Adventure Time: Distant Lands Review - BMO

[@uncivilizedelk]

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[@ldin-_-l]

Love u bro

[@jesscomics]

Your reviews are always fun to watch : )

[@VIInOni]

Yaaaaaay!

[@CombatSportsNerd]

Great to have you back dude

[@ahmadarya3844]

Love your work man ♥️♥️

[@ximethemermaid]

after watching this, it makes sense that bmo called jake a crab when he grew wings lol

[@uncivilizedelk]

Oh yeah! Another amusing callback.

[@dailyyy5979]

i think it was because of the eyes, not the wings

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Glad you're back man, Adventure Time coming back just wouldn't be the same if you weren't here to analyze it

[@popinmo]

Your comment has inspired me to sub to this guy

[@artynin]

Right. I literally looked for this channel for the review of the AT distant lands. Glad I found it again hehe

[@cubethepixel3025]

Coming back? It was only 4 episodes

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

@@cubethepixel3025 Coming back in a sense I suppose, even if only briefly.

[@paigeelizabeth5017]

Agreed, I love this dudes videos!!

[@walterobrien8045]

BMO was insanely vital in defeating Golb with his song. If he hadn’t randomly landed next to Finn and Jake the world might have ended, just throwing that out there.

[@otarimuradishvili5540]

One step away from destruction

[@finnagamez3735]

I loved the special because it was all it needed to be, a simple story to reintroduce us to the style of AT and get us enjoying classic AT again, which in my opinion, it succeeded. Also I somewhat agree on the humor points but the episode had an extremely good pace and never lingered on a weak joke, they knew which jokes were throwaway lines, and which they could spotlight.

[@PanSangex]

I loved the pacing too. It was really enjoying to watch after all this time without AT

[@WhereisYunoGasai]

mhm

[@nottsninja]

Personally I’d say the feel of this special was more similar to the later seasons. Purely because the earlier ones were just way too simple and light hearted. This special is definitely a lot more... proper.

[@Zekerdy]

Man martin mertens is one of the best built character of all adventure time in my opinion. so well made with a huge story.

[@freshlymemed5680]

An universal scumbag flying through space.

[@PanSangex]

He really makes you wanna punch him lol

[@dark_hood7]

@@freshlymemed5680 Yup, the only good thing about him is that Finn is his son

[@Apotheosister]

@@dark_hood7 He used to be a decent guy too.

[@dark_hood7]

@@Apotheosister he was a charlatan and a liar from the beginning.. watch season 8 islands episodes.

[@partycitydumpster]

O ya all the BMO humor, including the examples you pointed out, really worked for me. His "but I'm so cute" response to his life being threatened really got me. He's naive and wise. Immortal and a child. A robot and highly emotional. Loving and kind of a narcissist. And the voice acting and animation for him is always really delightful, but it really shined here. I really enjoyed this one.

[@Kalmight]

One other cool easter egg, Simone Giertz (an engineering ish KZbinr) once tweeted that her one wish would be to voice a character from adventure time. Well, she ended up being the voice of CGO !

[@camithebrick]

I was just thinking "I wonder if he did a bmo review" And came here to find this 4 minute old video

[@slothful2039]

Honestly I feel like the creators sorta acknowledged that BMO was more of a "cute sidekick character" since that's what he was pondering in his death state lol. Perhaps BMO was released first since its story is more easily digestible and honestly a good reintroduction to AT. I still really enjoyed the episode and it just make me very excited for the rest of the distant lands series!

[@CoolCrimsonJaguar]

Yeah, some of the BMO humor didn't really sell it for me, but I was usually too busy checking out the backgrounds and all the cameos to really care. Like, I know Y5's whole arc deal was pretty cliche, but I still loved it. For what it was, it was pretty good, but I will say that her parents should've gotten a bit more of a comeuppance than "oh we're sorry we were shitty parents". Just little a bit of righteous justice, as a treat. But other than that, I was stoked. This was great! I adore the finale, and I get where you're coming from with the whole closure to the series thing, but damn. I didn't realized how starved I was for content until now. Also, as a tiny nitpick, the bunny people's eyes were weird. I didn't like them. As for the Olive situation, I really think that's going to be elaborated on later. It just feels like there's more of a backstory there. I'm not sure what to make of it, but on the first viewing I was feeling pretty betrayed. I was like, "Olive?? What are you doing? Were you evil the entire time?????" That's clearly not the case, but I panicked. I also didn't recognize Martin's voice at first. I started to get suspicious though, and when he finally took off his shoes and I saw his feet I literally screamed at my screen "Oh, it's this fucker again!" Also something of note that makes me go ???, the lards are sentient. They talk and stuff. Why are they cattle. What the hell. Hope you're doing good! Take your time with these reviews if you need to, and try not to burn yourself out.

[@NoirRaven]

You are talking about a show that featured BMO killing sapient food to feed to Jake sooo it's not out of the norm for AT to be... Questionable with its morality.

[@CoolCrimsonJaguar]

@@NoirRaven Lol, I completely forgot about that

[@cuckoophendula8211]

I must admit that Y5's mom character kind of gave me PTSD flashbacks as I grew up with an imposing asian "tiger mom" hovering over me during my childhood.

[@doritobrando4966]

I feel you

[@blackshogun272]

Have black mom and she's a whole helicopter bruh. But she's a loveable one. Though at her worst she's like an attack model firing all hellfire missiles 💀

[@London_annj]

Me too

[@zenchen7300]

same

[@dorrrrrian]

I think I definitely agree with the point that BMO works better in short chunks rather than a full 45 minute special. So having BMO paired up with Y5 was a good call. While the main plot was pretty basic for Adventure Time standards, I think the unique setting of the drift and the characters make up for that imo. And I’m glad someone else agrees that not showing Mr. M’s face, even though it was very obvious who he was, was an amazing creative decision.

[@kenzisalah5431]

des a worse episode i see in the void😡😡

[@muddywatters4886]

Martins sweater and shirt are visible on a chair in his room, around minute 31

[@itsbluntweezy2078]

Along with a nice reference to how he got his boots through his win in the card war with Y5.

[@mtj8870]

When the first 4 minutes dropped on cartoon network yt i was wondering "Why is bmo so dumb?" Then i realized since it was a prequel that bmo was supposed to he dumb and inexperienced compared to post-golb bmo

[@user-tx9eg4tc8o]

Wait in this episode bmo is in the past not in the future?

[@yoji5759]

@@user-tx9eg4tc8o This is the ending Scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2PNiptsr7NmepY Don't watch if you don't want spoilers for the special

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

I kinda like the idea that there were 2 mushroom bombs. Very evocative of hiroshima/nagasaki, which kind of grounds them for me in a weird way, idk. Like you said, there's basically a mythological aura to the bombs, and the circumstances that led them to creating/reincarnating the Lich are still very murky and unknown. Glad to have you back, you have so much insight and skill into the pulling back the curtains of Adventure Time's subtler details; I almost feel like I haven't really 'watched' a new episode until I've heard you talk about it.

[@uncivilizedelk]

Evoking Hiroshima/Nagasaki / Fat Man/Little Boy was my first thought too! I didn't wanna get into that in this review because my eventual video on The Lich is going to kick off with the 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' Oppenheimer quote.

[@mtj8870]

So if our primary bomb created the lich and the land of ooo, then what would the southern mushroom bomb bring? A new continent similar to ooo? Is that where the glass kingdom in obsidian is going to take place?

[@justbny9278]

@@mtj8870 maybe it was part of the process that caused the huge whole in the surfice of the planet?

[@paulochu]

Jake's Jay T. Dawgzone throwback made me hysterical! I'd hate to imagine that that phase may have been much more destructive than his CW phase. Great review! Also on Olive extending a limb to Hugo, I thought that it was more of a sympathetic pat. Hugo, seemingly immortal, may have to drift through space for a very, very long time...

[@gantaroo3140]

Isn't olive a repair droid? If thats true I thought it was a, " you need fixing" type pat.

[@cartoondragon8946]

@@gantaroo3140 *he does need fixing.*

[@sleepily]

My favorite part in this episode is when Football says "BMO, if you bonk this up and die, I couldn't live with myself." I love the double meaning!

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

I swear no matter how much I love this series, these analysis videos always make me appreciate it that much more. I can only dream of being that well spoken and thorough in my own analyses. Keep up the great work man, glad you're back, and looking forward to the rest of those Infinity Train reviews.

[@austinharris3139]

That potato song at the beginning was so adorable and I was hooked on this special lol. Y5 was a very likable character, wanted to see her succeed.

[@citrus4419]

same

[@cartoondragon8946]

SAMEE-

[@Dizzy4real88]

Don’t forget that BMO fills his primary MO roll in this Distant lands episode. Moe made him special and released him into the world to evoke wonder and imagination in other. BMO is a force of nature because he’s a robot that has learned to love, hope and imagine. In this episode they teach Y5 these things. Y5 learns to be confident and hopeful. They learn that they already are capable of saving others and changing their world around them.

[@01m1tr1]

I think the moment with Olive it's just to show that it still appreciates Hugo. Olive saw something special in BMO and brought him to the drift because of it, the same for Hugo. Maybe Olive saw something special in both of them, and being a simple little robot they can look past the atrocities and still like Hugo for what qualities he has.

[@doggodoggo3000]

I missed hearing you talk about adventure time! I don't have any friends that watch it, so ive never gotten to have any discussions about it. You always helped to fill that void in my heart! And when the schedule got all donked towards the end, your vids dropping would alert me to new episodes! Thanks a ton!

[@chloegeorgia1995]

Man I feel you I wish I could have such deep discussions of adventure time with a friend!

[@masyithasalsabilaaa]

#metoo i wish i have a closefriends that love this show as much as i do

[@Katiethewizard]

I honestly really enjoy BMO's humor because it reminds me so much of how an actual little kid would view the world. He's a little self-centered like how a child would be with a big capacity for love and friendship. Calling the earth BMO world was an example of him seeing himself as the main character of his own universe, exactly like how little kids do. I just think BMO so cute and his naivete is a big part of his charm❤

[@whatifwevibed429]

You’re back!!

[@sprawlz6466]

GUESS WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN!

[@mcoupe69]

Sprawlz Fettered Trongus back Back again

[@selephimahlangu4769]

Idk why but I found this so cute

[@mcoupe69]

Selephi Mahlangu to be fair there’s nothing cuter than an agitated wide toed fettered Trongus

[@jaredhall5169]

I really like the moment where Y5's parents immediately turn BMO off after capturing him. After seeing Y5 struggle to handle BMO's usual antics up until that point, seeing her parents just treat BMO like any other machine and prepare to sell him for parts, really stuck with me.

[@Nick_Lyston]

Hi Jared- yeah, this was a fantastically done scene. When pondering our capacity for evil born out of bigotry, people tend to focus on how we tend to hate those we believe are inferior to us, and to exploit them with animosity. But hate is a hot emotion, not too far removed from the warmth of love. The real evil born out of bigotry is not hate but rather the frozen coldness of apathy, the total disregard of the Other. The best example of this in modern times is how we completely disregard the lives and feelings of the animals we eat. Few of us actually HATE cows and pigs- an emotion as powerful as hate would be giving them too much consideration and respect, and we might start questioning what we do to them. Instead, we completely disregard them, and treat them as nothing more than machines to be used and discarded, the way Y5's mother regarded BMO. Like BMO and the animals we eat, we all share the capacity to love. But we must overcome the true evil of bigotry- the cold, apathetic shoulder shown to warm, love-capable victims, if we are to ever also reach our capacity as beings who are WORTHY of love.

[@kitboyatt1268]

I thought the Olive and Hugo final scene was a gentle slap as much as anything else. Theres a brief but interesting familial dynamic there, the "disappointed in me". really makes the bot seem they had sort of parental influence in Hugos life. I think his character is very similar to Martin's, he wasn't nesscerlly a bad person from the beginning, but he started making so many horrible mistakes that he just started to own them, pretend he didn't care who he hurt to get his way until he didn't. The brief interactions we saw between Hugo and the orb reminded me a lot of The Lorax and the Oncler (animated movie version). I imagine they parted ways very similarly. It would have been nice if they had given more depth to Hugo, I think he has the potential to be a really interesting character.

[@MysticVee]

Thanks for making this, man. I was excited to see what you had to say about it. Overall, i'd give this one a 3/5 in terms of what I wanted out of a BMO-ccentric episode. For me, it was missing a sense of grounding by being in space, no pun intended. I didn't feel like almost anything mattered up until BMO was shattered apart. I caught Martin as Mr M and immediately wondered if he discorporated and then was put into a suit to keep his essence together, but now that you mention it, seeing his hot dog red skin on his toes really gave him being alive away. I actually really liked the Grey Elf thing, That's one of the things I thought was pretty ingenious. But yeah, rambling aside, i really hope the rest of the show is either set in post finale Ooo, or set in 2k+ GMW

[@itsbluntweezy2078]

I think another great detail that was included was how Finn's dad got his boots. The boots Y5 losses in the card war wager are the same ones Martin wears throughout the Adventure time show.

[@VOLAIRE]

When it comes to adventure time we just wait for your take on it :)

[@thehamhandler]

Just before this special i rewatched the whole series then went right into this and it made the experience sooo much better

[@owenbridgers]

I actually really liked when Hugo revealed he was Evil because he just went: “Yeah what of it?”

[@bobbertcanuck1935]

Elk: "I have to say I'm not too keen on villains in leadership positions just admit to all the shady stuff they've done when called out on it. I feel like in real life people will continue to deny and to lie until their very last breath despite all the evidence stacked against them. Especially so when they've indoctrinated much of the population to root for them." Me now in November: "Truer words have never been spoken... unfortunately."

[@rigzmoviediaries654]

The way you talked about Adventure Time's classic intro reminded me of an idea I've had before. If an Adventure Time movie is ever made for theatres, it should start with a recreation of the intro with the same music. The title card after the intro will read "THE MOVIE", and it will fade to black, and the movie will start. That concept is literally all I want if Adventure Time becomes a movie.

[@blackshogun272]

Me: *reads your comment and feels hope* Also Me: "Stop. Don't do that, don't give me hope..."

[@maryhamilton4872]

Loved the review! Just finished watching Infinity Train last month and I was eager to watch your videos on it (they were great by the way). I think you're totally valid about the shortcomings of this special. It felt like a one-off episode that was chosen from the writers' attic to make a fourth episode. I really like BMO and even for me it was a little repetitive to get the same kind of joke and delivery. That being said, I love the positivity coming from this video because all-in-all, it's another adventure time special filled with a little lore, a little humor, and (as you said) amazing visuals! Thanks for making such a wholesome and insightful vid!

[@alijahfaust]

Honestly out of all the other reviews on KZbin, I was really looking forward to yours :]

[@sprinkle5256]

Finally you're back. Missed you man. Hope your mental health is better.

[@citrus4419]

what happened to him?

[@alguemacabecomomeusofrimen5067]

@@citrus4419he has been strugling with depression for sometime

[@thebrokenforgottenandlost4273]

Martin talking about ‘kids always calling out their deadbeat parents’ is kind of a weird line since this episode is a prequel and he hasn’t found Finn yet

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

Yeah,that..And oddly,thinking about it-Maybe Martin HIMSELF was ( _PROBABLY_ ) raised by a single parent/set of parents whom may have been deadbeat themselves and it had an effect on him,leading him to probably run away and become a gadget-lover thief,trader and scoundrel that later met Dr.Minerva,got into a relationship with her-which also meant that he went clean-eloped (which I'm LUCKILY GUESSING/THEORIZING here..since I don't think that I saw a marriage certificate in the "photo frame"-part of the relationship-montage from Minnie and Marty,so I'm healthily guessing/implying that they privately eloped before having Finn-also implying that Finn's mom still kept/keeping her maiden name while Finn legally got martin's last name at birth here,honestly-until the tiger lady and her goons broke in and..you get the idea..) and had Finn.. Or,in short: _Martin probably was a child/victim of Deadbeat parents/a deadbeat parent himself and knew how that feeling felt,leading him to become a runaway and thief/scoundrel,found his way to founder's island (maybe as a passenger/young seafarer/refugee from the mainland) and made/took to his trade-probably years-before he met Minerva (Finn's bioMom),so he has previously felt/known that pain,honestly-so.._

[@jakethedog8124]

I’m gonna assume that this special will be the weakest out of the 4. (maybe.) Edit: I’m also really excited for your upcoming videos now that you’ve returned!(Mostly excited about the AdventureTime-based vids, and also your Infinity Train reviews)

[@juannavarro7014]

Jake The Dog.

[@texasrider4D5]

Miss you jake! Lol

[@mtj8870]

If it's anything like the futurama movies then number 2 (Obsidian) might be the weakest(god i hope not) and "Together again" may be the strongest

[@hackpo1015]

Jaxon Moreno I really hope that together again is the strongest; obsidian should be the second strongest.

[@jakethedog8124]

@hackpo 101 I agree. I’m actually really looking forward to “Wizard City” as well.

[@Kim-wp6lz]

Can't wait for the Obsidian Review. You give the best AT content on youtube. Hope you are doing well!

[@mishx62]

do we know that voidecaster is a species? to me it sounds more like a profession, on the planet mertin asks "your'e a voidecaster right?" which if he just jumps to a conclusion about based on prior knowledge of these inmates / based on the wand he's holding, makes more sense to me than if it's a species (in which case he might say something more like "voidecaster - can you do x?") anyway, good to have you back :)

[@jonnnysuperdog]

the cooking song could be a reference to binging with babish, a youtube channel where they make meals from tv shows, including adventure time. the song is often played in videos

[@xtorix1150]

dope review dude! thanks for always putting the time in to review these episodes, watching them is always so interesting and always brings new things about the show to light for me :)

[@sprawlz6466]

I really forgot how much I truly love your content, seeing this post made my day.

[@finnamonroel]

Watching this made me realize just how much Ive missed your reviews... I decided to rewatch your review of the finale and something stood out to me that I wonder if it may have caught your eye as well. BMO doesnt remember Finn's name, but not only that, in Steve Wolfhard's boards it's mentioned that there are to be no Finn items, however Jake items are there and BMO remembers Jake's name. Curious for your take on that bit of lore

[@oliviastaffler9288]

finally someone else noticed that. maybe that also has something to do with us just seeing a jermaine statue in the intro of the finale? anyway im sure we'll find out more in the finn & jake special.

[@charliewatson4893]

Okay I’d forgotten about the Frasier song, but seeing it here made me realise how much of a meta joke it is 😂 In the series we had Simon singing the Cheers theme, and in Distant lands we have the Frasier theme, when Frasier was a spin off of Cheers and Distant Lands is a spin off of adventure time!

[@beta_1015]

A tear was shed at the arrival of the KZbin notification, Uncivilized Elk had made a new video on the new BMO episode welcome back sir

[@chugiakjrtheplaywwright6461]

So to elaborate for Olive's motives, I will explain the timeline as I interpret it. 1. An unknown individual or individuals creates the Drift, staffing it with hundreds of drones to maintain the space station and establish order. 2. Over time the drones are lost, destroyed or damaged, and since there is nowhere on the space station where they can be repaired or new ones created, the station starts to fall into disrepair. 3. Olive travels to earth in search of someone to repair the Drift, finding Hugo, a clearly intelligent individual, and brings him back to the station. 4. Hugo,.seeing the situation the station is in and figuring most people living on the station will spend most of their time helping themselves, figures it's more worthwhile to use his time plundering the drift for resources to make his own smaller space station staffed by those he can trust. 5. Olive , realizing it's mistake, heads back to Earth to find someone more empathetic to try and counter Hugo's influence.

[@dpipher]

Another running lore gag: Martin's boots being in disrepair

[@seedwarpletuenchbunt5738]

Loved your analysis! As always I loved your cogent perspective. How content were you with the writing? There were definitely a few moments where I felt it lacked the typically airtight continuity that I so closely associate with AT, such as Martin joking about kids "always calling out their deadbeat dad" despite the absence of his contact with Finn since the guardian scene. Despite this, I loved having a far-out reach for a universe I have fallen in love with. The lore ties being present even in such a remote outpost is something I both appreciate, and take issue with, but nonetheless, it felt just right in regards to the series' position as a satellite post-finale hurrah. Hope you're doing good. :)

[@uncivilizedelk]

I had no problem with Martin's line because I was already aware of the timeline before the ending stinger, so I saw it as joke based on dramatic irony - Martin makes a comment that the audience knows is applicable toward him in the future. It's basically Martin doing a self-own but not realizing it yet. I think a lot of people who first assumed BMO takes place post-finale misplaced the source of the humor as coming from Martin's personal experience (rather than just him making a standard jerky comment), and then are having a hard time rectifying that, thus attributing it to an error in the writing. But yeah, overall I felt the writing wasn't quite to the levels of my most beloved Adventure Time episodes, but it also wasn't worse than some of the writing in AT episodes I didn't care for.

[@thatcher6923]

I assumed that the scene with Hugo and Olive was basically that Hugo is going to die and Olive won’t save him, but is saying that he won’t be alone. I don’t know, I thought it was a nice scene.

[@ourlovesongs]

Oh yes more adventure time reviews!!! Also I’m really excited for obsidian!

[@phrax6767]

Great video and it’s so amazing seeing another AT review. When the show ended it really did feel like I saw your last review. Anyways, keep up the great work dude!!!

[@kye465]

The crater on earth was caused by the catalyst comet, in the episode “Finn the human” Marceline explains how when the earth was frozen by the crown and we see a brief shot of the earth frozen (without the crater) and we see the blue catalyst comet fly by the earth, presumably missing the planet due the frozen earths slowed orbit.

[@suppeeps7492]

Finally! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I remember that short! “THUMB WAR” while shoving his fist in a rats face. I do honestly have to agree that I was a bit disappointed by this. It wasn’t necessarily bad, just not up to Adventure Time standards. The plot felt so off. But the Mo connection made me feel really good because his whole Tera forming Mars with the fire people was so interesting to me.

[@jawshh559]

Duuuude!! I’ve missed you! I’m so happy to see a new video! I couldn’t believe it was you when I clicked on my subscriptions. Hope you’re well, man. Always rooting for you

[@zangbang9886]

"Even when things look really stupid, we have to try" Bruh Idk why but I started crying like a n idiot

[@3oct1111]

Adventure Time come on grab your friends, we'll go to Distant Lands. With Bmo, Olive and Y5, the fund will never end, it's Adventure Time!

[@cartoondragon8946]

Yes, the fund will never end.

[@3oct1111]

@@cartoondragon8946 oops

[@cartoondragon8946]

@@3oct1111 lol it’s ok

[@christianthompson2768]

You hit the nail on the head with how I feel about BMO. Working well as a side character who can add to a story or situation

[@benepic3101]

Yeah, a lot of the BMO comedy didn’t work for me either, and I also felt really unengaged with it. I really agree with this.

[@rafaelwiegandt463]

Thanks so much for coming back to make this video. It was quite a blow to see AT and your videos end at a similar time 2 years back and I'm so glad you made a review on the new episode. As usual you helped me understand the deeper meanings and see the finer details. Please continue to make AT vids, not just on the upcoming distant lands but on past episodes you never talked about and random AT stuff you mentioned like a top 10 jake transformations video. Like you said before, just because AT is over doesn't we can't discuss it anymore. There is so much we've never even touched on. I would be very grateful (and I believe many others would be too) if you did keep up the AT content as there is not too much other AT material on YT. Best of luck Rafael

[@kevinmcnoodles5600]

19:00 i feel like the series has established that the blue catalyst comet (which might represent finn) caused the crater. in the farmworld episode the comet missed it bc ice king stopped the mushroom bomb and started an ice age, so there was no ice age. i feel like the meaning is that finn was summoned to earth to fight the lich (and other agents of evil). farmworld finn might be explained as a different version of finn that lacks the hero's spirit of the comet (as shown by him falling victim to the lich and returning to a relatively normal life with his family)

[@agustinmendezposadas]

Glad you're back! Really like your videos. Remember to take your time and don't push it too much, we'll be here, don't worry :)

[@IonicProdigy]

I've been excitedly waiting for your return!! Glad to see your back!!

[@rowo6433]

omfg i’m so happy to see you back, it’s really nice to have more adventure time content, this made my day, week, and month!!

[@zhanharrycajutay]

8:50 the dude on the right is the same guy in the citadel episode when he opened an escape portal for the prisoners

[@bialynia]

I think the fact that Finn grew up pretty fine was in big part thanks to PB. I've recently rewatched season 1 and looking at it again, after knowing the entire show, the whole lore developed later, and final versions of all the characters, it's hard not to see Bonnie as subtly overlooking Finn's upbringing.

[@chancebrandau7126]

I love your videos because a lot of the time you put my thoughts into words or put things into a different perspective for my smooth brain to understand. So glad to see your back just know your fans care about your mental health and will always support your amazing content.

[@imorstrash8985]

Welp i think the episode was alright. I've always thought BMO was an adorable yet weak character, and it shows here. Even though I can say that I like his character I can't say I'm that emotionally attached to him to feel invested, unlike Marceline, Jake or Finn, heck I feel like Peppermint Butler is more interesting and his especial will be better. Not to say BMO is a bad character or anything, I think he works just fine as a supporting character, but I've never been a fan of the episodes when he plays a major role 🤷‍♀️, just a personal thing tho. So... overall I thought the episode was fine, I really liked the addition of Martin in this especial, additional lore details that were pretty neat, and i guess Y5 was cool. Well, let's see what "Obsidian" brings us! I'm actually really genuinely excited for this episode, since I'm a sucker for Princess Bubblegum and Marceline action, and I think a 44 mins Varmints would work wonderfully! (Since I've always thought the episode should be longer anyways) Though it can still be bad... well I guess we'll see!

[@jimmyneutron5679]

tbhhh I kind off want to see what will happen between Finn and the forest wizard really

[@hunterthomas4904]

Ok this might be a long shot but I think the promo shot at 25:00 only shows 4 of the episodes, bmo's episode has all three main characters, princess b and marcy are next to what looks like a new candy person, pep but looks like hes with the new girl and maybe the hand at the bottom of the screen, and finn's sword looks like its crossing with a catalyst comet. So maybe each episode has three main characters and the final episode is gonna be a surprise, maybe even a continuation of shermy and beth's story.

[@Green1sh01]

When you showed that scene where BMO pulled that bit of mustache off of Finns face I was laughed, I've watched every single Adventure Time episode and had never seen that.

[@Fullpowerjulien2]

Really glad you are making these videos. I loved watching your reviews after finishing adventure time/infinity train. I hope you will make reviews of the other specials too after they came out :D

[@PrancingPandaOfficial]

I was waiting since the day it came out for this review and love it! Glad you're back

[@sketchpad7116]

I've really missed these reviews. You really made my day!

[@ulkaalcachofajorquera5756]

i felt my heart warm with the last scene, i felt like jake was at that point at his criminal phase, and thats why finn does not remember it and its surprised when jake brings it up. finn looks around 5 or 6, and any later than that and he would have questioned what jake had been doing, also the punk-ish clothes. And seeing jake while in this angry, pretty agressive moment on his life being content and patient with finn, doing such a dumb game as letting him play with his wood sword and a branch, made me love him so much. He took a role he probably did not want that much, was not obligated (we have seen the presence of at least one orphanage on the series), for his adopted brother, while having really different ideas and morals at the moment, and doing so with a placid smile on his face. :) he looks like a late teen, early twenties guy? imagine that. maybe thats why he is half the "fun and sometimes roudy person" with finn while other times he is overprotective and so so proud of seeing finn grow. he was basically a teen dad, juggling his overpowering love and need to protect his baby brother, and his rowdy life and trying to let finn be because knows how it was to be so young, and not wanting to worry him like he had to be to take care of this small child.

[@ulkaalcachofajorquera5756]

maybe thats why BMO took the role of another child for him! as BMO said in the finale, jake was basically the "papa" of both. BMO arrives like this tiny giggling baby robot and jake just decides that he can take him too, why not? it was literally seconds but my mind ran away with that scene and made me love jake and his sacrifices. yeah maybe he was absent later in the life of his own pups, bu maybe jake incstints of fatherhood came from the knowledge that finn *needed* him, while his pups just needed him for a short ammount of time so he did not get as much of an intense experience as he got raising finn? in the episode they are born he seems super worried for them, and does not want to let them out of his sight. and thats the only part of parenthood he did not experience with finn! baby moments. im a big fan of your videos, i dont agree always but you make me so so happy! i feel like i have a friend who is telling me their opinion on something i really really like and it makes me stop and think myself. have a great life!

[@simonsonian8977]

When I was watching this (before I realized it was a prequel) I had assumed that Y5 came home with BMO and ended up being Shermy’s ancestor

[@Malisteen]

The "B-Mo World" line landed with me.

[@eduardososa843]

3:41 *Y5:* BMO that was incredible. You single-handedly saved everyone. [Hugo floating in space] 😂

[@acrohasatablespoon1408]

You probably didn’t see this but I noticed that one of the aliens from the episode “On the Lam” was selling a fish to the mantis guy and the shapeshifting thing

[@luisyagof]

We missed you, Elk! I really love how you write, analyze and how you organize content. Thank you, man. Hope you're doing fine

[@tylercraven7150]

Thanks for the video friendo, I love your insightful views on these shows we all love. Your videos always put a smile on my face and I look forward to whatever you have to say next, cheers

[@Serhiishtlv]

Love your vids bro! Keep it up at your own pace we'll be here❤️

[@coconutwater99]

So good to have you back, hope you’ve been doing well

[@lastlife0726]

Before I realized this was a prequel I actually came up with my own explanation why Martin was back. We know he accepted nirvana in The Comet... but imagine if the comet got to know Martin and evicted him from it. Like it would be the ultimate fuck you to such a bad guy if he ascended to a higher plane of existence only to be spat back out in disgust.

[@adamwischmeier4868]

My wife and I love your channel so much! I'm really excited to see your review of obsidian 🤩

[@Xx2abattery]

very pleased you posted a new video!! Glad to watch more adventure time content

[@Gundam_JAY]

I wasnt really expecting Mr. M being Martin cuz I could've sworn that I heard simon/ ice king's voice actor there some where. ..maybe as Y-5's dad... so I just assumed Mr.m was a similar situation..... but now I'm pretty its him from the eviddmce in the video nice work man keep up the good job

[@doineedtocomeupwithsomethi9529]

Always great to hear from you again. Especially since you to have things to say that I hadn't thought of. You had a particularly interesting take on the flashback, saying that two "mushroom bombs" went off. I had interpreted what was visualized in the scene as two generic nukes, made large to symbolize the war as a whole. Since they lacked the definitive screaming faces, I didn't associate them with The Lich's bomb. Of course real nukes aren't green in color, but I chalked it up to artistic license, since green tends to be affiliated with radiation in fiction. Thinking about it has lead me to further consider if the color is important, and if we were to theory-craft, I might suggest that these green bombs illustrate that, as the war progressed, advancements were being made with nukes that ultimately culminated in the creation of the mushroom bomb. If they were indeed saying that two of these bombs existed, and were used, it would significantly change our current understanding of the event, and I think would be something they would have to come back to in some way.

[@harryhauseninc970]

BMO and Martin in a dying drift,never expected this concept to work so well.

[@ninjaong87]

Omg! So happy you're back on Adventure Time reviews! =D

[@rubub8455]

I know that look, you just killed someone! - BMO

[@the_quadracorn]

I have a feeling that a good portion of the "aliens" from the drift were creatures from Ooo. They use the same vernacular - "I swear to glob" etc

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

This kind of felt like a bridge between AT and Midnight Gospel. I also wonder if BMO and Y5 stayed in touch, and BMO would tell her stories about Finn and Jake, except the way BMO tells stories it would come out as Fionna and Cake, and Y5 turned it into a tv show, which is how it got beamed into Ice King's head and recorded on that old lady's tapes.

[@Nick_Lyston]

@Uncivilized Elk Re: your question at 22:09, Olive's caress of Hugo is not really about forgiveness, but rather about unconditional love. It's the sort of detail I think Adventure Time is known for, and reminds me of other greats like Avatar: The Last Airbender. The message is that no one is truly evil, but that anyone can fall out of balance and become an agent for evil. It is the role of friends to help fallen people tap into their better natures and get back up on their moral feet. Hugo has gone through a lot- his world exploded after all, and in his suffering he allowed himself to rationalize his transformation into a reflexively selfish, exploitative creature. But even though Olive betrayed him, bringing BMO to The Drift in order to defeat him, Hugo shows no anger toward Olive, merely fear that Olive disapproves of who he has become. He shows clear relief when Olive tenderly touches him, and perhaps even gratitude that Olive stopped him from doing something truly evil, killing off an entire society for his own survival ends. It's also worth noting that for all his substantial faults, Hugo is not a bigot towards sentient non-lifeforms in an episode where such bigotry is a theme, as displayed by Y5's mother (and Y5 at the start of the episode). We should note that while Hugo wasn't willing to apologize in his final speech, he did make an effort rationalize his exploitation of the Drift's inhabitants by labeling it "collateral damage.” Of course, it was a far worse crime then that: perhaps the fact he felt the need to minimize it in order to live with himself foreshadows his self-awareness when responding to Olive in the next scene- he’s not actually a psychopath as much as he pretends to be. Hugo is capable of seeing right from wrong. His shame when confronted by his better half, and the palpable relief he expressed when she reassured him that she still loved him revealed Hugo to be a character capable of redemption. What a beautiful, touching way to end a profound episode, turning a cartoonish villain into a complex antihero at the last moment, a final twist for the viewer to ponder. Welcome back, Adventure Time!

[@humanbloger5533]

Elk, have you heard of midnight gospel ? It's a cartoon from one of the adventure time's og writers and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it

[@user7834withtoast]

I’ve seen this! It’s one of the best animated series/cartoon I’ve ever seen.

[@personpacman7439]

I think a lot of the jokes in this episode aren't suppose to be funny 1 liners because they were well crafted jokes, rather funny because BMO told them and they derive their humor from the fact that BMO is so innocent and an absolute cutie

[@dipichona]

I can't believe I didn't get he was Martin while watching the episode. He felt oddly familiar as if he had appeared previously but I couldn't recollect who he was until today like 5 months later thanks to you, great analysis

[@TheBigE9999]

i wonder if martin will keep showing up in distant lands, messing stuff up, and the last one is when we're shown his cosmic crime

[@pie2796]

So happy that your back! I wanted to say that you’re one of my favorite you tubers and I love your videos! Though I think at the end when BMO finds Finn and Jake, it seemed like Jake might’ve been in his stealing purses from old lady’s fase because of his teenager style of hair and clothes.

[@Jombridge]

All I wanna say is that I don't think void caster is a species, and that all members of the species can do void magicks, I think it's just like a school of magic like pyromancy or something. The giant void caster we saw in the space prison place just happened to be the same species as the merchant on the rift.