One thing that really blew my mind was the treatment of Bakool Ja Ja, When we finally hear his backstory (in a 1 minute exposition instead of across the MSQ) it becomes clear that he has a fully legit reason to want to win at all costs. He should have been motivated out the wazoo but he should have been absolutely DESPERATE to win. Show him acting desperate (not cartoonish Austin Powers evil) and doing bad things in order to win. Show his disgust as his own society. Instead we got a cackling half-wit who spent most of his time self-sabotaging instead of being laser focused on his goal.