I've only seen a half hour of the first episode, so I won't open this thread again until after the second one.
So how did you like how it started?
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kittyphx |
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There are so many witty people here who create funny thread titles. Clearly I'm not one of them. I thought of calling it Survivor - It's gabON! but
even I cringed at that. Feel free to edit the title. With as many funny admins as we have, we can even change it in a round-robin style.
I've only seen a half hour of the first episode, so I won't open this thread again until after the second one. So how did you like how it started?
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bitwrangler |
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This is the first season I've not watched it.
Were there snakes?
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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Many snakes!
Um, Michelle was the smart one. Get out now rather than suffer through the losses only to be pagonged later. So far I like Bill Nye the science guy the best. I think he may have a heart attack or break a hip soon though. |
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Survivor - It's gabON!LOL I'm pretty sure that's a Skuess title if I ever saw one! (and I kind of like it myself, but I also laugh at lame jokes so maybe don't judge off of me? I actually enjoyed the first 2 episodes. I'm with Bendy I love the science guy, he was incredibly useful/helpful. Shows that just because you are "old" (57 is not really that old) you can still be a valuable member of the tribe (just don't be weak and annoying!) I kind of liked Michelle (in the sense that she had a little spunk and might have been interesting/fun to watch). I actually kind of like Randy (surprisingly - his first confessional where he dissed weddings and seemed negative I wasn't too sure...) Charlie is KILLING me with his open admiration/love for Marcus (maybe tone it down a notch? lol I swear I saw hearts leaping out of his eyes) really making me
does GC really stand for Golden Child? I wasn't able to pay close attention to the show, I was at a friends house and they have small kids so it can get pretty noisy |
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I really wanted Michelle to hang around. I didn't like the way she isolated herself, but her confessionals were relatively intelligent, and she's right
- last one picked but who was the first girl up the mountain? She was booted over Gillian? Are you kidding me? And why was she picked last? (I missed the first
5 minutes so I don't know if she did something to make a bad first impression.)
SO glad Gillian is gone. It's a shame that a lot of the oldbies are booted early a lot of times, but man the oldbies Survivor picks are often so annoying and useless! It was amusing (in kind of a lame way) how Fang was playing hot potato with the 'leadership role.' I like the cameraderie (sp?) of Kato and the general upbeat feeling. I'm a sap for peppy people, if they're being genuine. That being said, Sugar's laugh is going to make me thrust a knife in my throat. I think I may be leading in Fantasy Survivor! A few people didn't know they needed to make picks for 2 episodes, so I can't gloat too much. I think they're still sort of interesting to watch, but I guess one of my biggest complaints about the show over the past many seasons is the repetitiveness of the challenges. Strap yourselves together, over/under/around/through obstacles, dig for puzzle pieces, unlock/untie something, race here/swim there, raise a flag, chop an opponent's rope, break an opponent's plate/likeness, etc. I admit that after umpteen seasons they mix and match these elements ok, but where is the originality?? I remember in Season X there was a challenge sent in by a viewer who won a contest. It was basically Boggle - make as many real words as you can from this set of letters. They haven't repeated that one and Jeff admitted it was the least costly one they'd ever had! I guess at least this season we won't be seeing all those swimming challenges, though we do get wading through leech-infested swamps, so that's nice. |
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Burnett or someone at CBS clearly decided to choose contestants who have never watched this show once! Dan was picked second from last! Are you kidding me?
I had him pegged as like the first pick and not only because his tits are great to look at!
So much of our experience is intangible. So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed: it's unspeakable.
And yet when we communicate with one another and we feel that we have connected and we think that we're understood, we have a feeling of almost spiritual
communion. And that feeling might be transient but I think it's what we live for. ~ Waking Life
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i'm glad skinny bitch is gone, she was a whiner
that Fang Gang are toast they haven't got a chance i think that Randy is a snivellin' back stabber and will probably play the UTR well to bad the old broad got stuck with the lame gang as for the Kotex gang - its easy to be peppy when you win, get fire first, food first, fishing gear, etc..... and of course blonds have more fun!!! and they got the boy scout jeff was pretty tough of the losers, some pretty harsh comments on those first two losses
here come
the bees
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I hated the way it was filmed.
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kittyphx |
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Another comment: This may just be the way it is edited (probably is), but back in Season 1 Dick Hatch proved that it's a great idea to get an alliance of 4
and agree to go to the end. Between Survivor and Big Brother, we know that there are many risks even with that because of personality conflicts, backstabbing,
whatever. But in Survivor haven't they done a tribe switch-up every season since Season 3 - Africa? What if 2 of your alliance get moved to the other
tribe? When forming an alliance these days, do they discuss this and we're just not shown it? It's a pretty important factor. I don't remember any
specific examples, but it's bitten some pretty strong-looking early alliances in the butt before.
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i like the concept of the onion alliance the two cutes are working on (one gay or straight guy), then adding on a couple of blonds..........
here come
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Insanie wrote: Was that the HD effect? I have a standard TV, so I can't tell. It did seem like more of a documentary feel, almost like Survivor UK season 1. |
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I agree Mark. I dont know if it was the HD thing b/c I have a plain tv as well. I didnt like it though. It did not seem as " real" to me.
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I enjoyed the premiere.. I got the impression that Michelle MUST have made a really bad first impression (if she was that negative in confessionals and
whenever they showed her, she was probably that negative all the time). Nobody has jumped out as a favourite to me yet, but this season there seems to be a
good chance that Fang will get totally decimated by the other tribe, so I might as well try rooting for the overdogs. The fact that Randy is one of my
favourites on Fang really says something about the quality of that tribe.
Also, why was the olympic runner the second last up the hill???!? |
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the 'roids wore off?
Sprinters only have to run for like 9 seconds. She wasn't in condition for several minutes of running. |
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So she only trains for 9 seconds at a time? Must be rough.
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SS MagicMark |
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She kept stopping to tell the camera that she's an OLYMPIC. GOLD. MEDAL. IST.
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I really hope Paloma turns out to be one of my favourites, she has a Sandra D-T vibe. Randy is just cool because he's blunt. Bob is totally awesome and
should make it to the F4 because no one will want to vote him off. He's my pick to win it all. Charlie bugs me to no end. Marcus seems really likable in
his tribe and will get in with all the ladies (perhaps because his peen is flopping around on national TV during challenges. I actually caught that on my first
time watching the ep. kinda funny).
Fang will get wiped out no doubt, but Randy will survive. Until the tribes get switched up (which might not happen if an Ulonging begins to happen), they're doomed. I can't believe no one has used a Gaboner joke yet... because I have a huge one for this season! |
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Who do you like now? I need to make my Fantasy Survivor picks for next week.
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Doctor Skeuss |
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Ha, I guess I'm cursed. Too bad, she had a real Kelly vibe from the Office and it was hilarious.
I think I still like Randy, but I'll need another week to get a new favourite. Bob is still awesome, but he lost some points tonight. |
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i don't like randy he creeps me out and annoys me
i don't have any favorites - i do like the female boxer
here come
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xabana |
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Bring Dan and Marcus to my mouth immediately!
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