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I am going to have to bash this series far worse that it really deserves due to a personal short coming. I hate short saccharin little characters who look at a large hostile-looking monster and feel compelled to say that 'WOW, what a big horrible monster that is! I wonder if it is after me?' The main character Marin, a part from suffering from a terminal case of having to state the obvious, (and occasionally restating it, just in case you missed it,) might best be described as being very long on the innocence and naiveté, and very short on the common sense. This type of stuff is ok in the beginning of a series, but by the tenth episode, I was beginning to wonder if Marin was suffering from a chonic disorder which prevented her from getting a clue .. (sigh .very harsh, but true) My take is this series is targeted to a eight to twelve year old crowd, who are more apt to overlook being talked down to in poor dialogue. Marin (with her conversational short comings) is paired up with a large blue robotic warrior called Marlen Blue who does not like to communicate. Well, since the character Marin likes to talk a lot, you guess what kind of relationship they have. (La-dee-da-deda, let's all go skipping down the lane ...) With strange beasts and monsters dropping in with hostile intent from the planet Brigadoon that looms overhead, the two heroes are off to collect a number of strange vials or trinkets, each holding a strange monstrous ally, that will help them on their quest to save both worlds from destruction. The story line is OK, but not very original. The artwork is fair, but not very original. The monsters are fair, but not very original. The script and characters are OK, but not very original. (And I suspect that my review is OK, but not very original, but then again, I was not very inspired.) I will be honest in that I could only watch the first 10 episodes of the series before I lost all interest and popped in a different DVD. May be we can have someone younger and less cynical check out this series and perhaps post a different view. Last updated Saturday, July 15 2006. Created Tuesday, January 13 2004. | ||||||||
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