Ok,I can understand because of the starting episodes where they just try to get the time gauntlets. BUT BOY THE BACKSTORYS AND FIGHTS AT THE AND🤯.Even Wu vs Acronic at the begging was fire.
The season had a lot pf potential but it had so many errors in the timeline and especially no character ever used their most op weapons and everybody has so much plot armor
Honestly, the season is actually pretty good. While it’s definitely not my favorite, I feel like it could’ve been better, buts it’s still a good season
Yes I really think secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu was my favorite season I really liked the part about the ice emperor and the people who can turn into different animals and Llyod finally have a love interest but i will admit the first episodes before they go to the ice empire is really bad like really really bad but everything after that is chiefs kiss the only season that I might like more then secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu is the first season of dragons rising. If you want to do one I would love a video on secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu. I also like the hands of time when kai and nya find there parents.
I think a few things should be mentioned. First of all, when hands of time was made, Samurai X wasn't planned to be pixel. Instead Samurai X was gonna be a form of Wu that time traveled to help the ninja. Second of all, hands of time was supposed to have a very different ending where Cole was meant to be killed off. Which was supposed to explain why he was absent in his reflection. Whats ironic is that scene goes on unexplained.
Actually it was pixel for sure because she knew the first line of code for programming a nindroid to stop the iron doom just like zane and zane actually knew it was pixel
Another deleted idea for this season was in the finale traveling to the future, where we would have seen the ninjas older self’s help fight the time twins
Ok, the fire chapter was a dumpster fire but the ice chapter was cool, it is really nostalgic and every once and a while ill watch season 11 12 and 13 in one sitting, sO noSTAlGIc
i think hands of time is good not great but good also i think kai was at his best in this season before he got downhill in the post movie era of the show
Master Wu in the last episode said that he was putting off till tomorrow what can't be done today I believe it was meant to be another hands of time season to explain that but the developers decided to just throw it away and change the characters appearence I really believe that there was meant to be a season that can explain all the flaws and the dialogue was even different but they changed all of that to sons of garmadon
At least Crystalized (arguably) showed us different perspectives of Lloyd and Harumi. Controversial, yes, but at least it felt new and somewhat natural. The brother-sister dynamic felt so forced, and the dialogue didn't help much either.
Yes they should've left Harumi dead. She was an amazing character who learned her actions and died. Ending her character. She was terrible in Crystallized.. Her Writing and Character. She was evil and should not be turned good and their relationship was not natural.
hands of time is my 2nd favourite favourite season, the way the plot flows interests me. My favourite season is Secrets Of Forbidden Spinjitzu the plot there is so interesting the fact that it goes from lava snakes to ice warriors is so cool
@@prabhavenugoda8161season 11 had a great story contrast with the fire and ice thing. The fight and action scenes were smoothly animated, the characters felt well written but different because of the storyline of the ninja becoming lazy and disorganized. Zane Kai and Lloyd where the highlights of the season
The biggest problem with this season for me is the dialogue. I don't have much of a problem with the show's dialogue overall. It's only this season. I recently talked about this on a post online about how this season dropped the ball with dialogue and how I would fix some scenes. Because had the dialogue not been so bad, the story could've shown. There's some good ideas here. It's not a great story, but it's not awful. In that post, I rewrote a few scenes where the only change was how the dialogue was handled. Remembering how subtext worked, dialogue not interrupting the action, not having characters talk to the void, relying on the emotion of each character in the scene. Etc. Two of those scenes were actually the Kai vs Krux fight in the museum, and the Smith family reunion. Scenes that I think if the dialogue was handled right, would've been quite good, but the dialogue butchers them. I'll reply to my own comment what I did with those scenes if anyone's curious. They're not good. They're not Shakespeare. But I tried.
(The museum fight. The context is the same. It's conveying the same things. The only difference is that subtext is now added) So we have Kai and Krux in the museum in a fight. Cyrus Borg is on the floor tied up and Kai is trying to reach him. He gets kicked away by Krux before he could. Kai gets up and his eyes meet the portrait of his parents. It's shown on his face that his ideology of them motivates him. Krux tries to grab Cyrus and make an escape, but Kai grabs a nearby prop sword to throw at him and get his attention back. Kai swears to him: *"I'll finish the fight they started. I'll stand for what Wu, mom, dad, and all of them fought for!"* And he charges at Krux with a fire-based attack. Krux blocks it and pins him to the floor. In the struggle, Krux gazes at the portrait of Kai's parents and smiles in a very smug way. Krux then says: *"Then you'll be fighting alongside us. Just like your parents did."* Kai is caught off guard by his claim, shock all over his face. All he can give off is a *"What?!"* Before he's thrown off and slammed into the wall. The portrait of his parents is behind him, and while Kai is down, Krux approaches to add to the taunting, using the painting as a reference. Krux taunts: *"You weren't there, young one. These paintings of honor don't tell the full story of who your family was. What they represented. Wu may not want you to know the truth, but I'll tell you."* The whole time, Kai, on the ground, tries to punch, kick, and spew fire at Krux, but again and again it's blocked, and Krux only approaches closer, his claims echoing in the room, and Kai's head, disorienting him. *"Your parents were TRAITORS. They were DECEITFUL. They were ENEMIES TO THE MASTERS. They fought for OUR CAUSE. They BETRAYED EVERYONE THEY CARED FOR TO SAVE THEIR OWN SKIN."* Kai gets smacked to the corner, and Krux has him pinned again, a smug as ever grin on his face in seeing Kai distraught, confused, scared, and breathing heavily. Krux asks, *"And you want to be like that?"* With Kai's body pretty much molded into the painting by this point, there's a few seconds that focuses only on Kai's expression. His teeth get more gritted, and his fist (claw, thing, you know what I mean) is clenched and burning red under his glove. Kai then grits, the first time in a quiet bit of anger, *"You're a liar."* Krux gives a smug, *"Hm?"* And suddenly, Krux is thrown back by a punch of heat. Kai is now the one charging at Krux, trying to slash fire from his fist everywhere. The whole time, he's screaming, *"YOU'RE A LIAR! A LIAR! THEY WOULD NEVER! YOU LIE!!"* And from his anger getting the better of him, he doesn't notice Krux pulling a smart move to get him off of him and thrown to the floor. All Krux can give is a reply, *"And you're a fool."* Then Acronix shows up. (I could've done everything surrounding Acronix and Nya as well if I wanted, but in the post I didn't)
(This is the Smith family reunion) So we start with Kai barging into the blacksmith shop. His father is there. There's a look of solitude and despair on his father's face as he hits his hammer on the metal he's working on. The sound of the hammer on the metal adds to the uneasiness of the scene. Kai stands there, unsure what to do. He's hesitant, his hand tightened on his blade (or whatever that thing is). Ray looks up, assuming it's a guard. He says, *"The next load is on the shelf. I'll have the next batch by morning, as you wished."* Then he goes back to hammering the metal. It's louder this time. From under Kai's mask, his eyebrows are tightened. He shuts the front door and locks it. (Because this is an assassination attempt. That's what he's trying here.) Ray stops hammering and notices the 'guard' locking the door, and he goes, *"What? Was it something I've done?"* That's when Kai gives a sneer. *"Yes."* Then Kai, no other words, no patience for his father's reaction, charges at Ray and tries to strike him with the blade. Ray, with the hammer in his hand, defends himself. The two engage in a fight, with Kai trying to take him out, and Ray acting out of self defense. Ray holds his own very well, and even knocks Kai back a bit. (Showing the audience he's capable of holding his own.) When Kai is on the ground, Ray, in a moment to breathe, asks, *"Who are you?!"* (Showing the audience he's detected Kai is not a guard) Kai, on the ground, catches his breath, and shoots the question right back. *"Who are you?! You traitor!"* Kai gets up and continues the fight, and Ray again, defends himself. All Ray can get out is a confused, *"Traitor?!"* Kai, in his rage as he tries to assault his dad, vents to him (because that's in character) *"I thought you were a hero! I looked up to you! I wanted to BE you! I was a fool!"* Ray, again, gets the upper hand and knocks Kai to the ground, throwing away Kai's weapon (thing). Ray demands, as an act of mercy, *"I don't know what you thought of me, but stand down. This doesn't have to end badly."* Kai flinches from his spot, emotions of rage, confusion, sorrow, and vengeance written all over him. He takes off his mask to catch his breath. Ray's eyes widen a little, but he still can't recognize his kid. (Because Kai was left as a toddler. He wouldn't know right away.) Confusion starts to ride his face as well. (We can tell from just his expression that he's detecting this is a young fellow, a teen, in a state of grief.) Still, Kai clenches his fist, now in resolve on his stance. Ray sees and raises his hammer. He tries to demand again, *"Stand down-"* Then Kai's hands start spewing fire. That's when Ray, having it all hit on him at once, drops the hammer. Kai gets up and holds out his fiery hand towards Ray. Ray is devastated by this. He's stepping back. He's breathing heavily. And as he stares into his attacker, he says a soft, *"...Kai?"* Kai then slashes fire, and Ray is barely able to defend himself from a nearby helmet on the shelf. At this point, Nya is on the other side of the locked door, and she's trying to break in. Her pleads are heard muffled in the background. *"Kai! Stop! He's our father! Kai, please! Don't do this!"* But the focus is still on Kai trying to strike down his now unarmed father, who has stopped trying to fight back. Ray pleads, *"Kai, I can explain! It's me. Your father!"* Kai screams out, trying to strike him, *"My father wouldn't have left me! My father wouldn't have turned his back on Ninjago! My father would've been there for me!"* Then he manages to pin Ray to the wall and grab him. His face is filled with grief. Kai finishes it with a sad, *"He wouldn't be my enemy."* He raises his fiery hand. And then Nya busts in the room and spews water at Kai to put the flame out. She pleads, *"Kai, put him down!"* Kai demands, *"Stay out of this, Nya!"* Nya, instead of engaging, BEGS, *"He's my father, too."* Ray, in another wave of shock, says weakly, *"Nya...?"* Nya's beg touches Kai, and his serious angry face softens in regret. Ray touches that regret more by saying, *"I missed you so, so much... your mother and I, we wanted to come back to you, I promise we did, but... Krux... I wasn't a father. I... I'm so sorry... If I could undo the past... I'd put up a better fight to be there for you."* Kai is touched, almost changing his mind about taking down Ray. Almost. It's only for a few seconds, as Kai decides, *"That doesn't matter now."* Kai holds up another fiery fist. Nya screams in plead, *"KAI-!"* But then, before Kai could do any more blows, Maya storms into the room. And the first thing she does is throw her arms around Kai in a tight hug. It lets Ray go, and it leaves Kai in a stunned shock. All Kai can do is give a soft, *"...mom?"* Maya continues to hug her kid tight, emotionally overwhelmed. She begs, *"Please stop this, son..."* Nya, still standing by the door, also in surprise, realizes, *"Mom?!"* Maya then notices Nya, and parts one arm from Kai to allow Nya to run into the hug. It's worth of note that Kai isn't hugging her back. Kai's hand was still sparking from flames when Maya came in. But now with both water-powered family members in this hug, we see the sparks from his hand get extinguished as he's overwhelmed by their embrace. Kai then tries to wrap his head around it. He asks, *"Why did you leave us? Why did you leave me?"* Maya parts with her kids, explaining briefly, *"We were forced to. Your father and I, we..."* Kai processes, *"Krux."* Maya says, *"It doesn't matter now. Whatever happened, it doesn't matter now. You've grown up. Both of you. I could never imagine..."* Nya hugs Maya again, but Kai holds back. He looks over at Ray, who is still by the wall trying to catch his breath. Kai looks over at the girls, then back at his dad, then the girls again. He backs up into a corner, clearly sick with dread over what he had almost done. This is his family, and he almost assassinated them. It was a state of him giving in to Krux's taunts and a corrupt mindset. He covers his mouth with his hand and crashes into the shelf of helmets. The helmets clatter before him, which draws the family's attention to him. He's kneeled down and dreadful, and a single tear falls from his face. (Kai has never cried in the show up until this, so it would be effective.) All he can get out is a tearful, *"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I'm sorry dad... I'm sorry..."* Over and over again. As this happens, Ray gets up and approaches his kid. He softly ruffles his boy's hair to get his eyes onto him. Ray sheds a smile of forgiveness, and he hugs his kid tight. Soon Maya joins in as well to help calm down her son. The three of them share a warm embrace in their reunion. (Seriously, am I the only one who was bothered that Kai didn't apologize for trying to assassinate his family? I know they'd forgive him, but still.) Once they part, Nya asks, *"Did Krux force you to do all of this?"* And then we get Maya telling them essentially the same story from the original about how they forged the time blades, Krux wanted revenge so he took them away, yaddy yada. By the end of said flashback story, Kai has calmed down, and they're seated by the helmet mess together, so there's easy access to the 'helmet stamp' part of the story. (Bada boom.) (The original scene was SO CLOSE to being great. Dialogue and subtext makes all the difference to being the power of the scene home.)
Come to think about it, I don’t think there’s a single bad season in the entire show. You grow up and realize how unique each installment is. There are seasons we love, enjoy, etc, and some that just don’t resonate with us. Even seasons like rebooted, skybound, hands of time… Idk it’s hard to explain. Honestly i enjoy the filler in S2 also 😂
tbh I think that jay should have told the other ninja about echo Zane, like "oh yea, Zane has a lost brother out in the middle of the ocean" or something like that.
I LOVE Hands of Time!! I think it’s better than seasons 6,8,10, The Island, and probably some others, but I would have to think about it more. I would like to see the Time Twins again in future seasons because they just got lost in time and could come back at any point.
Tbh I liked season 7, y’all can hate me but it really wasn’t that bad, sure, some parts were bad. but, this is my opinion I don’t care if y’all hate me for liking this season lol
You can call this season hot garbage and stuff But I’d rather have an awful season than a dumpster fire like crystalized. Crystalized is hands down the worst season of the show.
@@stephenrose1327eason 10 is easily the 2nd worst season it’s a complete and utter catastrophe that Ruined practically the entire series. It completely destroyed Lloyd and Garmadon’s characters while breaking the plot of the entire show.
@@stephenrose1327The season acts as if Garmadon is all about survival when he absolutely isn’t in saving faith when Harumi told him to flee because he could die he prioritised regaining control over his own safety and in Green destiny he literally tells Lloyd to kill him because of the fact that it would torment Lloyd (this isn’t to get his powers back because Lloyd could easily kill him before they are regained)
i can understand why the ninja dont use their powers unless its a last resort i suppose.. think of nadakhan for example there was no redemption for him or what about morro? we didint see them try to attack him.. instead they focused on the destroying the curse realm? (Sorry i dont recall its name) as for krux and accronix they could easily be taken to prison d;
Personally I feel crystallized was better then forbidden spinjitzu and hands of time but I agree with you that hands of time is the worst season every due to its boring story .
I loved that they more often than not used their weapons, remembers me to the first seasons where they needed the golden weapons to channel their powers and shows that their training with weapons inst obsolete.
Ok so One, Thank you for featuring my comment at the beginning of the video, and 2 I see what you mean, but the Time Blades are incredible weapons in my opinion and whats more is that the Intro adds more vibe to it was I usually get lost in some of the other Intros
Bruhhh that was not a spoiler warning for samurai x that was less than a second.... I had a feeling especially with the pixal being absent and the new x suit and the hardwired line.... So yeah unless it was a new character, I knew it was her but STILL
@@Beowolf-jy5rc The plot of season 12 was going to involve Jay's birth mom being captured by unagami because the lightning element played an important role. It was also going to reveal why she gave up Jay
@@Kai-The-Basta That's what I'm saying. They abandoned it because it used stuff from s1-10 (Jay's mother) and they didn't want to make new watchers of the show watch all those seasons to understand what's going on
wu sees a blimp (with text on it, probably advertising the borg watch) passing by borg tower in the temporal vortex. when wu sees the blimp he knows acronix is about to return
I cant understand how people say Crystalized is worse than Hands of Time. Crystalized has so many better things than HoT, from the animation, to the fight scenes, to the story, even though it wasnt executed the best.
12:09 you literally got to the point The major problem isn’t the plot itself (tho I believe it can be written better) but it’s the characters We saw Jay & Cole playing with a dangerous weapon recklessly, We saw Kai being stupid as you said Nay’s obsession with Samuri x’s identity was annoying We should have seen her giving her Samurai’s thing up and accept her new role (Especially after we saw her struggling with this for whole two seasons!!) And the villains are the worst. Nothing interesting accept their dynamics when it’s abt technology thing.
King crimson erases time so basically you don’t remember doing the action but you actually did it and only king crimson and diavolo know that it happened it’s like if you brushed your tooth and then went to eat if he erases time you don’t remember brushing your tooth and eating but you still did it making you bamboozled of how you got there
I feel like this fandom is too quick to gloss over faults in the show because it's "all in good fun." I personally can't stand Hands of Time and consider it the lowest point of the show. But if there weren't any bad seasons, the peak ones wouldn't stick out at all.
on paper its cool, in critics its bad, in my opinion top 5 seasons. It has shrunk a little on me, when compared to newer scenes and animatiosn and so. Or it just was me that grew up. Who knows.
In my opinion I don’t think you explained why the seasons is so bad I think your personal hate for the season makes you point out things that aren’t really that bad
Hands of Time is very bad like Total Drama All Stars is very bad seasons it is worser than Total Drama Pahkitew island and Total Dramarama and it is worser than March of the Oni and secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
Did you not listen to the whole entire season their elemental powers get taken and then they turn them into the time blades not a time beam lol 😂😂🤣🤣🤮🤮🤮🤮
