I just watched the first two (they're the only ones aired so far, obviously) episodes of season 2 of Gravity Falls.
What are your opinions? I'll give mine in lovely spoiler tag because the second episode literally aired the day that I'm typing this. Overall, I'd say that they're great, and, honestly, an improvement over the already damn good first season. They give better focus to characters that were either back-burner or not completely focused on in an effort to flesh them out, and I think it's great.
What are your opinions? I'll give mine in lovely spoiler tag because the second episode literally aired the day that I'm typing this. Overall, I'd say that they're great, and, honestly, an improvement over the already damn good first season. They give better focus to characters that were either back-burner or not completely focused on in an effort to flesh them out, and I think it's great.
Episode 1: I like how they're leaving Stan with several of his "cards" left to hide from the kids even though they know he knows at least some of what is going on. I've also noticed what could be a trend for this season...well, two things, but I'll get into them in the second episode. Overall, funny, the jokes were well set up, and it even had a Stan moment to rival the "punching a dinosaur" moment from last season.
Episode 2: Even better than the first episode. It actually adds a bit of realistic closure (but not a complete one) to the whole Dipper - Wendy thing. I mean, it's clear Dipper's not "over" her yet, but they managed to paint the whole situation in a realistic light. Also, I'm beginning to fall in love with (metaphorically speaking of course, she's both a cartoon character and a minor) Wendy. She's a total badass without being some sort of femme fatale archetype. In other words, she's a pretty darn realistic (and interesting!) portrayal of a somewhat rebellious teenage girl. The two things I previously mentioned that I'm noticing as potential trends for this season are 1. the hunt for the author of the journals and 2. there being a sort of clue to set up the next episode in the previous. In the first episode, it set up the blacklight portion of the book as a clue (which would lead them to the hidden bunker in episode 2) and I'm pretty sure the next episode will involve the laptop computer somehow.
Anyway, enough of my yammering and theorycrafting: all in all, a great episode (maybe one of the best in my opinion), a cool monster (that Dipper/Mabel spider form the shapeshifter thing took was genuinely disturbing -- nice touch), and lots of potential for mystery in this season.
Episode 2: Even better than the first episode. It actually adds a bit of realistic closure (but not a complete one) to the whole Dipper - Wendy thing. I mean, it's clear Dipper's not "over" her yet, but they managed to paint the whole situation in a realistic light. Also, I'm beginning to fall in love with (metaphorically speaking of course, she's both a cartoon character and a minor) Wendy. She's a total badass without being some sort of femme fatale archetype. In other words, she's a pretty darn realistic (and interesting!) portrayal of a somewhat rebellious teenage girl. The two things I previously mentioned that I'm noticing as potential trends for this season are 1. the hunt for the author of the journals and 2. there being a sort of clue to set up the next episode in the previous. In the first episode, it set up the blacklight portion of the book as a clue (which would lead them to the hidden bunker in episode 2) and I'm pretty sure the next episode will involve the laptop computer somehow.
Anyway, enough of my yammering and theorycrafting: all in all, a great episode (maybe one of the best in my opinion), a cool monster (that Dipper/Mabel spider form the shapeshifter thing took was genuinely disturbing -- nice touch), and lots of potential for mystery in this season.
