Hailey's On It! (and Molly McGee’s Carbon Zero Heroes) Review
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- The fate of the world hangs in the balance as the risk-averse 14-year old Hailey Banks, her best friend Scott Denoga, and a powerful AI smartphone assistant named Beta have to complete every item on Hailey's list of stuff she's always wanted to do!
Oh, and Hailey has to kiss Scott. And somehow, all the romance in the show is actually really nuanced and compelling!
I didn't plan on this review of Hailey's On It turning into a review of the Molly McGee episode "Carbon Zero Heroes", but the premise of the show was asking for it.
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I should point out that you used the wrong Boondocks clip. Gary Anthony Williams played Uncle Ruckus (no relation).
Damnit. Shows how familiar I am with the Boondocks.
That’s OK we all make mistakes. That’s how we learn, right?
I love Hayley's On It very much. It gives me Phineas and Ferb vibes. They have to do something fun in every episode and they try to make the most of every day. It's a ton of fun. Scott and Becker are the best characters in my opinion.
Except the fate of Earth didn't supposedly count on Phineas and Ferb's activities
And the fun musical numbers adds a lot
Honestly what drew me in was Hailey’s VA and the fact that there is time travel 😂
There’s moments where I relate to Scott, like that moment at the end of the lighthouse episode 😂
“BUT THAT’S NOT YOUR NAME”
it’s important to note that several episodes aired out of order; catching felines/kpop episode for example was supposed to be episode 4 but aired as episode 10. which explains some inconsistencies
that explains much
i havent seen the show but i like how the lgbtq+ stuff you've shown in a few clips flows really naturally and its not like a "WHAAAAATTTT GAY PEOPEL!?!??!!?!?! blares the alarms" kinda thing, its treated really well and I'm glad to see that in more media!
Yeah, Molly McGee did a really great job with that too, we had some subtle background representation in Season 1, then we got Geoff and Jeff, which was brilliant. Then we learn that Andrea’s got a big crush on a girl she met at a summer camp, and it’s just very sweet and casual, and it’s not treated as a big deal. Because it’s *not* a big deal, she’s a teenager with a crush, that’s just about the most normal thing in the world! 🏳️🌈
There's even gay birds! (the flamingo and the peacock)
I ❤ Hailey’s On It, I watch it on Disney+ everyday alongside The Ghost and Molly McGee.
Same!
me too
It's a shame people are writing this show off because of shipping, cause it's really not all just that, and the times its handling shipping I think it's done very well, and there's so much more to this show than people realize, I hope more people give this show a chance
It’s obvious that they still can’t get over the Owl House ending 😠, along with saying the same stupid stuff about Kiff. I like both of the shows.
@zacharyyamashita8554 Although that is not true for every person, there are some people who have definitely led their anger from the Owl House's cancelation towards shows that absolutely do not deserve it at all, every show should get their chance to shine, and not be judged for existing when another doesn't anymore
Scott’s adorable naïveté about how years works is hilariously adorable 😂 like when he thought 1998 (my year of birth) was 100 years ago 🤣
Happy 100 years old man!
Super excited to see you covered Hailey's on it. I've got a couple of running theories about a few things, but your review just gave me a possible 'Why' Motive towards one of them!
Also, little bummed you didn't bring up A.C. He's legit my favorite character because he's just so silly.
While I like a lot of your points, and you also said what I've been saying all along (that the kiss could/should just be platonic), one of the things I have so far found kind of annoying is just how in your face the whole 'Hailey/Scott must be end all' it is. Like, usually most shows don't seem or feel to push it on so hard. Case in point, Molly Mcgee. Her and Ollie felt very natural and clicked together. I didn't feel that being 'pushed in my face' at all, unlike this show. Kim Possible is another amazing example of the BFF trope friends to lovers done right and done naturally. There was never any push for them to be a couple, it just eventually over time was a topic that did come up and was like them discovering this whole new side to their relationship. Good times.
I have my own idea of a truly great 'Subverting Expectations' rug pull for this show, but with how they're building it, it'll never happen.
But as usual, great video!
I like the show but I'm praying that Haily and Scott wouldn't be another Starco
Don’t worry it won’t 😅
i DO like that 2023 seems to be the year for weird animated sci-fi
My review of this show: the show is pretty good. 8/10 my really only issue is with the animation. The saerom? Episodes are always so stiff when in there fiona and cake episodes look really good but I always feel they snap between poses. But in a rough draft episodes they move really fluidly. I do prefer kiff more. Kiff is like a random comedy that fits my wacky sense of humor with a random plot and they just throw jokes in like a bunch of little sketches. But in hailey’s on it it’s the same formula (not saying that’s a bad thing) but it feels like the same plot and feels like a copy of other shows and nothing new. I give it a high rating because I enjoy most of the stories and the rough draft episodes are really good (I love the Willy wonka ep def not cause weird Al is in it) I also like how the story kinda continues throughout every episode unlike Phineas and Ferb witch does a similar every episode follows the same basic formula with them building a invention while here they do a list item. So if you need a pretty solid show you should enjoy this!
Sorry for the really long post 😂
Didn’t Amphibia also use Saerom Animation, along with Rough Draft Korea.
I gave the show a chance when It was announced and saw the episodes that were currently on Disney+ at the time completely blind, I was worried about a few things in the show as I watched but I was still curious on how they would handle it, though I can't say it caught my attention as much, It's still enjoyable to me however, so for my overall rating I'd say probably like 7/10, not my favorite, but still a fun and enjoyable show, I still watch the episodes when they come out on D+ though cause yes
I like that Climate Change is being covered, because kids today need to learn that it exists, and media can get past the barriers. That said, you’re right. It should be more focused on, rather than taken for granted.
I hope I’m wrong, and they maybe address it more later in the run, but for now I think it’s actually kind of a negative. I think it’s really not helpful for the show to say: “yeah, this is a massive problem, but our protagonist is gonna solve it completely!”
@@SunnylandProds I think it’s supposed to be hopeful. Like the common baddie we all want to stop. But yeah, if they want to talk about it, they should go all the way.
I wanted to see ‘Hailey’s On It’ ever since I heard that Rebecca Rose from #TheOwlHouse was on the crew! I swear the love tunnel scene was her idea, given how that was used in ‘The Owl House!’ 😊
As a massive theme park fan (if you couldn’t tell by the fact that this whole channel’s brand is one big homage to Disneyland) I think it’s really interesting how much the tunnel of love trope has endured in media in spite of the fact that those kinds of rides are basically nonexistent nowadays. Anything similar is still never branded as a ‘tunnel of love’ because that encourages the kind of behavior park operators generally don’t want from rowdy and/or hormonal teenagers.
@@SunnylandProds LOL 😂. I guess that’s right. Tropes like that tend to endure through the generations. Maybe it’s because they’re funny, or cringey. Now that I think about it, have you ever made a video about OLD rides, like at the New York World’s Fair in the late 1800s? There were a lot of new innovations for the time, including a ride that depicted Hell and scared the heck out of the kids, a Ferris Wheel that hosted weddings in one of the cars (including a horse standing on a platform mounted on top once), and even incubators for premature babies. I don’t remember the name, but I saw a whole documentary about it years ago.
Don't be sorry about not covering Miraculous. It's better if you stay away from it for your own mental wellbeing 😂
Okay, giving this show a go now. Thanks Chandler!
Hailey's on it as the Powerpuff Girls
Hailey as Blossom 🌸
Scott as Bubbles 🫧
Beta as Buttercup 🪖
Professor as Bliss 🌸
You know I never really thought about it before but you're totally right about the point with climate change. Molly McGee shows us how we have to work together as a community to stop pollution, but Hailey's way of helping is by participating in basically a series of domino falls that lead to the world being saved...
That being said, I do like Hailey's On It.
Lighthouses in the 1900’s had large, extremely expensive lenses surrounding the lamp or bulb. The rotation was generated by a device spinning around the lens.
That makes sense, and still begs the question of why they didn’t fix the dang thing.
@@SunnylandProdsIt would be harder for the teens to make a replica Fresnel lens. The largest ones cost $10 million in modern money when they were made.
I think the odder part is that nobody seems to value the lighthouse. Lighthouses are very valuable real estate, and people will pay a lot of money to buy them.
Even if everyone in Oceanside hated the lighthouse, there is probably a lighthouse enthusiast out there who would pay a lot of money to own it.
The story would have been better if Hailey was trying to restore it so it could become a park and prevent it from being sold to a wealthy person. It would also better fit the show’s environmental theme.
@@reginaldwalden7650 Yeah, but it feels like this show is only interested in the environmental theme on an extremely shallow surface level, which might actually be my strongest criticism of it. I really don’t like that they introduce the climate change element in the first episode and then barely ever have Hailey do *anything* to help the environment.
I think Hailey’s On It is really fun and does a good job at standing out from other shows. That being said, I can completely understand why people may not have a huge interest in the show. This is definitely the kind of show that you’d have to be willing to give a chance since it doesn’t really have that magnetic pull that other shows do but I think people should definitely watch it because it’s got some episodes that really make it worth the watch.
Is the name of the show a reference to Halley's Comet? It sounds similar so it feels intentional
17:25 Okay smooth transition there Sunnyland. But like you said the show’s premise had it coming.😅
Oh yeah, she's supposed to solve climate change. I completely forgot about that.
Hailey's On It is a really pleasant and cute show, answering your doubts about the mother, unfortunately there was a problem of the wrong order of the episodes, according to the production in fact the concert episode was set before the lighthouse one, which is also the same reason why a few episodes pass from Becker having a crush on Hailey to her hooking up with Kennedy, although in that case it still worked. I can't wait for the next episodes starting September 29th and most of all I can't wait for the return of The Ghost And Molly McGee on October 28th. Overall I'm happy that Disney wasn't left with totally empty hands after the end of The Owl House.
I think that even if the concert episode was meant to come first in production order, the conflict in the lighthouse episode still doesn’t really feel set up.
@@SunnylandProds This unfortunately yes
4:46- I feel bad I made those judgements towards Haileys on it considering I'm a Mollie defender. Im flawed, but I'll revist this series after I finish Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. I do like Beta though.
6:30-6:49 Huh. Oddly mature move coming from Scott. Props my dude!
13:29- Dam. Vague i know but this is still a sweet moment! Im sold.
Yeah, I’m genuinely surprised at how much I actually really like the romance arcs in this.
Scott’s so naive and sweet, there’s not a jealous bone in his body, so I don’t know why Kristine thought trying to make him jealous would have *any* reaction.
I’d buy the stuff with Hailey and her mom a lot more if they did more with it, but the idea that their relationship was ‘broken’ enough that fixing her relationship with her mom actually counted for ‘show mom I can fix anything’ just wasn’t set up. We should’ve seen the event (or series of events) that caused Hailey to make that a list item.
And like I said, I think it’s dumb that the resolution to the lighthouse episode is supposedly that she and her mom are gonna communicate better only for her mom to then gaslight everyone so that she can go to a concert a few episodes later.
I love this show!
Hailey is a fun protagonists, the list items she has are rather unique, her quest to better herself (as well as save the world) feels like a story worth rooting for and most of the side characters are charming; particularly Scott, Hailey's family and Kristine. I say "MOST" of the cast is charming because much like with any piece of art, there is always that ONE thing that always feels like a rather glaring flaw.
In this case, that glaring flaw is Beta.
His character serves as a reminder of why I hate robots and A.I. Not only is his constant bragging about his "super advanced intellect" more annoying than Brian Griffin's AND Lisa Loud's combined. But the fact that he's a machine without emotions makes him even worse, especially when his "precise" calculations always force Hailey into doing the most degrading and/or dangerous of list items (ex. eating an onion.) His constant talk of "highest probability rate of success" makes me want to just reach through the screen, rip him off that dumb teddy bear body of his and throw him into a wall.
Success should NEVER come at the expense of one's life or dignity, even if completing the list items WOULD supposedly save the earth (emphasis on supposedly.)
One of these days, I hope the Professor comes and gives Beta a talking to about how he should do things with Hailey
I don’t hate this show, I’d personally give it like a 7/10. But one thing I sometimes think about is Kristine being 15. *She does not look 15 to me.* She looks older. She looks 19💀😅
Also I love Beta and Scott
Hailey mentions when she first appears that "she's tall".
shows fine my biggest issue is they act like a high school romance will dictate the fate of the world which is something I am sick of it places way too high expectations for people and there relationships also 7:12 what do pigeons have to do with anything
Pigeons?
That’s what a culver is right Google said it was a type of pigeon
@@pufferfancyfish Culver’s is the name of a fast food chain. They specialize in Wisconsin-style butterburgers. (And frozen custard!)
@@SunnylandProds did not know that nor do I feel like I will ever use that knowledge but neat nonetheless
Well, they’re not just in the Midwest! I live near Disney World, and there’s one five minutes from my house!
I think Hailey's on it is ok the plot is very interesting but the way it has been put out not that great but I like the show nice video!
You had that caption asking who on staff has a problem with curves. If I’m reading it right, I think it’s more of Disney in general. Other companies haven’t been afraid to show a little chest, but I think it’s part of Disney’s prudishness.
No, no, no, not curves, CULVER’S. Technically the whole butter burger thing from that episode could actually be considered a dig at Wisconsin in general, but Culver’s is the most famous and widely known example. Culver’s is a fast food chain from Wisconsin (but we have locations down here in Florida, there’s one not far from my house!) that’s famous for their delicious butterburgers. They aren’t actually cooked in butter, the buns just get a nice spread of high-quality Wisconsin butter. And they’re VERY delicious. I’d put it right up there with In-N-Out Burger, honestly.
They also have great frozen custard and fried cheese curds. Seriously, awesome place. Go try it if you get the chance!
I like Hailey’s On It pretty well, it’s nothing earth shattering, but what is there is a decently fun time mostly.
For characters, I like the art and a lot of the designs look good and I enjoy all the major characters. Hailey is adorable and very relatable, being rather risk averse myself. Scott, while some of the “dumb best friend” jokes don’t land for me, I also never mind them outside finding it hard to believe since the world… mostly plays things realistically, compared to something like Molly McGee where things are a lot more wacky, so more zany out there characters make sense. But Scott really shines as being a good, supportive friend to Hailey, building her up to try new things and help her with her insecurities. And I like Beta, too, since he does genuinely care not just about the list, but Hailey, too. My only thing with Beta is I think his insults to Scott lack variety or real comedic punch to them, but like Scott’s stupidity, it never feels like I dislike the jokes.
Kristine is one of my favorite side characters since she subverts the typical “popular girl bullies the nerdy introvert” cliche by being a genuinely good friend to Hailey, and is also just an adorable hat nut as well. And while I’m not shipping them, Hailey and Kristine’s relationship has felt like it’s had way more focus than the Scott/Kristine relationship ever had. I also adore AC, both due to his voice actor Josh Brener bringing a great snarky performance, but also because I like his interactions with Hailey and Scott. And Hailey and Scott’s families are both enjoyable, though I wish the show gave them proper introductions because for what it’s worth, I thought Patricia was dead or divorced since she only shows up in a background shot in the pilot and a flashback before she’s necessary in an actual episode. I mean, the radio guys in the squid chase are given more introduction than any family for the two leads.
My big draw for the show was the time travel story they got going on, but unfortunately, it’s mostly in the background and feels out of focus compared to the episodic list clearing and the relationships and character focus the show does. And for their part, I think the list items and general stories they tell are still fun enough. And I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how they’ve handled the relationship stuff in the show. Kristine was written out of the love triangle before a line could be drawn, Becker’s crush on Hailey was crushed before it got even one episode of focus, and Scott and Hailey have enough chemistry as friends alone the moments of hinting at them being the romantic goal don’t feel distracting or forced.
It’s not a comedy riot like some of my more favorite Disney shows like Molly McGee or Phineas and Ferb, but I get a number of good laughs per episode. All things considered, I think it’s a solid show that has potential to be the next “starts out formulaic and wacky misadventure-y before it gets into lore and becomes story focused”, which is a format I enjoy. And even if they strictly stay formulaic nonsense, that’s fine, too- the show is one I can just turn off my brain and enjoy.
And side note- I liked Carbon Zero Heroes for taking the throwaway line of Ollie’s of wanting to reduce his carbon footprint and rolling with it, it’s another way the show takes a briefly mentioned idea and fleshed it out for a full episode. Ollie and Molly are also great since that episode was very much not focused on shipping- not a single bit of the episode focused on their crush on each other. And I always enjoy Libby and Scratch being paired together, and Libby going full on conspiracy in the episode was hilariously unhinged.
We are still in Season 1, which if you’ve seen most serialized shows, they use Season 1 for worldbuilding and character development. After that, then they can move on to the serialized story narratives.
@@carlnwakakwa2390 Absolutely, didn’t mention it in the comment, but I’ve been around the season 1 worldbuilding-season 2 and on lore focus block a few times. I wouldn’t be surprised if this goes that direction, but won’t be upset if they don’t.
Can’t wait to see your hamster and Gretel video!
the show reminded me on a nother show named saving me. a show that is kinda unowned but a relly good show
soo far this show is really solid. I remember people started saying this was going to be the next owl house, that rumor aged horribly but to me it was a good thing because its nice to have fun episodic shows like this every once in a while. At least there won't be any traumatizing scenarios. Also if any thing The Ghost and Molly Mcgee is basically the next owl house and amphibia to some extent
I think trying to call anything ‘the next Owl House’ is a fool’s errand. Let these shows be their own thing!
@@SunnylandProdsThere’s a reason Disney is moving on from the 2010’s serialized story era of cartoons.
@@SunnylandProds Fair enough
Well, that rumor did age horribly, but that’s only because it’s not gonna be as serialized as The Owl House. If anything, it’ll take Amphibia’s style, which is an episodic/serialized format. The creators did say that there is an overarching plot in this show.
Yeah, I quite like Hailey's On It so far. Sure, it can be a little flimsy in its writing in places, but I do like some of its characters a lot. Hailey being a cautious scrunklo, Scott being a lovable nitwit, Uncle Ruckus, I mean Beta being amusingly sassy, Kristine being an actually nice positive portrayal of the rich/influencer girl archetype and my personal MVP, Becker, being such an absolute unit in her love of chaos and blowing things up. She and Darryl would definitely be really good friends. Oh yeah, and her relationship with Kennedy seems pretty wholesome and I hope they give that more focus.
But yeah, Molly McGee and Moon Girl are still better with the former still handling topics with a surprising amount of nuance for what looks like a colourful supernatural comedy and the latter being not only one of the best cartoons to come out of 2023, but maybe, just maybe, one of the greatest Disney TVA shows of all time.
I think maybe part of the problem is just that Molly McGee and Moon Girl are so damn good, and then Hailey’s On It and Hamster and Gretel come out, and they’re just… okay.
I actually like all the shipping, because I’m a romantic. 😅 So far ‘Hailey’s On It’ has kept me entertained, but I think it’s episodic nature and lighter tone have gotten a little in the way of the story. For example, when they did the lighthouse episode, they had her ‘fix things’ with her mom. Aside from the flamingo episode, which anyone could have missed, I also noticed that it didn’t seem like anything was broken. Then the concert episode premiered later, and could clearly be viewed out of order. It all still works, but I crave more story structure.
The show is still in its early episodic days. I’m sure by the time Season 1 airs it finale or when Season 2 premieres, the show will start to bring that serialized narrative into the focus more. The creators did say there’s an overarching plot in this show!
Glad you were able to find stuff to like about this show. I tried to watch it, and it just wasn’t for me, as I just felt so bored during the eps I tried to watch. Also the animation style is a huge turnoff for me :/ but again, glad it has its audience, and hopefully it gets some sort of satisfying conclusion
I love the theme song. It gives off Green Day vibes for some reason.
I also think it would’ve been a better casting choice for Jenna Fischer to play Haley’s mom rather than Julie Bowen.
Still could happen, though.
19:22 not just bikes would be so proud
I think your take on this show is interesting, although I kind of have a different opinion on Hailey’s on it. I feel like Nick and Devon are likely waiting until Season 2 or 3 to tackle the climate change angle, and the main theme of the show currently is setting a goal and overcoming fears and anxieties to reach said goal.
I hope you’re right!
I hope this comes to Disney Channel some day 👍
What do you mean?
@@SunnylandProds
The text is pretty clear...
@@Candyy248 the show *is* on Disney Channel???
@@SunnylandProds
No, not yet, usually they go there after a while v:
@@Candyy248 it’s on Disney Channel here in the US
Wait. Why did you have to ask that Culver's question? A question i have was ... Was becker supposed to even be gay? I ask this because I noticed that they either sabotage or abandon plot points to sort of stretch the show. I mean, they got Kristen back in the love shape after the breakup so, what's stopping the same from happening with Becker? (Also, i think Hailey's kiss is probably going to be uneventful like a mistletoe kiss at Christmas)
Edit: also, the climate change thing probably isn't that the villain want to climate change. it's more like "you idiot! You doomed us both" sort of situation and that it's about stopping the future war that leads to the rise of climate change and global warming.
I sound like a mad man saying all of this.
I had to ask the Culver’s question because someone on the staff CLEARLY hates the entire concept of Butterburgers.
@@SunnylandProds I got it. Thanks.
In my opinion all of the new disney channel shows besides hampster and gretel are great 👍 👌 🙂
5:28 Mocking Miraculous Ladybug is morally correct
I’m not even mocking it, it genuinely scares me.
Will you ever talk about the time Disney bought the Power Rangers and made Power Rangers series for a while until it was bought back by the original people who only Power Rangers and the Disney era of Power Rangers starting with wild force and ending with RPM
Uh… No.
I don’t care about Power Rangers.
This is kind of a channel based on animation, not sentai. But if you have more knowledge on the subject, why not take a stab at making videos of your own about it?
To be honest I just watch this show is a guilty pleasure since well for me I feel like animation Hass to be fun and fast paced for example The team hot wheels trilogy which has the origin of awesome the skills to thrill and build an epic race the animation looks vibrant And the moments with Gage Wyatt Brandon and Rhett are fast pace when they’re inside The twin mill The jump truck the quick n sick and boneshaker And the jokes in the movie are pretty funny like an all three movies that are running gag where this robot Jerry always throws water in Rhett’s Face for no particular reason at all and if you’re wondering Jerry is basically the robot their mentor/boss Larry built
Is the professor from the future just Haley as an adult? 😅
No
5:33 no no that’s extremely fair lmao
Yeah... I find a lot of the show's premise stupid. I'm only into it for the voice acting,
Wow
Yeah, I kinda get why Alpha Jay doesn't like the show.