Tuesday, June 26, 2012

#3 Jimmy Neutron Vs. Planet Sheen


Anyone here remember Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron? How about his friend Sheen? Well from the beginning of the Jimmy Neutron movie in 2001 to the Nickelodeon television series following after in 2002, this show has become a favorite for the children who remember it. A couple years after the series ended, Nickelodeon has brought forth a sort of rendition of the original show known as Planet Sheen. This series focuses on one of Jimmy Neutron's best friends, Sheen, as he "accidentally" disregards Jimmy's directions to leave a rocket ship in his lab alone and ends up on the strange planet of Zeenu. Upon landing here, Sheen is seen by the Emperor as the one to bring peace and greatness to the planet and makes him the number one adviser to the Emperor.
If anyone remembers Jimmy Neutron, Sheen wasn't the smartest or brightest around and although energetic and curious, only ever brought trouble upon contact with anything he did. In his new show, not much has changed and even one of Jimmy's friends, even "brighter" Carl Wheezer, makes a return as Doppy, a new character based off of Carl. The final main character that appears to be one of familiarity is Mr.Nesmith, a brilliant monkey that got stranded on the planet before Sheen's arrival and wants to use Sheen's ship to get back home. He is the brains of the show, just like Jimmy was in his own show, as the voice of reason although not listened to much by Sheen. The show is similar to Jimmy Neutron with the exception that the focus of the show has shifted to Sheen but just like before mischief is caused or the main characters get into trouble and at the end learn a lesson.
In this case, the question is always, which show is better, the old or the new? I personally prefer the old series of Jimmy Neutron because it seemed to promote scientific curiosity while this one because the character is going to make obvious mistakes, I can't take the show as serious. I'm not saying that I don't like Sheen or the show because I always found him to be the comic relief of the previous series but now that the show is all comedy, I don't feel like I am getting much out of the show. Overall, both series are entertaining to watch. Next time, I'll be looking at an ongoing series that hopefully everyone should remember, The Power Rangers!

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