User blog comment:BatmanBaleLover/TDRI vs. TDAS: which one is better ?/@comment-4749365-20140719112146

I think I'm the only one who thought RotI didn't use the radioactive concept more. Everyone else says it was underused. Meh, I only prefer all-stars from episodes 1-6 as 7 was when Mal showed up prominently and kinda dragged the season down. However, I recently rewatched RotI (as I rewatch all the episodes before a season but couldn't bear to watch the second half of All-Stars by the time Pahkitew arrived) and found it better than AS due to Jo, Brick, Anne Maria, and Dawn. However, Dakota fans, I still don't see the development she received other than liking Sam which is a typical social class romance in soap-operas. Can someone elaborate please ? Rewatching that season also made me realize the blandness that is Mike and Zoey, but Cameron was tolerable in his interactions with Jo.

AS seriouly got rid of two of the season's greatest contestants - Heather and Lindsay - too early. Gwen shouldn't care about being Courtney's friend, Duncan gained a little redemption by not acting like a punk all the time and expanding on the barely touched sweet side shown briefly in TDI/TDA and his interaction with Jo and Zoey, minor as they were, were pretty well. Courtney began redeeming herself until SMS arrived. The one thing I wanted in an all-star finale on a hero vs villain theme was a hero, villain, first gen, and second gen final two. The most obvious choices that fit those criteria would be Lindsay and Scott but if you wanted to expand and twist it then Gwen vs Mike would be better (a hero on the villain's team and a villain (Mal) in a *debatable* hero.)

Anyway, I'm done ranting I choose RotI as that season, as bad is it was, saved the TD series for at least one more 26-episode season due to its high ratings in the world. Plus, AS is dead to me post-episode six. The island sunk and they couldbt finish the season, Chris voided their contracts and found other victims.