Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150201074641/@comment-1037137-20150210024236

You'll either love it or have severely mixed feelings about it like I do. I really do not think it is as good as the original series, a lot of the new elements do nothing for me, and the first two seasons are true love it/hate it deals among the larger fandom while the latter two are generally well-received, with the third season being unquestionably the best received, an opinion I also agree with at current. Yes, I think in some ways it is overrated, I don't care for the modern touches to the world and the storytelling depending on what season you are watching isn't always as solid as that of Avatar. But the show definitely has its moments that are faithful to the spirit of Avatar. But that's a judgement I'll let you make for yourself when the time comes. You can easily find it online if you're able to track them down. That's how I've been catching up with the series over the past few months.

Okay, not amazing, but decent. That I can buy, because I really don't get the sense that it is much to make a lot of hype about and it absolutely does not save the series. But if people think it was an improvement and was overall a decent watch, then I can buy that until I see it properly. Seriously though, no more flukes, no more lulls in the decline of the show's quality, let's see a definite end to that downward trend so we see more seasons more faithful to Island and absolutely committed to avoiding another All-Stars. When Total Drama returns in the future after Ridonculous Race, I expect to see improvement, because it's time for the nonsense ongoing from Action to All-Stars to end. I'm not looking for perfection, but I expect and demand to see effort and a return of its former appeal when it comes back.

My sister loved the movie. I'll try to track it down and give it a viewing, I really should have watched it by now, you're absolutely right.

Yup. But maybe you shouldn't get too hyped, apparently Jupiter Ascending has been raking in less than enthusiastic reviews, finished third place this opening weekend.

Enigma?

My sister also watched and spoke highly of Death Note, which I haven't taken enough time to check out properly, but I really should. I really appreciate animes like this where the animation has some much life and intensity to it. Attack on Titan is one of them, I gotta give it a serious watch soon, especially since the English dub is now available I think. I really hope we get more of it down the road because I think I could really enjoy this anime. I already enjoy the awesome AMVs made of it on YouTube.

I think you'll enjoy a great many of his videos, he just makes so much sense as a critic. It may be his opinions, but he really knows how to identify the gems from the clunkers, and his passion for animation definitely lends itself to the insight he offers. We need more guys like Mr. Enter, he's already becoming a major hit on YouTube. His channel's become massively popular in the past year and a half.

You really think so? You think the Cannon of Shame could've killed these guys? How so? I believe you, but explain to me what you mean. In the few clips I actually have watched of the show, it didn't seem too drastically different from the Hurl of Shame.

I disliked the Drop of Shame too, I do not find the dropping without a parachute jokes funny. See guys like me care about the cast and don't care to see them have so many brushes with death as a joke, because this show has too often made it too close for comfort, and to make it more unsettling seems to play it totally straight in some cases, and you know which instances I'm talking about. It's not funny, the Drop may make sense but it's not funny. But yes, they did get parachutes I guess, cool for those that they actually worked for.

I hate the Flush of Shame because not only is it gross and over-the-top, but I do not like the thought or image of the campers potentially drowning in a massive network of pipes literally sending them to different parts of the globe and literally treating them like crap. That's the last image we get of the contestants when they leave All-Stars? That's adding insult to injury. And they were hellbent on making those especially devoid of dignity. I just got a reply from Ms. Giles on my thread saying that maybe she would ask a staff member about my question. Glad the comments made in response to my thread didn't distract too much. I want them to know it was not a funny gag.

Please do, you have any points you want to bring up or feel one of us should bring up, feel free to let me know. Or anything you think I might feel compelled to ask or take interest in. Ultimately my goal is to tackle the more toxic and misguided elements of the series.

Trust me, you won't appreciate the threads it leaves you hanging on when it's the final episode of the series. It's just needlessly confusing and above all, anticlimactic and pointless.

Really? Wow. Didn't know all that.

Yes, it's a complete sellout for crap, bottom-of-the-barrel comedy using a popular series as its platform, and I can't tell you how much that disgusts me. It's all a scam, anybody can see what a massive ploy it truly is. I mean I'd go ballistic if anyone ever tried to do that to Avatar or any other show so many people feel for, and this obvious scheme was an instant turnoff to countless people who saw the original series. They're just taking advantage of something people loved to pander down to the kids, all while encouraging comedy suited only for the lowest common denominator, I mean I pity kids who are constantly being suckered in by this crap. I feel bad for them that this is what the networks want to feed them. Yeah Johnny Test should've bowed out years ago, the only reason it's still on is because it's cheap to produce. Not even its actual fans care much for Johnny Test himself, apparently. Shows centered on Scrappies usually don't work out for the best. And yes..........They went there. Bathrooms are aliens. And last week's episode treated us to the delightful image of all the Titans bloated from overeating with Starfire's nine stomachs showing prominently.......And if that new knowledge pisses you off, I apologize for that. Clearly this show runs on an illegal substance we aren't even aware exists.

Same here, I totally get where you're coming from.

I hope so man, I really do. Raven is too good to be starring in this kiddie crap, being the complex masterpiece she is, a character all of us admire the most among all the Titans. Her impact and popularity have been huge and requires no explanation, and I want more of the 2003 Teen Titans Raven to be the Raven we see in any new materials or spinoffs to come out in the future. But not in TTG!, where she is woefully underused and just used for brony jokes. (Even as a brony, I think that's also a sad ploy) Raven deserves to shine as she did in Teen Titans, all of them do but she is just such a damn good character that naturally, she's perhaps the one we both feel the hardest for on that count. Probably countless others too, she was the one we were probably the most fascinated by in the original show. Hopefully its enduring popularity will ensure the arrival of a superior followup or series someday soon, one that isn't so quick to surrender to a desperate ratings grab scheme. Teen Titans may have ended abruptly, but that just lent itself to the massively loyal following it still has, and TTG! probably only encouraged people to ask for something better, to have the followup such a great show really deserves. I hope sooner or later somebody will finally recognize the potential the show still has, in its proper form. Just like with Total Drama, I know Teen Titans can do and deserves much better.