SailorFini's Media Reflection Blog

Describing Adventure Time to somebody who has never seen it before has gotten increasingly harder as the series has gone on. In the first few seasons, you probably could have said, 'A boy and his dog go on wacky adventures.' When we watched it, we jumped straight into season 9, and I was surprised to see that Fin had a robotic hand. Last time I saw Adventure Time, he had two completely normal hands, and now he has a robotic hand. Without watching the prior seasons, there is no explanation as to why he has this. Similar to what I said in my Steven Universe reflection, it starts off with a fairly simple idea which evolves into a bigger and deeper storyline the more popular it becomes. So if I were to be explaining to a first timer, I would probably say: A boy and his dog go on wacky adventures, which lead to relationships, sad scenes, loss of limbs and deep plotline. Seeing where the series is now, it's best to start with episode 1, rather than whatever episode is curren...

I think that the medium they used helped the story. The art style and the animation helped give a feel for what was happening, for example, is there was smoke in a scene then art on the sides would rise up to make it look like it was smoke or if the water was very harsh then the text would go from side to side. Although at sometimes I am unable to identify which character is which because of the art style. The pros of The Boat being a digital narrative is that it may be more entertaining to view than if were just words on a page. With the animation and sound it makes it a lot more immersive then if it didn't, it will also help get story more traffic. Dotted around the chapter are a few small side stories which allow people to get a deeper experience then they would with a normal story. One of the cons for the story is that because of some of the text moving a lot it may hard for people with dyslexia to read, especially during chapter one where the text rocks from side to sid...