Hey everyone! Welcome to the season 1 finale of my reviews! Today we are reviewing AB slingshot stories. Now this series is hated by many fans, mainly for reasons I’ll cover in this review, however, I actively despise this series, not as much as On the Run season 2, however, Slingshot stories represent everything that modern AB tv series has become. So, let’s review AB Slingshot stories
Chapter 1: The boring, dull comedy
The series is very uninspired with its comedy. At least On the Run season 2 had decent enough comedy (Even if it couldn’t make up for everything else) however slingshot stories has some of the most boring, uninspired comedy I have ever seen. There are even times where the characters start saying English words (like “What the fu-” or “Oh ya”) The series thinks it’s clever but it’s not, it’s REALLY not.
Chapter 2: It’s incredibly cheap budget
Slingshot stories’ animation shows that Rovio has just gotten lazier and lazier with each series they make. Some of the sound effects and voice clips are also re-used from AB toons. The series animation looks very rushed most likely because Rovio wants to get the episodes out on a weekly basis. Plus it feels like since this is a web series, Rovio has a mindset that they don’t have to try (Even though previous AB tv-series looked like they could be aired on TV or Netflix) Slingshot stories is obviously not the only series that has an abnormally low budget(*Cough* *Cough* Makerspace *Cough* *Cough*) However it is the worst offender in this regard.
Chapter 3: No uniqueness to set it apart from other AB Tv shows
Every AB tv series has an unique attribute that sets it apart from the others, Piggy Tails is AB Toons but with the pigs, AB Stella has lore, story, and is story driven, And AB On the Run was a parody of AB plushie videos. What identity does Slingshot stories have that sets it apart from other AB tv shows? The only identity Slingshot stories has is that it is a bad reboot of Toons with only a third of the cast. Slingshot stories has NOTHING setting it apart from the previous AB tv shows or even AB Makerspace.
Chapter 4: The fact this series got a season 2
Yup, apparently Slingshot stories was successful enough to get a second season, why is this a bad thing? It’s because it's a sign, a sign that Rovio will keep making uninspired, boring, cheap cash grabs that laughs in the face of what previous AB tv series were. Now it’s gotten to the point where the series is the ONLY AB tv show airing on the AB youtube channel, so Rovio basically took AB blues and AB bubble trouble (Two series while not perfect had unique attributes that set them apart from each other or even other AB Tv series) And threw them both in the trash in favor of a series that has no uniqueness or good jokes or good animation. So Rovio will most likely continue creating AB tv shows that are not just uninspired, but have nothing setting them apart from other AB tv series.
Chapter 5: What AB tv shows used to be
From 2013-2018 AB tv shows used to be something to be genuinely excited for, they all had unique attributes that set them apart from other AB tv series, they were funny, and their budget made it look like they could air on television! They had work and care and LOVE put into them, however after On the Run AB tv series started becoming more and more bland, uninspired and boring having nothing to set them apart from other AB tv series, and Slingshot stories is the biggest example of this. Now, instead of me getting excited every time an episode releases, I just feel bored. I have no excitement for Summer Madness (The latest AB tv series coming out next year) Not because I think it will turn out bad but because Slingshot stories killed any sense of love I had for AB Tv series. And that makes me kinda sad…
Chapter 6: Conclusion
….. BOY was this a very sad review, sorry if I sounded melodramatic in sections 4 and 5, I just REALLY wanted to express my opinion that has been burning inside of me until this review. Since I don’t want a review this negative to end on a bad note, I will say that Summer Madness does give me a little bit of hope for future AB tv series. Don’t get me wrong, I still think it will end up being average at best, but the series does have a unique attribute that sets it apart from other AB tv series (I guess) and the animation looks pretty good (Though I’m sure others would beg to depther). I don’t think it will start a full on renicounse periode for AB tv series but it does give me a bit of hope. Soooo ya that was my overly negative review of Slingshot stories and the season 1 finale of my reviews! Season 2 will begin fittingly enough with another AB tv series, Summer Madness. So expect to see me review that series in 2022! Bye!!!
Score:
2/10