User blog comment:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 051 (TDPI Episode 1 Review)/@comment-3350823-20140712160626

Great review of the first episode of TDPI, I enjoyed it. I feel you about the spoilers; I’ve been trying my best to avoid them. It hasn’t been easy, and looking at Wikipedia almost spoiled the entire elimination for me, (of course it could have been edited by anyone).

I didn’t realize this until your review, but what budget does this show have? I mean a hologram and all new cameras? I guess we have to suspend a lot of realism for this show.

I agree with everything you’ve said about Dave. He feels exactly like a bad Noah/Mike ripoff and ruins the jokes. And I never realized, but yeah Jasmine has a reason not to like Amy initially. As for Sugar, I’m assuming she, like Honey Boo Boo, was a child pageant queen. That’s when she was more adorable and not as spoiled.

I find it really funny how people thought this initial cast was going to be (such as Sugar being black, Sky being a villain, Shawn being a stoner parody, etc.) I like Amy more than Scott (in ROTI), if only because Amy feels like she has more actual personality and isn’t as stupid as Scott.

Yeah, I can’t tell what race Sky is. I’d like to assume she’s cree, but it could be she’s just ‘so talented’ she knows cree. And yeah, Topher is really reminding me of Sierra but without any of her good elements (which are scarce).

I’m not too crazy about people who burst into song either. And it’s not like World Tour is remembered for it’s songs. Chris even doesn’t like the singing (not sure why, he really loved it in World Tour).

I enjoy the restaurant sponsors as well, though the Petting Zoo is still my favorite so far. Over all, I think this new premiere is better than All Stars (All Stars voted out Lindsay, one of the most beloved characters though, so that isn’t hard) and maybe even ROTI.

I liked your review JER, it was hilarious and I agree with a lot of your commentary, and I’m glad to see other viewpoints. I can’t wait to see more of these ;)