(The opinions expressed in the
following are mine and not necessarily those of anyone else, although in some
cases they should be and probably are)
With the computer problems that were preventing me from posting solved, lets get back into the swing of things.
With the computer problems that were preventing me from posting solved, lets get back into the swing of things.
The premerge of Survivor Africa is AWESOME. The first 3
episodes of post merge of Survivor Africa are also AWESOME. The rest of
Survivor Africa ? We’ll get there.
Now I never saw Survivor Africa when it was on. I may have
mentioned this, but to refresh your memory, I didn’t start watching weekly
until Pearl Islands. I did however watch this season one episode per day at
like 1 pm when I was in 11th grade. See my high school was under
construction so the space was limited, therefore 11th and 12th
grade students went to school from 8am to 1240 pm. It was pretty cool. I would
get home, and watch Survivor Africa on… some retro station and have lunch. It
was a pretty sweet deal all things considered. And since it was an episode a
day (with the finale split into 2 parts) the whole thing took about 3 weeks. (This
network showed all of Africa, Marquesas and Thailand, but when Thailand ended
it jumped to Palau, which I had already seen so I didn’t bother watching,
although I did notice that they never got all the way through the Triumph of
Westman so… yeah, funny tangent?)
As I said, pre merge, this season is great. Boran is an
awesome tribe full of colourful and amazing personalities. Lex, Tom, Kelly,
Ethan, Clarence? All whacky and awesome people, throw in the ‘straight’ person
in the form of Mama Kim? And we have a winner. Best tribe to watch on TV
outside of the context of Survivor thus far. Love them. Well after 2 episodes
anyway. See, early Boran was tense. When they were losing, it sucked because
everyone was either fighting or dying. Fortunately, peace was made for the
purposes of trying to win and the corpses named Diane and Jessie were removed.
Love this tribe.
Samburu on the other hand? An amazing to watch train wreck
split right down the middle. They were also awesome television.
Unpopular opinion: Silas Gaither is awesome. LOVE me some Silas. Why? The dude was an
amazing Survivor Villain. He was such a cocky dick, and got exactly what he had
coming to him, and took it right on the chin and gave props to the victors. The
dude flat out got fucked by the tribe swap. He had the game by the balls and
bad luck screwed him. He was the first, and would not be the last to have his
game ruined by a tribe swap. It happens, and some people just can’t overcome
the position that they are thrust into by chance. I will say, if Silas had
bitched, I probably wouldn’t be praising him. I would not disagree, but the fact
he took it like a man and praised the game in his exit interview shows that he
got it, and I, as a fan appreciate that. Some people take it too seriously, and
take losing way too hard.
Popular opinion: Lindsey was difficult to tolerate. As was
Linda. And also Carl. Need I say more? Generic pre merge boots. Bitchy, bad at
challenges, no one liked him.
Overall, this is 6 great episodes of Survivor. Really good
stuff. What follows might possibly be even better.
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