Thread:Fire Eater/@comment-1037137-20140121052431/@comment-1037137-20140205154228

Warn those five-year olds of the apocalypse that is forthcoming. This is not even a show I don't think is suitable for most five-year olds. Especially with its worsening mean-spirited overtones, which are no longer funny as it kind of was in TDI; just crass and cruel.

And why was Episode 6 your breaking point?

I'm sick of the constant ranting and ravings about them. And it does extend to Cameron to a lesser extent. I'm sick of it, I'm aggravated by it, and I think it's a showcase for how truly unsportsmanlike and how outrageous any fandom can get. Is that the impression we want people to get of us, of newcomers to get of us? You tell me.

I'm on the side that likes those three, even with their own problems and shortcomings fully acknowledged in my own criticisms of the series. I don't think anybody should be losing sleep over that if they have followings.

The screenhogs are constantly being made to look absolutely terrible or misused, and even when they finally seem to be getting their acts together or have something promising going for them, what does Fresh do? They blow it all out of the water for pathetic and ill-conceived drama that amounts to nothing but frustration for many. These were popular characters and that studio seems committed to making them as unlikable as possible. And that's what infuriates me. If you're going to keep bringing them back, treat them with some damn dignity and be mindful that most viewers of any show do not appreciate their favorites being brought to such lows. It just makes us all bitter when we see characters we loyally followed or developed a connection to made to act in a way that's just loathsome. And all the characters from both casts who have been constantly shafted, forgotten about, eliminated early, or made into the show's equivalent of Jar Jar BInks (Feral Zeke), these people forget that they DO have loads of potential that has yet to be unlocked, could all be golden opportunities for new and engaging stories, and that like the screenhogs they DO have fans. And to treat them as expendable is appalling. It's like they completely forgot the point of what an Ensemble Cast is. Almost all of these characters had followings in their respective debut seasons, and yet blatant favoritism undermines the majority of them and for the characters they love to use the most, they sure treat them like pure crap. So in the end, who gives a damn about the money. In the end, nobody wins.