What Made This Season Better Then Most???
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Lorry

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 09:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved this season of Survivor. I really did not dislike any of the players. Even the villian was more fun and entertainment then maliciousness.

For me, it was the lack of really mean spiritedness. (Is that a word?) lol

There were plenty of backstabbings, but none that were downright mean. The players were actually playing the game... even if we thought the way they were playing was not working...lol

Was this the best, next to the first show? Why?

Katlady53

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the players were pretty diverse and interesting this time. They made it a lot of fun. The twists also added to the fun. This was definitely my favorite season. :)

Maris

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it was the players and also the whole pirate theme. Rupert and Sandra started the season off with a bang. When Rupert stole the shoes and then Sandra was haggling with the shopkeepers, they really got into the theme and spirit of the game. Even Osten was a crackup, just watching this buff guy getting hysterical over bugs and drawning in three feet of water was pure entertainment. Even Jon and Lil were entertaining.

There really were no under the radar players and there wasnt any fixed alliances that made you sure of who was going to win. So it was the element of surprise as well.

Jagger

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris I think you said it almost perfect. It seemed like the alliances seemed to fall apart pretty quick and new ones formed. It was hard to predict who was going next. Each person had their own character, even if we never really seen some of them.

I enoyed this season, except for awhile when it became the Rupert show, I almost quit watching at that point but I had to tune in to see Jonnie fair play survive one more week.

Mybbusername

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 12:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What made this season so great?


Rupert, Rupert Rupert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shewho

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was the theme and how it was carried out throughout the game that made this such a grand season for me.

Wasn't it a treat to see the game played...
actually played out..

Over all it was a great run. My sense of fair play didn't really go for the outcast return, but what's fair about survivor game... NOTHING.

MB will have to work overtime to top this seaon.

Rabernet

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ditto what mybbusername said!

Jami

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rupert made this season for me. He was/is great! But even without Rupert it would have been one of the better seasons. (Rupert just made it THE best season.)

The pirate theme was more interesting than some.

The people seemed real.

I really liked several of the castaways: Rupert (#1 he was incredible and so multi-talented and layerd), Sandra (she was funny and so focused "anybody but me" was her mantra), Christa (her off beat sort of way), Andrew (I disliked him at first but after the challenge where he held all that weight I started seeing him in a different light), Ryno (he was cute and seemed fun and sweet).

I really disliked Jon. Although I wouldn't put me in the "love to hate him" club. I guess he did add something. And Osten turned me off from the first show, first by selling his clothes while the team still had money, and telling the girls to "flash" the shopowners. He was soooo pompous for the first 24 hours and then sooooo lazy and discouraged afterwards.

Jeff was more enjoyable this year too. I enjoyed that he showed his feelings towards Jon and Osten.

I didn't like the outcast twist but I am sure it added drama.

I think it was the best season ever.

Tabbyking

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i liked the winner for the first time in a long time, but i do wish the production people would not leak the winner before the first episode even starts!
this was a really good surivor series, but i was just thinking--they didn't have to eat anything gross this time, did they? no warm blood, or tarantulas or raw fish covered with flies? maybe they decided they didn't want to be like 'fear factor'?

Crossfire

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They did eat something unappealing. Was it octopus shakes or something?

It was the event that brought Michelle down with a great belch following her outstanding performance.

Okiekerriella

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Two words - Great Casting!

While I LOVED Rupert, I would have been happy if Andrew, Ryan O, Ti, or Sandra had won.

At the far end of the spectrum there was Jon who I loved to hate.

Even Shawn and Burton were entertaining to watch. The only survivor I didn't like was Lill and that was because she was such a whiney sour faced crab most of the time who felt she was entitled to never be backstabbed or lied to.

Even though The Twist was something new it was really all the people that made this season on par with season one for me. :)

Tabbyking

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh, i don't think of raw fish as unappealing, so forgot about that! actually, my mouth was watering over some of the fish!
the warm blood and tarantulas would have been very tough for me. tabby shudders....

Goddessatlaw

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fabulous season - casting was the key. Rupert generated alot of interest in the show early on, and though I hate to admit it (because I didn't love to hate him, I just hated him) Jon did a magnificent job of stirring the shit. Always interesting, always something new going on, nothing entirely predictable. I didn't even mind the outcast twist. Lill's final episode performance and bringing along Sandra to the finals almost made me want her to win. Good result all around. Can't wait for the all-stars - boy howdy, that should be evil.

Curlyq

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Two things made it better for me. Number one was the casting. I agree that they did a better job of bringing a diverse group of characters together. This time it wasn't a bunch of young centerfold-wannabes ganging up against the older players or vice versa. People of differing ages and backgrounds worked together. They were also better at knowing when to shift alliances.

Number two was the fact that they weren't starving. This was huge for me. Usually by the last few episodes the tribemates are listless and boring to watch because starvation has taken all the fight out of them. We're left watching people lie around and stare at the fire. This group was well-fed and had the energy to keep playing hard.

Happymom

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The casting was good, the twists were good, not the outcast one as much as the jury winning immunity during the last show. I always enjoy the fact of a twist even if I don't like the twist. Having at least one likable person in the F3 and F2 made the ending more satisfying. Having a likable person win made the outcome satisfying. Jeff! He doesn't let them off the hook! (at the TCs or during the reunion) Also, that final walk where they remember the voted off survivors was much shorter and less drawn out than ever before! That is always the worst part of the show for me.

Cricket

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What made this season more appealing for me was the fact that Sandra won. Had Darrah won, it would have been a repeat of last year and would have been a snooze with the theme being lay low and win the last few immunities. This was a great change from the usual and the person who was constantly 'playing' the game actually won.

Caycaye

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with almost everyone's posts about this years cast.....especially Lorry and Cricket...

I actually looked forward to Thursday's coming around. This season's Survivor was absolutely the best one for me...I got the biggest kick out of Sandra's audition tape...she cracked me up then, and continued to crack me up almost every week. I LOVE her type of humor. And I STILL get a kick out of watching Sandra on the talk shows to see how totally "down to earth" and normal she still is...I loved her telling the interviewers "who her dress was by"...The PX on the Army base! HILARIOUS!!! TOTALLY Sandra!!

Friktion

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 07:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No "cute young chicks" - ala Heidi et al. Don't misunderstand, there were good-looking males and females, but not prancing/bouncing around talking (at least for an hour each week) about how COOL they were! I agree with the poster that said the people were REAL this time around. Oh, did I mention I loved Rupert? LOL

Pattie555

Monday, December 15, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Best of all none of them worked at Bellys

Bbfanatic

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 10:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i stopped watching when rupert was planked. i tuned in to the last 1/2 hour of the final episode to find out who won. sandra is <il>

Amchess

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ditto Frik. No fake boobs bouncing around saying Look at Meeeeeeee. Great casting, especially Rupert and Sandra. And Jon too.....

Cassie

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 10:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sandra <el>. I liked her upfrontness, and I thought she looked better and better as the days unfolded. That has to be a first on Survivor.

Niceguy

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It seemed they was no way you could slide by on charm and/or good looks. You had to deliver. Hence the MAJOR disappointment with Osten(and to a lesser extent Nicole). No character, just a shell.

Sunshyne4u

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Better casting, but unevenly matched teams in SIZE and AGE.
Better location!! GREAT theme!! Good solid FAIR comps ((the balance comp with Rob Jenna and Matthew last year was not fair, in my opinion. A woman immediately has an advantage with the wider hipbase and in Jenna's case, big feet. I still feel it was specially picked so she's be final two))
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Too much focus on only a couple of players for more than half the season! Darrah who?? Michelle few words? Shaun who? These people barely got in a couple of sentences compared to 50% of every show done as the Rupert Show.
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I did enjoy this season more than most even though I didnt have a favourite, or someone I wanted to "go down humiliated".

Kep421

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 12:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think this Survivor season was the best overall because of all the previously stated reasons.

But what really made this season for me personally was the old timers/new posters and lively posts here at TVCH!! I found myself checking all the posts at least once a day.

TVCHer's ROCK!!

Duncan

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved this season because the players were all people I could relate to. No one was over the top (except maybe for Jon, but I know enough people like him not to not to notice). In fact, one thing that I really enjoyed was the fact that I don't think race EVER enterd the game, until the end when Ryan (I think) blew it by asking Sandra what she thought she had done for Puerto Ricans. Where on earth did THAT one come from? (I didn't even realize she WAS Puerto Rican until something was said...she was just Sandra). For once I didn't have it thrown in my face every show that someone was white/black/asian/gay/lesbian/hispanic/old/young/cute/sexy/anything. It was nice to watch a show where everyone was just a person on the island.

Sia

Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Excellent point, Duncan, now that you mention it. But do you think Darrah did a good job "representing" morticians? I am hoping they aren't all as whiny as she is. I found her annoying--nearly as annoying as Christa.

Tabbyking

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
what a let-down today is...a thursday and no survivor to look forward to......sigh.......

Tabbyking

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
my favorite part was the first day when they had to leave their belongings and jump ship and shop for their camping items. that was a good start, IMO, and so different from the normal first day that it got me hooked!

Cpmfinster

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That was good, making them jump in with just the clothes on their back.

I thought they would have a reward challenge where the reward was the bags they brought with them.

What made this the best for me was we actually got to see a lot of the plotting, strategizing, & backstabbing. I thought they showed more of that than ever before.