PLEASE NOTE: The Reality TV World Message Boards are filled with desperate
attention-seekers pretending to be one big happy PG/PG13-rated family. Don't
be fooled. Trying to get everyone to agree with you is like herding cats,
but intolerance for other viewpoints is NOT welcome and respect for other
posters IS required at all times. Jump in and play, and you'll soon find out
how easy it is to fit in, but save your drama for your mama. All members are
encouraged to read the
complete guidelines.
As entertainment critic Roger
Ebert once said, "If you disagree with something I write, tell me so, argue
with me, correct me--but don't tell me to shut up. That's not the American way."
Ug. Even if not true, this is a statement about the problem of Probst as showrunner; namely that he can't just test one new twist at a time, he has to find a way to sink it if he can. One World was a twist worth trying, for example, but then they had to go and divide the tribes initially by gender (a tried and true twist, granted), which meant having a tribal swap and separating the two new tribes for awhile, totally messing up the entire experiment. Too much tinkering (nevermind the casting issues).
BvW on merit is either an interesting variation of the fans v faves format for mixing returning players with new players, or it introduces a new untested format for mixing returning players with new players (even without the relatives angle). Throw in redemption island (a nearly universally loathed twist) and guess what -- no tribal swap, the nature of the twist itself basically forbids it.
The fans v faves format practically demands a tribal swap. If it is this format with RI, how will production resolve the conflict? The new mixed format could go either way insofar as tribal swaps.
The sad part is that Probst won't listen to anyone until CBS puts its foot down.
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