Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 51: Back to the Barn

  • October 12, 2015

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PodcastTitleSophia, Ken, GC13, and Hunter continue to conduct the Peridemption train and discuss Back to the Barn and the huge lore drop about Pearls (next stop, Pink Diamond Station!).

This was one of those big episodes. Of course everyone is excited about the confirmation of the Servant Pearl Theory, but we’re building robots now. Even if the episode was a bit predictable, Peridot learned an important lesson that is keeping her on track for joining the team full-time.

We can’t let all of the thrill of learning about homeworld distract from the fact that Steven Universe takes place in an alternate history: there are no holidays (that link to Mr. Burnett’s tweet is for when he un-protects his account), and the Americas were also probably settled much later.

The fourth-quarter break is almost upon us. Make sure not to miss Too Far on Thursday, because it will be the last episode for at least a little while.

Steven Universe air times for October 12-18, 2015

  • October 11, 2015

Yes, it’s a schedule change to 7:30 PM, premier and all!

All times are EDT.

Monday:
7:30 PM: Warp Tour
7:45 PM: Marble Madness

Tuesday:
7:30 PM: The Return
7:45 PM: Jailbreak

Wednesday:
7:30 PM: Catch and Release
7:45 PM: When it Rains

Thursday:
7:30 PM: Too Far
7:45 PM: Back to the Barn

Friday:
7:30 PM: Open Book
7:45 PM: Full Disclosure

Aivi and Surasshu post: Peridot in the Rain

  • October 11, 2015

A song from When it Rains has been posted by Aivi and Surasshu: Peridot in the Rain (2:00) is now up on Soundcloud for your enjoyment!

 

https://soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-peridot-in-the-rain

What could Back to the Barn mean?

  • October 11, 2015

Lore, speculation, the endless cycle. Back to the Barn was a big episode for telling us what homeworld society is like, but there are always unanswered questions. Let’s see what we can wonder about today.

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Good signs on a return of re-runs

  • October 10, 2015

newspapergemsYou know how we had such poor re-runs the past couple of weeks? Well it looks like it was a brief interlude, just like last time. Currently Cartoon Network is showing a schedule that has Steven Universe with half an hour on week nights at 7:30 PM EDT. It’s a recent change, so it hasn’t hit TV Guide or any of the other schedule sites yet, but cross your fingers and hope it sticks.

If the change goes through, we’ll be revisiting some plot-heavy Peridot episodes as well as the season one finale before we get to see Too Far to see us off into the year-end break.

What we learned from Back to the Barn

  • October 10, 2015

We didn’t get as much plot advancement as we expected from Back to the Barn (though we did get confirmation on one form the Cluster won’t take :-P), but in trade we got even more lore than we had hoped for. Rather than one brief remark, the episode was centered around the issue and its retort. That means more to talk about for us.

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Aivi and Surasshu post: Pearlbot vs Peribot

  • October 10, 2015

Yeah, sorry, this one’s all spoiler all the time. Aivi and Surasshu have given us another great track though! If you haven’t seen Back to the Barn yet, listening to Pearlbot vs Peribot (1:15) should definitely amp you up to hear the song in context!

 

https://soundcloud.com/aivisura/151009-mixdown-165bpm-pearlbot-vs-peribot

Ratings for Back to the Barn

  • October 9, 2015

Much better ratings today. Perhaps making a big to-do about the premiers helped, but Steven Universe got better numbers than it’s been seeing lately.

Here’s how the premiers looked today:

  1. Steven Universe at 5:30 with 1,590,000
  2. Be Cool Scooby Doo at 7:00 with 1,429,000
  3. The Amazing World of Gumball at 6:30 with 1,389,000
  4. The Ridonculous Race at 7:30 with 1,286,000
  5. Wabbit at 5:00 with 1,251,000

Preview for Too Far

  • October 9, 2015

It helps to have a preview, doesn’t it? Who’s ready to see the drill that will pierce the mantle?

 

Immediate reaction to Back to the Barn

  • October 8, 2015

Well we’re just getting all of our Christmases at once, aren’t we? We thought we’d learn a little bit, but Peridot sure went into detail about her expectations about Pearl. That means we got it all this week: plenty of solid lore to talk about, and some more speculative material too. (Alright, we didn’t get as much plot progression as we thought we would, but we got the setup for it.)

Plus did you see how quickly they were both able to build? Space Race definitely wasn’t an outlier.