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30-04-2018, 10:24 PM | #1801 | |||
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01-05-2018, 02:13 AM | #1802 | |||
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Life imitates art
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Survivor Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers 1.Joe 2.Cole 3.Jessica 4.Desi 5.Ben 6.Mike 7.Ali 8.Alan 9.Ashley 10.Simone 11.Chrissy 12.Lauren 13.J.P 14.Patrick 15.Devon 16.Roark 17.Katrina 18.Ryan
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01-05-2018, 06:49 AM | #1803 | |||
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A great thief
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Devon deserves better
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24-06-2018, 10:28 PM | #1804 | |||
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Recently started watching survivor again (haven't watched since i watched BvW live)....
So I'm just gonna give a brief opinion of the season then my top 5 castaways... Kaôh Rōng Spoiler: Millennial vs Gen X Spoiler: Game Changers Spoiler: I'm currently on Second Chances and so far it's been great. |
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24-06-2018, 10:35 PM | #1805 | |||
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like the boys
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MvGX and Cambodia are the antithesis of "great"
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24-06-2018, 10:42 PM | #1806 | ||
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Not MvGX and GC
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24-06-2018, 11:08 PM | #1807 | |||
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MvGx, a wild ride of a season
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25-06-2018, 02:05 AM | #1808 | |||
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welp Jeff in later seasons really is obsessed with exclaiming how anything that happens is the first in 30+ years of survivor history
also in MvGX everything anyone done was always because of their generation and not, you know, their personalities. Last edited by armand.kay; 25-06-2018 at 01:26 PM. |
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25-06-2018, 01:23 PM | #1809 | |||
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well I loved MvGX and I'm only 3 episodes after merge with cambodia.
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25-06-2018, 01:25 PM | #1810 | |||
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Is heroes vs healers vs hustlers any good? because the theme alone has tuned me off lol.
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25-06-2018, 01:37 PM | #1811 | |||
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One thing I've never got though, is how they get good sound all the time. It doesn't make any sense to me why they chose to use a boom rather than personal microphones surly thats just like a lot more work and now they have to have an extra person on the crew which must make it feel a bit less natural for the cast. |
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25-06-2018, 01:41 PM | #1812 | |||
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imo it's the best post-Kaoh Rong season (it has some great characters and it's mostly enjoyable in spite of production's many attempts to make it otherwise), but if you enjoyed MvGX then I'm not really sure if you'll like it or not
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25-06-2018, 01:47 PM | #1813 | |||
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lol why do you hate MvGX so much?
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25-06-2018, 01:57 PM | #1814 | |||
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25-06-2018, 01:57 PM | #1815 | |||
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As Told by Troy
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Surely MvGX turned you off more initially, no?
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25-06-2018, 01:59 PM | #1816 | |||
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well I didn't hate Nicaragua and it essentially sounded like the same theme but with a different name
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25-06-2018, 02:09 PM | #1817 | |||
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-It followed on from Cambodia in heralding the arrival of the "big moves" era of the show, where characterisation and humanising moments are replaced by endless strategy talk, where social game is treated as a footnote, where a constant stream of idols and advantages make coherent and structured gameplay a thing of the past, where phrases such as "trust clusters" and "resumes" are littered throughout as if they have any bearing on how the game should be played, where juries are expected to harbour no bitterness... or really any emotion whatsoever... I could go on. This approach all culminates in someone with highly erratic gameplay being rewarded unanimously by the jury for making (failed) "big moves" over someone more akin to an old school winner like Hannah or Ken
-Speaking of which, the cast is full of gamebots, of both the offensive (Zeke, Mari, Zeke, sort of Hannah, sort of Adam, ZEKE) and the offensively dull (Chris, Bret, Sunday) variety, and character moments are either non-existent or about as subtle as a bag of bricks to the head (the Zeke/Bret scene, the Jay/Adam scene, David's entire arc, and... whoops, that's it for character moments!), with no middle ground. Personally I'd say the only worthwhile people in the MvGX cast are Jay, Michaela, Taylor, Ken and Figgy? At a push? -The theme allowed Jeff to engage in his talk show host bull**** at every Tribal, with the nadir of it all being "millennials are cool because they abbreviate words when they text!" -It was the first season in the Mamanuca Islands, which is a location they've now filmed six consecutive seasons in and will likely never leave, as Jeff is lazy as hell, thus killing any semblance that Survivor is supposed to be a cultural experience as well as a game -The fact that six of the seven pre-mergers were women of colour, and the only two women in the entire top 9 were both treated as goats -Did I mention that Zeke is awful? It does have a couple of defenders around here (and a lot more on Reddit), but that's about it Last edited by MB.; 25-06-2018 at 02:13 PM. |
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25-06-2018, 02:55 PM | #1818 | |||
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So here's a ranking of what I've watched so far. I did go on a survivor hiatus for a few years so I had to watch some clips back to remember some of the older ones.
1) Perl island 2) The Amazon 3) Gabon: I know this is a controversial one and as a survivor fan I should hate it but its ****ing hilarious and as a reality TV fan I love it. 4) Cook Island 5) Cagayan 6) Marquesa 7) Samoa 8) Millenials VS Gen X 9) Tocantines 10) Blood vs Water 11) Cambodia 12) Kaôh Rōng 13) Nicaragua 14) San Juan Del Sur 15) One world 16) Thailand |
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25-06-2018, 03:08 PM | #1819 | |||
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- I do agree with you about the Jeff thing too the MvGX talk was just ridiculous and I fond it annoying that even after merge he was still going on about it. |
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25-06-2018, 03:33 PM | #1820 | |||
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I've watched three more seasons since I last posted here (Palau, Guatemala, Panama)..
Palau was OK. The only two I really liked were Bobby Jon & Stephanie which was mainly motivated by their storyline, but the cast was interesting enough despite the terrible final three. I was surprised to see at the reunion that Tom was so popular as a player, I didn't think he was that great and essentially profitted from everybody else's idiotic decisions. Guatemala had a brilliant cast and the final five or so were likable enough for me not to mind who won. Bobby Jon was my favourite again but Lydia and Stephenie were equally amazing. Jamie and Judd were equally awful. Panama was my favourite of the three. Cirie is probably my favourite contestant of the series and a reason why I enjoyed the season so much. Aras winning was a great end to the season too, I thought he was lovely. Season Ranking: Spoiler: I'll probably get around to watching Cook Islands within the next couple of months or so. Last edited by Ashley.; 25-06-2018 at 03:35 PM. |
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25-06-2018, 03:36 PM | #1821 | |||
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As Told by Troy
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Stephenie's mask slipping during Guatemala
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25-06-2018, 03:59 PM | #1822 | ||
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Surprised you didn't like Palau, it was probably my favourite so far when I was doing my chronological Survivor watch |
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25-06-2018, 08:57 PM | #1823 | |||
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With shows like this, the cast is everything. You can't rely on the public to boot off the bad ones. Plus, I always seem to root for those who don't really stand a chance and leave early, Shii Ann being the biggest example of this. It probably comes from a place of really wanting them to defy the odds but deep down knowing that they have no chance. And obviously with Palau we had Bobby Jon & Stephenie who were my favourites by far, and once they both left I just didn't really care for anybody left other than Janu (who was also an outsider) and the predictability of it all just really made it a bit lacklustre. I like power shifts.
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26-06-2018, 09:28 AM | #1824 | |||
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26-06-2018, 06:55 PM | #1825 | |||
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So don't judge me guys but I've already finished HvHvH and i thought it was really good. No real villains so I enjoyed the game playing a lot more because I wasn't blinded by how much I hated a person when they pulled a big move.... I also really enjoyed all the drama in the camp and the fact that everyone was actually devistated when they got the boot.
So again guys no judgement zone... but I've also started Ghost Island and it's probably the worst thing I've watched for a while, this season might mark the end of my survivor binge... |
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