Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150201074641/@comment-1037137-20150307221242

First Installment (Still) Wins.

Yeah, this was nowhere near as splendidly crafted as that, there was so many things in it that dragged down and held back the good elements, with a forgettable cast to match. I wish there were more characters in it as appealing as the five I mentioned, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, Sammy, and Scarlett. That really plays against it that that's only five who are truly fleshed out or likable. And not limited to a gimmick. Yeah, Shawn's a surprisingly balanced character, I was impressed with him. If only the balance achieved with him was a priority for every single character, old and new. Then we many not have the mess we have now. And the finale thankfully did not ruin Sky for me.

And that's all on top of his actions in The Final Weck-ening! WTF? I mean they just went out of control with Chris, 90% of his dialogue was implying or hoping that these contestants would die. And he gets virtually no karma for any of it at any point. That is absolutely unacceptable. Chris should not still be as popular as he seems to still be and he's the character most in need of some damning punishment. I intend to address the matter with Chris later, because he was absolutely relentless here. He made the season extremely frustrating, and I intend to tell them that very soon.

Exactly. I don't know where such people get off saying everyone else is a fool for liking such types. And what they call boring may not be somebody else's boring. Maybe likability doesn't mean much to them, but means something to others. Everyone's free to love who they love, and those who like these kinds of characters should not be made a pariah over it. I mean everyone likes Lindsay and Ella, even those who hound people over the 'nice types' even though they are "nice types", so if someone like Katie or Sadie, Trent, Bridgette, Dawn, or whoever else has been labeled such get some love from more than a few people...........What the hell kind of crime has been committed? What are the charges? Has any harm been done in liking "nice guys"? They shouldn't seek a reason to mock people for a reason as shallow as that. And if that's their game, then just pay them no mind. A suppression of expression is just wrong no matter how you cut and slice it. Especially when such expression happens to be totally harmless.

Who knows, you're right. But those who did work on it, who had a hand in the decisions made and the things written, they do need to be held responsible and if the honest work of other writers is being undermined by them, then action should be taken to stop that. The TDAS staff need a bracing review of their methods and priorities.

Yes, I know a few cases where that is true.

Oh God yes, you better believe Wretch-ening is high on my list of priority targets, bro. That thing and what happened within need to be blasted outright.

I will greatly appreciate any you elect to offer. I probably will need it.

Precisely, that's what is making him genuinely loathsome. I don't like the writers painting the illusion that he's untouchable just because he's the host, NO. As I flat out stated on a thread concerning this on Julie's wall a few months ago, "Nobody likes a Karma Houdini". I really wish smashing up those robots even began the enormous payback needed to answer for all of Chris' horse****. He's worse than Duncan. Easily.

Seemed to cost an episode everyone seemed to adore a good few points with that bit. RED EYES, she wasn't tipped off by that? That's about as stupid as nobody recognizing Mal. Almost, anyway.

Exactly. Way too much exposition for these challenges that take too long to get through, most of it courtesy of Chris, and too many interruptions for a joke or comment by the contestants, not all of which are really that funny or are simply excessive. In some episodes it felt like they were doing that to fill the running time. We come for the challenges, show us the CHALLENGES. The confessionals are supposed to be more intermitten, not the actual headliner.

Yeah I have absolutely no problem saying that Mr. Terry McGurrin CANNOT and SHOULD NOT write this show's finales. That man is responsible for some of the most loathsome and divisive episodes in the series. Including two of the three that are arguably the worse of the whole show, so investing that kind of trust in him with finales is to me, an unwise move.