Seems like everyone is liking this supernatural theme lately and come on Disney... how is this not supposed to sound like the Loud House.Disney Channel’s ‘The Owl House’ArticleYou would never think that the dark art of 15th century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch would serve as the inspiration for a children’s cartoon. Well, thanks to Dana Terrace and her wild imagination, the strange creatures conjured by the European painter have found their way in the new Disney Channel series The Owl House. The show, which debuts in January, and is already in production of its second season, follows the adventures of a young teenage girl named Luz who decides to pursue her dreams of becoming a witch after she stumbles into a strange realm, inhabited by feisty witch Eda and her tiny warrior friend King.Terrace, a former director on DuckTales and storyboard artist on Gravity Falls, recalls starting to collect her notes and images and putting together her pitch for the story back in 2015. Then, she finally began pitching her story about a young girl who becomes a witch’s apprentice only a few months after she started directing DuckTales.The setting for The Owl House changed a little bit since its early days. Terrace says for a brief time, she was toying with the idea of the whole show being set after the young character dies, so that the Owl House is all set in the afterlife. What really had a clear impact on her work is the work of artists such as Bosch, John Bauer, Remedios Varos and the puppetry of Jim Henson.
So I had time and watched what is so far the show, "Owl House." I can sum it up very easily. It is exceedingly average and exceedingly okay. It has promise, but as of now, it's nothing new. It's just a rehash of what Disney has presented before in a new shiny package. It's Gravity Falls and Star vs the Forces of Evil combined into one thing. Animation is nice, but there really isn't much to this show. In some aspects it's cringey how much it's goes out of it's way to promote, "being weird is okay." That's fine, okay... I get it. It's the same thing we've seen before in a new package and nothing more so far.
Quote from: Kiwi on 2020-02-06 15:46:09So I had time and watched what is so far the show, "Owl House." I can sum it up very easily. It is exceedingly average and exceedingly okay. It has promise, but as of now, it's nothing new. It's just a rehash of what Disney has presented before in a new shiny package. It's Gravity Falls and Star vs the Forces of Evil combined into one thing. Animation is nice, but there really isn't much to this show. In some aspects it's cringey how much it's goes out of it's way to promote, "being weird is okay." That's fine, okay... I get it. It's the same thing we've seen before in a new package and nothing more so far.Thanks for your little write up. Hopefully it can do something to set itself a part. I haven't seen it. Based off the name too, they are clearly trying to draw in viewers of Nickelodeon's hit show, "The Loud House."
Yeah, I’ve found the setting and storytelling kinda boring. I think, for me, the “anything goes magical world where the inhabitants are just whatever” is getting old. 'Feels like I've seen a dozen of these in just the last couple years. Eda’s design is stellar, though. 11/10. I love her. Also most episodes have had a fight scene – that’s pretty fun for a cartoon like this.
I have yet to see it, but just from what has been said it seems very samey. I will watch it eventually.