Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20141008061648/@comment-1037137-20141011064928

I sometimes impress myself Mughees, I don't know how I do it either. Seriously.

Not a problem Stryzzar, it's not like I was in any rush, as eager as I was to hear what you had to say next. Hope that meeting went well.

Well again, I don't see myself becoming a Sugar fan, she sounds like the kind of character who's everything I hate. And being based off of Honey Boo Boo is never going to result in any creature I can ever sympathize with. I too am disgusted she lasted so long. Third place? Hell no, should've been launched to the Moon well before the halfway mark. Especially since she is as you implied, a Karma Houdini. Chris remains the ultimate one though, the guy really IS leaving the campers for dead and is physically and emotionally destroying them. And he always gets away with it now, he's doing things that put their lives in direct harm constantly now. How dare they play that as comedic. How DARE they. If he doesn't suffer in the sixth season if it comes someday, I am going to explode. He's now one of my most hated characters on the show. He's not a character I love to hate, he's a character I now genuinely hate. I cannot stand that this guy is getting away with things that can easily be amounted to attempted murder. If anyone should be getting tortured in this series, it's Chris McLean.

Yeah, Courtney, say what you will about her, but she's the character they like to screw over the most, and for no legitimate reason. They played her as a villain once, and it was not even done well and it was not even a move fans seemed to even support, so once should've been it. She was more of a true character in TDI than a walking temper tantrum, and has been hugely abused even when it was not called for. And they seem to fake us out every time with her bouncing back from her misguided ways only to blow it all up every time, and I seriously don't get why. It's like they have a vendetta against Courtney, and against Gwen, both girls have been getting destroyed by their own creators. Courtney's had it worse as of late though, while they took the side of a thoroughly confusing Gwen at TDAS' conclusion, Courtney was completely wrecked, and I just felt sympathy for how far her character has fallen. Gwen too, but lately I'm just p***ed off at her enduring foolishness and for also being a bad friend. She's not the girl I loved in TDI, heck neither of them are. And all I want is to see them develop into stronger and better people, I think lots of fans want that because they were well-liked in the earlier days. But they nuke it every time, I don't get why! And I am a big supporter of the Gwen and Courtney friendship, after an entire first season barely interacting I wanted to see them interact more in the later seasons. I like seeing new interactions between characters. And when they screw it up repeatedly like they did between these two and others like them, that's when I feel screwed over. And in this instance they've done it TWICE. And I am not going to let that go. That was the ultimate screwjob, what they pulled.

As you can see, I am fiercely opposed to the character derailments that have dragged these casts and the show down. It's not a point that can be ignored any longer, that lack of integrity and character development is causing a lot of harm to the series as a whole, I believe. Nobody likes seeing their old favorites sodomized by misguided writing.

Well I more or less consider Total Drama All-Stars to be the single most horrible and frustrating viewing experience I've ever had. I felt very betrayed by how the season ultimately ended, and now recognize all of the other BS that utterly mucked it up. Fresh and its partners at CN and Teletoon better make committed efforts to avoid a repeat of this, this series would not survive another disaster like that one. Another TDAS could finish off Total Drama.

TDAS needs to serve as a reminder of what they should not do in future seasons of Total Drama from now on. Every fundamental screwup to be avoided in a series, they made it in TDAS. This is how not to write your season.

TDPI is still not on for me until further notice. I don't think I've mustered up the patience for it just yet. I'll let you know though when that changes.

It's true, it seems if you hate one, you hate all three. Since they seem so intertwined as of late. Those three definitely could benefit from not being so closely associated, I'm afraid to say. Especially with Mike, who takes up too much of the plots of the other two. And they NEED to interact with more people, they absolutely need to expand their interactions beyond their own inner circle. Hate to admit it, but they are too close together for comfort. And as for Cameron, he easily had the best development of the three in Revenge of the Island, so there was no reason for that to be undone. He's not all bad. But sadly, the Trio has become pretty infamous among legions of fans lately. And something of a spotlight-stealing squad (TVTropes).

Well I don't know about the Bridgette parallels, there's more to Bridgette than just being an overall friendly person, and she has established abilities and traits beyond that while Zoey's come out of nowhere and they seemed to make up a lot of it as they furthered her along. But character parallels aside...............Yes, the season was painfully predictable, it became so obvious early on who was going to reach the finals, and the season was not even subtle about it. It became so obvious that they really wanted that Mike vs. Zoey finale and would got to any lengths to see that that was not interrupted, and it had a disastrous impact on the season and was hopelessly moronic and beyond forced. It's shameful to think they could get away with that with all the damage they gladly inflicted to have their way at the end. And it absolutely was not worth it, they can't possibly defend it as a worthwhile endeavor after the heat they received for it. Too many bad decisions and too many openly obvious mistakes. But yes, ROTI Zoey was the better Zoey, and I don't care what anyone says I loved Commando Zoey. I found that to be fun. Came out of nowhere yes, but I had a blast with it, I liked her tough talk and battle-ready looks. And that was supposed to resurface in the original script for TDAS............Errrrrh! They axed it. >_< But anyway, yeah the godplaying in TDAS was still complete nonsense, nobody in this show wins that much over one season without any effort at all. Which lends itself to the total lack of subtlety regarding the finale's ultimate outcome. And that's insulting to our intelligence, man.

I'm confident Zoey is going to return. Mike is extremely unlikely to make a full return, they'd catch Hell for it. But Zoey I think is going to return someday, and if she does, I want to see her redeemed and to become a truer and more developed character. But not as the hero next time. She cannot be the major focus again. That is a simply a big No-Go. The haters will be all over that too.

I made some bad choices and said some regrettable things in my past year here. Burned a lot of bridges and paid the price for it. I regret having done that and want to put it behind me. That incident included.

Somehow maybe, but bringing Mike back will generate a new firestorm. Whether it's for his lack of personality or for his potential offensiveness, it would set off a new wave of fury to bring him back. He has an army of haters. If they want to address the misguided implications of how he was handled in TDAS, then they're going to have to be real careful about it. A straight up apology is probably for the best.

Hell, I am still waiting for an apology for All-Stars altogether. That entire thing demands an explanation front and center.

Cory Doran's a fine voice actor, which makes it more regrettable that this is his contribution to the series, this lightning rod of controversy that is Mike. He didn't have to be such a train wreck, but making a disorder a character's sole defining trait and comedic gimmick clearly proved ill-advised and easily abused.

Which is what makes it such an evil and unacceptable episode. I still cannot believe this thing actually exists, how could they bring themselves to make this? They didn't stop to consider the backlash it would prompt? There is absolutely no justification or logic for this episode's existence at all. They rebuilt Courtney and brought back all her redeeming qualities, even gave her a stable (If VERY random) romance, rebuilt a friendship that quite a few fans myself included waited three years to see rebuilt.....And then they villify her just to torment her and get her out of the way? Absolutely unacceptable and dare I say, morally wrong. It's a vile piece of blackhearted writing.

Regarding Ed MacDonald and not doing his research on the series, can I let you in on some information regarding that Stryzzar?

IT'S TRUE. He did none.

I don't know man, but I also understand that the other studios had way too much of a hand in what went down during production, from the creative process to the production timetables. So the creators are partly to blame, but not entirely to blame. Still, foolish of anyone in there to have not stopped this episode or Booty-ful or Wreck-ening before any of those three aired. Somebody seriously should've stopped those episodes from airing.

The balloon scene is the stupidest and most uncalled for scene in the series, and the fact that we are not getting any answers on the well-being of our cast is downright insulting. I am serious, how dare they do that to us, sending us, sending them out on that note? Who for the love of God thought that this was anything close to funny?

In three simple words: DUDE, NOT FUNNY. (TVTropes)

I might remember seeing that some time ago, but have not revisited it. And yeah, that episode destroyed Cameron needlessly. And who knows, if Ed MacDonald had wrote it, Cam might've stayed even longer. Like with everyone else including poor Courtney, they just needed to make up an idiotic excuse to get him out of the way.

BTW, it was our best friend Terry McGurrin who wrote that little gem, Stryzzar. Just so you know.

Hating him for his design is a bit ridiculous. I agree. And yeah, he was clearly way beyond OOC in TDAS, which was the same for nearly everybody else involved. Kind of makes sense why our pal TDPIScarlett refuses to acknowledge that season in judging the characters, because it was a nightmare for everyone involved in it. But it does sound like some of the hate for Cameron is misplaced if what you tell me is true, as absolutely dreadful as he was in TDAS. He might as well have not been in that season at all, that's how useless an addition he was.

It was still full of so many kinds of unfortunate implications regarding cheating, unfaithfulness, the works, and yes, making out Duncan as the good guy and villifying the girls was just...........INSANITY. I mean all three deserve blame, but to paint Duncan as the good guy and to not punish him really sends the very wrong message. So I think the whole young couples lesson, something some exec at Teletoon wanted to put in, was lost once you crossed those lines that Duncan and Gwen did. And it destroyed the characters of everyone involved yet again. And yes, Babe Olympics? And people still question why I call him sexist! And yes, that is a part of the reason I hate Alejandro, but I direct most of my frustration at the season and the writers for just quashing those guys like that, I loved most of those guys. You do not disrespect our old favorites at our expense writers, you do not. Ever. Noah and Tyler did indeed shine here, but they were still cast aside for Duncan's sabotage of the season, the walking season killer. Not unlike future season killer Mike, who also needed excuse after excuse after excuse to get further into the game. And both instances were big slaps in the face to the fans of all the characters to fall victim to their hijacking of each respective season. No exaggeration.

Sierra has nothing on Izzy. I'm just gonna put that out there for now. Sorry.

She's based off of us. I'm flattered. >_<

There's the problem with Sierra! She has no INDIVIDUALITY. At all. That's why I don't like her!

Again, that was also sick and stupid. Nobody appreciated that imagery and it was at that point that it became clear that she was going to devolve even further in the season. Again writers, what the hell were you trying to accomplish by any of this?

If that's what the majority believes fine, but I will always hold it to be the most overrated piece of crap I've ever seen. I hate to be blunt and I don't mean to be rude, but I think that season, while starting off strong, turned out to be garbage. I think the cons outweigh the pros, and that's not about to change. I utterly despise Total Drama World Tour, it pulled so many stunts that were all kinds of wrong. And if it weren't for TDAS, I'd still be panning TDWT. I hate that season. If other people love it, fine. But that doesn't mean I understand why. I hate that season immensely. Decent first half, but an utterly inexcusable and misguided second half that I think is wrong to defend. And I do not see how it's positives outweigh its negatives. We might as well be fully honest with each other since we've hit upon this point. It is most definitely not better than TDI. I think it was an insulting season at the end of the day, and I'm still bitter about the low blows it pulled, so don't expect me to forgive it easy for the crap it pulled.