I just hate it when they edit tv reality shows to fool you. And they did it to me last night on Survivor. I was so afraid that Penner was going to go home with an Immunity Idol in his pocket or maybe back at camp with he rest of the stuff he wouldn't have taken to Tribal Council...because he was just so sure that he was... not... going,,. home. I didn't like this guy the first time I saw him on Survivor Cook Islands cause of that mutiny thing that happened but then I kind of grew to like him. but geez he has got to stop thinking he is immune to being blindsided. As I said earlier it was probably just the way it was edited but it really looked like Jeff and Carter were going to send him home or at least try to flush the idol out.
And as far as that reward challenge goes....REALLY? Were those two teams so evenly matched that someone couldn't find a way to push that wicker ball over the line? Another Survivor first. A team that forfeits reward for rice, and not that much rice at that. And I'm a little disappointed in Mike Scupin. I think somehow the legend that he was just never was real. He is just an ordinary guy who fell into the fire. Just as Colby, as he got older, wasn't quite as legendary as we wanted him to be.
Ah..Survivor, I truly love this show even when I hate it. I re-watched all the seasons a year or so ago and would like to do so again. I think this may turn out to be one of the better seasons even tho there isn't anyone really flamboyant or wacko left. The potential for weirdness seemed to be centered in one tribe and they all fell victim to lost challenges quickly. But those of us who really love the show don't need a Philip, or a Rusell Hantz, or a Colton to make the show interesting. i'm looking forward to see hat happens-especially after the merge.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Blinded by the headlights
I saved the last episode of survivor on the DVR because I thought it was so funny I just had to blog about it. I saw myself running back and forth from the TV to the computer (in two different rooms) quoting the survivors precisely and making witty comments. After telling my husband about the show and getting him laughing about the cookies, headlights and booby traps, I thought I could write up a really good post. But here it is Tuesday, almost time for a new episode and the DVR is full. Got to erase something and it isn't going to be Breaking Bad yet. But about Survivor-it looks like it's going to be a good season and not necessarily because or in spite of the returning players.
I had hopes for Denise the "older woman." "Older" women don't usually last long on survivor but she latched onto Malcom and if she had gotten rid of Angie that might have forced him to stick with her.
Angie might just be playing the "dumb blonde" role on purpose to have folks underestimate her. Hey it's possible. When Jeff asked at tribal what would she change about her tribe she thought for awhile. It's possible that the obvious answers to that question were so obvious that it made the question seem a bit ridiculous. Sorry Jeff but I thought the question was a bit ridiculous. So she came up with the first ridiculous thing that came into her mind--COOKIES!! I bet Big Bird was her favorite on Sesame Street.
And Malcom. Malcom, Malcom, Malcom Spellcheck says I'm spelling your name wrong so I checked. It's Malcolm, Malcolm Malcolm. Sorry. Please don't be stupid. Big tall good looking guys don't always last on Survivor either-not if they are seen as an immediate threat. Paired with an "older woman" and/or a "dumb blonde"? I do not know. Things are different with three teams to begin with and now one team is down two players...?
And Roxy. Alas we hardly knew you. And what we did know made about as much sense as Jeff's question and the answer COOKIES. But the vote was 4-1 so Denise must have convinced Russell to vote Roxy also even tho he thought he needed her. Or....let's just call a shovel a shovel maybe he thought she was annoying too. I didn't think she was but then I didn't have to live with her.
Can this tribe win a challenge before they switch things up? I don't know but they probably won't be as entertaining without Roxy.
I had hopes for Denise the "older woman." "Older" women don't usually last long on survivor but she latched onto Malcom and if she had gotten rid of Angie that might have forced him to stick with her.
Angie might just be playing the "dumb blonde" role on purpose to have folks underestimate her. Hey it's possible. When Jeff asked at tribal what would she change about her tribe she thought for awhile. It's possible that the obvious answers to that question were so obvious that it made the question seem a bit ridiculous. Sorry Jeff but I thought the question was a bit ridiculous. So she came up with the first ridiculous thing that came into her mind--COOKIES!! I bet Big Bird was her favorite on Sesame Street.
And Malcom. Malcom, Malcom, Malcom Spellcheck says I'm spelling your name wrong so I checked. It's Malcolm, Malcolm Malcolm. Sorry. Please don't be stupid. Big tall good looking guys don't always last on Survivor either-not if they are seen as an immediate threat. Paired with an "older woman" and/or a "dumb blonde"? I do not know. Things are different with three teams to begin with and now one team is down two players...?
And Roxy. Alas we hardly knew you. And what we did know made about as much sense as Jeff's question and the answer COOKIES. But the vote was 4-1 so Denise must have convinced Russell to vote Roxy also even tho he thought he needed her. Or....let's just call a shovel a shovel maybe he thought she was annoying too. I didn't think she was but then I didn't have to live with her.
Can this tribe win a challenge before they switch things up? I don't know but they probably won't be as entertaining without Roxy.
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