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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 7:11 am
Nah...not much to say about recap eps though. We're going on about 2 weeks without a real new episode. I haven't even watched the recap one yet- I care so little about it. Why waste a week with recap stuff. Yawn! Even if it is "new" stuff we haven't seen.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 7:59 am
Most of it wasn't new Kaili, just expanded on. Then you had the Colby chaffing, which even tho I DROOL over Colby I could care less if he's chaffed in a sensitive area. The caffiene high clip was good tho.
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 9:19 am
Yeah, but still.... I don't think this is normal. We've had recaps before on this show and others, and not a single new thread, and exactly one post in the span of a week? This is a record setting silence by a fairly large group of people who are a bit more nutty about tv than the average joe. Not to step on any toes, but I do 'blame' it partly on the chat channel. In all my years on the net, and they are many, I find one of the best ways to kill a message board, is to add an IRC channel where all the content from what would otherwise be a chatty bunch just disappears into the ether. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to watching tonight as much as the next person, but this show just does not seem to be on peoples minds much this year other than show on night.
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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 10:44 am
Crossfire said, "but this show just does not seem to be on peoples minds much this year other than show on night." It's certainly been on my mind cross, I really missed having no new episode last week even though there were some funny moments in the recap show. You should watch it to see the "fake" tribal council that Chapera did, it was quite funny. HOWEVER, I do feel like it has been FOREVER since we had a NEW episode and I think that's why there hasn't been as much new chat. I bet after tonight's show we'll all be posting again. It should be a good one!
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 11:01 am
I did watch it. It was by recap standards, a great show. No need to sell me on that. I just refer again to my fist paragraph in my previous post. We've had recaps before, but not the associated weeklong dryspell. That is new.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 11:05 am
I disagree Cross regarding your chat comment. I actually have a theory about why no one's talking alot about the show but I prefer to keep it to myself. And I remember a couple of seasons ago how this place would be jumping with everyone talking about everything Survivor related. But I think the tone has changed here, imo. But I think it has nothing to do with chat.
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 11:29 am
Hi Mocha. Been a while since I crossed your path. Hmmm, the reason you don't want to name, I suspect is partly to do with the elephant lurking around these days regarding spoilers, and that is a factor. Interestingly, the spoiler area actually did get traffic during the week of silence. As for the chat comment, I don't imagine too many will be happy with that one. I don't expect to get much support on that especially from people who do in fact make use of it. One thing I will add though, and I wanted to change this but it was too late by the time I noticed what I had written. I wish I had not used the word blame as that puts people on the defensive straight off. I now wish I had used 'attribute'. I also should not had said it 'kills' message-boards, that is also too aggressive. What is does, is make all the conversation disappear within minutes of it being posted. Unless you are there, you do not get the benefit of what is said, and you certainly cannot respond to something you have not read. There is another aspect to it, that for the sake of our mental health, I will not bring up, but it has been discussed here at length in the past. Then again, I am humble enough to confess I could be wrong in this instance despite my previous experience. Wouldn't be the first time.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 12:09 pm
Hi Cross. Nice to cross paths with you again. Actually I wasn't talking about the spoiler elephant at all. Also I would like to point out that the chat crowd is a whole different crowd and that Survivor is really only talked about during showtime and maybe an hour or two later. So this is mainly why I disagreed with you.
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 12:12 pm
Good point.
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Lorie
Member
08-29-2003
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 2:29 pm
Are you guys saying that an elephant wins Survivor? That would have been my last guess!!!!!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 2:39 pm
Now now Lorie this isn't the spoiler thread watch what you say. *L* Sorry couldn't resist. I'd rather an elephant win that Rob or Amber. Or Jeri. Or Lex. Or Shi-Ann. OR ....
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 3:28 pm
My theory is pretty simple. Survivor is interesting, but its day is passing. It is in competition with The Apprentice and American Idol - and the attraction to those shows is far greater and it has nothing to do with IRC chat (which has been here since this board started nearly 4 years ago) or spoiler post restrictions. Survivor is fun to watch, but what really is there to say? How many different ways can you say that you think XXX is gonna win or lose because of X, Y, or Z? That becomes even less interesting if you already have a good indication of who is in the final 2 anyway, and especially since we already know these players from past games anyway. There isn't anything interesting to talk about. <shrug> My opinion, FWIW.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 3:30 pm
I don't know about anyone else, but I've lost all enthusiasm for this Survivor. I don't know why really, but I'm only watching now to run the game. It started out exciting, but it seems like its turned really DULL. Am I the only one?? Plus The Apprentice is on tonight and I think it's a much better program overall. Maybe some of you are right and Survivor has run its course.
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 3:45 pm
Ok, can't even get a decent fight going in here. All reasonable disagreements, and alternate explanations. Perhaps that little sideline I went on was in error. Maybe it's not done yet...but the show does seem to be declining as a discussion topic. PS, have our contestants had to eat anything yucky yet? I thought this was supposed to be the rough and tumble edition, the best of the best. That should include something really extra gooey on the dinner plate.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 4:08 pm
i don't think survivor has run it's course. i just think that we know these survivor's so well, and it's spoiled in such a way, that we really don't have much to talk about. compare this show currently to american idol. it was shocking last night. so today it is the water cooler fodder. until something happens that we least expect... let's say...rob being voted off tonight... you aren't going to hear much posting for this group. we need DRAMA! we need EXCITEMENT!
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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 4:35 pm
I'm finding this Survivor less interesting, just as I found subsequent BB's less interesting over time. For me, it's that it's just different people (or in this case the same people) doing the same old thing. They can shake up some of the overall stuff, but the alliance stuff, the challenges, etc, are nothing really new. I'ts like a variation of that old saying, "the game's the same, and this time not even the faces have changed!" I still watch, but I don't sweat it if I miss it, like I used to. I felt that way about the first few shows this season, but somehow, as all the really interesting folks get voted off. The show jsut isn't terribly intriguing. The things that usually get people going - very controversial characters doing controversial things - doesn' t seem to be happening this time around either.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 5:18 pm
I think that the big problem with this edition of Survivor is that all the players, besides Rupert, knew each other before the game started. And likewise, WE knew the players beforehand. The talking points in the past, at least for me, were watching the new crop of players react to each other and their environment. Getting to know the players as the game progressed was a big part of the fun of watching. Since we knew these people already, that part of the experience was nonexistant. Personally, I'm enjoying the season for what it is. Rob and Big Tom are a hoot to watch, and I'll be sad to see those two voted out, if indeed they eventually are voted out. Jerri is Jerri, and although she's not particularly fun to watch, she does add a bit to the show with that holier-than-thou attitude she brings.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 5:32 pm
Hmm. Well my interest in Survivor hasn't diminished. I'm just as excited every Thursday as I was for previous seasons. Just as excited reading the spoilers too. Just really hasn't been any interesting conversations round here lately.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 5:43 pm
Hey,I enjoyed Africa. It would be really hard for Mark Burnett to run me off.
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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 6:01 pm
Funny, I just now realized that it's on tonight! I guess I really have lost interest! Hippy, I enjoyed Africa too, cause the characters of Tom and Lex and Ethan kept me very interested. But Ethan's gone, and I don't like Lex much anymore; and they don't show nearly enough of Tom. I also hated watching Africa because it seemed so much more 'deprived' than others and they couldn't really do much about getting their own food. They got so sickly and weak, it was like watching people sit around and starve to death toward the end....
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Justalittlebean
Member
08-15-2003
| Friday, April 02, 2004 - 8:02 am
Glad I'm not the only one who's lost interest. Seems something is missing. Lex is disappointing me and I'm waiting for Rob to calm the seas since he seems to think he has the power of God. LOL I'll keep watching and probably keep complaining. I do enjoy this board, its better than Survivor.
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