So, the final episode of the season one of Battle For Dream Island, is it good?
...Eh
There's a lot, and I mean A LOT of problems with this episode. The writing tanks right on the finish line, pacing feels all over the place as if I were watching 1a again.
The final vote-reading goes by WAYY too fast, the votes were revealed in a second with no suspense whatsoever, even if it was played as a joke, it fell really flat and felt really unsatisfying.
The episode, despite having the longest runtime of the series, never feels like it slows down, contestants get abducted, Dream Island gets stolen, Flower murders Bubble permanently in cold blood and the cast tries to execute Leafy before she gets saved by Firey. All of these events happen in a few minutes and the show never has time to stop and reflect on any of it.
But It's not just the pacing, a few character relationships get thrown off the rails for seemingly no reason, I think it's safe to assume the Huang brothers expected Leafy or Bubble to win, but when Firey ended up winning they decided to continue with their plan even if it did not make much sense anymore.
No, really, there is no reason for Firey to NOT let Leafy onto Dream Island, her retribution is absolutely understandable and, since the show is trying to take itself somewhat seriously in this case, it falls horribly flat. When Firey saves Leafy from execution with the hang glider he goes on a monologue about how important her friendship is and how he wouldn't give it up for anything, not even Dream Island.
That's so sweet! Well, except for the fact that 10 minutes earlier Firey did just that for no good reason.
Another thing that bothers me is that the permanent deaths of Bubble, Woody and Flower gets EXPONENTIALLY downplayed, Bubble's alliance & friends never really stop to think "Wow, our friend is dead forever, that's haunting" And mind you that no second season was planned by the time this episode released, that's seriously messed up.
Despite all of that... the episode is still decent and funny, Flower is still a good villain, and of course its a beloved & iconic episode of the series, but I feel that without the next season perhaps it wouldn't be so beloved.
Wrapping up... disappointing finale, but decent anyways.
...Eh
There's a lot, and I mean A LOT of problems with this episode. The writing tanks right on the finish line, pacing feels all over the place as if I were watching 1a again.
The final vote-reading goes by WAYY too fast, the votes were revealed in a second with no suspense whatsoever, even if it was played as a joke, it fell really flat and felt really unsatisfying.
The episode, despite having the longest runtime of the series, never feels like it slows down, contestants get abducted, Dream Island gets stolen, Flower murders Bubble permanently in cold blood and the cast tries to execute Leafy before she gets saved by Firey. All of these events happen in a few minutes and the show never has time to stop and reflect on any of it.
But It's not just the pacing, a few character relationships get thrown off the rails for seemingly no reason, I think it's safe to assume the Huang brothers expected Leafy or Bubble to win, but when Firey ended up winning they decided to continue with their plan even if it did not make much sense anymore.
No, really, there is no reason for Firey to NOT let Leafy onto Dream Island, her retribution is absolutely understandable and, since the show is trying to take itself somewhat seriously in this case, it falls horribly flat. When Firey saves Leafy from execution with the hang glider he goes on a monologue about how important her friendship is and how he wouldn't give it up for anything, not even Dream Island.
That's so sweet! Well, except for the fact that 10 minutes earlier Firey did just that for no good reason.
Another thing that bothers me is that the permanent deaths of Bubble, Woody and Flower gets EXPONENTIALLY downplayed, Bubble's alliance & friends never really stop to think "Wow, our friend is dead forever, that's haunting" And mind you that no second season was planned by the time this episode released, that's seriously messed up.
Despite all of that... the episode is still decent and funny, Flower is still a good villain, and of course its a beloved & iconic episode of the series, but I feel that without the next season perhaps it wouldn't be so beloved.
Wrapping up... disappointing finale, but decent anyways.
