Eric Canete's design really were insane. I feel like this is a parallel with Spiderverse, where in the initial stage they had an insanely ambitious but unconventional visdev artist (in this case Alberto Mielgo) set the tone for it, but down the line it gets watered down into something more palatable for a general audience.
I believe Cartoon Network had planned ahead for alien force about the time the original series hit its peak, cause when they released the pop-up trivia they continuously referenced trivia that would be further explored in alien force and ultimate alien. When sales peaked, they must have gone all out and invested further in the expansion of the franchise (or at least planned for the expansion of the franchise). However, just like everyone else, I am only speculating!
Another great video! I’m not sure that this is true but I read online awhile ago that the reason why ua was created was because Dwayne Mcduffie had so much more he wanted to do with the characters and Cartoon Network couldn’t refuse because of how well he handled alien force which is why they also included a tribute to him at the end of ua because Cartoon Network doesn’t usually allow that on the channel
Not just that it's cause Dwayne McDuffie passed away midway through Ultimate Alien production and in fact he had written a much more cooler ending for UA - The Ultimate Enemy, but turns out Cartoon Network forced the crew to make few really BIG last minute changes cause according to McDuffie's original storyline one of the characters (they don't mention who) was gonna die... But agreed AF Seasons 1 and 2 really made the show super awesome! And except Vilgax and the Final Battle for some reason most of S3 was a little bad...
While Eric Canete's design look wicked, I can see why Glen Murakami's design was chosen for Alien Force. Canete's look too esoteric, especially for a series that was merch-driven. I also thought that initial design of the Omnitrix the poster looked pretty dope. As done Ben, Gwen and Kevin in Murakami's art style.
Hey ik you said making a video about how they made UA will be hard... But can you try making a video about why the entire UAF series was scrapped and how they started Omniverse with really new changes in terms of art style storyline plotline and everything like how Gwen looks totally different and stuff, can you tell us why they decided to make so much changes into OV and why they scrapped UAF? Man I really loved the art style and the serious tone of UAF.... OV was a let-down for me And thanks for this video! good stuff!
Dude how the frick did you get 120K views on one of those? Anyway, great video. Do you know if there was any more concept art for the aliens that changed a lot?
@@misterkid9216 I saw that, but I don’t have access to it in Germany (I tried a vpn), but I need a USA residence (and maybe be a bank that’s there) if I remember right. Do you think it’s wort it, to buy all the DVDs? I found alien force and ultimate alien on Amazon, but they are very low on stock. I can’t decide 😬
