Summer Ends
I came across Gravity Falls while looking for Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD. It's one of those animated show that may not be immediately striking in one viewing. The animation is pretty standard, relying a bit more on style than detail. Some of the voices were familiar, though, and the teasing of a mystery were enough that I made some effort to watch more.
From there, I was fairly impressed.
Certainly some episodes come across as "monster/mystery of the week" for the 12-year-old siblings visiting their great-uncle (or "grunkle") in a rural town with weirdness just under the surface. There's a lot of attention to detail, however, and continuity that I appreciate in the storytelling. The show did build up some level of mystery and actually answered most, if not all, the questions is posed. I like that infinitely better than the shows that just keep throwing out more questions for the sake of stringing an audience along.
This week, it ended. That's sort of sad, though it did so for the best possible reason - the creator reached the end of the story arc he was telling. So, while it's possible the characters could be brought back for further adventures in some way, the story of a wild summer full of family, friendships, childhood crushes, crazy monster, fear, hope, and sacrifice gets closure and comes to an end.
Thanks for the ride.
From there, I was fairly impressed.
Certainly some episodes come across as "monster/mystery of the week" for the 12-year-old siblings visiting their great-uncle (or "grunkle") in a rural town with weirdness just under the surface. There's a lot of attention to detail, however, and continuity that I appreciate in the storytelling. The show did build up some level of mystery and actually answered most, if not all, the questions is posed. I like that infinitely better than the shows that just keep throwing out more questions for the sake of stringing an audience along.
This week, it ended. That's sort of sad, though it did so for the best possible reason - the creator reached the end of the story arc he was telling. So, while it's possible the characters could be brought back for further adventures in some way, the story of a wild summer full of family, friendships, childhood crushes, crazy monster, fear, hope, and sacrifice gets closure and comes to an end.
Thanks for the ride.
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