Kind of a slow episode. I would like to see Michael stick around longer.

I think Chris is a victim of editing ... I'm sure he is talking about himself that much, but there is most likely someone else interacting with him.

Idk why I’m commenting here, but I have thoughts after watching this and wanted to express them somewhere? I feel like they will be unpopular but

I’m actually of the opinion this season is… not that great? I’ve been watching older seasons lately (Vanuatu rn <3) so newer seasons pale in comparison, but it has been a straight pagonging except for Morgan’s boot. (That was actually a good TC!) This boot order is atrocious though alol. I remember thinking Malolo >>>>>> Naviti pre-season, so I guess I was going to feel that way regardless. I saw Brendan, Steph J, and Morgan as people who had potential to be really solid players, so to see them all get royally swap fucked (eh Morgan didn’t really) is a total drag. Other than that I just don’t like these twenty person seasons with

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thirteen person

merges, and multiple tribe swaps. I think it really encourages the pagonging mentality as opposed to preventing them. They should be swapping once around like Day 10 imo. In this season had Naviti gone to tribal council one time with their original 5-5 split that would have created a fracture, and maybe the season would be more interesting right now.

I’m also of the opinion that Survivor’s character development (and reality TV in general right now) is awful. Ever since Adam? it feels like there is an emphasis on sob stories, and I detest that. I feel like this started out as an NBC thing, but now I’m seeing it on ABC and CBS shows too. I’d much rather we get to know the characters for WHO they are, and not their upsetting personal stories. (I.E. We couldn't get to know Ben last season as a tough marine with a softer side. We had to hear about how difficult his life is because of his PTSD. There was more to the guy than his PTSD, but nobody will remember it because that's what the show focused on.) And I’m not trying to take away from Ben or anyone else who has personal issues because it is sad, but it’s a tad much when you start seeing it mentioned in every single episode. There are plenty of past contestants that have had terrible backstories on Survivor who were amazing, and it was never even mentioned. You don’t have to have some catastrophic backstory to be compelling. I will say they are doing a good job not focusing on that for Chris in particular, but Chris is a gem in this so it's not hard to avoid that. (Him not being able to pronounce beneficiary lmaooooo)

I feel like

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Domenick or Wendall

is winning this, which like zzZzZzZ imo. I could be wrong but that's kind of the impression I'm getting. I’m not an edgic master, and HHH was the first season I got to watch as it played out live in a really long time, but I don’t think the editors are really that subtle these days. Maybe I’m also down on Survivor now (this is a super negative post too sorry everyone) because I just don’t feel it’s nearly as authentic anymore? Some things seem super staged, and more contrived than they used to be.

This is an ideal place for unpopular opinions my colby

i agree with u Colby, i’ve noticed the sob story trend too and it seems like everyone cast has that sob story in case they win/will be someone they focus on like with Sunday who was a cancer survivor but we literally never heard about that on the show.

This might sound awful but with this sob story thing they have Im surprised we don’t have a survivor or relative of a mass shooting in usa yet. This era of survivor is not my favourite

Hi Colb miss you.

oops I forgot a poll this ep

Just added a quick one for the heck of it, CHOOSE YOUR THREE FAVORITES

jme @ 1/4/2018 18:19

i agree with u Colby, i’ve noticed the sob story trend too and it seems like everyone cast has that sob story in case they win/will be someone they focus on like with Sunday who was a cancer survivor but we literally never heard about that on the show. This might sound awful but with this sob story thing they have Im surprised we don’t have a survivor or relative of a mass shooting in usa yet. This era of survivor is not my favourite

Sob stories are in all reality TV.

Extreme Home Maker was a show that started out helping more the everyman type. After a few seasons, you had to be a single mother, have a child with a uncurable disability, lost your job, etc. to get on the show.

My friend auditioned for American Idol this season (he’s an absolutely terrible singer) and he showed us the application. It asked him over and over to write different obstacles he’s had to overcome or hardships he’s faced. It kept rephrasing that same question and had him do it at least ten times, that was the bulk of the thing

We all brainstormed different fucked up things that could’ve happened to him and finally decided that he should write “I have the Benjamin Button aging backwards syndrome”. He didn’t get on the show

why are the producers of American Idol anti-BenButtons syndrome?

I agree it's everywhere and some people love that stuff, but it's not why I watch those types of shows. It's all about the game or competition for me. I don't always care about relating to a person on a reality show, I care about how they relate to each other. But it is what it is.