Author Topic: The Survivor Thread (Read 187989 times)

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1400 on:** March 10, 2016, 06:31:32 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on March 10, 2016, 06:27:59 AM

Yeah, bball guy is a major douche, but Alecia was absolutely no brawn character, whatsoever. No idea why she was there.

Like Tai, it felt like she was just shoehorned into the tribe they needed her to be in to make up numbers.

Have you ever done anything tough and brawny?
-I once went snowboarding with my girlfriends, but we really just stayed in drinking cocktails.
-So you're into extreme snowboarding? Yep, definitely brawn tribe material.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1401 on:** March 10, 2016, 06:33:39 AM »

No doubt. Andy at Reality Blurred has mentioned something similar about Probst having to concoct these narratives and make these people fit them. It sometimes doesn't make sense, like Alecia or Tai.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1402 on:** March 10, 2016, 06:35:10 AM »

The Tai monologue in the first episode felt so laboured and manufactured, like they had to steer him towards justifying why he was in the beauty tribe. And you could tell even he thought it was BS.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1403 on:** March 10, 2016, 06:45:00 AM »

Speaking of Andy at RB, his recap is up and I feel like it's pretty good:

https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2016/03/survivor-caleb-reynolds-evacuated/

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1404 on:** March 11, 2016, 07:10:00 AM »

Finally caught up last night.

Holy crap that last episode.

Yeah, the other players on the tribe were being jerks, but I think it was mostly because there was no drama involved at all in knowing who would be voted out. They knew who it was, and they already didn't like her anyway, so it was easy to let out the inner jerk.

I think.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1405 on:** March 16, 2016, 10:56:01 PM »

Aw, they voted out the hot one. And Tai is a shitty liar.

Who the hell was that girl who got stuck at a camp alone? I swear I've never seen her before.

It was a bit of a non-event when the one stuck alone is one you don't even recognize. Not too bad an idea for being scraped together last minute though.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1406 on:** March 17, 2016, 06:30:37 AM »

They ALWAYS do that! Although in this instance, it was actually better for them, since Tai busts ass to help provide for everyone.

Yeah, I don't remember her much either. It's a shitty move by production to f*ck one person over like this though. They could've made it 6 and 7 and made #7 sit out of the challenge.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1407 on:** March 17, 2016, 07:51:14 AM »

Got caught up...my office pool chic went home last week so I'm out of the money already. No brainer last night IMO. You definitely keep the guy who's essentially keeping camp running right now.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1408 on:** March 17, 2016, 07:56:01 AM »

Yep. No brainer. I WAS really hoping to see a shakeup where Peter went home, because he's just irritating, but alas, it was not to be. They cast good looking women on this show, because that's what people want to see. Good looking people wearing next to nothing around camp, but what they never take into account is that those people are usually pretty useless and will go home early.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1409 on:** March 17, 2016, 08:01:20 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on March 17, 2016, 07:56:01 AM

Yep. No brainer. I WAS really hoping to see a shakeup where Peter went home, because he's just irritating, but alas, it was not to be. They cast good looking women on this show, because that's what people want to see. Good looking people wearing next to nothing around camp, but what they never take into account is that those people are usually pretty useless and will go home early.

I was cracking up when they had her off on her one on one interview....laying sideways

No one lays like that to talk....

"Ummm...how about you lay sideways, prop up on one arm.....push your boobs out a bit, yeah...good....ok, now.....speak"

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1410 on:** March 17, 2016, 08:04:30 AM »

And positioning her like that, unfortunately for her, very much appeared to point to the fact that she's got aftermarket parts.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1411 on:** March 17, 2016, 09:10:55 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on March 17, 2016, 08:04:30 AM

And positioning her like that, unfortunately for her, very much appeared to point to the fact that she's got aftermarket parts.

oh yeah...that was evident. That wasn't a natural resting position.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1412 on:** March 19, 2016, 06:32:27 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on March 17, 2016, 08:04:30 AM

And positioning her like that, unfortunately for her, very much appeared to point to the fact that she's got aftermarket parts.

If you can touch them, they're real.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1413 on:** March 19, 2016, 06:48:40 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on March 17, 2016, 08:04:30 AM

And positioning her like that, unfortunately for her, very much appeared to point to the fact that she's got aftermarket parts.

The second I saw that scene, I was imagining the producers directing her basically word for word as gmiller described it.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1414 on:** March 23, 2016, 10:07:38 PM »

-SCOTT, WHATCHA DOING?
*swish*
-Winning.

I'm happy to see Peter go. Nice touch with ordering the votes to have the "~~Julia~~ Peter" vote last.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1415 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:32:53 AM »

Scott damn near lost a basketball challenge. That would've been really not cool for him.

And yeah, I'm good with Peter going. I was kinda hoping it would end up like that. He was just shifty and I didn't trust him.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1416 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:45:56 AM »

The thing is, after the first shot to get a feel for it, it looked like all of his shots got net but bounced out because of the angle. Looks like his basketball technique didn't work as well on the angled edge.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1417 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:47:13 AM »

Yeah, had it been a regular basketball hoop, he'd have been done in probably half the time.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1418 on:** March 24, 2016, 07:46:59 AM »

I like the show and enjoy watching but IMO this season has just been kind of 'blah'.....really tough to follow up last season I think. I'm not overly impressed with anyone at all and I'm hoping the merge next week will give it a kick in the a$$

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1419 on:** March 24, 2016, 07:50:57 AM »

OK episode. Looking forward to the merge as well.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1420 on:** March 30, 2016, 09:54:36 PM »

It's always a shame to see someone go for medical reasons, especially when they still feel fine and capable of continuing. Those infections looked downright nasty though. I couldn't even look at that knee one. Maybe this season can start a trend of tribal being voted by doctor from now on.

I like the running gag of Debbie's job title changing every time it shows her.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1421 on:** April 01, 2016, 07:11:53 AM »

SO far, the most medevacs in a season is two. Micronesia, Samoa, One World, Caramoan, and now Kaoh Rong. They've definitely got what it takes to get someone else medevac'd this season. Good God what a disgusting episode that was. EVERYONE is fucked up. Apparently after their exits, Liz and Peter were both flown back to the US for infection treatments. It does seem odd though that Caleb gets evacuated and they held Tribal Council. Neal gets evacuated and there's no Tribal Council. WTF? Seemingly arbitrary. But I'm kinda okay with it, I guess. I wondered if Neal might give up the idol, but alas, no. Some info on that and how bad his infection actually was:

https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2016/03/survivor-kaoh-rong-merge-questions-answered/

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1422 on:** April 01, 2016, 07:40:23 AM »

Might have been to do with the timing, pre-merge vs post-merge. Also, having anticipated the medivac beforehand the producers probably had more time to think it over, instead of being put on the spot like the first medivac.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1423 on:** April 02, 2016, 05:28:09 AM »

Finally caught the episode last night.

How charming.

Pretty nasty, but getting him out was the right move. Pretty cool episode.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1424 on:** April 07, 2016, 02:34:29 PM »

Cockiness will always catch up to you. Buh-bye, bro.

Also, holy shit, that immunity challenge! Hard core.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1425 on:** April 08, 2016, 06:52:40 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on April 02, 2016, 05:28:09 AM

Finally caught the episode last night.

How charming.

Pretty nasty, but getting him out was the right move. Pretty cool episode.

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 07, 2016, 02:34:29 PM

Cockiness will always catch up to you. Buh-bye, bro.

Also, holy shit, that immunity challenge! Hard core.

CBS is getting pretty bad at the way they edit these episodes. Anyone who's watched survivor for more than two or three seasons knew he was being voted out that episode 15 minutes in to it.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1426 on:** April 08, 2016, 01:58:32 PM »

I've seriously considered going back and rewatching Season 13, Cook Islands. It's available for free streaming from Amazon Prime and it was the first season I ever saw of Survivor.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1427 on:** April 08, 2016, 04:49:17 PM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 08, 2016, 01:58:32 PM

I've seriously considered going back and rewatching Season 13, Cook Islands. It's available for free streaming from Amazon Prime and it was the first season I ever saw of Survivor.

I watched Season 1 and then didn't watch again until Season 12, Panama. Been watching them ever since.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1428 on:** April 08, 2016, 10:19:45 PM »

Quote from: gmillerdrake on April 08, 2016, 04:49:17 PM

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 08, 2016, 01:58:32 PM
I've seriously considered going back and rewatching Season 13, Cook Islands. It's available for free streaming from Amazon Prime and it was the first season I ever saw of Survivor.

I watched Season 1 and then didn't watch again until Season 12, Panama. Been watching them ever since.

I saw about the first 3 seasons I think, then stopped watching until one of the all star series, and have watched ever since.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1429 on:** April 09, 2016, 09:09:25 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 08, 2016, 10:19:45 PM

Quote from: gmillerdrake on April 08, 2016, 04:49:17 PM
Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 08, 2016, 01:58:32 PM
I've seriously considered going back and rewatching Season 13, Cook Islands. It's available for free streaming from Amazon Prime and it was the first season I ever saw of Survivor.

I watched Season 1 and then didn't watch again until Season 12, Panama. Been watching them ever since.

I saw about the first 3 seasons I think, then stopped watching until one of the all star series, and have watched ever since.

I actually didn't realize how long I'd been watching the show again until I went to the Wiki page for Survivor and looked at the chart they have. When I met my wife her family still watched so I started watching again but in my head it didn't seem that long ago...well....it was 14 years ago

So strange how the years are just buzzing by.....

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1430 on:** April 10, 2016, 05:11:20 AM »

I started with Season 2. Well, really, the finale of season 1, but season 2 was my first full season.

We missed one or two seasons, around 8 or 9 somewhere.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1431 on:** April 13, 2016, 07:16:28 PM »

HOLY SHIT, what a great Tribal Council!

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1432 on:** April 13, 2016, 10:45:05 PM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 13, 2016, 07:16:28 PM

HOLY SHIT, what a great Tribal Council!

Dang it! I was watching playoff hockey so I haven't watched yet....

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1433 on:** April 13, 2016, 11:23:16 PM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 13, 2016, 07:16:28 PM

HOLY SHIT, what a great Tribal Council!

Yeah that was something. The problem still with the super-idol concept is that you have to trust the holder of the other idol to give up their idol after they know they're safe, so someone could easily get screwed there. I almost wanted to see one of the guys get voted out just to see it go down. Jason and Scott are being too cocky for their own good, so they gotta be careful even with the idols.

And I half expected the girls to put one of them on the guy's team for the reward challenge to throw it, and get back at them for the sabotage at camp. Wouldn't that have been something? Julia joins the guy's team and just sits down doing nothing.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1434 on:** April 14, 2016, 07:28:13 AM »

Well, it was pretty spectacular to see him give his half to Tai, so everyone would be like

What

The

Fuck

Is

He

Doing???

None of them realize that the super idol can be played after the vote is read. Only Jason, Scott, and Tai know that, I think.

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

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