Thread:Ttowen/@comment-1037137-20140814200637/@comment-24042891-20140821194159

After reading this, I've decided to jump in.

Yes, it is true that Pahkitew is WAAAY better than All-Stars anyday. God only knows why they decided to give 13/26 episodes of season five to the garbage that is TDAS. If TDPI were to get the full 26 episodes, it would've been an outstanding season! But, it does have its flaws like TDRI did, and many of the flaws are because of the small amount of episodes. As stated by many before, just look at TDI, TDA, and TDWT. Those seasons are adored by fans, mainly because of the length - which gives the writers more time to plot out more plots, sub-plots, epic scenes, interactions, etc. etc.

I wish that I could erase TDAS out of the series' continuity, but there is some stuff in there that, sadly, makes it a PERMANENT part of the series. There's the Gwuncan break-up which affects TDWT, the resetting of Mike's brain which affects TDRI, the Alejeather relationship which affects the main plot of TDWT, the EXPLOSION OF THE ISLAND which affects the whole series thus far, and then more.

My main reasons for hatred for the post-TDWT era of this show are:


 * The lengths of the seasons (13-episode seasons = poor writing)

*The poor continuity (Continuity is one of my favorite things to point out or watch in television shows. Heck, even the new SpongeBobs feature some sort of continuity. For example, SpongeBob mentions having the suds in one of the recent episodes.)

*The choices for the finalists (Though, Shawn vs Sky wasn't that bad of a finale choice, Lightning did not deserve to be a finalist or win the money in any country, and the Mike vs Zoey finale was pretty much done because the writers love these two bland characters. I think the writers were comparing this finale to TDWT's, and they thought that since most of us didn't rant about TDWT having a relationship finale, then we wouldn't mind it happening again. You know, Mike vs Zoey wouldn't really anger me at all, really, unless it was it was placed at the end of an already sh*tty season. Mike vs Zoey in TDRI would've been sort of acceptable, but not in TDAS. Especially since Mike himself hadn't played through a majority of the game.)

*Some of the choices for contestant stereotypes (This wasn't a problem with the original 29 contestants. But, starting with TDRI, I think the writers ran out of ideas for teenager stereotypes and started creating really whacky and extraordinary ones. These include Staci's, B's, Beardo's, Dawn's, Leonard's, Mike's, Rodney's, Scarlett's, Max's, Shawn's, and Ella's. Some of them are just copies of the original contestants' stereotypes, such as Jo's, Dakota's to some extent, Sam's to some extent, Sugar's to some extent, Zoey's, Lightning's, Cameron's, etc. And then, some of them are just outright rude and controversial, such as Mike's multiple personality disorder, Leonard's mis-portayal as a LARPer, Dave's germophobia (though, this wasn't really as rude as Mike's problem), and the mis-portrayal of Sam's love of gaming.)

*Some of the choices for contestants (Now, this is really just a copy of what I wrote above, but this rule really only applies to TDAS thus far. The return of characters like Sam, Sierra, and Mike were pointless. Sam was never an all-star to begin with, Sierra had debuted and competed in only one season while other contestants like Owen or Harold who've competed in three seasons could've taken the spotlight, and Mike was already deemed offensive by fans in TDRI so why bring him back? Lindsay's return was pointless, as she was eliminated in the very first episode and had no plotline at all. What really peevs me off is that characters like Beth, Harold, Owen, Brick, Bridgette, DJ, Leshawna, etc. did not return, when they could've easily filled the shoes of Lindsay, Sierra, Jo, Lightning, etc.)

*And, finally, the derailment (I'm not even getting into this. The biggest derailment to any contestant thus far is Ezekiel's. But we also have derailment to pretty much everybody who competed in TDAS. While the first four eliminated can slide, Heather and Alejandro decide to become soulmates, Cameron is dumbed down during the whole Mal plotline, Zoey is completely dumbed down and is more of a god-player then before, don't get me started on Mike and Mal, Duncan is dumbed down during the Mal plotline, don't get me started on Gwen and Courtney, Scott is now no longer a villain and is instead comic relief, and everybody on the Villainous Vultures has the worst villainous tactics of the whole series. That team is supposed to be completely overpowered, considering all of the greatest villains in TD history are on that team, and all of them have placed either fourth or higher before. Heather manipulated everyone through TDI, Alejandro did the same through TDWT but also womanized the females to get his way, Jo bossed people around, Lightning used his strength to his advantage, Duncan used to be a bully and a strong competitor, Courtney did the same as Jo and was one of the strongest contestants who never really used manipulation, Gwen was the strongest contestant to never use any antagonistic methods to further herself in the game, Scott threw challenges and was devious during TDRI, and Cameron used his brains to his advantage throughout TDRI.

Now we get to the Heroic Hamsters. Well, these guys aren't supposed to be as overpowered as the Vultures, but this team is full of heroic All-Stars who are supposed to fight their way to the end like they did in seasons past. WRONG! Lindsay is clueless during her only episode in the season, Sam is just comic relief and his only sign of his original self still being within him is during one little scene in "Food Fright," which also was his elimination episode, Sierra used to help her contestants through the game at least a little during TDWT and always gave slightly good advice, Zoey never godplayed this much and is still not the "Indie chick" she's supposed to be, and Mike...yeah, I'm done.)

So, as you can see, these are all reasons why the post-TDWT era of our favorite show sucks. I can't even compare this to the post-Hillenburg era of SpongeBob or the post-cancellation era of Family Guy, because (at least in my opinion) those shows are still likeable to some extent! This needs to be fixed now!