What was the SHocking/Tragic event?
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Pamy

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Didn't the previews say something about a shocking tragic event? Some were speculating about the eclipse or storm. I guess the shocking event was all of the family comming but what was so tragic?

Squaredsc

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
pammy i think the tragic thing was this, the son had to eat the survivor food. that was shocking to me, i thought jp would at least provide something edible.

Whoami

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The promo was "an event shakes up the tribe." The event was probably the challenge, mixed with seeing their loved ones live and in person, which certainly shook up the tribe members.

My complaint is the "a visitor comes to the camp, AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO IT IS!!!" I'm tired of that "you won't believe it" crap. They've pulled it before. A visiting family memeber is just not all that unbelievable, especially since it's happened in two previous Survivors. It's just not a shocking occurance for me to watch a person I've never seen before (as opposed to the celebrity status people MB wants us to speculate about) visiting the tribe.

Pamy

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for clearing it up! I agree about the 'you won't believe it' crap!!! The previews for next week don't appear as exciting, I wonder why, it is still May Sweeps.

Bohawkins

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What irritated me about the hyped up event was the big schlock emotional reactions by the contestants. Please. They have been away from home for 30 days! College kids go away for months. I have very close family who lives in California (I live in Dallas). We see each other every two to three months and sometimes longer. It's fun to see them and we hug when we greet and part..., but we don't act like we have been apart (and confined in something akin to an Iraqi prison) for six years. Thirty days? Goodness, watching that I had to remind others watching with me how long they had been away . Patrick had a hard time faking it. I was amused by his reactions, they were honest. Kathy jumping on her son, and wrapping her legs around him like that was totally inappropriate for a mom and son, not to mention that this action is a movie cliche (something a director comes up with), not a common way even people in love greet each other. I was embarrassed for the both of them, but especially Patrick. (The side of her that he referred to that he didn't like, I believe, was the total acting facade she was doing for the cameras, not any plotting or scheming.) I wouldn't have waved goodbye at her either.

Pamy

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Bo, my hubby is in the Navy and has been gone since 11-12, almost 6 months so far(and fighting a war, which is far more dangerous than a tropical island), 30 days in nothing! When he does come home I plan to jump up and wrap my legs around him, but he is my husband not my Daddy!!!! Also did you notice the way kathy and her son 'spooned' at bedtime?? had me thinking of Colby and his Mom!!!!
BTW.....this site has been such great therapy for me while my hubby has been gone, so thanks to all of you for taking my mind off things!!!!

Ark

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you're eating well, sleeping well and have all of the comforts of home, 30 days is no big deal. If you're starving, dirty, totally depleted and struggling to stay alive every three days, I'm sure it seems like 30 years.

Seamonkey

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 12:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I admit I was drawn into the schlock and I'm sure there were genuine emotions but certainly men and women in the military don't always have "comforts of home" and many are in REAL danger for a real cause, not trying to win money.

I suspect the shock might have been.. "hey.. Colby got good food, a shower and a CAR when his mom came.."

Enbwife

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with Bo! That whole emotional reconciliation was a little over the top for even me, who’s a really big sap! Especially these days! I thought I was going to puke… Come on!!! I suppose being on the island with only each other and their thoughts for 30 days plays a number on your head and makes every little emotion magnified, but really, it was a bit sickening! I laughed when I saw Cathy/son spooning. Yuck! And Vi and Neleea carrying on about their mother/husband… oh well, I’ve said enough.

Squaredsc

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
enbwife, if i hadn't seen my husband for 30+ days and had no you know what, i would be crying too, but kathy and son spooning was a little much for me, imo. 1

pamy, more power to you, i don't know if i could do that.

Mygetaway

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You have to put their emotions into the context of that game. (Think about how squirrely the peeps get on BB after 2 months) Thirty days IS most likely more like 3 months, and I would suspect a little like being in some type of labor camp. Plus these people left, seem to be the more emotional ones. As for the Kathy/Patrick spooning thing, in normal ways it would be a little gross, but "my heck" it must have been awfully cold out there, and they had NO covers. Kathy was used to it, but Patrick wasn't.

Neko

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 02:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
At the "AND YOU WON"T BELIEVE WHO IT IS.." part....I don't believe they meant the who it was...I think, since they didn't want to say "You won't believe who they are.." they said it like that.

You must remeber that this is the first time they, being Survivor, had AND showed all of the tribe member's family members.

I felt really bad for Sean cause all they got for him was his buddy.
That'd suck.neko

Sia

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 02:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't see the spooning, so I can't comment, except to say that I cuddle with my son on every occasion we can; he's not six years old yet and loves to nap with me, LOL! I'd broken him of the habit of sleeping with me, but he recently has been trying to get back into my bed. I did think, however, that Kathy's jumping onto Patrick was a bit strange. I wondered if he is accustomed to being greeted in that way by her! I was more worried, though, that she might scratch up his face with her bushy underarms!! If I were greeting a family member, I'd have worried about bad breath, body odor, and basic poor hygiene after 30-some days in the wild! It surely would be hard to be separated from family for any length of time, and the poor nutrition and horrid accommodations must work on the Survivors in ways we can't imagine.

Crazydog

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 03:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see anything wrong with the Survivors getting emotional, and I would generally consider myself a cold kind of guy. These people haven't seen their family for 30 days. They are tired, hungry, dirty, constantly terrorized by bugs, and bored out of their minds, and that probably magnifies the time apart.

Also remember that not only have they not seen their friends and family, they haven't had ANY contact at all with them. Those of you who say it's no big deal to go a month without seeing your family probably talk to them on the phone, or at least you have the opportunity to if you wanted to. My girlfriend's been on a cruise for the past week. I have absolutely no idea what she is doing or how she is. I printed out her itinerary and have looked at it every day just trying to see where see is and thinking about what she might be doing. It has been driving me up the wall that I cannot even call her and hear the sound of her voice. So I think the Survivors deserve a break.

Yuhuru

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 03:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with Crazydog. I was away from my husband and son for a week in March and I was miserable ( and I called everyday). I couldn't imagine not seeing, touching, or hearing from them for a month, especially if it was 15 other people who I haven't decided are my friends or not. The paranoia has to play a big role, and the whole act that they have to put on with each other. I'm sure it's emotionally draining.

I thought it was genuine and I was touched.

Pamy

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Square!!! Imagine 6 + months with no 'you know what'!!! I haven't heard my husband's voice in 4 months, but thank God we have had email everyday that he has been gone, so that really helps. I still loved last nite's show and cried like a baby watching them all reunite, and in only 28 more days I will get to do the same!!!!
*Note* Don't expect any posts from me in 28 days!

Makays

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 07:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was in the same boat as Pamy. My husband is in the military and we spent a year apart. He went to Korea.
So I wasn't as teary eyed over this episode of Survivor as most because I thought back to that time when we were separated. I would of loved for it to of been for only 30 days. That would of been a cake walk.
This particular group of Survivor's have it alot better than the Survivor Africa group. I wanted to tell them to Suck it up and quit complaining. They asked to be there so quit your wanking.

Squaredsc

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol pamy....i did cry like a baby during the reunion and i don't even know these people. but i am a big sap.

Pamy

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank God I wasn't PMS-ing or I would have cried harder, when I am pms-ing I cry when people win on gameshows!!!!!

Sallycat

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had to shed a big ole greasy tear myself.
I think next time when they get 5000 plus applications for Survivor they should narrow it down to 100 that they like and then have a random selection by DRAWING for the 16 members.
Then maybe we wouldn't keep repeating the same TYPES and COMBINATIONS of folks again and again.
It is beginning to seem like a formula now.

Cliotheleo

Friday, May 10, 2002 - 09:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with Crazydog. I'm in a long distance relationship and only get to see my b/friend for a few days every two or three months. But I talk to him EVERY day. The Survivor contestants don't have phone or email and it's my understanding they don't have snail mail either. Being physically separated is one thing, being totally cut off from someone AND away from home is another matter entirely.

Sunshinemiss

Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 12:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Everybody's level of comfort with intimacy differs. I like the episode, and while I would have not been quite as demonstrative as Kathy, I can certainly understand it. My ex is Italian and if he had his way EVERYBODY would have slept and spooned in one big bed.Very physical.

Another aspect that I think played a huge part on their emotional reaction is the daily stress level. The deprivation, while not life threatening, can put you in a whole different mind set, and a moment of comfort and reminder of the "normalcy" of their previous lives broke down the walls they had been building to try and play the game. I don't think the emotions were fake at all. They are probably not that emotional normally but these are not normal circumstances.

I liked this episode; this Survivor beats the Africa one all to heck (lol)

JMHO

Whit4you

Monday, May 13, 2002 - 04:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well - the jumping in his arms part wasnt' cause she missed him so much - it was in jubilation for him winning. I see baseball players do that sorta thing all the time LOL. I guess she figured maybe they'd won something decent...lol.

The spooning thing - come on you pervs! LOL. Nothing wrong there. I guess for me it'd be possibly strange if HE were spooning HER but it was the other way around - mom snugglin up to her son - nothing wrong with that at all. I'd still snuggle up with my son anytime if he'd let me lol :) He told me when he was like 9 or so that he'd never be to old to cuddle with me - he lied LOL.

Tntitanfan

Monday, May 13, 2002 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was a little surprised at Patrick's statement that he was "a pretty boy." How long had he been away from a mirror?