Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24696442-20140318035038/@comment-90.222.112.230-20140628130107

I guess that is the point of the series: is to parody SoI and point out how hopeless Israphel is, but the problem with the series taking that parody angle is that Israphel was quite competent in the original series as his plans to spread a virus through sand wasn't as stupid an idea as the animated series claimed. As the sand was something that the people of Minecraftia needed to keep the Sentinels imprisoned, and also the fact that sand is quite common so the virus is going to affect more people due to the sheer scope the virus can spread to. The series also suggests that (like you said) Simon and Lewis thwart Israphel's plans without trying, which isn't true; they do try, they're just hopeless, but they do get there in the end. Owing their success to both never giving up and, of course, help from various allies.

Also, the series doesn't have the same tone that SoI had so can't really be seen as a story told from the villians perspective due to it feeling more like an episode of 'Wacky Races' than SoI. Bad animation and all. Another reason why the series can't fit in with the SoI timeline is because it DOESN'T fit in the SoI timeline, the series itself ruins it's chance to fit into it by taking episodes of shows with completely different timelines and merging it with this animated series.

To summarise: Israphel Animated tries to both parody SoI as well as show us what Israphel has been up to during the latter's current hiatus, and it fails at both. It's not a good parody and it's not a good stand-in for the show it's a parody of.