User blog comment:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 055 (TDPI Episode 5 Review)/@comment-3350823-20140902021915

First, I think your power rankings are pretty accurate, and probably be true if Total Drama was realistic :p

I honestly didn't even think about what the blast from the past was. I personally would've loved it to be Izzy. And yeah, inter-team alliances get real messy :p I really did like Sky talking about her home-life and her sister. It made her being an athlete (the mindset of one) more realistic and just developed her more.

Dave really just annoyed me this scene. He doesn't want to take a no, but he and her aren't good for each other. He really doesn't think about her hobbies, he's just in love with his perception of Sky in his head. Maybe that's what the writers were going for or I'm overthinking it.

Max is so stupid :p And I guess maybe botox is copyrighted, otherwise that was just dumb. I don't know if I'd like Topher as host; on the one hand I hate Chris, but on the other Topher is basically Chris without being a Jeff Probst expy or too many dimensions. Or Chris' voice actor.

And wait is Chris promising a double elimination or am I remembering who said that wrong or something... And I did enjoy Sammy's venting at each other through Sugar. And it does bug me a bit Jasmine is just kind of out it, but at the same time I enjoy the characterizing and her having some flaws.

The scuba bear is such a dumb idea, but I enjoy it so. And romances do have to have troubles if their a plot, so here is Jasmine's and Shawn's. And yeah the creature is Amy, but she's no responsible for the waterfall dissappearing.

I honestly didn't find Scarlett being a moron for not telling, I thought it was funny. As for Naomi or Scarlett...spoliers prevent me for discussing that. I do like Shawn's character development here.

And 2015 you might just be saying what you're thinking; it's not like Total Drama is known for it's subtly. Still, I hate Ella's poor treatment. And I felt this elimination was just bad; it had Samey leave without a lot of closure, I'd of liked it better if they had made Samey feel guilt, admit it and than take her punishment with fairness in contrast to a livid Amy.

I'm not sure if they were voted off or just eliminated by Chris' choice. Still, if memory serves the red eyed thing might have just been a joke that was Amy. As for the waterfall...it is a mystery?

All in all, great review JER, though I admit the 2015 JER was a bit confusing and didn't grow on me (it did feel like a Nostaliga Critc or Homestuck reference slightly, so I didn't hate it :p).