Ophiliasgrandma | Friday, October 19, 2001 - 09:07 am   If I'm not wrong I seem to remember on some of the other Survivor shows that the challenges consisted of using the old gray matter and a bit of finesse and muscles didn't have a thing to do with it. As a matter of fact the ones with all muscles and not much brain were a detriment to the challenge. I'm hoping for a challenge like weaving baskets that will hold water, then let's see how the big boys with their big clumsy fingers fair who have ousted the far more dextrous girls. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, October 19, 2001 - 09:12 am   I hope so Ophilia, but I didn't mind seeing Diane go. I can still see her smirk. |
Joan | Friday, October 19, 2001 - 10:28 am   A good point. Seems the weaker people are marked to get voted off first if the challenges continue to be about strength. At least the immunity challenge this week didn't require physical strength aside from a strong stomach. One of the Insider clips showed Samburu learning each others ages and birthdates. Carl started that and seemed to be somewhat concerned with getting them all committed to memory. I think he sees that as potential challenge material. I don't agree that the other 2 seasons had challenges that had "nothing to do" with physical stuff. Some of them like the maze or the matching game didn't but then there were challenges like the races and obstacle courses that did. I think they do a good job of mixing them up and creating a fair chance for most of the contestants. I expect that next week's reward challenge won't be as physical as this one but I could be wrong. |
Kitt | Friday, October 19, 2001 - 04:40 pm   Perhaps it's a good thing that the early challenges are physical. It's a bit unfair for (most of) the women but the final aim is to stay 40+ days and if after day three they're sick perhaps being booted actually does them a favour. Maybe the producers even do it for that reason. |