Well, yeah, it's a bit cheesy, but I thought it was less cheesy and better worked out than the story of SFAM.
It's so much fresher than DT12, or, for that matter, ADTOE, I agree. I've said it before, but I pretty much dislike DT12 apart from IT and I think ADTOE is decent but has a few things I don't really care for, so TA basically restored my confidence in DT I think