Stingray...Awful character
Really, he reminded me of Screech from Saved By the Bell! Worst character ever! Why on earth did they add such a terrible character? He did not fit with the tone of the show at all!
shareYeah I really didn't care for him and aside from not fitting the tone of the show, the character served no real purpose. There's plenty of comedic relief elsewhere on the show so he's not even necessary in that respect.
shareI know right? You have character like Demetri who gives comic relief and it feels organic. But Stingray ?! The character feels so forced on us and his scenes are so nonsensical! Hope they cut him off next season. He adds nothing to the show
shareWait really? I took it the other way around. I thought Stingray brought the comic relief and Demetri was the dweeb that was too flimsy, weak, puny to do any fighting until later on in the season. In my mind it was Demetri that reminded me of Screech since he's the Game of Thrones, comic nerd, Dungeons and Dragons.
shareNah, I understand your point but to me personally Demetri reminds me of people I actually knew in high school, he is actually believable to me even if he is not everybodies cup of tea. He was there from the begining and he has an interesting history with hawk. Stingrays on the other hand is unrealistic to the max. What sort of grown man would hang out so much with Teens? And the scene where he ties two beer bottle into his hands? Again, the guy is well past his 30s. And that scene were for some reason he apply for a job at the school only to beat the crap out of kids right in front of the supervisor. Stingray is like a cartoon characters and he serves no purpose at all except for "Comic relief". Every time he pops on screen it trows me off the show because his scenes are nonsensical .
shareLol, you could say its similar in a sense to why grown adults still watch super hero movies. Kevin Smith is a grown adult but still dresses like a kid and I wouldn't be surprised if he hung out with some teens.
He was an audience surrogate. A manipulative one at that. He represents all of those fans who are still holding onto their nostalgia ...because they know that is a good portion of their viewership. As much as he is played for laughs, they also have him win the "capture the bandana" game and notice how they had the students cheer when he joined in on the fight at the end? That was them saying "they are cheering for you, middle aged man who is still trying holding onto their youth." It was weird that they shit on their fan base, but also thought they could get away with manipulative tactics to attempt to celebrate people they clearly think are basement dwellers.
At the end of the day, we all know he's just out of comic relief trope who represented the 80's fans but I guess for some it just throw them off the show, for me it didn't. He fit perfectly considering the ridiculousness of the adults in this universe. Besides, he was only in like 2-5% of the scenes of S2.
Thankfully, I did not see myself in Stingray at all lol Not even one bit. But yeah I see what you mean.
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