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Bbfanatic

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
S1 was the best for me obviously because it was new. another reason it was so much better for me was because they didnt show how jeff & the crew were living and they didnt show scenes of the crew filming competitions. in other words, you know they are there but dont want to know about them. on the morning and entertainment shows they started showing the filming of survivor. this is a show that i want to forget about the cameras being there. i just want to see jeff show up for competitions & councils. i dont want to know jeff is eating or sleeping. PLUS, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy! there will never be another Rudy. he was a rocket!!!

Laura11103

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 12:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved the season premier and think this season could be up there with S1 and S2 (the best ones for me so far). The people seem a little controversial which of course makes for great television. Here's the S5, can't wait til 8pm!

Woodpecke®

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 08:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it will take about a month for me to get pumped about this edition of Survivor. I am currently suffering "Live Feed" withdrawl and constantly hearing the BB FOTH theme while I attempt to concentrate. The only thing I have found to dislike are the massive fake boobs.

Katlady53

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is my first season for Survivor, and I don't find it nearly as interesting or as much fun as BB. Maybe I'm just going through BB withdrawals like so many others. I keep wondering if the Survivor people are ever going to get more interesting than they are to me now.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Survivor will get better, the boards here get just as good as BB, I think it is just that we are coming off a very good BB with lots of steam on the boards so survivor will seem tame until we get to know all the players and see them making alliances and playing the game. Give it another week or 2 and I am sure you will be hooked. We haven't really seen who is going to be the bad guy we all love to hate or the good guy we want to win yet. Believe me the feelings of these people will be just as varied as they were for Dani on BB.

Katlady, I hope you learn to love Survivor as much as I do.

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey folks, I sure hope the Survivor bugs hits you soon.:)

The show is produced well, the setting is great, and it's full speed no control for some of these castaways! There are people to jeer and people to cheer.

It eesm like these folks are going to go after it, and not wait for it to come to them. Jeff has a little rextra in his voice on the show--like he knows this group came to play and play hard.

Whit4you

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You know something? I was thinking the same thing... that this year is missing something.

But I honestly don't know what it is...

This might sound strange but the names of the teams - to me seem completely stupid and I cring every time I hear them...

I never liked the food/shelter part of any of the survivors..and it seems to me they focus on it way to much this year.

The other years I had a favorite or two by the end of the 2nd show... this year I have none.

I think it might be burnout for me... BB3 was not 'fun' for me and I"m thinking I don't want to get to involved in another show that may not be 'fun' for me.

Normally there's a bit of a break between the shows...that probably helped.

I thought they spent WAY to much time on that reward challenge - it was boring - and the reward was even more boring.

Well - hopefully someone will catch my eye next show so I'll at least have someone to root for at this point.. I just see it as a repeat of last year with one team taking all the immunity challenges till that shakeup.

Northstar

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have faith this show will get better. Hopefully once the players unfold we'll be a bit more inticed. I agree Whit, the whole BB experience didn't sit well with me either. Alas, onward and upward.

Sunriverose

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Geez, I hope it is not just that the format is growing old to us. I really mean that. I wasn't excited about BB3, tho I watched all of it. I'm kinda excited about SV, and so far so good, and the promos for next week look pretty darn interesting. I just hope we all enjoy a good season.

Victoriafla

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello Everyone,

I have never posted on Survivor so wanted to say hi . I got right into the show. Keep watching I'm sure it will get more interesting. Look at next week...It looks like Clay and Robb get into some type of stangle match.

Loralyceallen

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 09:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm hoping this Survivor will be the best yet. I know it sounds like they pulled a BB3.. good vs bad.. and from the reports about physical conflict, it sounds like we are in for another batch of big mouths, little brains, and possibly flying fists. I sincerely hope the producers keep it to a minimum since as usual, they are incorrect about what we as viewers want to see.

I'm going to try to find only the good about each player.. and if I can't... well then I can't. lol

Bastable

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We hear this complaint during every season of everything. It was a hot topic in the early days of BB3--but now, a month after the finale, that board is STILL pretty active. It just goes to show that it's hard to judge the season by the first few episodes. Things have a way of heating up after the Merge. Never rush to judgment. Hey, if the show doesn't work for you, that's cool, but it's also not an unusual observation. Be patient.

Puttergirl

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 01:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've never felt bored by Survivor before. But just yesterday, I was saying to a co-worker that this is the most boring Survivor ever!! They have so little interesting material that they are having to seriously magnify the smallest incident to create excitement for each episode. October 17's was one of the most boring ever!!!

Hermione69

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't help but think that part of it is that it is the FIFTH one. If these people were the first ever, we would be seeing them through totally different eyes. Somebody else would be the Richard Hatch and the Gretchen and the Sue Hawk, etc....

Another part of it for me is the disappointment when most of the buildups in the previews have turned into nothing. That also raises expectations and leaves us thinking, "That was it?" When I watch it with no expectations, I inevitably enjoy it more, but it is hard to do that because every week this huge thing is supposed to happen and rarely does. The only one that came close to the pre-show build up was episode 3 when SJ went nuts at the RC. The whole tribal switch thing with this last episode... terribly disappointing. It could have been so much more interesting if MB had tried to tempt individuals with rewards to switch instead of having the auction. In the previews, they left us thinking at least one person would go and we spent all week speculating on who it would be. That was such a letdown!

Squaredsc

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hermione69 i agree, they built up the robb stingray bite so much that i thought he would have been airlifted out of there at least. he just thrashed around for a minute or two then they were on to something else.

but i still enjoy watching the show. the only survivor i thought was a tad boring was survivor africa and i still think they could have done so much more with that series, like being in the desert but being somewhat near an oasis to hike to, or being near the pyramids or in one of the jungles.

i just hope we won't be let down with the ken/robb altercation. im hoping ken draws blood. lol.

Chiparock

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 05:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Squared, I'm with you: I want to see a Ken/Robb smackdown with Robb on the losing end. But the preview may be another of MB's tricks of editing. I saw grainy, night-vision, hard-to-see (on my small notebook screen) video caps from the Ep. 6 promo, on Survivor Fever. A couple of them at the end looked like Robb hugging someone who MIGHT BE Ken. It could be a fighting grip, but I don't think so. To check it out, go to:

http://www.survivorfever.net/vc-ep6-10-18.html

Chiparock

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll try to post the clearest of the vid caps mentioned:

vidcap

The other two caps show them in a really close hug, but the guy behind Robb is almost totally obscured.

Neko

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 06:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From what it seems like, they looked dressed up so it looks like Sook -JAi going to tribal council.
BUT...this is proabbly just footage used from them coming back from the TC Or from any time before....That sneaky MB...

Gina8642

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No one is carrying torches, so I don't they are traveling to or from Tribal Council. However, they do seem to be traveling.

Maybe they had a night challange, or they got back to the camp from a challange in the dark. They do seem to all be walking together which they only do for challanges.

Wasn't there supposed to be conflict over a food reward? Maybe this is the aftermath of the reward comp as they travel back at camp.

Fruitbat

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am watching with a feeling of detachment too. Marquesas was good and number 4 so I am not sure that this being the 5th is all of it's problem. Africa and Australia were lack luster as well.

Having one Survivor a year is probably the better way to go but I understand they are riding this wave until it crashes. The end may be near.

Car54

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it is very hard to keep this kind of show fresh...as we see more of it, the players have seen more of it as well...and they know all the twists and turns (or they should). I still think maybe we have used up the talent pool or else they need a new casting team...they have been casting some really lame players the past couple of games.

I agree one would be better and put a lot more into the casting and planning so each one is unique and surprising.

Fruitbat

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 06:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They need to work with some format changes too. I see nothing coming that will set this one apart from the others. It is already too far down the line for any shockers. I hope I am wrong but promos and buzz are not hinting at anything.

Csnog

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 06:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This year we are seeing a lot more complaining and a lot less conniving and deal making.

What do we know about the hut sleepers and how they interact with each other?

Nothing!!

MB has not shown us what we saw in the first show and that to me is what is now making this years show BORING.
Whether its the way the show is edited or the players have more knowledge on playing, I just don't know.

Certainly the hut players have had discussions that we have not seen, and if MB is holding back, how can we feel something for the players?

What do we know about Penny?
What do we know about Erin? or even Ken and Jake after 5 shows?

We have only been shown a tiny bit about how Shii Ann feels on the last show and it was refreshing to see Jake interact with her.

I am getting bored with the Robb show of the week complaining.

Give me some deals and show us why we should like or dislike some of them.

OH Gawd! I think I need therapy. lol

Fruitbat

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 07:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
:) I think all players are hip to fact that diary talks will come back to bite them when the show is aired and they have taken steps to stay friends with everyone. Everyone seems guarded.

If we are not seeing much of some of the players maybe there is not much to show. This happened with Vee and she won the damn thing!

Car54

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That is sort of the point. I still think it all comes down to casting. Vee won the whole thing, but really she was not a very exciting or interesting TV character. She just stuck herself UTR and stayed there til the end. That did not give MB much to work with. He kind of had to edit it to hide her to create some sort of suspense.

I think they almost have to re-create the game each time to keep the players on their toes. They all know all the challenges and twists, so there is no real surprise. They need to do one a year and make it totally different each time to keep it going.