So, Steven Universe was trending on Twitter, and I discovered it was because there was a new season. And there was also a movie I didn’t see? Talk about being not informed.
I’m 32, so I grew up to the original Digimon and Pokemon series. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised that Digimon is back, and also that they are rebooting it and telling a different story.
I enjoyed the first episode, but I had to admit I was mainly for nostalgia. There was something missing in this first episode, and my guess is 2 things:
It was too fast
I mean, Tai goes into the NET, Koiushiro learns about everything in a minute, Agumon evolves, and then he just accepts it like that? I think a bit more suspense and build up would be good. Also, the next episode is called War Games. Aren’t we going too fast?
Different Vibe
So, on the original show the cast is suck into the digital world and are stranded there, without knowing much about it. It’s a completely different thing, as Tai seemed to be suck into the intermediate layer, and Koushiro is not. This means that the series could go end into an episodic monster/catastrophe of the week, with less build up and exploring than the original.
So last night I tried to mull over my thoughts to best explain what was bothering me about the new Digimon Adventure. Imagine if someone was doing a Lord of the Rings remake. Imagine if in the first episode of the Fellowship of the Ring season they started with a gang of Orcs attacking the Shire and it was up to Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin to grab swords and fight them back. Together, these four fight back an entire Orcs raid and save the shire. All in the opening arc of Lord of the Rings. That’s what the new Digimon Adventure is doing. It’s so fucking weird. It’s just really counter to the core identity of Digimon to start your series off by having your protagonist save the entire world, all before your adventure begins.
Don’t get me wrong: I liked the episode and I hope it end being as great as the original series. I’m going to keep watching it for the upcoming weeks to have a better opinion.
BONUS CONTENT
Just have a look at this Brazilian opening for the original Digimon anime. Later seasons featured the correct songs, in Portuguese, but well… go ahead…
One of the things you might not know about me, is that I used to play trumpet and saxophone (and started learning bagpipes). I started on trumpet at school marching band, then started a conservatory, and then private sax lessons. Since I was young, playing was a huge part of my life, even though I wasn’t so big on practicing.
It’s been a while since I posted anything. With everything that’s going on in the world and consequently, in my life, it’s easy to forget and just not update here.
So, as least for now, everything is fine. I’ve been working from home since the end of February, and I came to Brazil (my home country) on March 11, just a bit before everything blew up. Of course, that leaves me with the question: When will I return to Canada?
And this is a difficult question to answer. There are benefits and risks on both places, and of course, the risk of traveling.
If I stay here, I’m in my parent’s house, it’s easier to go out to walk around a bit and don’t get into contact with anyone. On the other side, Canada is my home now, and where I have good health insurance. So basically, I’ll wait a few more days to decide what to do.
For now, I’m working from here (as my whole company is working from home anyway), watching Netflix with my parents and chilling at my old house. So far so good!
Everyone stay safe, and use this time to read, develop your hobbies, play games!
I used to listen to many song covers on YouTube. Even though I don’t do that much anymore, I still like to discover cool new covers and versions.
The cover I’m sharing today I used to listen to a lot. I remember the first time I discovered Raon Lee’s Digimon cover, I just kept listening to it on repeat, and every time I would listen to it again, it would be at least like, 3 replays.
Last week I decided to start watching The Donna Reed Show on Prime Video. I just started it to kill some time with 60s TV, but in the end I’m watching it a lot. At least, it replaces the habit that me and my wife developed recently of watching a lot of YouTube. At least for me, it’s a better way to spend time on TV.
Also, usually I don’t watch things with too many episodes, and Donna Reed has 275. But still, at least it’s not something that if you stop, you are wasting all the time invested. There’s no story arc happening, and each episode is an individual story. That helps A LOT.
It’s basically a feel good TV show, that started airing in 1958, has great actors in the main roles (Donna Reed and Carl Betz as the main couple), and was one of the first shows to have a female lead.
This is kind of old news, but the Dragon Quest: Dai manga is receiving a new anime adaptation. Those who are older, like me, might be familiar with the first adaptation that aired many years (decades) ago, from 1991 to 1992 and had 46 episodes.
A couple years ago I decided to start learning German. While I wasn’t able to start until recently, at that time I wanted to check some German singers so I could start getting used to how it sounds, and be more involved into the (pop) culture.
Then I discovered Madeline Juno. Beautiful voice, great songs, and also my one of my favorite cheer-up/feel good song: Herzchen. Please check it out below!
How not to love this?
I also put below some other songs that I like. Hope you all enjoy 🙂
Falcon Sensei 