Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20141008061648/@comment-24152851-20141008234635

Hey Fire Eater. Np, any time. Sorry I didn't answer to the other reply you left, I had to go home and then I forgot about it. I've taken quite a liking to you. You base all of your arguments around a lot of logic and reasoning, and you’re really passionate about what you strongly believe in. Plus a fair share of out character preferences are the same. Although I noticed you don't seem to be fond of antagonists other than Heather and Courtney (which is fine).

I really do understand how you feel, I've been through it all (as many fans have). Though after being refreshed by TDPI it's a little easier to brush the atrocity that is TDAS just a bit to the side (it's still there, and it still sucks. But Total Drama no longer has to be all offensive). I think one of the reasons your still feel such a huge urge to rage at the series is your mind is still fresh from TDAS (very strong association that's left in your mind). With TDPI it's allowed a lot of fans to clear their minds a bit and recollect that there once was a time where Total Drama was not so horrible, which is why I feel watching it might help. Though that by all means does not undo the wrongs that Fresh has done, and they still have a lot to answer for.

Also really nice to see someone who is a fan of Zoey, without being ignorant of everything that's wrong with her. Correct me if I'm wrong but you like her as a character, but not the crap that was done with her character, right? Well some good news, the character of Samey in TDPI is arguably Zoey done correctly. I think you'll like her (I've seen very few haters, and she's already an ensemble darkhorse).

Important issues for me? Well I'm with, a lot of people are: clarifying all of the unfinished/incomplete plots and characterizations that the original cast left behind. The series really needs to establish what is happening with many characters, who seem to have half their plots cut off, and it’s very unclear where a lot of them currently stand (and I'm talking about pre-TDAS): What's going on with Harold and Leshawna? Are Owen and Izzy still apart? Where do Jo and Lightning stand?

Then of course there’s the gazillion issues that have sprung up from TDAS. Most of those have been done to death already, but the most pressing issue of all is the Mike (followed by Zoey, Cameron, and a fair share of the derailed cast).

I know everyone says that Mike shouldn’t ever return, and they have every right to think that. But one tremendous problem is that, Mike has already gone on screen and done his offensive dance. And now he's firmly implanted in the minds of kids all around the world that "you can cure a mental disease at the touch of a button". That's been done, and not bringing back Mike won't change that. Kids need to be taught the truth, and only the "role model" that made the mess in the first place can do that. How I feel, Mike should return at least one last time, and show that what happened in the Final Wrack-ening was a lie, and that he still has a disorder and the button did not do anything. After that I don't care what happens to him, he never has to return. I'm going to be discussing that in detail in a blog soon (probably in a month or so, after my exams finish), where you get to hear me rant about Mike.

Yeah, for me The Bold and the Bootyful (god, even the name is stupid), is hands down the worst episode in the entire series, closely followed by the finale. It was one big giant mess from start to end: In fact it was so impossibly terrible, it felt like they were intentionally trying to be bad.
 * Stupidest challenge ever.
 * Poorly written plot (or lack of it thereof), as every character went off and did their own stupid thing and didn't even compete against each other.
 * The worst choice of final four.
 * Mal was even worse than usual (as hard as it is to believe), as he spends the whole episode running around trying to club people or dropping things on them.
 * It was so obvious that Mike and Zoey were going to win, so Gwen and Scott were made dumber.
 * The laziest double elimination ever. As it had no justification as to why it was there, and point at all except to ensure that stupid couples finale.
 * WTF was that garbage with the bear s***?

For me it was 10x as worse as Bloody Sundae. It at least had a tolerable-ish challenge (which would've probably been fine in a different season), and had some to a degree plot (even if it was still poorly written). Though Courtney's derailment (or should I say Satanization), and being dumbed down was so bloody ridiculous. It even made Courtney haters get enraged by the episode. As for the Final Crack-ening, the first 5-ish minutes of the episode gave the illusion that it was going to not suck (with picking the weapons, Mr. Coconut, and the possibility of brining all the cast back - oh how much betrayal that was), but of course we all know what happened afterwards. Nonetheless a tolerable first 5 minutes did earn it a placing just above worst episode of all time for me.

If we were to lay out the 4 worst TDAS episodes, for me the other place goes to Zeek and ye shall find, which was another great big WTF episode: Dumb challenge, derailment goes sky high, first episode in a long consecutive series where Mal is a Villain Stu, bringing back the character who no one even cares about, and after houdining Cameron through the season twice they then give him the worst elimination possible. I feel so sorry for Kevin Duhaney for having to read that crap out.