Willkommen in Gravity Falls

The first dream was about a communal camaraderie. The context was faded from memory when I woke up, but the pleasantry and feeling of cohesion persisted as I rose from bed when my 90 minute alarm went off.

The second dream was about an omniscient overview of a happy couple, which might have been myself and a past or future partner. I watched them meet and with their initial locking of eyes formed an empathy so deep, clean and evergreen that they never knew conflict in the love that lasted them the rest of their lives.

The third dream was.. that which my 90 minute alarm interrupted, so most of it evaporated with the shock of the sudden journey out of that oneiric utopia, but the calming pleasantness persisted.

The show itself, so far, isn't about any of those subjects. But it is, at least in the Mabel character, about giving strangers as much chance to be good human beings as you permit yourself, and to withhold judgment as long as can be.

I shan't attempt to intellectualize it any more than that.

Now I'm not a particularly, or let's be honest, a measurably at all, passive person. My social style mostly consists of telling people what to do, because they trust that I do know. It's worked for me since I was a little prodigy, and I'm not about to change it up now.

Consequently, 100% of my dreams are about control; the happy 90% where I have it in totality. The uncomfortable 8% where I share it. And the rest; nightmares.

This sort of happy-go-lucky, passive dream was an unprecedented experience, and the most any work has ever communicated its message, I should hope, with purity and indelible truth to me.

In technical terms, I shall say Gravity Falls uses its "camera" as a storytelling tool more precisely than most, if not all other comedy and animated shows; short decisive pans/tilts define the punchline. Telephoto compression underlines the humor beneath the frenetic action of a chase sequence, and such like.

It's a very frame-by-frame kind of show, meaning each cut brings new meaning and each shot is consciously designed from the mise-en-scene (in this case, shapes, sizes, color and positioning choices) to the light to lensing choice, to precisely elicit a calibrated emotional response.

It's a most perfectly-made work of art.

But what matters even more is the beauty beneath and between the frames.

As I haven't seen the whole thing yet, and parsed its overall meaning, I rate it 9/10.

WOW! I am 37 and how much I enjoyed this show. A better Stranger Things meets a better Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness. Immensely crazy yet so warm. Definitely worthy of yours & your kids' time.

Okay, I'll be the first to admit that when the promos for this show first aired on Disney Channel, I wasn't interested. I hadn't particularly enjoyed Fish Hooks, and I figured Gravity Falls would be more of the same. I was so wrong. This show is full to bursting with fantastic and lovable characters, witty humor, great writing, beautiful animation, and mysteries, fantasy, and little Easter eggs around every corner. In addition, there are a few elements that could easily give me nightmares, but which, oddly enough, the kids I babysit find more hilarious than anything. Guess it's the age difference. If you haven't yet, you definitely need to give this show a shot. I know Gravity Falls fans from age two to fifty, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

Gravity Falls is a new show on Disney Channel, and the only reason I heard about it was because of a friend I have on tumblr. While I haven't been a fan of Disney's recent...ventures, I have to say that Gravity Falls is absolutely fantastic.

Gravity Falls is about two kids, Mabel and Dipper Pines, who are currently living in one of those "middle of nowhere" towns called Gravity Falls with their uncle Stan, who appears to have a very mysterious past. Plenty of other mysteries lurk in Gravity Falls, and you, as the viewer, look to figure them out along with Dipper and Mabel. Along with dealing with their eccentric uncle, the kids also encounter the extremely snarky Wendy as well as a host of other quirky residents.

The tone of Gravity Falls's humour is very similar to Adventure Time - very strange and mostly situational, but I feel that a lot of the time the dialogue is much more clever and mature than that of Adventure Time's. The voice acting, animation and art style are also great, and the theme song of the show especially is fantastic.

What I enjoy most about this show, however, is its tone. This show is a total mystery - there's clues hidden everywhere. I'm completely enthralled with finding everything out before it's addressed in the show - mainly Stan's past.

This show is great, check it out!

Regardless of if you have kids or not, this show is absolutely perfect. I watched this with my son and my daughter, and still even now years later, we still watch it when it comes on. You wouldn't think there's a story there when you start it, just random things happening in a small town...however, it quickly draws you into the Pine's family and the secrets of "The Mystery Shack" until it's final episode and series conclusion.

My only complaint is that they're not making anymore new episodes. Highly recommend.