TVCH FORUMS HOME . JOIN . FAN CLUBS . ABOUT US . CONTACT . CHAT  
Bomis   Quick Links   TOPICS . TREE-VIEW . SEARCH . HELP! . NEWS . PROFILE
Archive through June 01, 2004

The TVClubHouse: Survivor VIII - Vanuatu: Survivor VIII - Vanuatu: General Discussions: Pre - Show Chit Chat: ARCHIVES: Archive through June 01, 2004 users admin

Author Message
Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Everytime I look at title of this thread I hear Olivia Newton John singing Xanadu!

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Every time I hear someone say Vanuatu I think they are going to say Vanna White.

Amchess
Member

08-27-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sounds like a great show. I liked someone's suggestion on one of the threads who was hoping they wouldn't divide into tribes to prevent pagonging - just one big tribe. It would be good if they divide into tribes but then continuously mix them up somehow - alliances might not be dependable! What would work???

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
maybe they can get Vanna White to sing Xanadu for the opening this season!

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol, pamy!
i want to say, "bless you" when someone vanuatu's near me.
i think after each reward challenge they should mix it up. you know, make it like the 60's in haight ashbury when you never knew who you were going to be going home with. LOLOL or so i heard.

they could do like the military survival and have everyone individual and only meet at the challenges. have individual immunity from the get-go and all rewards individual too. they all live fairly close to each other, say 200 yards apart, but cannot socialize except at the challenges. they each get one machete, one pot, and a grass skirt to make a hut out of. if you meet up with someone outside of the challenges, you both get automatically booted.
no co-mingling til they are down to 8.


Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh yeah, and they smoke peyote before they vote.

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol Pamy! I thought I was the only one who kept hearing "Vanna White Who".

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol...I'm with Tabby...wanna say "God Bless you!"

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Amchess, I would like to see that too and I think it is possible. They would have to start that immediately because alliances are made very early these days. Maybe start with one tribe then divide, get together, divide again.

I expect to see some changes.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Several seasons ago I suggested they start with one big tribe, then draw for "teams" every three days. You compete as a team for reward/IC, and vote out someone on the losing team. Then you re-draw for the next three days.

I'd like to think I was the first to think it up. But its not likely.

Or how about you vote someone out from the losing team, but everyone gets to vote, including the ones from the losing team!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That all sounds good to me Who. Anything, anything at all.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oops, that should have been "including those from the winning team." LOL.

Or....the winning team gets to vote out someone from the losing team!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey...that would be really something Who because they'd obviously target the strongest ones the opposing team...wow!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
True RB, but not if you re-drew for what team you were on every three days. If you got rid of a strong player, you may end up drawing only weak players for your team next time!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey girl, that is an awesome idea. If they would only incorporate some fresh ideas...it's time.

I nominate you to the Games Board of S:IX.

Woo hoo! :-)

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I smell bungee (i.e. land diving) challenge coming! I love the idea of getting rid of the traditional two tribes at the beginning - too many early alliances get set in stone; I wanna see it more unpredictable later in the game.

These islands played a role in WWII Allied airfields were located on a few of the big ones. Local probably speak English with an Australian accent.

'squeek'

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would also like to see that no one from Sucks travels there and lays out the game and no leaks.

I know I dont have to look but is like having a sonogram and everyone in the room knows the sex of your baby and you say I want to be surprized. It just doesn't work.

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very true, Fruit.

Hearing the bad news months ago made it no easier to take when the time came...lol lol lol ;)

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I notice they show some of my relatives in the opening nature shots.

Kappy
Member

06-29-2002

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmmm . . . Afraid to be circumcised? Have some kava.

Afraid to bungee jump? Have some kava.

A chatterbox on your tribe getting to you? Have some kava.



Meridian
Member

09-23-2000

Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
After doing some more background research on Vanuatu, I came across this rather interesting article. It makes you question why this location was actually chosen.

http://www.thesolomongiants.com/

Any thoughts?



Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I suppose that either Mark Burnett dismisses all these tales of The Land Of The Giant People and UFO bases as pure hornswoggle or where they'll be based for Survivor is nowhere near those points on the map.

Starshine40
Member

07-30-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I doubt that Mark Burnett is aware of the things in this article and even if so probably dismisses them as just stories. Wouldn't it be interesting if one of these "giants" happened to be filmed while filming Survivor? Sounds like our American "Sasquatch".


Meridian
Member

09-23-2000

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 4:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Could this be the new twist? The 17th Survivor is..... an alien! LOL

Hamsterlady
Member

07-03-2003

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Found this info in Google groups:

"You piqued my curiosity, so I checked the CDC web site for recommendations for adult travelers to Vanuatu:

Travelers’ diarrhea, the number one illness in travelers, can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites, which can contaminate food or water.
Infections may cause diarrhea and vomiting (E. coli, Salmonella, cholera, and parasites), fever (typhoid fever and toxoplasmosis), or liver damage (hepatitis). Make sure your food and drinking water are safe [not so easy to do on Survivor].

All travelers to malaria-risk areas in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, including infants, children, and former residents
of these countries should take an antimalarial drug....Vanuatu has risk throughout all its islands.

Dengue, filariasis, Ross River virus, and Murray Valley encephalitis are diseases carried by insects that also occur in this region. Protecting
yourself against insect bites [not so easy to do on Survivor] will help to prevent these diseases.

CDC recommends the following vaccines (as appropriate for age):

See your doctor at least 4–6 weeks before your trip to allow time for shots to take effect.

* Hepatitis A or immune globulin (IG).
* Rabies, if you might be exposed to wild or domestic animals.
* Typhoid.
* As needed, booster doses for tetanus-diphtheria and measles, and a one-time dose of polio for adults.

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/austspac.htm