Naruto Shippuuden Episode 53

[Archangel]

Those were actually some of the best filler arcs. But they still weren't actually "good" episodes. Those were just the "less shitty" ones.

Lol, you took the words out of my mouth ender

The facts that all fillers are bad isn't just because of all the shity villains and situations that the anime guys usually put our beloved characters in, it's just that with no character development they just can't help to be boring.

The only reason you watch naruto is to see what he's going to do next, in the fillers he never really does anything...

[KrayZ33]

actually i watch naruto because i want to see some fights. naruto means nothing for me :/ but it doesn't matter who is fighting there for me.

[Assertn]

Yeah.....with Naruto I knew that filler was filler, which I'm sure gave me a biased opinion in itself, but there's no denying that the best filler is never better than the worst manga arc.

Like with One Piece, for example, I never knew what was filler and what wasn't...but what I did know was that I absolutely hated that dragon arc (didn't find out until sometime later that it was indeed filler)

[Archangel]

Well one piece actually has some nice fillers

I say that if the manga artist needs more time to develop the story in the manga they should just do what bleach did, do one huge filler arc that isnt as good as the real deal but it's better than any other filler known to man.

[Chiodos]

But Bleach has a problem now and it has become TOO close to the manga. It's like...almost dangerous and the fillers will problaby just contain some random picnic/hollow hunt....

Anyways, Naruto Anime isn't really close enough to be called close (correct me if I am wrong here) and I really don't know why they do need fillers right now.
What I can think of is that they need time for the Naruto HD, making it atleast worth watching if it's just another dumbshit episode we'll atleast have eye candy...