Thread:UnderdogFan28/@comment-4742462-20151204023419/@comment-4742462-20151209155300

@UnderdogFan28, That, or it's very possible that they didn't care considering that Pahkitew Island and All-Stars were produced simultaneously and have roughly the same amount of effort (next to none). Hate to bear the bad news, but apparently rumor is that Season 6 of Total Drama will be a mix of old and more NEW^ characters... In terms of characters being that stupid and deluded, I think we already have reached that point when the spinoff has two characters believing that komodo dragons can breath fire simply for having the word 'dragon' be a part of their species' name...

^When I say new characters, it currently hasn't been specified whether this means character who are 100% new in this universe or characters from the spinoff coming over to compete on Total Drama. Hopefully it is the latter as there are already far too many characters and a good number of the recent ones are essentially nothing more than bargain bin knockoffs of already existing ones (Taylor=Amy, Stephanie=Leshawna & Action Courtney, Brody=Geoff, Stepbrothers=Amy & Samey, Adversity Twins=Cameron, etc.).

If you go back and read some of the blogs from when the season was airing, you'll see that the Haters were quite liked (or at the very least Base Breakers/borderline Scrappies especially after Lord of the Ring Toss) which is a little opposite of how they're viewed elsewhere.

Not only did the writers forget about them for a few episodes, but they also had to blatantly cheat in order for them to make it as far as 11th place considering that you rarely saw them actually doing the challenges and simply cut to them reaching the Chill Zone because it's pretty obvious that they knew a team like them (100% pure fodder) should've been one of the first three or five teams eliminated (especially since they did nothing for 90% of their time except argue and try to rip each other's throats out). I refer to them as the Step(r-word)s because of their jaw-dropping stupidity especially in Down and Outback that would give other blatantly stupid characters like Peter Griffin or Stan Smith a run for their money.

The stages of grief plot (which they padded because it's normally five stages, not seven) was the point where Carrie turned herself into a lost cause because of her manipulating Devin's feelings for her own selfish needs only to (briefly) abandon them at the worst possible moment as well as showing that Kristin Fairlie was put to complete and utter waste in this thing. As far as I know, I'm properly the only person who dislikes/hates Carrie more than Devin (who was also complete crap, but still).

When I say that I hate a team, that doesn't mean that I hate both characters (although in the case of the spinoff, I do hate both characters in most of the teams that I hated) but rather might like one only for the other to completely drag it down with how awful they are. I've already said before that I like Sanders & Kelly. And while we might disagree on MacArthur, I think it's safe to assume that we agree on Taylor being awful?

Dwayne does have his share of fans, but Junior is definitely the more popular of the two because a lot of people latch onto how the former often puts his foot in his mouth with the stuff he says. Junior was good because he's the youngest contestant in the race, yet ten times more mature than at least half of the other characters in it. And part of why I like Dwayne is because I like the VA they got for him (Neil Crone). Yeah, outside of Dwayne's tattoo they did leave with their dignities intact but I still would've liked to see them last a little longer (possibly as far as the Final 5). On my rankings, Father & Son are my 2nd favorite team behind the Goths.

Actually, the topic of the Goths' elimination is more of a Broken Base topic than an unpopular opinion depending on how you view it. Of course, I'm on the side who goes 'that was terrible!' (though it's not the worst of the eliminations that I hated in the spinoff) and quite a few people that I've talked to (even ones who didn't really have a problem with it) said that they either wished that they were still in the game or they began liking the show less after they were eliminated. And truth be told, I honestly wanted them gone for at least a week by that point because while they were great the entire time (I probably should've mentioned that earlier) and pretty much the only thing left for me to like in this thing, it didn't feel like it was even worth having them around anymore considering that the little focus they got that week plus everything else by this point was either boring, bad, or both. And yet they screwed up my desire to see them booted by having their elimination (despite leaving with their dignities) be poorly contrived and worth getting upset over!

You mentioned Zimbabwe, New Beijinging and Lord of the Ring Toss earlier. What are your thoughts on those episodes? I take it you don't like them?