Survivor: Cook Islands - Aired Sept. 14 - Commentary
As I write this, three episodes have aired, and so we're only getting a commentary. Sorry. But dang, it's fall premiere season! Have you seen Heroes or Jericho yet? No? You really should! And next week Lost is back. Hmmmmmmmm...
But Survivor. Oh, sweet Survivor, how we love you and have missed you. There is nothing like the start of the season, Jeff Probst welcoming us to the show and the location, then his countdown - 39 days, 20 people, 1 Survivor - and the theme song hits. It gets me each time.
It was a little more chaotic this time around, as he was standing on a ship with all the contestants scrambling around him trying to grab items for their tribes. It was okay, but it didn't come anywhere near close to my favourite opening of any Survivor season ever where the camera pulled back as he was talking and he was standing at the mouth of a volcano. Damn, that as a great start to a season. Just because it would be hard to top though doesn't mean they shouldn't try. Bah. I'm also peeved that they no longer do a little montage of Jeff taking the final votes and showing his journey to whatever venue in the States they plan on using for the finale. I loved that, Jeff. Why don't you do it anymore? Think of the poor fans, damn it!
I haven't mentioned it yet, but I can't go on any further without touching on the biggest controversy Survivor has ever faced. Why does he spell his name "Cao Boi" and not "Cowboy"?
Ha! I kid. Of course I'm talking about the four tribes based on ethnicity. Asians, Latinos, African-Americans, and rednecks. Ha! I kid again. The caucasian team aren't rednecks. Well, I'm not sure about Adam, but otherwise they're not.
As the show unfolded, the tribes definitely talked about it, but otherwise it was almost a non-issue, except for the Asian tribe where Cao Boi, arguably the biggest personality of the season, kept making Asian jokes much to the chagrin of his much younger tribemates.
While the season started being about ethnicity, it already looks like it's going to be the same old story and boil down to sex. The first tribe to lose a challenge was the African-Americans, and they got to select someone from another tribe to go to Exile Island. The two men stepped away from their teammates to make the decision, leaving the three women behind and none too pleased. It really came as no surprise afterwards that the first person voted off the island was one of the men.
The Exile Island twist last year was interesting, but at the end never really made a difference thanks to Terry dominating immunity challenges and never having to use his hidden immunity idol. Let's hope that things change this season and we get to see the thing actually come into play. The island itself is a lot more sparse than the one used last time, and instead of a giant wooden skull, the exiled player is stranded with the remains of a wrecked ship. It's actually kinda cool looking.
Sorry that's it for now, but I've got a lot of catching up to do.
But Survivor. Oh, sweet Survivor, how we love you and have missed you. There is nothing like the start of the season, Jeff Probst welcoming us to the show and the location, then his countdown - 39 days, 20 people, 1 Survivor - and the theme song hits. It gets me each time.
It was a little more chaotic this time around, as he was standing on a ship with all the contestants scrambling around him trying to grab items for their tribes. It was okay, but it didn't come anywhere near close to my favourite opening of any Survivor season ever where the camera pulled back as he was talking and he was standing at the mouth of a volcano. Damn, that as a great start to a season. Just because it would be hard to top though doesn't mean they shouldn't try. Bah. I'm also peeved that they no longer do a little montage of Jeff taking the final votes and showing his journey to whatever venue in the States they plan on using for the finale. I loved that, Jeff. Why don't you do it anymore? Think of the poor fans, damn it!
I haven't mentioned it yet, but I can't go on any further without touching on the biggest controversy Survivor has ever faced. Why does he spell his name "Cao Boi" and not "Cowboy"?
Ha! I kid. Of course I'm talking about the four tribes based on ethnicity. Asians, Latinos, African-Americans, and rednecks. Ha! I kid again. The caucasian team aren't rednecks. Well, I'm not sure about Adam, but otherwise they're not.
As the show unfolded, the tribes definitely talked about it, but otherwise it was almost a non-issue, except for the Asian tribe where Cao Boi, arguably the biggest personality of the season, kept making Asian jokes much to the chagrin of his much younger tribemates.
While the season started being about ethnicity, it already looks like it's going to be the same old story and boil down to sex. The first tribe to lose a challenge was the African-Americans, and they got to select someone from another tribe to go to Exile Island. The two men stepped away from their teammates to make the decision, leaving the three women behind and none too pleased. It really came as no surprise afterwards that the first person voted off the island was one of the men.
The Exile Island twist last year was interesting, but at the end never really made a difference thanks to Terry dominating immunity challenges and never having to use his hidden immunity idol. Let's hope that things change this season and we get to see the thing actually come into play. The island itself is a lot more sparse than the one used last time, and instead of a giant wooden skull, the exiled player is stranded with the remains of a wrecked ship. It's actually kinda cool looking.
Sorry that's it for now, but I've got a lot of catching up to do.
posted by Tabby at 4:30 p.m.
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