Steven Universe Future

The original series had an undeniable charm. However, the new iteration left me often groaning over plot and dialogue choices. Young Steven somehow seems more mature than future Steven who unexplainably lost the ability to communicate his feelings or handle his emotions.

This tends to be the basis for most of the problems in each episode, which is at odds with the attempt to set an older tone, and address more mature issues.

It's great to spend more time watching some beloved characters, but the previous show had a great formula where they would solve problems over the course of an episode or arc. Unfortunately for this show, the problem is Steven.

Steven Universe Future is a cartoon series created by Rebecca Sugar and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The animation of the show was actually stunning, and when I watched the whole sixth season, it gave me chills. Steven seems to be smarter than Rick Sanchez from "Rick and Morty," and the plot of this show is actually stunning, as if it were ahead of its time. The show is so well-written that it's almost divine-100 out of 10 stars!

Bing watched the original series and loved it. Watched this one for 5 episodes and just lost interest. I heard it gets weird in cringy as the series goes on but I didn't make it that far. I was interested to see the characters continue to develop and exploring that universe, but instead all the interesting stuff and character changes were off screen and the message seemed to be "things just randomly change that's what growing up is".

First, watch the series Steven Universe (2013-2019), and Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) to understand the events in this show. Steven Universe Future (2019-2020) is as good as the first series and the movie, now it focuses on a lot of serious matters with Steven and his problems with his powers because of earlier events.

Steven goes through a lot in this series involving his problems, powers, and his need to help everyone else then himself. The new powers he gains are cool, but you learn that it takes control of him, and he gets carried away with them, while also trying to keep things the way they are without changing anything. Each episode makes you feel for him, especially in the last two episodes.

I still like the Crystal Gems Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst, but I also like the other gems like Lapis Lazuli, Peridot, and Bismuth. There will occasionally be another gem who returned from the first series to be an antagonist that Steven must deal with in one episode. But most of the series is Steven coming to grips with himself, his powers, and the problems with himself he keeps trying to bury deep inside himself while trying other people or other gems.

The animation is once again fantastic, and the visuals are pretty. The action scenes are fun and can be serious for the subject the episode is focusing on, especially when an episode ends with something serious, and it carries over to the next episode. You also learn more about certain gem locations when the characters go to them, and the things that happened to the gems in the past when they show up with something wrong happening to them.

The show's last two episodes will make you cry, especially the last episode. Steven Universe Future (2019-2020) was such a great ending to Steven Universe, and it will make you want to rewatch the first series Steven Universe (2013-2019), Steven Universe: The Movie (2019), and this series once you finish it because of how great it was to watch all twenty episodes.

STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE (2019-2020) was a cute and colorful animated cartoon show, about friendship and family. It takes an overused, generic story (intergalactic heroes are called to fight and save earth) and makes it unique and original, quirky and random.

"The series focuses on the aftermath of the events of Steven Universe, where humans and Gems coexist in harmony after the end of the war between the Crystal Gems and Homeworld."

Overall, the colorful animation is cute and aesthetic, random and humorous. The characters are quirky and likable. Definitely not what I had been expecting. Certainly worth the watch.