Jamie is hot. Thats what they brought to the table. :winky:
I would have expected better from Ron and Christina in China. Probably bodes poorly for their future that they cant do better than this when having a leg up on the competition when it comes to language barrier.
India is always amusing/devestating to a couple teams, looking forward to it.
To be fair, the cab driver was an idiot and took them to the wrong place. Hell, their language advantage probably hurt them there since they were more likely to think he knew what he was doing because they could communicate their destination to him perfectly.
I think Zapatera fucked up tonight. I've never been impressed with anything Sarita did, and they're not doing themselves favors by eliminating some of the decent talent in the tribe.
I think Zapatera fucked up tonight. I've never been impressed with anything Sarita did, and they're not doing themselves favors by eliminating some of the decent talent in the tribe.
I wanted Stephanie to stay, but I'm not sure she's so much better in challenges that it makes up for her jumping ship immediately post merge like she probably would have. Sarita definitely needs to get more involved though for her and their tribe's sake.
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And we still have the Travelocity leg sponsored by evil gnomes to go.
On the plus side: Suck it, Luke.
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My three favourites (globetrotters, cowboys, zev and justin) are still in so I'm really enjoying this season. Losing Ron kind of sucks though because he's so funny.
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edited April 2011
This was definitely not the All-Star cast I would've looked for, no.
Unfortunately, my random Reality Show Rooting Interest draw (you and your friends all put a buck in the pot, pick a number, first intro credits to the season gives you your person/team) gave me Kent/Vixen, so while it's annoying that they are around, I've still got a horse in this contest.
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Hey Kent, your girlfriend has bigger balls than you. And I am fine with the groups that are left. If Jen and Kisha were the next ones to be eliminated, I wouldn't mind that at all.
The next... five or so episodes of survivor are going to be pretty dull. Philip being weird stopped being entertaining after the first episode and that's all we really have to go on until all the zapatera folks are gone. Well that and Rob starting to turn into Russell with all this "this is MY game" nonsense.
It's really only two more eliminations because at 7 things get interesting again. But again, Rob is inherently amusing and I know he's not winning (the editing gives it away; it's either Andrea or Natalie taking it) so his more annoying tendencies I can ignore.
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This is an odd season of survivor. Some incredible episodes, but Zapatera's terribleness really brings it down. Say what you want about Russell, but I think it would be hard to argue things wouldn't be more interesting if he were still around.
It's too bad we didn't get to see more from Mike, he seemed to have some game. Too bad it didn't occur to him they would go after Matt..
Philip is becoming interesting with the question of just how self-aware is he.
Fucking love Survivor. Amazing Race seems like the dullest thing ever anytime I've tried watching it.
This is an odd season of survivor. Some incredible episodes, but Zapatera's terribleness really brings it down. Say what you want about Russell, but I think it would be hard to argue things wouldn't be more interesting if he were still around.
It's too bad we didn't get to see more from Mike, he seemed to have some game. Too bad it didn't occur to him they would go after Matt..
Philip is becoming interesting with the question of just how self-aware is he.
Fucking love Survivor. Amazing Race seems like the dullest thing ever anytime I've tried watching it.
When have you tried? TAR's first and third seasons are great. There are some other very good ones like 5 and 12 in my mind and I have an odd fondness for TAR6 because my favorite team ever is there, even though it mercilessly eliminates the nice people in favor of assholes.
Self-important trolls the editors love != more interesting. Russell bores me because he's such a boor.
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Not sure which seasons, I've just tried watching an episode here and there when nothing else was on. I just don't find it interesting watching people fret over where's the bus or I forgot my passport at the last stop.
As for Russell, I think it would be interesting to see what he could do in the current situation. Would he be able to break up Ometepe? Probably not but seeing him try would probably be a lot better than watching Zapatera sleepwalk.
So the compelling thing in TAR is almost always the dynamics between the two people on each team. While some tasks are great, they are almost always made that way by the people doing them ("My ox is broken! This is bullshit!"). When it's well cast (TAR1 and 3 especially), it's a great show. When it's poorly cast, as it has been for... most of the last five seasons now, it can still be a fun show but it's not great.
Anyway for that kind of thing to really come through you have to watch from the start of a season all the way through. If you catch an individual episode in the middle of the year, unless it's one of the rare few that are compelling in a self contained way like the aforementioned ox being broken or the season four episode where Chuck and Millie are eliminated, it probably won't be terribly interesting.
It's kind of like how a given episode of Survivor is usually fairly uninterested unless you understand the interpersonal dynamics going on. There are some that stand alone (most notably for me: the Edgardo boot in Fiji and the Gregg boot in Palau), but I don't think that's the usual case.
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Honestly, even if the rest of TAR sucked I'd still watch for scenery porn and Phil Keoghan. Not necessarily in that order.
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As for Russell, I think it would be interesting to see what he could do in the current situation. Would he be able to break up Ometepe? Probably not but seeing him try would probably be a lot better than watching Zapatera sleepwalk.
I agree with this. There's simply no way Russel would allow Rob to run the camp the way he is. He'd make something happen strategically or die trying. His play isn't flawless, but he's about a hundred times better than anything Zapatera's "master strategist" David has tried to pull.
I have a feeling Rob's going to get blindsided (the editing is making him look too strong), and it's a shame because he's one of the only interesting players left to watch.
The other answer to that question is no, because Russell never accomplished anything without an idol. He's *such* a bad player.
I'd be considerably more interested to see what Parvati would do here. As she's actually a good player, though mis-read the HvV jury kind of badly at FTC.
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I just can't get over how blindly loyal Rob's cronies are. It's like they don't realize that the field has to get narrowed down to 3 and then a jury has to determine the winner.
If ANYONE from Zapatera ends up in the final 3 I gotta think they would be the clear choice for winner.
The worst thing about Matt is if he gets to the end he won't give himself any credit. It'll just be "god did it."
Unless god came up with the idea of redemption island, without which you would have been gone in episode one, it wasn't god. It was you winning all those stupid challenges.
At least the game can start now that the Zapatera people have finally been killed off, they gave up before the merge and the show suffered as a result.
I just can't get over how blindly loyal Rob's cronies are. It's like they don't realize that the field has to get narrowed down to 3 and then a jury has to determine the winner.
If ANYONE from Zapatera ends up in the final 3 I gotta think they would be the clear choice for winner.
It was never rational for any of them to flip. Except I think Grant at 9. And Andrea in the second vote last night, but they didn't give her a chance to move.
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Failing miserably at making a compelling season. There are a LOT of structural issues with this season, and it forced a Pagonging because there really wasn't any way for there *not* to be one.
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Does Kent not remember like the last 6 legs of this race? Or does he actually define a "positive attitude" as constantly whining and complaining about everything and therefore requiring his girlfriend to "man up" for him many times over? He is such a weird "guy".
As annoying as those two were, I like them far better than Zev and Justin. It is still mind-boggling that teams are still getting shellacked by failing to read the damn clue.
I'm glad Zev and Justin didn't win it; Kiesha and Jen - that's ok too, but I would have much rather Flight Time and Big Easy win it, although it seems pedaling across that bridge was the sisters game easily.
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To be fair, the cab driver was an idiot and took them to the wrong place. Hell, their language advantage probably hurt them there since they were more likely to think he knew what he was doing because they could communicate their destination to him perfectly.
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Holy product placement Batman.
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And we still have the Travelocity leg sponsored by evil gnomes to go.
On the plus side: Suck it, Luke.
Unfortunately, my random Reality Show Rooting Interest draw (you and your friends all put a buck in the pot, pick a number, first intro credits to the season gives you your person/team) gave me Kent/Vixen, so while it's annoying that they are around, I've still got a horse in this contest.
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It's too bad we didn't get to see more from Mike, he seemed to have some game. Too bad it didn't occur to him they would go after Matt..
Philip is becoming interesting with the question of just how self-aware is he.
Fucking love Survivor. Amazing Race seems like the dullest thing ever anytime I've tried watching it.
When have you tried? TAR's first and third seasons are great. There are some other very good ones like 5 and 12 in my mind and I have an odd fondness for TAR6 because my favorite team ever is there, even though it mercilessly eliminates the nice people in favor of assholes.
Self-important trolls the editors love != more interesting. Russell bores me because he's such a boor.
As for Russell, I think it would be interesting to see what he could do in the current situation. Would he be able to break up Ometepe? Probably not but seeing him try would probably be a lot better than watching Zapatera sleepwalk.
Anyway for that kind of thing to really come through you have to watch from the start of a season all the way through. If you catch an individual episode in the middle of the year, unless it's one of the rare few that are compelling in a self contained way like the aforementioned ox being broken or the season four episode where Chuck and Millie are eliminated, it probably won't be terribly interesting.
It's kind of like how a given episode of Survivor is usually fairly uninterested unless you understand the interpersonal dynamics going on. There are some that stand alone (most notably for me: the Edgardo boot in Fiji and the Gregg boot in Palau), but I don't think that's the usual case.
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I agree with this. There's simply no way Russel would allow Rob to run the camp the way he is. He'd make something happen strategically or die trying. His play isn't flawless, but he's about a hundred times better than anything Zapatera's "master strategist" David has tried to pull.
I have a feeling Rob's going to get blindsided (the editing is making him look too strong), and it's a shame because he's one of the only interesting players left to watch.
I'd be considerably more interested to see what Parvati would do here. As she's actually a good player, though mis-read the HvV jury kind of badly at FTC.
If ANYONE from Zapatera ends up in the final 3 I gotta think they would be the clear choice for winner.
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Unless god came up with the idea of redemption island, without which you would have been gone in episode one, it wasn't god. It was you winning all those stupid challenges.
It was never rational for any of them to flip. Except I think Grant at 9. And Andrea in the second vote last night, but they didn't give her a chance to move.
I have no idea what they're doing piling so many people onto Redemption Island.
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I really hope they don't do redemption island again, it was all a big waste of time.