Megamind Rules!
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Megamind Rules! | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Not only we got an awful movie sequel but we also get an awful tv show adaptation in the same year? Great!
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
Megamind Rules! is a 2024 superhero animated series that takes place after the events of the Megamind sequel, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
Why It Doesn’t Rule At All
- The idea of making a series after the events of the sequel was not a very good idea to begin with considering all of the hate that Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate gets.
- The animation is still really bad because it was copied and pasted from Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate. this is unacceptable for 2024 standards, we should expect better animation than this.
- While the theme song is catchy, the number of times the singer says Megamind in the song can get annoying.
- Just like Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, The voice acting is still awful just like the aforementioned film. This is because the actors from the Megamind film don’t reprise their roles, so don’t expect Will Ferrell and his iconic Megamind role here.
- Again like Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, the show lacks any action or drama that made the first film so memorable and has a more kiddy tone that the modern Dreamworks films are known for, which is ironic since some of their recent movies like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Bad Guys prove that Dreamworks can make compelling stories that don't pander to kids and can be enjoyed by even adults, something that the aforementioned film lacks as a sequel to the studio's most mature and emotional films that was about the titular character going through a mid-life crisis and realizing that he wasn't meant to be the bad guy and can move on from the days he was raised by criminals and bullied at school, and became the hero of Metropolis at the end of the first film. This show shares that problem with the film, instead of being an action-packed faithful show to the original Megamind film, it instead focuses more on comedy and less on the drama which is rather ill-suited for a Megamind show.
- Megamind was heavily flanderized in the sequel film and still is flanderized here, as he acts very immature and has regressed in terms of his personality, whereas in the previous film, he was able to grow from his villainy and become the one who saved Metropolis from Titan, thus saving his reputation as being an outcast from society. This film on the other hand makes him so Unlikeable that he doesn't know how to be a superhero at all, making his Flanderization even more damaging here since he grew as a person in the previous film and at the end of the film was accepted by the citizens of Metropolis and became the hero of the city they've been needing since Metro Man faked his death and grew tired of being a superhero.
- He's dumb enough to not know how the internet works, which makes no sense considering that he was very intelligent in the first movie, as it made him an intimidating yet awesome supervillain. But this movie turned him into a dumbass.
- He's also obsessed with eating donuts, as one episode literally revolves around him breaking curfew just to get donuts. In other words, he's acting like a villain again.
- He did mention a chocolate donut in the first movie, justifying the existence of Tighten, but that was only a minor scene, whereas this movie takes his donut loving to the extreme.
- The character that was introduced in the Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate film, Keiko Morita, is a cringeworthy and annoying supporting character who only exists to be a huge fan of Megamind, she appears in every episode, meaning we have to put up with her cringeworthy and annoying personality to no end in every episode.
- The show has a lot of lame and cringeworthy villains compared to Tighten from the first movie, most notably Dude Monkey as he's a social media influencer who's also a superhero, which is just as painfully cringe as you think.
- Minion (Ol' Chum) is still treated as a butt-monkey at times like in Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, albeit not as often this time.
- Machiavillain is a very lame and uninteresting main antagonist with for some reason, was Megamind's former mentor who thought him how to be a villain, even though in the first film, Megamind was thought by prisoners from the jail he grew up in. This completely destroys his backstory. Even worse, the townspeople of Metro City are stupid enough to not realize he's a supervillain, even though he literally has the word VILLAIN in his name!
- The anachronism from the sequel film is still present here, the show is supposed to take place in the early 2010s, but instead of early 2010s phones like the BlackBerry Torch, it uses phones like the iPhone 14 and 15, which contradicts the fact that the show is supposed to take place in the early 2010s but feels more like it takes place in the 2020s.
- In addition, Megamind says in one episode, when asking himself how to exercise, "what about flossing"? Flossing was popular in 2016, and this movie was supposed to take place in the early 2010s. Flossing wasn't popular back then. Not to mention, it was long dead and irrelevant by the time the episode came out.
- Similar to the movie it's based on, the show tries too hard to be trendy with 2020s kids.
- The episode "Megamind vs. Dude Monkey" revolves around Megamind not knowing how the internet works, and he makes a meme. There are so many moments in that episode that try to be trendy with 2020s kids and memers.
- It references flossing, which, as mentioned above, has been dead ever since the release of the episode.
- The episode even references the Chocolate Rain meme, which has also been long dead ever since the show came out. I kid you not.
- The episode "Megamind vs. Dude Monkey" revolves around Megamind not knowing how the internet works, and he makes a meme. There are so many moments in that episode that try to be trendy with 2020s kids and memers.
- Overall, along with Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, this show is one of the biggest reasons the reputation of the Megamind franchise and the legacy of the original film has been on the decline and tarnished respectively.
- Not to mention, this show and the aforementioned sequel film only exist to be blatant cash grabs to cash in on the popularity of the original film.
- Although Megamind saying "presentation" from the first movie is a nice touch, it just comes off as more awkward than it was in the first movie, and just comes off as nostalgia pandering.
Redeeming Qualities
- Minion (Ol' Chum) and Roxanne are still likable characters, even though their old actors still did not reprise their role and their personality and likability not being as memorable as it was in Megamind, and with Minion (Ol' Chum) they at the very least toned down the mistreatment of him.
- Metro Man makes a return in episode 12, Blue Prison and thankfully is also likable in this as he kept his original personality.
- The theme song is catchy, despite the fact it can get annoying after a while.
- Despite how awful this show is, it is nice to see Megamind have his very own show about him being a superhero who protects a city.
- The season 1 (or possibly series) finale, Thrilling Conclusions, was actually pretty decent as it had some very high stakes and is considered to be the best episode from the series.
Reception
Similar to Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, the show was negatively received by critics and audiences.
It has a 2.1/10 IMDb rating.
Episodes With Their Own Pages
Videos
Comments
Loading comments...
Categories:
- Bad shows
- Bad media
- 2020s programs
- Abusing the franchise
- Boring shows
- Superhero programs
- Unfunny shows
- Comedy shows
- Action shows
- 2020s shows
- Bad shows from good franchises
- "It's made for kids"
- "It's made for girls/boys"
- Low-budget shows
- Cash grabs
- Superhero shows
- Animated in other countries
- Internet memes
- American shows
- Nostalgia pandering
- Media trying to be hip and current