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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 8:04 pm
Too funny -- we were just discussing this on another board, and it's amazing how many have actually gone on to do stuff. First -- here's the link we've compiled: http://p220.ezboard.com/Reality-TV-stars/frtvrefugeesfrm112.showMessage?topicID=58.topic Second -- Just today I read in our paper that Jeff Varner (remember him from Survivor Australia?) will be taking over an anchor position on the main Kalamazoo network. Pretty wild -- and I might actually watch that channel a couple times to see him in action. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 8:07 pm
Here's the link to Jeff. http://www.mlive.com/grandrapids/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1182061483304790.xml&coll=6
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 12:29 am
Sunshyne ~ I'm with you how fake the Pirates are wannabe actors. They had a course in seamanship to stay alive. If anyone doesn't know a crew of 14 operates the vintage ship behind cameras, well, their mistake... Did you notice the cut adrift on raft leaves a wake and sometimes hum of a motor towing it? No idea how Azmyth adopted an accent, he was much better playing before posturing. Weird ~ the gal putting make up on everyone, like she saw Jack Sparrow movies too many times!
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Kaylasmom
Member
07-27-2005
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 4:42 am
I find the accent slightly endearing. It's as if Azmyth became captain and with it came everything he knew about pirates (other than sharing gold! which was awesome of him to do). I think once he is back to being just a member of the crew, the accent will disappear. One of my db laughs at me for watching such shows. You know the type...this is a waste of time, the show is stupid, blah, blah, blah. Well I wouldn't change the channel for him during the 1st epi (my house afterall!) so he sat there and watched and was floored to Christian on the show! He tuned in (on his own) during the 2nd show and saw C. set adrift and watched last week's epi. So much for a show being all the crap he said it was! I too see this as pretty slow and heavily scripted but agree w/ poster above about Survivor being slow some seasons at the beginning. I think the more ppl that are cut adrift, the better the action will be as we will get to see more of these people and figure out who they are, how they are playing, and so on.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 7:25 am
One of the few "twist" we actually enjoy in this show is the picking of new teams for each challenge. In fact, I'd say it was part of the reason that Alexis got the axe rather than Cheryl. Point being that you get rid of Cheryl and all of a sudden you have a challenge and get stuck with Alexis. The strategy to get rid of strong players is a bit changed under this scenario and it's one of the few redeeming aspects of this show. As for a nice cozy harbor/bay in Dominica. Doesn't exactly exist. The island does not have the nice sandy coves one typically associates with Caribbean islands. All the shores are pretty rocky and narrow. The eastern side of the island is exposed directly to the Atlantic and can be a bit rough. Viewers haven't seen a lot of the island but many scenes where you can see the island in the background were filmed on the Caribbean sea side (western coast) and we've been able to catch some glimpses of what appears to be the main town of Roseau. The evening we saw the "pirate ship" in March she was off Roseau. We couldn't figure out why this smaller craft keep circling around and around the sailing ship but realize now they were probably doing some filming.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:09 am
quote:Point being that you get rid of Cheryl and all of a sudden you have a challenge and get stuck with Alexis. The strategy to get rid of strong players is a bit changed under this scenario and it's one of the few redeeming aspects of this show.
Mack..I agree! It is nice that they are mixing up the teams...It seems that it will make it more of an individual game with fewer alliances. But I still haven't figured out the strategy. Isn't it equally possible that had Alexis been saved, come challenge time she would grab a different colored ball than you and be on the opposing team? When it comes down to the end and there are few pirates left, wouldn't you want to be the strongest amongst the group?
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:53 am
Bonbonlover - The double edged sword is that you don't know where the weak player is going to land. With just two teams you've got a 50/50 change and that's not good odds when you're trying to stay in power. What we haven't seen yet, at least not so you'd really notice, is a strong player actually throwing a challenge in hopes of getting the captain replaced. I think that's still to come but the ever switching teams also counters allies a bit and takes away a block of players getting together. Somebody might figure it out as I think it could be done but so far attempts to build larger than 2-person alliances hasn't worked out. Without really knowing for sure it only seems logical that somewhere down the line that there won't be enough folks left for teams. Then what? Obviously some kind of individual challenge(s) with the winner being captain and therefore immunity? Not sure but they'll have to change it up somewhere along the lines. Once something like that happens then having "saved" all the strong players starts to come back and haunt you. Like I've said, this show has some great differences in it, I just wish they'd produced it and edited it a bit better. It does have potential, just hasn't and may never be realized.
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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 10:07 am
Since this show was by Mark Burnett I had much higher hopes for it than what I've seen so far. I hope it gets better soon. Too heavily scripted as others have said.
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Tvwatcher
Member
04-17-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:00 pm
I agree I just hope we're not sitting here with 3 pirates left, and we're still saying "it'll get more interesting after more people are cut adrift" 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:24 pm
It's interesting enough for me to bide my time until BB starts. Can someone help with the pronunciation of the location? I thought it was pronounced Do-MIN-ick-KAH, but the host pronounced it DOM-in-EEK-ah. Is it just different strokes for different folks?
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Gonzilly
Member
07-09-2005
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:25 pm
It is pronounced the second way, Dom-in-ee-kah. I watched a travel video and it has a native telling about the island. The other pronounciation sounds like Dominican Republic, which is in a different place. I am waiting for my big brother too. The all night watching of live feeds.... the bags under my eyes... The afternoon naps to make up for the lack of sleep... I love it!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 10:44 am
Cool, thanks Gonzilly. I guess I was just thinking of Dominican Republic.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Last time on Dominica my wife and I spent several hours with one of the locals touring the island. It was just us and Harold Francis. He was fantastic and we got to see and do a lot. Mostly enjoyed him stopping and showing us how they lived off the land, so to speak. He picked up at least half of his family's dinner out of the "jungle" while we were with him. He also showed us a nature herb that he picked for one of his children with a cold. Quite an experience.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:57 pm
If the boat is at anchor in a bay or cove, especially a protected one, there wouldn't be any "pitching" due to waves. I agree with you, but there is always a chance of a freak wave coming from an atypical direction, especially when tides are running. I was raised on the water since childhood. Enough to never 'trust' the water/waves as i've been in really strange circumstances before. That knife really gives me the Heeby Geebies LOL
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 1:42 pm
The knife gives me the creeps too. I keep expecting someone to impale their hand on it.
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 4:46 pm
Do-MIN-ick-KAH: you are correct.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 5:31 pm
Nice going Azmyth....NOT!
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Gonzilly
Member
07-09-2005
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 5:34 pm
Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-EEK-a) is a mountainous island of volcanic origin of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, south of Guadeloupe and north of Martinique. From infoplease.com
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 6:18 pm
I can't believe I forgot to tape this episode! Who is the captain, did he/she split the loot with the others on the team, and who was cut adrift???
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 6:21 pm
The red team won, Louie is the new capt, his officers are Nessa and Sean, the loot was only 5K. There was a royal pardon to be bid on. Joe Don, Cheryl, and Azmyth got black dots. Vote was 4-3 for Cheryl to leave. Joe Don won the pardon for 7K, but didn't have to use it, but he must sell it before the next pirate's court.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 9:10 pm
Tntitanfan~~~ I sent you an email with lots of little details about the show. I play the Idjit game and like a dork...I take notes every week.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:19 am
sigh, and JD sounded really uncomfortable reading the Cue Cards saying.....I love you Louie, Really I do. LOL Oh lordy lordy. At least Azmyth has stopped with that ridiculous semi-accent. of course, in my BigBrother theme I must say "they fixed it for JD! to be saved" That Pardon was concocted to keep up the drama no doubt. I really liked Louie's argument that the capt should be up each week as a test of faith? honor? I hated the Commentators comment about why Louie should be upset by JD following the "rules". In actuality, pirates shared equally. anyways, Another weak comp. IN this case I kind of wonder if Azmyth didnt purposefully throw it suspecting that JD was a Guaranteed Vote out. It jsut seemed like too obvious of a mistake. And the way he went in with the map and ran back out before the others could see seemed like an obvious attempt to mislead.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:20 am
Kearie - and how glad I am that you do so! Long like dorks!!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 5:30 am
sunshyne4u, my first thought was that Azmyth took them on the wrong path on purpose, too. If so I hope he let the others know what he did. I didn't mind Cheryl being set adrift. She thought very highly of herself being physically strong but didn't pay any attention to her social game. She seemed to be ok with JODon's obnoxious behavior when he was captain. Flaunting all their food and drink.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 5:54 am
you're welcome, but nvm won't bother again ...
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