What is your ideal Survivor location?
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What is your ideal Survivor location?
Hippyt | Monday, October 22, 2001 - 08:08 pm   LOL.you all crack me up!! I have to agree with fruitbat though about the cold climate setting.It's tough enough getting to know who is who in the first few weeks,put them in parkas,we'll never figure out what's going on! Does anyone remember those great underwater shots of Sue and Richard fishing from the first season? See,that (I thought) was great,watching Sue get stung by the stingray.Rich spearing the rays. I thought they had some good shots of Australia too,with the waterfalls. What do we have here,mud pits for drinking and bloody chapped lips? Hawaii would be a nice location,somewhere beautiful. |
Sunshinemiss | Monday, October 22, 2001 - 10:03 pm   In my opinion, locale is more important as to the opportunities it offers, in that any of the above suggestions are good, but make it a place where they DO have the chance to fish,hunt,etc and are encouraged to do so, maybe make some of the prizes be pamphlets on edible plants or animals and their preparation, and a challenge to be a search for how many edible foods they can find and/or cook. Don't make it easy, but if they pick these idiotic people on purpose, give them little bits of the information they need to truly "survive" and not just "exist". The idea of putting them on an African preserve was silly, leaves them almost NO options for any of the above. For scenery purposes it may be lovely but that alone is not enough to carry the show. I do agree the show is getting more than a little sadistic and a LOT less entertaining. The interpersonal gossip I could get from soap operas, it is not what I liked about the original concept. Whew. JMHO. |
Joan | Monday, October 22, 2001 - 11:01 pm   That is a good way to put it Sunshinemiss--existing and not surviving. Hunting and fishing need to always be allowed IMO but some people tend to get their panties in a wad over that even while they sit in front of the TV munching their hamburgers. |
Kep421 | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 01:10 pm   No one seemed to mind when they hunted and ate rats in the first Survivor. People were grossed out, but I didn't hear about any protests based on rat's rights. And fishing for food was a definite strategy that worked well for Richard Hatch. I couldn't stand the man, but you had to admire his food providing capabilities. The Alaskan or Canadian wilderness in the summer time would be a great location. The opportunity for hunting small game and fishing is excellent. Also, the water up there is clear, clean and plentiful. Many people in real life have had to survive in this type of environment after being stranded without benefit of cameras and a production crew. I would absolutely love to see a survivor show like that!!! |
Resortgirl | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 02:32 pm   Well of course being the tough Minnesotan that I am I think they should have to deal with our extreme Minnesota winters. -55 temps, 35 mph winds, no life, no fun... Never Mind... I've survived it for the last 41 years...must not be that bad! |
Realtvfan | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 03:02 pm   Kep421, PETA did protest the treatment of rats in front of the CBS building in New York the day after that episode aired. The 4 or so protesters (one even dressed up as a big rat) even made the evening news that night. They were outside the building protesting long enough for a camera crew to get there. |
Joan | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 04:08 pm   Realtvfan is correct. Here is a link to PETA's statement on S1. http://www.peta-online.org/liv/c/9.html |
Tntitanfan | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 07:10 pm   Where ever they are couldn't they wear T-shirts (or parkas) with their names on them? It's not like I have ever seen anyone with lots of clothing changes - two t-shirts, one parka - should be enough. That would simplify the voting if we were actually sure who was who!! |
Joan | Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 11:34 am   Those of us who live in Canada or the more northern States know you can tell people apart just fine in the winter even with their coats on. hehe |
Kep421 | Friday, October 26, 2001 - 08:51 am   I guess what I should have said was there was no mass protest against the eating of rats...heehee!! |
Beagle | Friday, October 26, 2001 - 03:54 pm   I say put the next bunch in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. In the winter, with a wind chill making it 40 below zero. Now THAT's surviving! LOL |
Oregonfire | Friday, October 26, 2001 - 04:49 pm   Amazon rain forest in Brazil, all the way. I can't stand to look at parched earth all time. I'm a total green tree junkie. I guess the reason they don't have the show in the forest is it's too easy to hide from the cameras? Plus a lot of poisonious everything in the Amazon. Oh well--I can dream. |
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