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The newest Disney original series, Aaron Stone, premiered on the newly renamed Disney XD channel on Friday. I finally got around to finishing the second part of the premiere (I watched the first part on iTunes before it premiered on Disney XD). I really am impressed with this show. Sure it is not entirely amazing, as there has not really been much action, yet, but the two part premiere certainly has done a great job of introducing the series and does not set it up with too much action, as then viewers might expect a lot of action all the time. Honestly, I am not into shows that have too much action, as then they sometimes neglect the character development and the having of a real plot, which is something I think has happened to the Power Rangers series over the years.

The main character of Aaron Stone is Charlie Landers, whose online avatar name in the Hero Rising game is Aaron Stone. He starts out as a normal kid thinking Hero Rising is just a game despite the ads that say it is more than a game. By the end of the series premiere he has become the real Aaron Stone, as his secret hero identity and has the mission of saving the world from the Omega Defiance just like in the game, but it is a real world threat, too. The show also includes him beginning to befriend the new girl next door that is excited to learn he is the famous Aaron Stone in the game. He is also kind of the new man of the house with his father dying recently (before the time line of the show, though) and protecting his mom and little brother is part of what finally convinces him to be the real Aaron Stone and to keep a low profile about him being a real hero.

Overall this is a great show in my opinion and one of the few kids shows (only other ones are Wizards of Waverly Place and Suite Life on Deck) I actually have on season pass to record the new episodes as they show. I am interested to see how these show continues and the crime fighting part along with him keeping his normal life.

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Tomorrow, February 13, 2009, the newest Disney show called Aaron Stone is premiering. There will be a two part episode (i.e. two half hour episodes) aired back to back on Disney XD. Also, the first part of the episode will be airing on Disney Channel. You can also currently download the first part of the episode for free on iTunes, but I suspect that will go away soon, however I do not know when.

Aaron Stone sounds like the new The Famous Jett Jackson show (by the way this starts showing as reruns on Disney XD this weekend), which was about a kid playing a secret agent on a television show and his real life living in North Carolina. The new show is not exactly the same, but it is made by the same Executive Producer, who also worked on the Power Rangers show. The show is about a teenager named Charlie Landers, who is the best player in an online game called Hero Rising. In the game he uses the name Aaron Stone. A billionaire ends up asking Charlie to become a real life version of his online character. Charlie lives with his single mom and a younger brother, Jason, and becomes Aaron Stone in order to keep his family safe. Charlie ends up secretly fighting real crime as Aaron Stone while also dealing with his normal life of school, sports, and family. Sure a very formula like show, but it does sound unique and at least more action than drama like some of the similar shows like Hannah Montana.

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I am totally excited about the change of Toon Disney to Disney XD because finally Disney has something new and exciting to offer. Lately I have been disappointed by their music themed Disney Channel Original Movies and the new Sonny with a Chance show and the only other new show on the horizon for the Disney Channel is another music themed thing called JONAS. I still love Disney and do watch some of the shows that I have been around longer and am hopeful about the new movie Dadnapped coming on Monday, February 16, 2009. However, I recently have not watched it as much as I used to.

As for Toon Disney I have never watched it much. I like some of the cartoon shows, but others I just am not into. I mostly liked it for its movies. They are relaunching it as Disney XD on Friday, February 13, 2009. This includes changing the line up to some extent. For one they are launching a new live action/possibly partially animated show called Aaron Stone. Also, they are going to be adding some of the older live action Disney Channel shows including Phil of the Future and Even Stevens. I like these old shows, but I am most excited to see that The Famous Jett Jackson is going to be on Disney XD. The channel will still have many of the cartoons they show now, but it will have more of the live action stuff and it will be having some of its own original programming, which is something I do not think Toon Disney ever had. Basically Disney has realized that the Disney Channel programming has become more towards the girly side and they are trying to counteract that with more of the so-called boy shows on Toon Disney. Not saying that boys do not like the stuff on Disney Channel or girls do not like the Toon Disney stuff, but rather there are different types of shows certain kids like and I imagine you can easily have a favorite between the two while perhaps still liking the other. Personally I think I will be changing my preference between the two from Disney Channel to Toon Disney.

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