Survivor 22: Redemption Island

[slipintothefog]

Love ya Pepper, but... I wouldn't go that far, personally. Then again, I really hated BB12. Especially after Rachel was eliminated.

Though yes, I would also like to forget that Samoa ever existed, save Natalie beating Russell. It didn't help that it directly followed one of my favorite seasons of BB ever, either.

 

[TaggedGalaxy]

I like Survivor coming on twice a year and Big Brother only once. Big Brother is an investment for me, with the live feeds, the show, and hours on the internet talking about the show, so once a year is enough for me. China is one of my favorite seasons I wish PG would come back for another season.

 

[joesman]

I agree that BB takes a lot of investment if you even watch BBAD. That's BB 3 times a week on network and 7 days a week, 3hour shows, and time needed to diss and faun.

 

[slipintothefog]

Yeah, BB9 was the only season that I actually stopped watching. At the time I thought it was because the cast was so hideous (and it was, but it was an entertaining kind of hideous in hindsight), but it was really just because I didn't have time to watch and get invested in a season of BB in the winter. Especially not with Survivor, American Idol, Biggest Loser and all twenty zillion other reality competitions I watch in the spring months. On top of taking Physics 2 at the time, ick. Excuse me while I go back to blocking January to May 2008 from my memory banks.

 

[Jersey Domino]

I don't mind them bringing Rob back but Russel? Why the hell do we need to see him again? Why do so many people have a hard on for this guy? He sucks at this game. Always had, always will. He will NEVER win Survivor no matter how many times he plays.

 

[mapiyu]

I say this literally every season, but God. This looks like the worst cast ever.


There are like FOUR cheerleader/bikini/pageant girls, TWO former football players, and at least THREE attorneys. And a Fabio clone TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SEASON WITH FABIO FINISHED? WTF??

 

[slipintothefog]

I think casting might have been trying to cast minor rivalries to go hand-in-hand with the two returning contestants, hence the two NFL players and whatnot. Not that it really matters because I'm sure all we're going to see for the pre-merge is twenty confessionals from each returning player with one confessional from the winner in the premiere.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Love ya Pepper, but... I wouldn't go that far, personally.

LOL, I know it's an unpopular opinion -- and hey, for most of its run, I preferred Survivor to BB -- but lately Survivor's editing has been so godawful. Not just in the way they don't tell full stories or telegraph voting motives and alliances/relationships anymore, but also their insistence on focusing on one or two characters at the expense of everyone else. BB for all is flaws (and there are many) avoids that problem with the live feeds, where I can get a sense of all the players involved and all the actual strategies.

Were it not for the live feeds and I had only the televised show to go with, Survivor would still come out on top, but with the live feeds and with Survivor doing such a piss-poor job lately of telling full story arcs, I've grown more fond of BB.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

I say this literally every season, but God. This looks like the worst cast ever.

Heh, I feel this way every season too. But to be fair, Survivor promos are notoriously bad at 1) delineating a truly attractive person and 2) suggesting the person/s I'm going to end up liking. The photos always look too photo-shopped.

That said, Mike's chest shows some promise...

 

[Aratron]

Why don't you guys wait until the season starts to talk about the cast? For example I thought I wasn't going to like Jane and Fabio and I ended up liking them.

I agree about Fabio 2 though, the good thing is that he didn't even know who Fabio was at the time, let alone that he won.

 

[mapiyu]

Were it not for the live feeds and I had only the televised show to go with, Survivor would still come out on top, but with the live feeds and with Survivor doing such a piss-poor job lately of telling full story arcs, I've grown more fond of BB.

I agree that editing has been going steadily downhill for a long while now (Samoa was bloody awful), but I do think Nicaragua was a small step up.

Of course, it'll probably be 2 steps back with Rob and Russell on this season.

 

[Aratron]

And they have been revealed now

 

[slipintothefog]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6NRHvuUwbA[/ame]

Most annoying person in this video to me? Nope, not the Hobbit. The host.

 

[Ekim23]

yeah... jeff is annoying as hell in this video

 

[joesman]

It was The Hobbit for me because just seeing his face makes me nauseous. I can deal with Jeff the ahole but Hantz just makes me want to rip his asshole off his face and put it back between his spindly legs.

 

[TaggedGalaxy]

I refuse to even watch that video.

 

[Aisle72]

So basically


David = Stephen
Francesca = Naonka
Julie = betsy
Krista = Natalie
Natalie = Danni
Mike = Colby
Matt = Jud
kristina = Yve
Philip = James
Sarita = Amanda
Ralph = Shambo male version
Steve = Tom
Ashley & Andrea = Ashley & Marisa....
Grant = JT
Stephanie = Carolina


MOUAHAHAH

"GREAT ANALOGY"

 

[Sgt Pepper]

yeah... jeff is annoying as hell in this video

You can pretty much stop after "annoying as hell."

 

[Ohiospeedo]

So hopefully this new season's cast knows who Russell is and have seen both of his seasons. Did someone say that Russell and Rob can't be eliminated until the merge?

 

[mapiyu]

Jeff: "“If you’ve had too much of Russell, I dare say you’re not really a Survivor fan."

So hopefully this new season's cast knows who Russell is and have seen both of his seasons. Did someone say that Russell and Rob can't be eliminated until the merge?

No, that was just a rumor. They will not have immunity and could potentially be voted off first.