Survivor S43 & 44
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I feel cheated out of seeing him get the full tanned, stubbled Survivor makeover.
Tiffany is insane and I am upset they let her run the vote when she is clearly unhinged.
My correct thoughts in more detail:
- The cast is pretty strong overall? Just the right amount of players here to play (and some without necessarily being good at it like JD dd) and hopeless and messy ones (Brad and Tiffany yas!). The diversity quota has really made things spicy (not just in terms of ethnicity and sexuality, but age as well). The fact that there are only two straight white men (i.e. four of the last five winners) to endure!
- Shan is obviously who the girls and the gays should stan. She is the Lord’s Instrument, and He will guide ha. “I’ll blindside you but I’ll pray for you!” and inspiring musical cues on the show from her interior soundtrack… not everybody has that! I also stan lazy-drawled goddess Liana and Canucky puzzle queen Erika.
- All the advantages and tricksies Jeff had the coke-fuelled productions interns in his basement cook up are far too much. The shot in the dark thing has the potential to genuinely shake up gameplay, but the prisoners’ dilemma one is only cute when people don’t get to discuss it beforehand and the beware advantage is way too unfair, not to mention stupid!
- I feel like they’re chucking a bunch of ideas at the wall to see what sticks for the Next Evolution Of The Game (slow mo! Jeff breaking the fourth wall! Cameras in shot! Extended backstories!). Most are harmless, but it really feels experimental at times. It’s enjoyable enough so far though!
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Caught up over the weekend and I feel like this three way idol twist is going to end up being a total clusterfuck?
It's an exciting time to be watching, and I'm happy with the willingness to keep things loose and interesting: nothing feels static, which is a unique position for the show to be in this late into its life cycle.
It's an exciting time to be watching, and I'm happy with the willingness to keep things loose and interesting: nothing feels static, which is a unique position for the show to be in this late into its life cycle.
Eh. Im enjoying the antics as per Survivor standard but it's becoming a bit of a chop narratively. Every episode i just feel confused about the journey the game took that led to the eliminated castaway being eliminated. They spend virtually no time on social dynamics and the whole episode orbits around these convoluted non-advantages that are just obstacles in peoples games for the sake of being obstacles. The shot in the dark twist was cool in itself. Everything else feels laborious
I was actually quite warming to Brad and Genie being the queer (plus ally) vegan hiker friends that ended the gamebot clique but rest in cow shit i suppose
I was actually quite warming to Brad and Genie being the queer (plus ally) vegan hiker friends that ended the gamebot clique but rest in cow shit i suppose
I truly miss when they would spend entire segments on social dynamics within a tribe, that's the psychological warfare and emotional porn that I love. Watching people rally together against the elements while malnourished and slightly dehydrated only to have to cut off one of their own like a sick limb is what give the early seasons the gravitas that the current seasons often miss.
I know Thailand gets shat on but during quarantine I gave it a re-watch and Erin's boot episode was actually quite visceral? The entire tribe was so emotional about having to vote someone out at that stage that everything post-challenge was dedicated to them saying goodbye, culminating in one of the most familial tribal councils in the series.
This show is a forever fave for me but they just don't it like that anymore.
Also I know he's a cop but Ken from Thailand could unload in my hole.
I know Thailand gets shat on but during quarantine I gave it a re-watch and Erin's boot episode was actually quite visceral? The entire tribe was so emotional about having to vote someone out at that stage that everything post-challenge was dedicated to them saying goodbye, culminating in one of the most familial tribal councils in the series.
This show is a forever fave for me but they just don't it like that anymore.
Also I know he's a cop but Ken from Thailand could unload in my hole.
Thailand is actually a very captivating season if you are up for its darkness. It feels like an Ari Aster movie with how dark each episode gets and Brian just wins because people hated and despised Clay more.
Helen's jury speech is one of shows finest moments and it is bit of a crime she never came back.
I had kinda forgotten but Thailand really made for a miserable watch, yet kinda captivating at the same time.
I'd never rate Thailand as one of the worst seasons of Survivor. It drags a lot towards the end, but it's kinda fascinating watching Brian's gameplay. To me, he's always been the best one-time winner in the show's history. Also, Helen (or even Robb!) not returning is a massive crime, especially when she was literally about to pack her bags for All Stars when they called her to say she had been replaced by Kathy.
And yes, Ken is a snack.
And yes, Ken is a snack.
Thailand is not the worst season because Fiji exists. If it wasn't for the whole Yau-Man/Dreamz drama it would've been unwatchable! Poor Michelle was caught in one of the worst twists ever!
Australian Survivor has been kicking ass and topping the American for a while now, but I think they fail to produce iconic winners (besides The All Stars Seasons).
But back to the current season, the (dis)advantages are pretty cringey and are adding nothing to really shake the game so far. Pull a Pearl Islands and return with all the voted out players as a surprise tribe please?
Australian Survivor has been kicking ass and topping the American for a while now, but I think they fail to produce iconic winners (besides The All Stars Seasons).
But back to the current season, the (dis)advantages are pretty cringey and are adding nothing to really shake the game so far. Pull a Pearl Islands and return with all the voted out players as a surprise tribe please?
Heather flopping spectacularly in the only challenge she’s done all season. Queen.
I thought it was the first really entertaining episode of the season, even if most of the entertainment was derived from terrible, daft gameplay.
I will never understand why contestants like Erika start playing hard when there is absolutely no need for it! She decided to target Sydney because she was…bored? Girl, be bored! It’s a million fucking dollars! All she had to do this week was sit around and win another challenge but instead…
…she inspired her own tribe to throw a challenge. It’s like…the stupidity was infectious this week. Deshawn and Danny’s plot was completely illogical. Like, keep what you know about Erika and use it against her when it suits you. Don’t rush headlong into an unnecessary tribal. Are they really that confident of their grip on the game?
Cocksucker of the week has to go to J.D though. I was waiting for a twist because his unthinking submission to Shan seemed…too easy? Like who trusts like that on fucking Survivor?! Happy to see him go - bad at gameplay, bad at challenges, bad at picking previous contestants to model himself on - but I can’t help wondering if it would have served Shan better to get rid of Genie and keep J.D in her pocket? I just hope she has some kind of security heading into the merge/a tribe switch.
I will never understand why contestants like Erika start playing hard when there is absolutely no need for it! She decided to target Sydney because she was…bored? Girl, be bored! It’s a million fucking dollars! All she had to do this week was sit around and win another challenge but instead…
…she inspired her own tribe to throw a challenge. It’s like…the stupidity was infectious this week. Deshawn and Danny’s plot was completely illogical. Like, keep what you know about Erika and use it against her when it suits you. Don’t rush headlong into an unnecessary tribal. Are they really that confident of their grip on the game?
Cocksucker of the week has to go to J.D though. I was waiting for a twist because his unthinking submission to Shan seemed…too easy? Like who trusts like that on fucking Survivor?! Happy to see him go - bad at gameplay, bad at challenges, bad at picking previous contestants to model himself on - but I can’t help wondering if it would have served Shan better to get rid of Genie and keep J.D in her pocket? I just hope she has some kind of security heading into the merge/a tribe switch.