Post by babybear on Oct 24, 2005 13:51:36 GMT -5
Survivor Guatemala
Episode 6
One thing is sure, Mark Burnett doesn't ever want another Survivor where one tribe is systematically obliterated by the other. Thus far, we have scrambled the two tribes and both tribes going to tribal council at the same time. This is good in one way. No doubt, Vanuatu and the way one tribe so completely dominated the other began to wear really thin on the viewer. Too predictable. On the other hand, this constant shuffling and changing voting situations makes it hard to get a good grip on anyone's strategy and has to be really hard on the players since they can't really settle down with anyone to form a solid alliance.
This week, the proverbial monkey wrench was tossed when Jeff Probst announced that there would be a reward challenge and that the winner of that reward challenge got the reward AND the right to compete for an individual immunity for one of its members. Both tribes would go to tribal council.
It takes big balls to play survivor. Well, it took at least ONE big ball to play survivor for this weeks reward/immunity combo challenge. You have a rectangular playing area with a center line, and two goal lines at the opposing ends and this big ball....a REALLY big ball. You couldn't see over or around it to know for certain what your opponents were doing. The ball had to be pushed and rolled over your goal line. First tribe with three goals wins. There were trees in the area that you could mash people on, or you could use to brace yourself. The trick seemed to be not who could push the hardest, but rather who could maneuver the best....rolling to the side could get you past your opponents.
This challenge gave us an opportunity to learn a little more about the cast. For example, the award for the most emaciated survivor competitor is a tie, going to both Margaret and Danni. Watching Danni walk up to the challenge was almost painful. Plus she was wearing these itty bitty skimpy red shorts that exposed her hip bones which were barely covered by skin, and her tiny little butt cheeks that were peeking out under the legs of the shorts in the back. I'm not sure if these shorts were supposed to be a thong or not, but it's possible that the lack of any fat or meat on those bones caused the part that should have been the thong to just spread out and cover her whole butt. Meanwhile, Margaret has a little bikini bra top that makes her look like a little girl wearing mommy's bra. She and Danni are skeletal.
We also got to learn about the testosterone crowd. Jamie and Bobby Jon actually did the ritual bumping of chests and roaring at one another after Jamie celebrated a little too exhuberantly their win in the ball rolling challenge. Finally, Bobby Jon was heard screaming the ultimate Survivor epithet at Jamie..."That's not nice. That's not nice." This is not, however, my favorite epithet or scream of the season. That has to be the challenge where they were canoeing side by side to a buoy with a bag on it they needed to retrieve. One of the boats began sidling over next to the other and pushing them off the course. I don't know who yelled it, but someone yelled "Ramming speed!" and I lost it completely. Those of you too young to remember "Ben Hur" won't get it, but trust me, it was funny.
Amy hurt her ankle AGAIN. She keeps wrapping it up and saying she's fine, and I have to admit, she kept playing. Right after being pushed to the ground obviously hurt and having to be helped off the playing field, she had to go back for another heat since she was one of two women available to play and she managed to pull it out and actually won a point on that heat.
The reward this week was a barbecue with hamburgers, hot dogs, and beer and root beer on ice. Nakum won. They then compete in a retrieve the bags, take out the letters, solve the puzzle challenge and Rafe wins the individual immunity when Judd tells him the answer because Judd can't get his bag open to get out the puzzle pieces. This could be seen as a smart move, a move that would ensure Judd that Rafe would not vote him out in the future, but Judd says "I didn't know I was that smart, next time I'll keep my mouth shut," which pretty much negates any good effect his helping out might have had.
Back at camp they swap around beers and root beers, Judd trading food for beer (brilliant...NOT) and somehow a beer goes missing. The beer probably went missing into Judd, but well, who knows for sure. At any rate there is much brouhaha and we are led to believe Judd could be evicted, or Margaret, his arch nemesis. I'm not sure why they are such enemies but it's obvious that their personalities don't mesh. At tribal council, they erupt into a full fledged pregnant dog-slap fest, with Judd being as much of a pregnant dog as Margaret. Even Probst seems flabbergasted at this group. They vote, Margaret is gone. I guess they wanted Judd's brawn. Can't be his brain.
Rafe then gets to sit in on the tribal council of the Yaxha tribe and even gets to give one of them immunity. Their tribe is much less hostile and everyone speaks well of Brian right before they vote him out. Amy is spared even with her ailing ankle. Rafe gave Gary immunity but it didn't look like he needed it at all.
With Margaret gone, Danni is now the sole winner of the most emaciated Survivor award. She reminds me of Jenna Morasca and Skeletor back when getting naked for chocolate was a new idea. Seeing Jenna Morasca now, it's hard to imagine her as she was back then, but I remember that Scott said she had lost so much weight at one point that you could see her breast implants when she had her back to you.
My favorite scene so far, has to be the monkeys lounging in the trees and occasionally scratching themselves.
I predict that Judd isn't going to last long. He's developed a really nasty attitude and that just doesn't play well. After a while you no longer care about how strong someone is if you can't stand being around them all day and night in between challenges. As Bobby Jon might say "That isn't nice!"
Till next week.
written by BCandScott
Episode 6
One thing is sure, Mark Burnett doesn't ever want another Survivor where one tribe is systematically obliterated by the other. Thus far, we have scrambled the two tribes and both tribes going to tribal council at the same time. This is good in one way. No doubt, Vanuatu and the way one tribe so completely dominated the other began to wear really thin on the viewer. Too predictable. On the other hand, this constant shuffling and changing voting situations makes it hard to get a good grip on anyone's strategy and has to be really hard on the players since they can't really settle down with anyone to form a solid alliance.
This week, the proverbial monkey wrench was tossed when Jeff Probst announced that there would be a reward challenge and that the winner of that reward challenge got the reward AND the right to compete for an individual immunity for one of its members. Both tribes would go to tribal council.
It takes big balls to play survivor. Well, it took at least ONE big ball to play survivor for this weeks reward/immunity combo challenge. You have a rectangular playing area with a center line, and two goal lines at the opposing ends and this big ball....a REALLY big ball. You couldn't see over or around it to know for certain what your opponents were doing. The ball had to be pushed and rolled over your goal line. First tribe with three goals wins. There were trees in the area that you could mash people on, or you could use to brace yourself. The trick seemed to be not who could push the hardest, but rather who could maneuver the best....rolling to the side could get you past your opponents.
This challenge gave us an opportunity to learn a little more about the cast. For example, the award for the most emaciated survivor competitor is a tie, going to both Margaret and Danni. Watching Danni walk up to the challenge was almost painful. Plus she was wearing these itty bitty skimpy red shorts that exposed her hip bones which were barely covered by skin, and her tiny little butt cheeks that were peeking out under the legs of the shorts in the back. I'm not sure if these shorts were supposed to be a thong or not, but it's possible that the lack of any fat or meat on those bones caused the part that should have been the thong to just spread out and cover her whole butt. Meanwhile, Margaret has a little bikini bra top that makes her look like a little girl wearing mommy's bra. She and Danni are skeletal.
We also got to learn about the testosterone crowd. Jamie and Bobby Jon actually did the ritual bumping of chests and roaring at one another after Jamie celebrated a little too exhuberantly their win in the ball rolling challenge. Finally, Bobby Jon was heard screaming the ultimate Survivor epithet at Jamie..."That's not nice. That's not nice." This is not, however, my favorite epithet or scream of the season. That has to be the challenge where they were canoeing side by side to a buoy with a bag on it they needed to retrieve. One of the boats began sidling over next to the other and pushing them off the course. I don't know who yelled it, but someone yelled "Ramming speed!" and I lost it completely. Those of you too young to remember "Ben Hur" won't get it, but trust me, it was funny.
Amy hurt her ankle AGAIN. She keeps wrapping it up and saying she's fine, and I have to admit, she kept playing. Right after being pushed to the ground obviously hurt and having to be helped off the playing field, she had to go back for another heat since she was one of two women available to play and she managed to pull it out and actually won a point on that heat.
The reward this week was a barbecue with hamburgers, hot dogs, and beer and root beer on ice. Nakum won. They then compete in a retrieve the bags, take out the letters, solve the puzzle challenge and Rafe wins the individual immunity when Judd tells him the answer because Judd can't get his bag open to get out the puzzle pieces. This could be seen as a smart move, a move that would ensure Judd that Rafe would not vote him out in the future, but Judd says "I didn't know I was that smart, next time I'll keep my mouth shut," which pretty much negates any good effect his helping out might have had.
Back at camp they swap around beers and root beers, Judd trading food for beer (brilliant...NOT) and somehow a beer goes missing. The beer probably went missing into Judd, but well, who knows for sure. At any rate there is much brouhaha and we are led to believe Judd could be evicted, or Margaret, his arch nemesis. I'm not sure why they are such enemies but it's obvious that their personalities don't mesh. At tribal council, they erupt into a full fledged pregnant dog-slap fest, with Judd being as much of a pregnant dog as Margaret. Even Probst seems flabbergasted at this group. They vote, Margaret is gone. I guess they wanted Judd's brawn. Can't be his brain.
Rafe then gets to sit in on the tribal council of the Yaxha tribe and even gets to give one of them immunity. Their tribe is much less hostile and everyone speaks well of Brian right before they vote him out. Amy is spared even with her ailing ankle. Rafe gave Gary immunity but it didn't look like he needed it at all.
With Margaret gone, Danni is now the sole winner of the most emaciated Survivor award. She reminds me of Jenna Morasca and Skeletor back when getting naked for chocolate was a new idea. Seeing Jenna Morasca now, it's hard to imagine her as she was back then, but I remember that Scott said she had lost so much weight at one point that you could see her breast implants when she had her back to you.
My favorite scene so far, has to be the monkeys lounging in the trees and occasionally scratching themselves.
I predict that Judd isn't going to last long. He's developed a really nasty attitude and that just doesn't play well. After a while you no longer care about how strong someone is if you can't stand being around them all day and night in between challenges. As Bobby Jon might say "That isn't nice!"
Till next week.
written by BCandScott
