[swinearefine]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Major love for these three, Heroes and Villains and Micronesia add to them to make my top 5

omg twins <3 but the only reason I adore them is the returning players, if it were straight up newbies I would have probably hated them because they really bastardized the Survivor format those seasons.

[Headie]

Ok, I finished S3 late last night, it was probably my least fave of the first 3 season tbh. So expect a really short write-up review

Season 3 Africa review:

Spoiler:

Ok so I was non-stop watching this season all Friday night & all of Saturday too, but I just couldn't get into it as quick as I did with the other two. It felt kinda boring to me, but I liked the winner.

Ok so I wasn't fussed seeing Diane leave, she was so useless and idk why she was even there tbh. Poor Clarence trying to help her and then everyone turned on him I wasn't bothered that Jessie left either, she seemed like another filler to me. I liked her accent though. On to Carl, I liked him and the alliance he was in. I definitely preferred the Old alliance over the Young alliance, but unfortunately he got screwed over by Silas. Same for Linda too. I wish she'd made merge, because she seemed like a crazy woman always referring to "Mother Africa" I really didn't like Silas. He was just a snake IMO and it was so funny when the Old alliance all gave him their votes and he flipped out on them all for not voting Lindsey (which wouldn't have benefited them at all). I kinda liked Lindsey but she was a bit invisible to me and seemed like another filler.

Then on to the mergers. I was only really rooting for Ethan after the merge, because everyone else seemed either annoying or invisible, except Lex. I wasn't bothered Clarence left before jury, but it would've been nice for him to stay a little longer. I liked Kelly, but she only started to make an impact on the show during her last few episodes. I loved her jury speech though, where she thanked Kim J for getting Lex out Brandon, ugh, I couldn't stand him. He was another rat/snake and I was so happy to see him get eliminated. Frank, meh, I'm undecided on him, I didn't hate him, but I didn't love him either. He was someone I ended up rooting for because there weren't many other good people left to root for. Now, whoever decided it was a good idea to have 2 people with the same names on the same season needs to be fired, because it got so confusing whenever they referred to 'Kim' and I didn't know who they were talking about. It made it harder to learn names too. I wasn't a fan of Kim P, she was another neutral one too. Same can be said for Teresa, however I liked her but she didn't do anything to warrant making it as far as she did, other than being a mystery vote when voting for Lex @ f10.

I didn't like Tommy, but I could tolerate him in his last few episodes. At the start he seemed really annoying though, especially when he had a go at Clarence for opening beans and was just being so hostile to him. I'm undecided on Lex, because at times I liked him and at times I hated him. He definitely made the season more interesting, but I hate that he got Kelly out when she didn't even vote for him. I liked Kim J and I was rooting for her but she didn't deserve to win and I'm kinda glad she didn't. I'm really happy that Ethan won. To me, he was the only one worth watching this season (other than Lex, who I'm unsure on) so when he won I was glad. He played a good strategic game too, and his answers to the jury questions were spot on. Overall, it was a boring season (just my opinion) because there weren't many stand out characters or anyone to mainly root for, unlike previous seasons.

Tbh, the only one I want back in the future is Ethan, idc about the others.

So, that's my thoughts on S3, and I've already seen the first 3 episodes of Season 4 because I started it today. It is shaping up to be better than Season 3, so that's good I guess. Hope it doesn't go downhill post-merge (although that's when seasons usually pick up in quality).

[Macie Lightfoot]

Africa's amazing and possibly the most underrated season ever? There are so many hilarious and ridiculous contestants and the dynamics were pretty interesting all throughout.

Also, Samburu is without a doubt one of the best tribes ever and Lindsey is anything but "a bit invisible" and "another filler" wtf. I'm not even trying to be condescending but did we watch the same show?

[Headie]

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit

Africa's amazing and possibly the most underrated season ever? There are so many hilarious and ridiculous contestants and the dynamics were pretty interesting all throughout.

Also, Samburu is without a doubt one of the best tribes ever and Lindsey is anything but "a bit invisible" and "another filler" wtf. I'm not even trying to be condescending but did we watch the same show?

Lindsey had some great moments and I was rooting for her at one point, but I didn't find her to be a very dynamic character. I think she was cast as an invisible filler but ended up making the most out of her few episodes, although I did start to lose interest with her during her last episode or so.

Oh and it's fine, I don;t think you're being rude at all. I love that everyone has different opinions on each season and we get to discuss them all together My opinion is an unpopular one (judging from what people have said) but I just couldn't connect to Africa like I did with Australia. For some reason I felt it was lacking something, like a stand-out character or something.

[Headie]

Oh and I'll have my Marquesas review up by tonight. I've just got the finale left to watch and then that's it.

[Headie]

Ok, I've just finished Marquesas and I have to say I enjoyed it quite a lot actually. Probably rank it second out of the 4 I've seen, just below Australia.

Season 4 Marquesas Review:

Spoiler:

So starting off watching this I was really excited because it went back to being on a beach island and the challenges seemed more dynamic than Australia/Africa, so that was a plus.

On to the contestants. I don't really have many opinions on Peter and Patricia because they left really early and didn't make much of an impact. Same can be said for Hunter too, but he seemed like someone that could've turned out to be good if he stayed longer. I kinda liked Sarah at times and at other times I didn't. She was just kinda there to make the cast look more attractive in general and she just strutted around in her bikini all day doing no work for the tribe But I guess that made her quite funny, so she wasn't too bad to watch. I didn't care much for Gabriel and his whole "I'm not here to play the game" stuff, since he clearly was trying to stay in Next was Gina and I really liked her, I was rooting for her after the Tribe Swap because she was clearly outnumbered by Kathy, Paschal & Neleh, but unfortunately she was swamped out by them before merge.

On to the people that merged. I liked Boston Rob and his tactical methods and alliances, but I had a feeling it would catch up to him sooner or later, and it did. I loved the little alliance of him, Sean and Vecepia, and they were my 3 favourites of the season. I was SO happy when John got blindsided because he came across as so cocky and arrogant and expected to get to the end just by controlling all his little minions. I'm glad he got eliminated before Sean too, because that was kinda like a private victory for Sean. 'Can't you, feel a, brand new dayyyyyy?' I barely even remember Zoe that much, I just remember she was in John's little alliance that didn't work and then she got picked off after him. She didn't make much of an impact IMO. Then it was Tammy, who was really bitter at jury with her speech about morals and honesty No one cares love, just cast your vote and fade into irrelevance. She was a good antagonist though, but it wasn't exactly focused all on her. I didn't like Robert, or the General, or whatever you wanna call him. I don't know what it was about him, but I just didn't find him endearing or entertaining. He was a good rival to the alliance of 5 though, but in the end I wasn't too sad at his elimination.

Now on to Sean. I LOVED Sean! He was the life and soul of this season for me and he brought drama, entertainment and also someone to relate to as well. I liked his points about people assuming he was in an alliance with V for both being black (even though it was true ) and he clearly wanted to represent his community well. I was disappointed when he lost because I didn't think Vecepia would have a chance in hell to win after he left, but boy was I wrong. At least he got a car though. I felt so sorry for Paschal when he was voted off because no one even voted for him and he was basically given the last rock left in the bag and it ended up being purple. And then to top it all off he collapsed the next day. Poor guy. But I liked the bond between him and Neleh, I thought it was great and reminded me of Rodger and Elisabeth KATHY! I loved Kathy, always cutting deals left right and centre but still coming off as angelic and entertaining! I wanted her V to be the final 2, but I doubt V would've won then. I liked Neleh, but towards the end I was rooting against her purely because I wanted Sean or Vecepia to win. She seemed really sweet though and I enjoyed rooting for her for most of the show.

On to Queen Vecepia!!! I am so happy she won. Her gameplay reminded me of Tina from Australia, who I loved! And Vecepia was the first African-American winner, which is fantastic. I thought she played the game strategically and in a way which she didn't make many enemies. She stayed under the radar when she needed to and won challenges when necessary. I definitely think she was stronger than she was letting on to be. I was so relieved when she won, I thought she deserved it 100%. I hope she comes back in a future season.

IDK who I'd want back in the future (I've heard Boston Rob comes back again in the future) but I wouldn't mind Neleh, Vecepia, Sean and Kathy returning again.

So now I've finished my 4th season, I can move on to number 5, which is Thailand! I'm hoping it will be good because I become more interested in a season when there is constantly something going on. Then again, most seasons are slow-burners and only really kick-off post-merge.

[reece(:]

Thailand sucks... Even Jeff hates it

[Headie]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Thailand sucks... Even Jeff hates it

Oh God... not looking forward to it at all then.

[reece(:]

Get it over with because a fabulous season comes after it

[Headie]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Get it over with because a fabulous season comes after it

I hope you're right. I'm 8 episodes into Thailand and I think I've died of boredom twice

[Headie]

I finished Amazon like this morning but I cba ranking it tonight. It was awful and the write-up will probably be very short so I'll review it tomorrow. From what I've seen of Amazon so far, it seems pretty good

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Hayden

I finished Amazon like this morning but I cba ranking it tonight. It was awful and the write-up will probably be very short so I'll review it tomorrow. From what I've seen of Amazon so far, it seems pretty good

Ya'll better be talking about Thailand here

[Headie]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Ya'll better be talking about Thailand here

Yeah I meant Thailand I was tired last night.

[Headie]

Finished Thailand and Amazon. I'm not even gonna go into detail on Thailand because it was so awful. I'll just outline my brief points.

Thailand:

Spoiler:

Ugh, where do I begin. I'm not even gonna talk about each contestant in order of elimination because a lot of them don't even deserve a write-up . It actually started off as pretty enjoyable for the first 3/4 episodes, but after Ghandia left, she took all the drama and excitement with her and it became so dull so quickly. I was only rooting for Shii-Ann and Ghandia, and I liked Helen for a while but she quickly became irritating for me to watch. I liked Ted too, but boy was he dull. I couldn't stand Robb! He was such a douche and acted like he was entitled to everything and was always isolating Shii-Ann. I also really disliked Clay. He was such an arrogant redneck (like Ted said in his jury speech) and if it was true about the racist remarks, then I dislike him even more now. I thought Jan was sweet but she wasn't exactly someone worthy of winning so I'm glad she didn't. I thought Brian was a deserving winner but I have no doubt that he'll be one of my lowest ranked winners by the time I'm done with all the seasons. It felt like he only really got a proper edit when it got past the halfway point. Also, WTF @ them letting the tribes live together but then they hadn't actually merged? It TOTALLY screwed up Shii-Ann's game and that's the reason why she was eliminated. If they had just let the tribes merge at Top 10, this season would've been much better because I think Shii-Ann would've lasted longer. It was sad to hear her tell Ted that she thought she was segregated by her tribe for being a racial minority

Yeah, I'm done with this write-up. If I didn't mention other contestants it's because they were either not memorable or I just didn't care enough or have an opinion about them to write about them. The only ones I want back for All Stars are Ghandia and Shii-Ann, everyone can fade into irrelevance plz.

Amazon:

Spoiler:

This was such a REFRESHING season! It was so much more enjoyable than Thailand. I think most of that was to do with the cast of contestants. I think I appreciated every single one of them in some way because most of them contributed to the series in a positive way. I was a little skeptical of the Male/Female divide at first but it turned out to be perfect for this season. I'd probably actually rank it 1st out of the 6 I've seen so far. In hindsight, it's just a bit better than Australia IMO, so it's up there as my number one for now.

Ok, so I'll talk about each contestant in order again like I usually do. I don't really remember much of Ryan, but that's because he was first out so he didn't make much of an impact on the show. I liked Janet and I wanted her to stick around for longer, but she didn't come across as someone who would've done well post-merge. I really wanted Daniel to stay for longer because he seemed like one of the better guys out of the Tambaqui tribe. I LOVED Joanna, I was so gutted when she was voted off because she was so confident and a vocal member of the tribe. It was hilarious how ghetto she became when she argued with Christy . I don't remember much about Jeanne, but I did like her at times. She was a victim of editing unfortunately. On to Shawna... I was undecided on her because I liked her at times and at other times I was just like 'ugh, go home'. I found it hilarious how she was complaining about wanting to go home and they all just kept her there even though she was desperate to go home And then she started to enjoy it more and BOOM! She was voted off

On to the mergers. I thought Roger was too over-confident and I'm glad he was voted off by the others for that same reason. Dave was someone who I barely remember, so I don't really have any opinions on him. I remember he was trying to get alliances at one point, but he wasn't memorable enough IMO. I really liked Deena - she reminded me of Sue from Borneo - and I had hoped she'd make the finale, but I think she just got a little too big for her boots and that was her downfall. Same can be said for Alex too, but his elimination came at a good time because it provoked Rob & Jenna to argue and that was entertaining to watch I LOVED Christy and it was quite interesting to watch her progress because she obviously had some difficulty getting along with everyone because of her disability, but i loved her jury speech, even though she totally went back on it at the finale.

I loved Heidi too She was so attractive and I actually thought she would be a bitch but she was far from it. Her alliance with Jenna was so amazing and I was rooting for them both. I didn't think much of Butch until the final few episodes where I started to warm to him more. I liked Rob throughout the whole season and I thought he would win because he was clearly the mastermind of the series. He deserved final 2 over Matt IMO, but idc because everything played out nicely in the end. I was unsure on Matt because I only started to like him towards the end, but in hindsight he played a great game. I thought Jenna made a mistake taking him to the end because I was sure he would win, but boy was I wrong. JENNA She was one of my favourites throughout the whole season and I was elated when she won! I didn't expect it at all! And it was a major shock when she won by 6-1. I was so happy, she was underestimated by the others and that's why she won I think.

I hope Rob, Jenna, Heidi and Deena come back for All Stars.

Now on to Pearl Islands! I've seen people saying how great of a season it is and I'm really excited to watch it!

[Headie]

I've finished Pearl Islands but no one's reading this anymore except Reece so I don't think there's much point in writing long reviews

I'll just discuss it with Reece on his profile page instead.

EDIT: Oh and Marc too

[reece(:]

I'm ever so enthusiastic about Survivor

[Marc]

Pearl Island

[reece(:]

Pearl Slayland is definitely the best early season.

[Headie]

Pearl Islands is BY FAR the best I've seen out of the 7 seasons so far. The whole cast was just perfect and the Top 2 is the icing on the cake!

[reece(:]

Pearl Slaylands definitely has the best final two along with Micronesia and China

[Macie Lightfoot]

I've been silently reading all of your reviews don't worry!

[Headie]

Originally Posted by troynuncdicit

I've been silently reading all of your reviews don't worry!

Yay! Another person I can add to my list of discussing seasons with

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Yay! Another person I can add to my list of discussing seasons with

- I will read your Amazon one, once I've finished it myself -

And yeah, I didn't even attempt Thailand, I caught two episodes but they were out of sync and it was awful and I didn't even want to torrent it because it takes like 10 hours to download a series and after hearing nothing good about it, I left it.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

- I will read your Amazon one, once I've finished it myself -

And yeah, I didn't even attempt Thailand, I caught two episodes but they were out of sync and it was awful and I didn't even want to torrent it because it takes like 10 hours to download a series and after hearing nothing good about it, I left it.

One of, if not THE best season of Survivor is coming up after Amazon

[Marc]

Ugh China (I'm in the minority here)