Thread:Greenhatdigital/@comment-5928665-20140508232746

Hey, Julie.

I have to say that I'm not sure I like the direction the show is heading as far as the constant new casts go. People keep bringing up "Survivor" in defense of this but this isn't a reality show. It's an animated series and, as far as I'm concerned, the reality show setting is merely an excuse to have a bunch of wacky characters interact with each other. It should play no more of a role than that.

I've heard you mention there will be more new characters after TDPI. I feel this is a mistake. By now, the show has about 50 characters and I really don't think it needs anymore. You'll just end up with a bunch of flat, one-dimensional characters who never amount to anything. Most of the TDROTI cast is still undeveloped and the TDPI cast will suffer the same fate if you dump them after only one season. Fresh did a job at developing most of the original TDI characters. Even characters like Justin and Tyler, who were eliminated extremely early in Season 1, got the chance to develop more in subsequent seasons. As long as new casts keep debuting, that will never happen again.

If you want to introduce new characters, I recommend that Fresh goes back to what they did with TDWT and only introduce about two characters with an already existing cast. Sierra and Alejandro actually were able to develop as characters as a result of this. Constant batches of new 13 characters are too overwhelming and are beginning to lead to some silly, unrealistic stereotypes (such as Leonard the wizard). 