Well I saw the TADC movie.
After watching the whole series now I think I can conclusively say I really didn't like it and found the writing pretty cringe. I liked the Gun bit in episode 6 and that's it. I respect the animation craft that went into it though.
My problem with Digital Circus is that I simply don't think that Therapy Sessions are good writing. The Show wants to be a character Drama but none of the drama feels very earned. Like I think pomni crashing out about how much she hates the adventures in episode 3 would have landed better if we got to see her go on more adventures. Instead she goes on 1 and then just tells us how she feels about them.
Characters in this show are explicitly verbalizing their inner states to each other and to the audience constantly which goes against the principal of "show don't tell". The characters going "I'm struggling with my Trauma" is a genuine technical problem with the writing, not really a taste preference. Good writing delivers this with subtext and implication and lets the audience feel these things, not be hand delivered pre packaged emotional gift boxes. But weirdly in the digital circus they are sometimes vague about certain things and explicit about others. Like I still don't get what I'm supposed to feel when Gangle runs out of the fast food place and it slows down and plays the music. That moment felt like it was cargo culting "show don't tell". Like "this is what it looks like to indirectly imply something" without actually doing it.
And people will push back saying "Therapy speak is a buzzword" but I'd say it's a legitimate craft problem. But for whatever reason there's a large subset of people that genuinely believe explicit verbalization of feelings is good writing because of some communal recognition of their feelings. "i want character to name this aloud so I can feel seen". It's an entirely different language of consumption that I just do not get behind.
I would have liked the show better if it was more adventures that utilized the premise of being in a digital world and going on crazy digital adventures more. Like a DnD Esque episode, or even more video game references or other stuff. Like "todays adventure is the istvann drop site massacre!" Or something. Give us time to have fun with these characters and then subtly show us the interior world of these characters through implication and actions. I know gooseworx said they didn't want "filler" but I actually think that those are important things to include.
It almost feels like the writers went "well, the Tumblr crowd loves feelz and just feelz, so we'll trim all the fat and cut away most of the non feelz bits so we can just skip to the parts people want!" Which to its credit seems to work with the intended audience but leaves it lacking overall to me.
I think I just do not speak the same language as the people who enjoy this show. Again, respect to the animation crew but not for me. I gave it as fair a shake as I could. (The only reason I saw the movie was because a friend invited me. I'm just very glad no one smelled bad.)
@Antonio69630107@Roblox_RTC If that was the case then it would override the giftbox instead of being a separate item, like how it worked back then.
Or Roblox is just changing how it works.