[7.6/10] I like the vibe they’re going for with each “Elements” land here -- where each realm exemplifies a certain emotion. Candy is obviously joy. Cold seems to be sadness or even existential despair. Fire is presumably anger (if the angry bee we see in the credits is any indication.) And I’m not sure what slime will be. (Fear? Disgust?). It’s all very Inside Out but I dig the Adventure Time spin the show puts on everything. Feels like we’re headed to a “balance is important, in emotions and elements” ending, but this is a show that knows how to surprise me with off-kilter solutions to things, so we’ll see.
I definitely liked the creepy depiction of the rejiggered Ice Kingdom. Having the profound darkness is not an approach the show usually takes, and it made the atmosphere appropriately unnerving. There was a desolate quality to the place, like the elemental wave had sucked the life out of it, which dovetailed nicely with the despondency of everyone there.
Everyone that is except for Ice Carol (nee Cloud Carol)! Her perturbed disposition and being disturbed, and angry declaration that yes, she likes to draw elves, tickled me pink. We also get some more detail about what happened, with Patience acknowledging that she went too far and the elements overran the princesses and became something “monstrous.” Again, there’s a real haunting melancholy throughout the new Ice Kingdom that’s subtly affecting. The foxes’ song in particular was chillingly beautiful (no pun intended).
Again, the design elements really worked, with Patience looming large in her dry ice dress after the transformation, and the statue of the four elementals in the middle of her lair. It really gives the place a distinctive quality, and contributes to details like Jake starting to feel down and useless as the ice starts to consume him. All-in-all, a nice ep that brings Betty back (whose voice actress has been upgraded to Felica Day!) and fills in another elemental zone.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-07-29T15:39:27Z
[7.6/10] I like the vibe they’re going for with each “Elements” land here -- where each realm exemplifies a certain emotion. Candy is obviously joy. Cold seems to be sadness or even existential despair. Fire is presumably anger (if the angry bee we see in the credits is any indication.) And I’m not sure what slime will be. (Fear? Disgust?). It’s all very Inside Out but I dig the Adventure Time spin the show puts on everything. Feels like we’re headed to a “balance is important, in emotions and elements” ending, but this is a show that knows how to surprise me with off-kilter solutions to things, so we’ll see.
I definitely liked the creepy depiction of the rejiggered Ice Kingdom. Having the profound darkness is not an approach the show usually takes, and it made the atmosphere appropriately unnerving. There was a desolate quality to the place, like the elemental wave had sucked the life out of it, which dovetailed nicely with the despondency of everyone there.
Everyone that is except for Ice Carol (nee Cloud Carol)! Her perturbed disposition and being disturbed, and angry declaration that yes, she likes to draw elves, tickled me pink. We also get some more detail about what happened, with Patience acknowledging that she went too far and the elements overran the princesses and became something “monstrous.” Again, there’s a real haunting melancholy throughout the new Ice Kingdom that’s subtly affecting. The foxes’ song in particular was chillingly beautiful (no pun intended).
Again, the design elements really worked, with Patience looming large in her dry ice dress after the transformation, and the statue of the four elementals in the middle of her lair. It really gives the place a distinctive quality, and contributes to details like Jake starting to feel down and useless as the ice starts to consume him. All-in-all, a nice ep that brings Betty back (whose voice actress has been upgraded to Felica Day!) and fills in another elemental zone.