I think you are all being too sanctimonious about the sacrificial chicken. Look, it was a staged act for a network TV show, not a freaking religious ceremony! Word to any Mayans: if you want your chicken to go to the gods rather than CBS, don’t perform your ceremony for TV cameras! There was absolutely nothing wrong with eating that bird; the only thing it was sacrificed for was token exoticism on Western television.
I would also like to point out that the only person who didn’t eat the chicken went home that night. Yeah, the gods were really mad, huh?
No he didn’t. The one who didn’t eat the chicken had immunity that night.
I’m not surprised - she already does sportstalk radio. Lord knows she can’t do a worse job than Bonnie Bernstein or whatsherface over on ESPN - Suzy Colber, maybe?
Really? Oh, well, he still got rained on. And the gods still sent him home the very next chance they got.
Actually, if those Mayan gods really exist, I’ll bet they were damn pissed that their chicken got eaten. There hasn’t been any dominant Mayan society for hundreds of years, so if the gods are relying on sacrifices for sustenance, it’s been a long time since their last feed. Having a good meal taken off you after that long I think would be cause for some serious smiting, not half-assed drizzle.
You know, I wish they’d be a little more explicit. Jeff said “You lose when your feet hit the mat.” So, you can put your butt on the post? And your hands? OK. Does that mean you can put your butt and hands on the mat, too, as long as your feet don’t touch?
I hope that’s not the case, but these rules are so ambiguous…
I thought the way Jeff explained it was a little ambiguous, too, given the way they could lean on the pole but not touch it, but they do actually try out all the challenges beforehand with production assistants. I’m sure they had a bunch of them on the things, leaning around and holding the rope, to see exactly what would happen. They obviously knew that once they lost their balance holding one rope and fell over, they’d all swing around and grab the rope and brace themselves between the pole and the foot thing.
It was definitely geared toward people with longer legs and a shorter torso. If Rafe hadn’t absent-mindedly touched the pole, he probably could have stood there as long as Danni.
Well, just before they let go of the second rope they were told to get comfortable, because they were then no longer able to touch the gallows with their hands. That’s how Rafe got out – he shifted, and touched the post.
I’m not sure I follow that middleman. It looked to me that the producers were trying to come up with a strength/balancing challenge that wouldn’t last long. To that end, they were unsuccessful.
Yes, I imagine it would be. And in fact, I thought Steph was still in it even as she slid down the pole, because she did keep one foot on the gimbel. Jeff did not officially call her out until she dropped her other foot, so.
Well sure, compared to any other season, this challenge was but a pittance. But compared to how long it would have gone if they had had the support poles further away, it lasted a long time. I think that they really intended for the contestants to balance on the board (which looked practically impossible) instead of leaning against the pole.
Well, last season he had Katie to heckle, so at least he had some entertainment. I think my all-time favorite Final Immunity Challenge was the one in Thailand. There’s a picture here. That one was really sadistic, but still over pretty quickly, I think. Maybe 2 hours?
I thought about that too, but then I replayed what Jeff said at the beginning. It was something about “the last person standing will win”. He did not explain what was meant by standing, so I guess that’s up to interpretation.
I would guess that sitting down on the mat with your feet on the platform would not be thought of as “standing”, so that person would lose.
Think back and remember who that Final Three was: Brian the sleazy porn star, Clay the effin’ midget bastard, and Jan the crazy bat-buryin’ lady. I’d have been drinking too, if I were inclined in that direction…
You know, that is the only season I watched where I didn’t care that the “bad guy” won, because his gameplay was just awesome. He controlled that whole season, from frame one. Never a word about integrity, either. He was a lying sneaky bastard the entire time, and he didn’t care, and he still won the million bucks. And his wife is HOT, too. Incidentally: Brian Heidik was the first survivor to win the final IC and still win the million.