Thread:Greenhatdigital/@comment-24285373-20140629141633

Hello Julie. I would just like to say that even though it does not trump TDI in terms of quality, TDPI is without a doubt a MAJOR jump up from TDAS.

With that being said, it still had it's flaws:

1. the finale was a huge disappointment compared to the rest of the season, I will discuss you the reasons why with you on FB later on due to this wiki's strict anti-spoiler policy for the season.

2. And this one I can talk about on here is about the first character eliminated. I am not mentioning his/her name but I am pretty sure you know I am referring to. For this character I have noticed that he/she shares a similar major issue with the first character that was booted out in the last season that introduced a new cast, Staci, in the fact that they both have traits that would severely hinder their chances of development to the point where the might as well be considered "elimination-fodder" in the fact that they were designed solely to have an easy first boot-out in every new cast-introducing season and have almost no chances to return  to compete in future seasons, and I am really hoping that this trend doesn't continue. While some may say otherwise, I do not believe in the slightest that Ezekiel also shares this trait in the fact that he actually had a lot of potential to develope greatly just like a lot of the other original castmembers, (before being turned feral, and becoming the subject of a very unfunny running gag, but that is a completely different issue that has already been discussed countless times already).

And now for the questions:

1. What caused Chris to become a huge sadist? Throughout the series, it is obvious that Chris becomes more uncaring and cruel with every passing season; from giving the contestants an occasional hard time while caring for their well-being to an extent and making the challenges less dangerous when the legal system says he is going to far in TDI, to making the challenge in the TDAS finale so dangerous and brutal that it was an almost guarantee that a contestant would die, if not severely injured, and to top it off he outright lies to the shows lawyers when they objected to it and goes through with it anyways. I know that Christian Potenza said in an interview that something occured in his earlier life that made him that way and I would like to know if the higher-ups could further elaborate on that event.

2/3. Did Chef fight in the Vietnam War? And if that is true was he originally from another country? Chef's military background is shown on a semi-regular basis in the series and in a scene in "Basic Straining" he mentioned going into a jungle while discussing the war to Chris. He also appears to be around the age of of a person who was a young adult from that time, further implying it. And the question about him being from another country is because Canada had very little-to-no involvement in that war.

4. Since, as of TDPI, there have been a total of 52 contestants on the show. Because of that has the company considered releasing a limited edition set of Total Drama themed playing cards? They could feature Chris and Chef on the cards explaining the rules, one the 52 contestants on each of the main cards, and Mr. Coconut on the joker cards.

Thank you very much for your time. :) 