User blog comment:The Flaming Sword of Fury/Are We Seriously Still Doing This?/@comment-1037137-20141108010730/@comment-1037137-20141108194549

@Ellafan4evr

Well, maybe that's not a season I'm particularly interested in right now, okay? I have my reasons and I'm entitled to them, I'll see it later. And it's not to be used as some sort of excuse for their past failings with both the first and second generation casts, which are mistakes that have proven severe. They shouldn't keep cheating us out of a good experience with those guys. And what guarantee do yo think there is that the third generation wouldn't be similarly meddled with later if the concerns are not raised? Consider that, because you see how bad their treatment of returning casts got and even TDPI wasn't invulnerable to this. But that's a season I intent to remain neutral on.

I didn't watch it five months ago because I had no confidence in them after TDAS. I didn't feel obliged to give them anymore of my time after that offensive mess. And I simply don't have the desire or drive to watch it yet at this point. I am fully aware that most people liked it. But if I'm not up for it, I'm not up for it. I watch it when I watch it, and I just don't feel up to it right now.

Funny you should bring that up, after TDWT I nearly did pass on ROTI. I was not among those who liked that season, as most of you know. And I went into ROTI expecting the worst. I consider it very fortunate that I enjoyed it as much as I had. Though from what I've seen in the time since, it is not a very well-liked season. I don't know what more to say of that.

Again I don't expect perfection, but I expect to see effort. And I expect them to work harder not to insult our intelligence or to offend our enjoyment of aspects of the show as some of their seasons have done in the past, okay?

@TDPIScarlett

And I would hope that you are right about that. I have no problem saying that I do not want to acknowledge this in the canon. It has no purpose being canon, so I hope it gets "disowned" in a similar fashion to TDA. TDA was not nearly as painful an experience and I can rewatch that one without losing too much of my patience. It's considerably more watchable, gotta give it at least that.

Perhaps it was, I cannot say at this time. But I have to still inquire about the present work ethic in there for one half to be good and the other half to be as bad as it was. I just want to know why that came about. Because you should never undertake a project (TDAS) you can't be bothered to do well, you know what I heard the other night that sums that up so well?

"Either do it right, or don't do it at all."

Those are not my words, but I think that sums it up almost perfectly.

@Codyfan12

I'm not about to get into a "Are you a true fan?" debate, okay? That's not for anybody to decide of others, not of myself or anybody else in the fandom or any other fandom. No messy business, just agree to disagree if you're not particularly agreeable with how I express myself as a fan.

I have my own feelings and reasons for that, and you know them already, I just lack the drive to do it for the time being. The parts I have seen weren't all bad so I might watch it in full when I feel more compelled to. But that's my own call to make. I'll watch it when I want to.

No, the format and the crew working on it aren't. The format changes are one problem, the change in crew is another. None of the original staff are there, and there are people on the present staff who's work I don't trust. There are people on the crew who I don't have confidence in. And who I don't feel have done it right in their time with the show. Sorry to say that. As for the format, the show needs to go back to its roots so it can go back to be a proper reality parody with its old edge back in hand. A little less over-the-top and a little more grounded in its over-the-top nature. And maybe not being so repetitive in how it handles its characters or plots. That's my two cents on those two points for now.