Steven Universe: Gem Glow
December 27, 2014 2:51 AM - Season 1, Episode 1 - Subscribe
The first episode. Steven's mourning of the discontinuation of his favorite ice cream sandwich intersects with an attack of "centipeedles."
Two more things --
The Lion Lickers display in the store contains surprisingly accurate renderings of badly-formed character ice cream treats, with running colors and badly-placed and malformed eyes.
For examples of what I was talking about with the offset/bleeding colors, there are a number of places this can be observed from freeze-framing in the intro, especially in places with man-made structures and horizons. Check it out!
posted by JHarris at 7:38 AM on December 27, 2014
The Lion Lickers display in the store contains surprisingly accurate renderings of badly-formed character ice cream treats, with running colors and badly-placed and malformed eyes.
For examples of what I was talking about with the offset/bleeding colors, there are a number of places this can be observed from freeze-framing in the intro, especially in places with man-made structures and horizons. Check it out!
posted by JHarris at 7:38 AM on December 27, 2014
Further:
Possibly the most interesting resource to the die-hard Steven Universe fan is the production Tumblr, Steven Crewniverse. They have a lot of interesting artifacts of the show's creation up online. I suspect, when the show finally ends, that this stuff will eventually succumb to bitrot (links will die, material will 404), so enjoy it while you can.
They have a particularly large around up for the first couple of episodes. One of the best items is the entire storyboard for the first episode. Reading through the episode shot-by-shot, seeing every scene and effect described in English words with accompanying illustrations, and seeing little edits made (Pearl originally punctuated the baby centipeedle's dissolving the floorboards with a remark), casts a new light on the show's creation.
posted by JHarris at 10:18 AM on January 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Possibly the most interesting resource to the die-hard Steven Universe fan is the production Tumblr, Steven Crewniverse. They have a lot of interesting artifacts of the show's creation up online. I suspect, when the show finally ends, that this stuff will eventually succumb to bitrot (links will die, material will 404), so enjoy it while you can.
They have a particularly large around up for the first couple of episodes. One of the best items is the entire storyboard for the first episode. Reading through the episode shot-by-shot, seeing every scene and effect described in English words with accompanying illustrations, and seeing little edits made (Pearl originally punctuated the baby centipeedle's dissolving the floorboards with a remark), casts a new light on the show's creation.
posted by JHarris at 10:18 AM on January 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Why do they want to make him happy enough to get the kid a freezer full of Cookie Cats?
This event and Garnet's insistence that it was her idea was a very early hint of what is revealed in Future Vision.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 7:39 PM on March 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
This event and Garnet's insistence that it was her idea was a very early hint of what is revealed in Future Vision.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 7:39 PM on March 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
He left his family behind!
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:29 AM on October 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:29 AM on October 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
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As per normal FanFare protocol, I'm saving serious geeking out and frame-by-frame examination for the comments. All that follows are my observations and opinions -- they are not "officially" part of the post.
So! Here are some items of interest. Some contain spoilers for this episode. A few contain spoilers for later episodes, but these are hidden -- for text surrounded *with asterisks*, hover your mouse over the text to see the spoiler. (I have no solution for doing this on mobile platforms, sorry):
posted by JHarris at 2:57 AM on December 27, 2014 [1 favorite]