Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150201074641/@comment-24152851-20150308161117

Also the other reply, (I'll get to the really long one from ages ago in due time).

I honestly don't know what they were aiming at with the cast. But considering most of the writers had nothing to do with the cast choice and had to work with what they had, I thought it was an okay job. No particularly major screw ups (other than Dave). Those 5 are also top of my TDPI rankings (along with Ella), they're the obvious choices on many people's lists. Although my love for Scarlett has dropped a bit, she used to be my second favorite character, but the poor execution of her antagonism has cost her a few places. Same for Sky, I started off quite liking her, but now I've sort of slipped into neutral for her. I was disgusted by what she did to Dave (even though I don't like him), and how hypocritical she was. I think you get how the whole "designated hero" thing applies to her now.

Shawn was a surprise to many. He comes off as possibly a character you'd find annoying, because of the zombie thing. But that takes up so little of his character, and he's more focused on development and depth. He's also one of the best cases of evoking emotion from the viewers in a long time. His balance between depth, development, and comic relief was done just right, and he's one of those characters who offers something to all kinds of fanbase (lovers of complexity and of the lols). The last character to ever achieve that was Lindsay, who's now going to waste.

Like I said, Lies Cries is where I officially started hating Chris. One too many times has he proven himself to be the major a**hole that he is. And what's really frustrating is the worse he treats the contestants, the more he's getting away with it. TDAS and TDPI are his lowest points, but he received no official punishment both times. Good thing he's not so popular anymore. Any of his fans that do exist, mainly do so because they ship him with Chef.

I have my doubts the word likability means anything to them. It's just a black-white morality, only with "good and bad" substituted with "boring and entertaining" and there's no gray inbetween. It would be a lot better that they automatically just bash characters for being nice (and by extension boring), and come up with some more well thought up reasons.

While I mostly agree on the list, there's a few characters I'd like to comment on. Katie and Sadie are disliked for other reasons, and not just for being nice. Personally I'm not fond of them myself, but it's more to do with them being annoying at times. I got a bit irritated by them in the first few TDI episodes where the BFFFL thing was taken to excessive levels, and done to the point of unrealism. I was a bit annoyed by the poison ivy thing in Not So Happy Campers where they had to go and sit in the water, before laughing at how they passed gas.

Also Trent, there's also more to him then niceness. His problem is pretty much the same reason why ROTI Zoey was disliked. He's a satellite character with very little individuality and purpose outside the relationship. I don't hate Trent, as I don't hate characters for being boring, but I have to admit he can be very uninteresting at times. ROTI Zoey is about 10x as interesting as he is.

Hope those opinions didn't offend you.

That's what we're here to find out. I would really like to know, why this crap was aloud to pass. I used to think there was some mandatory rule in the TV industry to check the final material, but apparently there doesn't seem to be so.

Right. Let's get this out of the way first. I can guarantee Wreckening is going to be one helluva handful, and is so massively big it might need to be addressed in parts.

Oh, you posted a thread for that? What did she answer? Well, if anything, at least Chris took no joy in seeing his promo bots get smashed up. Next time perhaps someone can punch him in the face for real. Maybe in the final season, they can make Chris into the seasonal pain magnet.

There's a theory in the fandom: Scarlett is actually near-sighted and couldn't see the screen properly. She only took her glasses off to appear intimidating, but she does need them. Don't know if that theory is true or not, but nonetheless still stupid. She should not be dumb enough to open the door. I expected her to at least say something like "show me the money first", before just waltzing over and compromising her safe house. I wouldn't mind seeing Scarlett return, as a proper antagonist, and not that single episode BS.

Yeah, we don't need a commentary in the middle of Shawn bashing up the zombies, or Sugar eating the bird. All they do is just narrate the scene, which Mr. Moronic Host could do anyway since it's his job. They probably were there just to fill time.

And a few other non-finales on top of that. If he messes up the RR finale, I will not hesitate in requesting he gets fired. One too many chances blown Mister. Just stick to voice acting, it's what you're actually good at and can pay the bills just the same.