User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All-Stars Was The Worst Season Yet/@comment-1037137-20131206181527/@comment-1037137-20131207100031

Uggh, I didn't even bother with The Bold and the Booty-ful. Sunday Muddy Sundae ensured I'd never be able to sit through that and enjoy it, it was the spirit crusher. Yeah, SMS pretty much unraveled this entire deal. And from what I have heard and read, Booty-ful was a complete mess. You know a show is desperate when it is resorted to poop humor and such. Fart humor is one thing, but that's really pushing it.

The Obsta-Kill Kourse was a sloppy episode chock full of contrivances and inconsistencies. I consider it passable, but not good. And a lot of those events really did feel forced. I like the bonding the girls were doing, but this was handled badly as they were sowing unnecessary conflict and distrust among the three remaining girls and with Scott. It was nothing short of forced. And yeah, Gwen x Cameron.........I doubt that's a true thing between them. But everyone knew Courtney and Cam were not close, so that conflict was ridiculous. It wasn't even what got her canned in the end, so that was a waste of time.

I would like that too if there is another All-Star season, especially Dawn and Brick. I would also like to see Bridgette, Geoff, Trent, Eva, Noah, Tyler, and some of the others. I didn't even really like a handful of the people they brought back in this season. There were better ones from both TDI and TDROTI to choose from.

I know, I don't mind some of these constantly returning characters, but I am extremely frustrated that they are not developing them meaningfully when they do bring them back. They just keep screwing around with them and in some cases, making them even worse. They can't seem to keep these characters consistent or likable every time they come back for another run. They stay consistent in their first run, but in their subsequent appearances, they are either used lazily, eliminated early, or made to be insufferably annoying or unlikable. I don't get why they can't keep their characters consistent or develop them meaningfully. Their development right now is in the negative, not the positive.

I'm just angry that Courtney was used so badly again after all of that positive development and that Gwen didn't come off as being that much better. And I have to be honest, this season made me hate Sierra more, since Cody is literally her own character trait. Mike and Zoey, while I enjoy them a lot, were not used effectively, this much I have to concede. The Mal plot? What a waste of time. They didn't even try to take advantage of that. And while I like Zoey, I know she's a polarizing character. They could've fixed that this season, but obviously they failed on that count. Again, the character development sinks this whole season, and for an All-Star season it's a pretty pathetic execution, isn't it?

Scott I never really liked, even if he didn't cause much trouble this time. Would've been cool if Jo and Lindsay had lasted longer. And poor Heather, going down in such an inglorious manner.

I'm just angry that this crew can't be bothered to give these characters the meaningful development and redemption most of them still need. All-Stars really didn't improve things much at all. Abandoning entire subplots after so much development and failing to take advantage of obviously great opportunities for a more exciting story. The last few episodes were absolutely crass and barely thought out, and other episodes before them like Moon Madness and Regatta also tank hard for the same reasons. This season was a total mess, and the very small handful of good episodes were overshadowed by the utter failures of the overall season.