Television Review: Ben Ten

Ben Ten is a young adult sci-fi show with a fantasy twist.

by Robert Brown and Jaire Pratt

Ben Ten is a TV show on Cartoon Network, which is also known as Boomerang. BenTen is about a kid who found a watch that could turn him into over 10 million aliens.

What it’s about

Ben Ten is a 10-year-old child who does not have a good social life at a school. On the last day of  the school, he tries to save a nerd from the school bullies but ends up getting his underwear stuck on a tree. Right after that, his grandfather (Grandpa Max) gets him and the nerd down and they get in Grandpa Max’s R.V. (which they call the Rustbucket). When Ben gets in the Rustbucket, he asks Grandpa Max what they’re going to do during the summer. He sees his cousin Gwen, who is part alien on her grandmother’s side, and he gets mad because he did not realize she was coming with him but he gets over it. The three of them then head to a camp site that Max finds.When Ben sees a meteor while they’re camping, he runs to it. Ben sees something in the meteor and reaches for it. It turns out to be an alien watch called the Omitrix. The Omitrix lunges for Ben’s arm and combines its DNA with Ben’s. As a result, Ben is able to transform into 10 aliens: Heat blast, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Stinkfly, Ripjawas, Upgrade, Ghostfreak, Cannonbolt. The Omitrix gives Ben other hidden abilities, and as Ben messes around with it, he discovers these powers. The Omitrix was made by Asmute, who is a Galvin, a small race of highly intelligent creatures with grey skin and big round eyes. The Omitrix was actually made for grandpa Max, because grandpa Max belonged to a secret association called the Plumbers who fight aliens and protect humanity. Asmute doubts that Ben can control the watch. But Ben now has to fight aliens because they are here to steal the Omitrix for all its power since The Omitrix is the most powerful thing in the universe.

Why You Should Watch

You should watch Ben Ten because he uses his powers to help others rather than himself. He may be a little reckless, but when it comes time, he will save anyone and everyone even if  its his school’s bullies. Although Ben might seem weak, he has a lot of power inside him. Ben’s schoolmates thinks he is a wimp, but they don’t know that outside of school he fights all these aliens while saving the world. Ben has matters of his own to deal with, besides the bullies in his school. Ben is in a lot of trouble, but with the Omitrix and  his family, he can get through it.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Inspirational Quote by Jaire Pratt

by Jaire Pratt

 “Enough. Why don’t you stop and think about other people’s feelings for a change? You’re so busy looking forward, that you never have time to look back. We’ve lost some good friends here and it’s nice to remember them once and a while.” –Matt, Digimon Adventures season 1

 

This quote has more substance to it than you think. Matt says it when Puppetmon splits the team up after they get lost trying to get to spiral mountain.  Ty and Matt are in one of the groups, but they’re so busy arguing that they can’t find the others or help themselves. This quote is really about an older brother who is scared for his little brother and the person he’s with is not helping at all. When Matt was saying this, he was really saying that you shouldn’t spend too much time thinking about yourself when you could be thinking about or helping other people.

 

Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

by Sean Miller

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is a book you should read. You should read this book because it is exciting and adventurous.  In the book, Percy and Annabeth go to save Grover in the Sea of Monsters. The Sea of Monsters is a place where monsters live, and anybody who goes there will likely be attacked. While Percy and Annabeth were in the Sea of Monsters about to save Grover, the monster that was holding Grover hostage attacked them.

Personally, I think that Percy is better than everyone in the book because he is strong and smart and makes good decisions. Percy is a demigod, and the son of Poseidon. He realized that he was the son of Poseidon when he noticed he could control water. Annabeth is also a demigod, and she is the daughter of Athena. Grover is half human and half horse, and studies under the master.

After getting the golden fleece for Thalia’s tree, they returned to camp and they placed the fleece on her tree and the poison was cleared. At the end, Percy and Annabeth got the golden fleece and saved the camp.

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is a thrilling adventure. You should definitely read it.