OPINION FROM A FAN THAT WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON OF TOTAL DRAMA WHEN IT AIRED I'll make some comparisons with both first seasons - OG show/Reboot. For me, it's inevitable and I'll tell you why.
It's a good show but I think they copied DramaRama style. I don't like chef role at all. He was funnier before and had a completely different personality.
As for the show, Chris has lost his charm too. I mean he's cool and all but he doesn't have that hate from the characters even tho he put them in horrible situations. Like when in earlier td someone has left, it happened ofter that the contestant eliminated threat Chris or such. I didn't feel the same vibe in the reboot. It was all about challenges.
It didn't meet my expectations. Cartoon Network ordered new seasons probably for the popularity Total Drama Reunion had in end of 2020. At least, this is my guess because they announced the new season on February 2021 while Rama was still in production. I thought they were hinting for something like that, instead they rebooted the show.
I don't really like the characters expect for Zee. He's fun but I hated the way he got eliminated, it didn't make any sense to me that Chris made them vote again for something so ridiculous. As much as Julia and Bowie are really liked by the audience, I didn't really feel like there was a strong presence or any strong dynamic on the show like heather/TDI - the whole Duncan/Gwen/Courtney love triangle drama - heather/Alejandro etc...
If I gotta be honest, I stopped watching td since all stars. They really lost me there. The show felt different and I feel like the show changed target audience since that particular season. The first three seasons felt more like for teenagers.
The gen 1 have personality and they look like teenagers. The others looked like parody of adults in kid's body. Like who is an influencer or how common is to be a famous actress at 16?? I'm probably from another generation, I'm in my early 20s but the teens in the show aren't very believable to me. And I repeat, it's surely because nowadays teenagers/kids are very different from the kids of early 2010s.
I feel like that when there are teens in a show portrayed like that is because kids and very young audience can idolize them. Can see their teen self in those characters. I don't know how to explain.
Too much focus on the challenges. There was nothing outside the challenge and the fact that they are there to win/compete. I remember in the earlier seasons, contestants had some scenes together even when not competing - to build up character development and dynamics. I didn't see much this season except for the overused Bowie/Julia Millie/Priya Chase/Emma dynamic. The premise is not even interesting. Julia and Bowie are a confusing duo. They are both 'villains' and having both of them in that potion, kind of make them less interesting because all the episodes they are together is just a fight between the two to achieve the title which it failed. Julia wasn't really a villain. She has that mean vibe but that doesn't make her a villain. She won the challenges and fight for immunity. She didn't really manipulate anyone - which is what a villain do. Bowie on the other hand has made far on the game just for the alliance he had. He didn't really do anything to be considered a villain. Chase/Emma relationship started outside the show which is already downside to their on-screen dynamic imo. Millie/Priya was so repetitive and it was so lame to me... of course Priya would make Millie go that far and be betrayed just before they were competing for the finale.
There are fair eliminations - like contestants that make the team lose the game - but there are times where the elimination was pretty random imo. There are characters that stayed too much in the game like Ripper/Chase/Millie. I feel like the best and most interesting character get eliminated way too early.
Priya winning the million dollars was kind of predictable and I really didn't expect her to reach the finale along with Bowie and Millie. She pulled off zoey vibes the entire season.
To conclude, I'd say that this season is a 5/10. I'm not sure if this is too high or too low because I don't know how I fell ahah but I wasn't entertained and I didn't even enjoy/smile so...
It has a very different vibe for sure but I'm happy for nowadays kids that are gonna watch and love/discover the show. I'm very glad that the franchise is still alive and producing shows after (about) 15 years.
This was my opinion and people are probably gonna dislike it but be respectful towards it please. I didn't say the show sucked, it's just too different to me.
It's a good show but I think they copied DramaRama style. I don't like chef role at all. He was funnier before and had a completely different personality.
As for the show, Chris has lost his charm too. I mean he's cool and all but he doesn't have that hate from the characters even tho he put them in horrible situations. Like when in earlier td someone has left, it happened ofter that the contestant eliminated threat Chris or such. I didn't feel the same vibe in the reboot. It was all about challenges.
It didn't meet my expectations. Cartoon Network ordered new seasons probably for the popularity Total Drama Reunion had in end of 2020. At least, this is my guess because they announced the new season on February 2021 while Rama was still in production. I thought they were hinting for something like that, instead they rebooted the show.
I don't really like the characters expect for Zee. He's fun but I hated the way he got eliminated, it didn't make any sense to me that Chris made them vote again for something so ridiculous. As much as Julia and Bowie are really liked by the audience, I didn't really feel like there was a strong presence or any strong dynamic on the show like heather/TDI - the whole Duncan/Gwen/Courtney love triangle drama - heather/Alejandro etc...
If I gotta be honest, I stopped watching td since all stars. They really lost me there. The show felt different and I feel like the show changed target audience since that particular season. The first three seasons felt more like for teenagers.
The gen 1 have personality and they look like teenagers. The others looked like parody of adults in kid's body. Like who is an influencer or how common is to be a famous actress at 16?? I'm probably from another generation, I'm in my early 20s but the teens in the show aren't very believable to me. And I repeat, it's surely because nowadays teenagers/kids are very different from the kids of early 2010s.
I feel like that when there are teens in a show portrayed like that is because kids and very young audience can idolize them. Can see their teen self in those characters. I don't know how to explain.
Too much focus on the challenges. There was nothing outside the challenge and the fact that they are there to win/compete. I remember in the earlier seasons, contestants had some scenes together even when not competing - to build up character development and dynamics. I didn't see much this season except for the overused Bowie/Julia Millie/Priya Chase/Emma dynamic. The premise is not even interesting. Julia and Bowie are a confusing duo. They are both 'villains' and having both of them in that potion, kind of make them less interesting because all the episodes they are together is just a fight between the two to achieve the title which it failed. Julia wasn't really a villain. She has that mean vibe but that doesn't make her a villain. She won the challenges and fight for immunity. She didn't really manipulate anyone - which is what a villain do. Bowie on the other hand has made far on the game just for the alliance he had. He didn't really do anything to be considered a villain. Chase/Emma relationship started outside the show which is already downside to their on-screen dynamic imo. Millie/Priya was so repetitive and it was so lame to me... of course Priya would make Millie go that far and be betrayed just before they were competing for the finale.
There are fair eliminations - like contestants that make the team lose the game - but there are times where the elimination was pretty random imo. There are characters that stayed too much in the game like Ripper/Chase/Millie. I feel like the best and most interesting character get eliminated way too early.
Priya winning the million dollars was kind of predictable and I really didn't expect her to reach the finale along with Bowie and Millie. She pulled off zoey vibes the entire season.
To conclude, I'd say that this season is a 5/10. I'm not sure if this is too high or too low because I don't know how I fell ahah but I wasn't entertained and I didn't even enjoy/smile so...
It has a very different vibe for sure but I'm happy for nowadays kids that are gonna watch and love/discover the show. I'm very glad that the franchise is still alive and producing shows after (about) 15 years.
This was my opinion and people are probably gonna dislike it but be respectful towards it please. I didn't say the show sucked, it's just too different to me.