Warning mild spoilers.
First of all, only half of the first episode of the show has been shown so far and as such it may improve significantly later on. Never-the-less so far this episode fails to improve on it's flawed predecessor in any significant way, it's actually degraded further still in some ways. Case in point is Ben himself, his arrogance, lack of restraint and frankly incompetence devastates a store late in the episode; despite the shop owner literally begging him not to. This is supposed to be funny? The teenager that defeated Vilgax multiple times (before the inevitable decay set in) can't handle a protection racket and needs backup to run down an overweight clown? At least his fighting skill have improved somewhat, though Lego-man. Are the writers that short of ideas... (How would regenerating Lego aliens even come into existence?) My two favourite episodes from the original series were the future episodes which took the characters to their logical extensions (cynical 30-something Ben anyone?). Maybe Ben will one day achieve that potential though not this series.
First of all, only half of the first episode of the show has been shown so far and as such it may improve significantly later on. Never-the-less so far this episode fails to improve on it's flawed predecessor in any significant way, it's actually degraded further still in some ways. Case in point is Ben himself, his arrogance, lack of restraint and frankly incompetence devastates a store late in the episode; despite the shop owner literally begging him not to. This is supposed to be funny? The teenager that defeated Vilgax multiple times (before the inevitable decay set in) can't handle a protection racket and needs backup to run down an overweight clown? At least his fighting skill have improved somewhat, though Lego-man. Are the writers that short of ideas... (How would regenerating Lego aliens even come into existence?) My two favourite episodes from the original series were the future episodes which took the characters to their logical extensions (cynical 30-something Ben anyone?). Maybe Ben will one day achieve that potential though not this series.