superhero, he still had to get serious sometimes, but now he was just happier in general. It was a good fit, and it made the serious much more enjoyable.
The reboot isn't actually that bad. I'm sad that we didn't get a follow-up to OV, but it's understandable. They had to market it to a new generation. Because of that, it's much more kiddy, but that's alright. It's a kids' show again. Not personally a fan of the artstyle, but it gets the job done. I don't really watch it, but that's not out of active dislike. It's just not my cup of tea.