Why did the Wulrors (or whatever their name is) decide to go to the new site? It seemed the clear advantage was to stay on the established site which already had an existing shelter. Now after having spent all day building a shelter for 18 people, nine of them had to go off and start all over again.
No doubt. That was a head-scratcher. Talk about overthinking things. Staying was the obvious choice, maybe too obvious. Maybe they were taking pity on the poor showing Ulongs? My only thought is that the firefighter guy (classic alpha male…it’ll be interesting to see how far he can get) was the first to make a decision (“a new adventure!”) and no one wanted to go against him.
Overall, this was a strong beginning, which I really needed after the deadful Vanuatu season. I haven’t seen enough of everyone yet, but so far:
Coby–What an asshole! Picking Angie would not have hurt him strategically at all. It was a rare situation in Survivor where a castaway could’ve done something nice for someone without it biting him in the ass later. I was really happy that she did get picked and I hope she eventually confronts him. In a perfect world, Coby’s ass will be in the fire and he’ll go beg Angie to help him avoid getting voted off.
Wanda–Thank God she wasn’t picked! I couldn’t have taken another minute of that singing. At camp, they would’ve thrown her into the fire as soon as they had one going.
Jolanda–When the hell will people on Survivor learn that people don’t like to be bossed around, especially by strangers!
Willard–Glad he was picked over the generic looking young guy. Most Survivor seasons have had a likeable older man (Rudy, Rodger, Paschal) and this one could use it. Most of the young guys look like the men of Vanuatu. Other than Sarge, Chris, Bubba and Chad, I never learned the names of any of the others.
It’s too early for me to predict the final four because most of the people who made an impression on me made a bad one.
After reading a re-cap, I see that Coby’s actions make a little more sense. After he had talked to Angie, he had also talked with Gregg and Caryn and formed a loose alliance with them. So when it came time to pick a tribemate he had to choose between picking Angie or Caryn. Picking either one would probably alienate the other, but not picking Caryn might also have cost him his tentative alliance with Gregg. So picking Caryn over Angie was the smarter move, especially as both Caryn and Gregg seem to be better allies individually than Angie would have.
That’s an annoying thing about the early episodes. You don’t know the people well enough to spot the connections.
they took the new location because one person spoke up and said they should-tom the firefighter. It’s easy to say now what they should have done, but then?? Who knows, maybe that place will turn out to be better than it ooks when they get a chance to explore it.
Is that blonde woman really wearing a mini-skirt?? Yea, that was smart.
I would have taken the young generic guy over that older Ed Bradley looking guy. And Ibreham over most of the ones that were picked. Course the older team kicked butt. I didn’t know paddling a canoe was that difficult.
Didn’t that blue team say in tribal council they need a leader, then kick one who tried to be one, off?? Or am i getting my reality shows mixed up…
Tom the NY firefighter has the honor of being my very first reality TV boyfriend. 
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I signed on here specifically to type that very same thing. Cat fight, anyone? 
Man…is he hot.
VCNJ~
Okay, I have to admit, this is only the second full series I’ve ever watched. My husband likes it, so I started watching with him after we moved in together last year. So if I seem a little wide-eyed about some of their behavior, it’s only because I’m not as versed in Survivor as most.
I have not laughed so hard at a show as I did when the two dimwits jumped out of the boat to swim. Serious dumbasses. Should’ve guessed that was coming.
So glad Wanda was gone - the singing didn’t even bug me as much, but the wearing of the white dress slip bothered the crap out of me for some reason. I almost had to turn away.
And holy crap, what drama queens! They’re making fun of Wanda not an hour earlier, and all of a sudden, they all cry when she’s not picked? Stupid twits. I’ve never seen such serious drama queens in my life. I’m guessing they’ll cry if Angie gets a hangnail.
Personally, I’m rooting for Angie (and not just because I thought she was a friend of mine and had to go research her bio to make sure it wasn’t the same girl). She’s got some serious self-esteem issues, but I like her. I think voting Jolanda off in the beginning was the smartest thing to do - get her out before she can establish herself as the leader and she’ll be harder to get off the island.
Coby’s a creep. Period. And pink is NOT his color.
E.
[SNL John Kerry]Cat fight![/SNLJK]
The Big Cheese, Ed Bradley! Thank you. I knew he looked like someone.
Are the Survivors given sunscreen? If not how will Angie last? At one point my housemates and I thought she was wearing dancers’ tights, but no, that’s her skin. Still, its nice to see some diversity in the women’s physical attractiveness, that is, its nice to see average looking people as opposed to some models and a token granny.
Coby will be a fun guy to root against. Jolanda, to everything there is a season. Be bossy after they get to know you. By the way, who wears a suit and heels to an island? Did they put the old fake press conference trick on them?
I signed on here specifically to type that very same thing. Cat fight, anyone?
Man…is he hot.
VCNJ~
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Maaaan… you guys live way too close for this kind of thing. I hate to see neighbours fighting. I’ll take him. 
After this long, you’d think I would preview. I’m trying to say that in order to save the unity of New Jersey, I will selflessly take Mr. Fireman out of your way. Oh, what a burden!
It would be SO nice to have a gay man on a reality show who isn’t a creep or a flake. Too bad this apparently isn’t the Survivor season for it…
I signed on here specifically to type that very same thing. Cat fight, anyone?
Man…is he hot.
VCNJ~
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No need for a cat fight. Due to the fact that all three of us live in close geographic proximity, I think we can work out an “arrangement.”
Well, it looks like VCNJ, Gingy and I have more in common than our taste in men. We also have about the same talent for coding. :smack:
And when you guys are done ripping each other to shreds, he’s mine, I tell you! Mine! Mine! Mine! (Seriously, thought, I ended up with Bobby Jon in the office pool, and I can’t even tell you what team he’s on!)
I like the little dorky Dolphin Boy. I am such a sucker for skinny geeks.
I think it might have been a good move to go to a new beach, actually. Both tribes on one beach would have been entertaining to us, no doubt, but it’s asking for all sorts of manipulatey evil intentions and bad blood within days, if not sooner.
And, of course, who wants to share something they won fair and square? And then lost in the water …
I’m reading the situation differently. I assumed that if Koror (or whatever their name is) chose to return to Home Sweet Home™ would have meant Ulongo (or whatever) would have to trek off to the New Frontier™. I didn’t think living together was an option. Did I miss Jeff say something about that?
I was wanting to like Coby and Angie (aka Lady Lex), but both are grating bad already. Especially Angie - get her some sportswear STAT. And she’s going to be even more fun to look at once she gets the 3rd degree sunburn she’s obviously heading toward.
Janu’s a Vegas showgirl? Does she play a stripper or the pole?
Confirmed! After watching the insider videos Jeff did indeed say the two tribes would no longer be sharing a beach.
And yeah - they should have sent Ulong packin’. 
I liked Ian too, though not for those reasons. He seems like a reasonably quick-witted normal guy, easy to get along with. I can identify with the dorky/geeky type also, which makes me root for him.
I can’t stand Angie, anymore. All she does is talk about how she’s different, blah blah blah.
Does anyone know if the “interviews” are sparked by questions asked to the survivors, or they just have a set time each day where they just sit in front of the camera and talk about whatever they want?
I haven’t watched survivor in its entirety since season 2, I think. So far so good, I guess, since I still plan to watch next time.
Can you imagine how pissed off Jonathan must be? Stuck in Loser Lodge with that wall-eyed singing lunatic for 39 days? Gawd, that had to be horrible. I was so relieved that she didn’t get picked-she annoyed me more than Lil and Rupert, and that’s saying a lot!