Now, I'll be the first to say that I have a lot of complaints about how Shippuden was done. They overloaded it with flashbacks, they added fillers which at this point is ludicrous, they changed the soundtrack to some garbage, and they spent way too much time on stupid stuff.
But, I don't know. I am kinda looking forward to this new arc. The other stuff with the unkillable guys and Naruto verse Orochimaru weren't that exciting to me in the Manga. But, this next stuff, with Sasuke getting an army together and Jiraiya fighting. It might be pretty good.
And if the people make it and make it more like the Sakura verse Sasori fight, we might be in for some good ole Naruto.
So what do you think? Things might finally start to turn around for the show? Or will they just continue to hack this show's dead body?
Personally I'd like to see a 'great awakening' of returning to the good ole days of Naruto. And this next arc might be what we was looking for.