Thread:Fire Eater/@comment-31556666-20161019174252/@comment-1037137-20161020002748

It's a step up from just about everything to come after TDI. Yeah I know, people criticize TDI a lot for its own flaws these days and it's not necessarily the gold standard now, but I will still argue that TDI did a better job than its sequels. RR is easily the best season to come out of the show in an eternity, even though I still long for a proper return of the original cast that doesn't give us what their last few apearances have dealt us. The format is a welcome departure from what TD has been doing, and I may be in the minority but I do not miss those elimination ceremonies in RR. Those became worse and worse as time went on, between the sendoffs and the methods of elimination. And the character development is present, even though I still hold the original cast to be superior to each one that came after.

I don't really require a faster pace so much as I do effort and actual consistency and development to the stories being told. RR finally manages to do this without screwing that up. There's much less of an anger factor involved, for me Total Drama has developed a very bad habit of inviting negative feelings with what it constantly does to the characters. That darkness-induced apathy is pretty downplayed here.

You mean when the Best Friends elect the Surfer Dudes to come back? Yeah, I'm sure I won't be so crazy about that. The Best Friends suck in this season, Carrie and Devin could not be blander if they tried. They're just as bad as Zoey and Mike almost. I wouldn't bring them back for a while.

Junior and Dwayne are much better, as are the sisters Emma and Kitty. I'm also cool with Sanders and MacArthur, but they definitely not my favorites. Geoff is alright, Brody's really just kind of there. Josee and Jacques can be grating but they improve over time. Owen is not a complete waste here but I still refuse to be a fanboy over him. Noah is top notch, I don't even dislike his thing with Emma. The Goths are cool and the Rockers are hilarious.

It definitely does not make up for season five. No, Fresh has A LOT to make up for with All-Stars and this does not absolve them of that piece of crap. But finally they managed to turn out something legitimately good for a change.