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Aruba 3362 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 10-06-23, 06:25 AM (EST) "Ep.2 - 90 minutes of (mostly) pure crap" First off, with this season’s extended 90-minute episodes we only get ONE CHALLENGE!!! Bad enough only one, but one with another recycled “damn friggin’ puzzle.” Perhaps I may be reading too deep into this, but with Jiffy making a point to announce the change this season that the same player cannot occupy the Sandra Sit-Out Bench in back-to-back challenges; does that mean only ONE challenge per each 90-minute episode? If so, I’ll check out and stop watching this season. But for now, here are some thoughts on Ep. 2: And no, I do not count the Journey Island contest where only three players compete as an episode “challenge.” Interesting observation about that contest. I don’t remember all three numbers for the combination lock, but one of them was “18” which could also read as “81” if you flipped the tile around. That would add to the number of different combinations to attempt as the sands in the hourglass filtered through. My favorite parts of the episode were Katorah’s (I think that is her name before you jump all over me for getting that name wrong as well) relentless bashing of Jacka$$ Bruce. She asked if the castaways could be that “blind.” Ask Frannie from last season who was the only one with even a morsal of smarts to know the danger of essentially giving the alliance of Yam-Yam, Carson, and Carolyn a free pass to the endgame. Allow me to rephrase her question: Is Production’s “strongest department” blind…and dumb? The answer is a resounding YES! It was a strong episode for Drew. It proved to be a smart and savvy decision to NOT be a lying sack of sh!t upon returning from his journey. The quartet of Drew, Julie, Austin, and Dee could prove to be a formidable alliance. I didn’t think any castaway could have a bigger dinosaur mouth/teeth than Perv-ati, but Dee may give her a run for her money. Sentimentally, it would be great to see the oldest player this season (Julie) defy CBS’s age discrimination and pull out the win. I’m wrestling with the decision which display of obnoxious embellishment was more nauseating? The reaction upon Hannah, whom the other tribe members barely know, being gone when getting their first look at the LuLuLosers, or Taylor Swift every time Mahomes throws the football Kelce’s way? As much as I relish appropriately bashing Survivor, I may have to give a very slight nod to Taylor Swift. Speaking of LuLuLosers, could the only challenge this episode been any more predictable? I’m still hurting over Kendra’s crotch slamming down on the beam. OUCH!!! If Kendra was male (or a token Reality Show transgender) she would have absolutely been medivaced out of the game. When LuLuLosers returned back to camp, Brandon and Emily ALLOW the other three to go off by themselves to discuss either Brandon or Emily’s fate?! Why not just hand them the immunity idol just as Emily handed whatever her name is her shot-in-the-dark??? Yeah, Yeah, keep telling me casting is Production’s “strongest department.” * snort * What was even more predictable than the challenge outcome was Brandon ultimately getting the boot. Bringing the torches back to camp, I’m thinking the flame from the torch will now be able to melt the candle to acquire the II. At least I’m pretty sure they return back to camp with their torches lit. As I stated earlier, not sure how much longer I’ll keep up with this season and casting debacle.   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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michel2 4244 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest" 10-06-23, 06:37 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Ep.2 - 90 minutes of (mostly) pure crap" I thought you'd be thrilled about the non-consecutive sit-outs (I thought of you as soon as the words came out of Jiffy's mouth!) but you still find a way to complain. You TRULY are a BASHER and I love it! Now, the season was scripted with only 1 combination reward-immunity challenge because that's their formula since the Covid interruption. At the time of filming they didn't know they'd be doing 90 minute episodes. It's only when SeeBS realized the writer/actors strike was going to ruin their fall season that they expanded the format. So the extra 22 minutes or so we're seeing was leftover from the original edit. In other words, we are seeing what the editors first thought was going to the garbage. The 1 in tile numbered 18 wasn't written as a single vertical bar but it had the small bottom horizontal bar and the tiny diagonal line at the top so no it couldn't have been confused with 81. I'd love to have challenges with 69, 96, 68, 89 to really confuse them! Her name is Katurah but I won't bash you over it. It's not as if it's an easy one to remember. But what I will bash you over is siding with her against the other Bellows: Maybe they aren't worried about Bruce BECAUSE they are aligned with him!! Instead of complaining about them, Frannie would have been better off to solidify a link with the three Tikas. Your comment about Swift makes me realize you aren't simply mad at the Survivor cast but that you hate EVERY demonstration of enthusiasm that doesn't include you or your favorites. I'm pretty sure Swift doesn't lose sleep over your criticism. Yes, it was a strong epoisode for Drew. That's why I titled my recap "The Nerdy King". I hope you have time to read it and to comment. The strongest part of Survivor is it's ability to create different points of views which lead to our arguments. Everyone watching a regular police show like NCIS is pulling for the cops. If they don't like the cops then they don't watch. But for Survivor we can all have our favorites moments and scenes.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Aruba 3362 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 10-08-23, 08:54 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Ep.2 - 90 minutes of (mostly) pure crap" LAST EDITED ON 10-08-23 AT 09:16 AM (EST) Being “thrilled” with the rule change is like being thrilled with putting a proverbial band-aid on a leper and being OK with the disease itself. The reason Production felt the need for the rule change is to “band-aid” their ineptness with casting. If players were casted who were not horribly shameful in challenges, the bench would not be used to intentionally sit out players like whom the bench was named after. Thanks for the explanation on the “1.” And YES, it would have been perfect if Production used the straight-line “1” and used three numbers like 18, 19, 16, 69, or 86. But then we’d be using the words “perfect” and “Production” in the same sentence. That would be like putting screen doors on a submarine. I would not be on Katurah’s side if she was in her tribemates’ ears while appropriately criticizing Jacka$$ Bruce. Actually, the Jacka$$ probably thinks Katurah embraces his antics like the other tribemates which is a credit to Katurah. It was her appropriate comments about Bruce DURING CONFESSIONALS and not within earshot of the others that ranked as my favorite moments. I’m fine with enthusiasm; it’s embellishment I loathe. The NHL dislikes it so much it’s a penalize offense and rightfully so. To be SO obnoxious with the reaction and utter an edited-out curse word over someone she doesn’t know is preposterous. If the non-LuLuLosers knew what a sad, shameful, casting-debacle quitter Hannah is, there’d be no obnoxious potty-mouth embellishment. And I assure you that I will not “lose any sleep” over what Taylor Swift might think about my fitting criticism of her. Thanks for informing me about your recrap. I probably would have overlooked it had you not mentioned it because I rarely look below the current episode's topics/posts bashings as I am not one to harp on old and repetitious rebuttals. I’ll make a point to read and comment on it in the next couple days. I'm sure it will be a great read. Later...   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

michel2 4244 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest" 10-08-23, 11:40 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Ep.2 - 90 minutes of (mostly) pure crap" Let's put an end to this back and forth about casting. We are talking about two different things so of course we don't agree. I talk about casting according to their role in the show: Finding people that will be good on TV. You talk about casting according to what YOU would like to see on TV. YOUR opinion is valid of course but you neglect the fact that EVEN the worst challenge performer ever, Sandra, won the game TWO times. And Sandra is HUGELY popular in the Survivor fan community. Survivor isn't about winning challenges. As much as those Mickey Mouse competitions turn you on, they aren't the key factor in this game. The VOTES are the Key factor in this game. A;;iances, trust and deception are the tools used to direct those votes and you don't need to be an athlete to accomplish those things. I have a Facebook connection with a guy named Mike who is such a fan of the show he has set his goal on meeting ALL the Survivors to ever appear on the show. Not counting the 18 present ones, he's posted that he's missing only 44. From what he says they are all, with very few exceptions, great people. I know this won't matter to you but I am sure they were all very impressive during their interviews. What happens in Fiji isn't part of their mandate. I will say that THIS particular season of Survivor has some miserable characters but the few interesting ones will keep me watching. By the way, the reaction to Hannah's elimination was CERTAINLY due to the fact Bello and Reba were expecting to see that Brandon had been removed from the game. I'll even defend Hannah although I hate quitters. She is far from the first to want to quit after getting tom the island. HELL! I know of two contestants that quit BEFORE the show started. Season 2 - The show was supposed to start as if the players had to parachute out of an airplane. Of course they would all be tethered to an expert but still 1 contestant chickened out and was replaced by... (I don't know if you ever heard this) Tina Wesson. Beacause of high winds, the parachute idea was scrapped and replaced with a faked emergency plane landing but Tina had already been integrated into the show. Season 14 - When learning that there would be snake in the waters that the castaways would have to swim to shore, Melissa McNulty decided she couldn,t go through with it. That was so late they didn't have any replacements for her so Fiji had 19 contestants. Production had to scrap their idea of 4 tribes divided by race and simply dumped them all together until they came up with the replacement «Rags and Riches» theme. I also count as «quitters» BB in Season 1 who demanded to be voted out at the second vote and AshlEE in Palau who said she wanted to quit during the famous boat ride where Stephenie Stupidly jumped in the ocean early thinking she could outswim the rowers!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Aruba 3362 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 10-09-23, 04:57 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Ep.2 - 90 minutes of (mostly) pure crap" First off, Happy Thanksgiving to you. OK, now that the pleasantries have been exchanged, back to some good ‘ole fashioned down & dirty bantering. LOL The reason we go “back and forth” is because you continue to be under the erroneous presumption that I ONLY want world-class athletes casted who are social misfits. My point of contention has always been when selecting 16 to 20 players from the tens of thousands who apply, there should be NO weaknesses. To be pathetically inept in challenges (as we recently observed with Brandon) is inexcusable in my mind. Players like Sandra, Cirie, etc. will always be the poster children for the “couch potatoes” of the world, or for those who suffered “gym class trauma” being among the last ones chosen from your standard “schoolyard pick.” For those reasons, the Sandras and Ciries of the world will have a fanbase. As for your Survivor crush who was gifted a win from Lil (another casting debacle in her own right) and managed to get the most votes the second time around mostly by default, lest we not forget her final act as a Survivor was being a pathetic quitter who shamefully walked off the set rather than sadly embarrass herself in challenges where she would not have been able to seek refuge on the Sandra Sit-out Bench. Imagine Tom Brady playing his final game as a Buc and then simply quitting football by walking off the field in the third quarter figuring, hey, I’ve won six Superbowls...I have nothing more to prove. Most would regard that quitting departure as completely acceptable, right? WRONG! This probably won’t matter to YOU, but if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it hundreds of times...if Survivor did NOT have challenges, we would not be here on a Survivor FORTY-FIVE thread. An “MTV Real World” format with social butterflies fluttering their wings on a tropical island for 60-minutes (or 90-minutes this season) would have never made it past season TEN. For a Reality Show to stand the test of time, it must have challenges/competitions and the select few casted from the tens of thousands of hopefuls should not be shamefully pathetic in that discipline. Lastly, it is absolutely NO surprise to me a majority of castaways who are not thrilled over how millions of viewers see them as who they are will interview impressively well with this infamous Mr. Mike as a means of damage control. It’s called SELF-PRESERVATION.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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