Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20141228235252/@comment-1037137-20150107042116

Talk about a complete lack of priority. If you have to screw your characters to get your drama, then clearly the focus is going to the wrong place. That's NOT how drama is supposed to work, and anyone with an inkling of an understanding of how it works would know that. Where are these people learning to do drama? TDAS is symbolic of how badly it's gotten to be abused as the main aim of the show. All other elements? Completely neglected. And yeah, the originals had the best development before they started to piss all over all of that. Why would you want your characters going in reverse? The mindset behind their approach defies all common sense. The show really needs to get serious about its characterizations again, either by keeping everyone consistent, and/or ensuring a strong appeal of every character no matter how many you create. And the newer casts do indeed have quite a few duds.

Olaf was comic relief done right. And he doesn't do it to a point where he steals screentime from the others. He serves his intended role perfectly and is genuinely funny and likable. He flows with the mood of the film perfectly, and his connection to the main characters really does hold a lot of meaning when you think about it. Olaf is just brilliantly crafted as a true character, not simply comic relief. Jar Jar on the other hand was trying way too hard to talk down to and pander to younger audiences, and  that came at the cost of breaking the tone of the film constantly. And beyond leading them to the Gungan City, he has no purpose in the movie or the films that came after. Jar Jar was a one-note character, and is as clumsily crafted as he is clumsy onscreen. Lightning is also agonizingly one-note, save for a few moments he's one of the most forgettable characters introduced yet. Or at least, he should be.

I've heard it from several reliable sources, so I have every reason to believe it's really as chaotic as the dead-on-arrival screenplay would have you believe. No way something like this was not borne out of what was under the surface, a nightmarishly disorganized and downright callous working ethic where nobody was on the same page and the wrong people were in charge making the wrong calls. TDPI may not have made the same mistake, but TDAS bears all the signs of it. Stryzzar, I think I can definitely say with relative safety that there is a communication problem that plays a part in the mess we so often see from Fresh.

Well four writers ought to have had something airtight........Well, if one of them wasn't some newbie who had a bad reputation, anyway. And if the others were actually recognized as some of the better writers of the show.

I think it would be extremely wise to ignore TDAS, almost nothing in there is worth acknowledging and it got an even worse reception than TDA, it made TDA look like a good season in comparison. Yeah, Gwen is such a sad and pathetic mess that the fandom really is turning against her now, she is too easy to mock for her highly inconsistent and downright unlikable portrayal in TDAS, it's obvious they've officially gone too far in their abusive overuse of her character. Gwuncan still has a lot of loyal followers it seems, to be totally honest, I'm not sure how much favor it has lost but the enthusiasm for that alleged top fan favorite pairing at least seems to have waned considerably, maybe.

Got that right, that's the only plausible explanation and it's never been elaborated on by official sources at all. And it demands an explanation given that drastic shift in personality, which is blatantly inconsistent with his TDAS profile posted on the Fresh website. "More dangerous than ever"? Blatant Lies. Must've been written before they scrapped the original script, where Scott would've been the main villain again. Scourtney is just an idiotic idea, a crackship taken too seriously, and I wish I knew how that came about in the actual canon.

Yeah good point, Gwen barely qualifies as Goth now and she used to be one of the most awesome Goth Girls. If you know me, you know I enjoy Goth Girl types. And Gwen has sadly fallen out of that category.

Perhaps not. You could be right. Ironically enough, I finally watched the Book 3 finale last night after putting it off for months............It was much better than I ever imagined. So Book 3 really wasn't all that bad, it is considered the strongest of the four seasons.

But those really were big turnoffs to it for me, yeah. Tampering with the old look of this world is what really triggered my disdain for it. I hated how much they messed with. Some old locales still look the same, but I still could've done without nonsense like Republic City, a location I hate. That modern look does not belong. Also, cars in the Southern Water Tribe, in the South Pole? Now you're really testing my suspension of disbelief. In our world, that's next to impossible with the harshness of the climate down there.

I guess you could say that. XD It was a new approach for a series that until then had been strictly World War II shooters. Unfortunately a lot of stuff is scripted which you may have to develop a tolerance for, but the action and tension are pretty cool and the story really moves along, so that may help balance it out somewhat, or not. You'll have to see what that does for you when you give it a go.

Please do, COD 2 will be worth the try, trust me.

Exactly, and I really hope more games pursue that kind of non-linearity that makes the game and its world feel all the more real. It adds a badly needed dimension to the gameplay that goes a long way when done right.

You're welcome, expect some feedback on it sometime this month, I hope I can bring you good news after I've played some of it.