Aaron Stone Review (Part 2): Hero Rising Part 2

A Review by Joseph Anthony Montecillo

Okay, here's the second part of my Aaron Stone review. This one will cover the episode: Hero Rising (Part 2).

Before we continue, let me fill you guys in on a bit of back story that I missed out in the first review. The main antagonists of the show are the Omega Defiance. The Omega Defiance is made up of seven super-geniuseses, who plan on--you guessed it--taking over the world.

OF COURSE!!! (Joke stolen from the Nostalgia Critic)

We ended the last episode with Charlie and Stan inside the SSJ. Charlie's a bit a pissed, because well, he just got sucked into a motherfucking Supersonic Jet against his will. Yeah, I would be a bit pissed off too. Stan tells him about his first mission, and Charlie listens because...well, he's a bit of a dumbass.

Charlie's first mission is to stop Dr. Necros, one of the Omega Defiance, from spreading a toxin that'll turn everyone into a mindless, drooling zombie. Necros plans on spreading the toxin with a rocket launcher. To steal this rocket launcher, he uses his right-hand man, Souljacker. Yeah, the guy from the first episode with the fancy sticks. Stan claims that Souljacker is the "most dangerous man alive." Yeah, later on I'm going to tell you why this statement is one hundred percent false.

So, they land in front of some warehouse where Souljacker is stealing the rocket launcher. Now, the logical thing to do would be to go in and try to stop the theft, right? Yeah, what they do is stand outside, discussing Aaron's new uniform and the gadgets he has. So, while Souljacker is stealing a rocket launcher, Charlie has time to change into his uniform and talk about the gadgets for a bit. Oh yeah, the fate of the world is in great hands!

Inside, Souljacker is villainoguing. What's villainoguing? It's when TV and movie villains decide that they just want to randomly declare what they're planning, how they plan on executing, all the while giving the heroes time to kick their asses.

Now, Aaron, being the dumbass that he is, starts heronoguing back. This is a problem with a lot of shows and movies. People TALK TOO MUCH. Just fight, for God's sake!

Fortunately, they do start fighting but only for about a second as Souljacker's men hold back Charlie. Instead of taking out their guns and KILLING Charlie, they just leave him there as they leave. The most dangerous man alive? Really?

You couldn't just kill the fucker? I mean, you work for evil geniuses, don't you have guns?

Yeah, so it turns out that I was wrong and the mom only gets a job in this episode. But Charlie's still pissed because he got pwned. His words, not mine.

Meanwhile, Souljacker is practicing his rad arnis skills in Dr. Necros's lab. After intimidating Souljacker a bit, Dr. Necros proceeds to villainogue about his plans for world domination using a conveniently placed monitor to help him with some visual aids. I wonder what program he used to make that animation.

Flash: Helping Villains Explain Their Plans For World Domination

So the next day at school, we have a short scene at school where Jason goes all googly-eyed over Emma and Tania Gunadi, the actress who plays Emma, shows off her rad acting skills! Then, Stan gets a job as a teacher at Charlie's school to help persuade Charlie to try and come back to save the world.

Well, Souljacker's about to release the toxin with the rocket launcher. However, Charlie's at home showing his rad video game skills to Emma. Then Emma goes all googly-eyed for a bit because she just met the best player in the world. They're so not ending up together.

Why can't we have just one Disney character who doesn't get the girl/guy in the end? Is that too much to ask for? Why must everyone have someone to live an eternity with? Why can't we just someone who's alone? But I digress.

Charlie's brother then comes in and makes an avatar for Hero Rising. Charlie helps him out in the game and in that time realizes that he needs to help save the world. Remember, while all this is happening, Souljacker is setting up to launch the toxin. Yeah, why is that launch taking so long?

So Charlie finally decides to help with saving the world. He has a fight scene with Souljacker which wasn't too bad for Disney. That's not saying much since Disney isn't exactly known for their awesome action sequences. Charlie wins the fight by applying skills he learned in the game. Yeah The most dangerous man alive beaten by things learned in a video game. Oh god.

Must...learn...vital...life skills!

Seriously, according to this show, video games can save the world! I mean, it's like if I started playing Super Mario Brothers and suddenly expected to stop global warming! Oh look, I beat Bowser, why isn't global warming over yet? Oh yeah, because the princess is in another fucking castle.

The episode ends with Stan renting out a room in Charlie's house so that he can keep an eye on him.

This episode was just...ugh. Then again, all the episodes are like that. Oh my god, I can't believe it's only been TWO episodes.

Two down, fifteen to go.