Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Women on Survivor
I didn't watch last season's Survivor but watched the first couple of episodes of this season's Survivor. First episode had the people split into four tribes; older men, younger men, older women, younger women. Four in each tribe. Who came up with this idea? Anyone with a grain of common sense knows that the older women are going to be mowed over in the contests unless they plan on the challenges being something like George Hamilton trivia. So they have a slim to none chance as it is, lose the first immunity challenge, and they vote off slim. One of them was afraid of leaves she was so bad, and yet the vote the strongest person off their team? They get back to camp and can't even make a fire anymore since they voted off the only one able to do that. The American Civil Liberties Union probably threatened to sue CBS so the second week they quickly combined the tribes into two. After the merge Ms Leaf-a-fobia and Ms SUV Soccermom were told they were the next two to go. They didn't understand why. Soccermom went at the end of the show.
Season before last the women had the men 7 to 3 at the merge and two weeks later 7 to 1 and the one guy that was left was the one that couldn't make it across the balance beam the first episode. The leader of the pack had planned and schemed and made it clear they were picking off the men to guarantee a woman would win. 7 to 1 and the man who couldn't make it across a balance beam sliding on his butt won. Has anyone since Richard Hatch (who's wearing stripes for not paying taxes on the life changing million dollars) in the first season won that was actually had some scheme going to try to win? 7 women and one guy, he sat back and watched while the women shot each other down. Boston Rob came the closest I can think of, schemed all the way to the end knowing he would lose but then proposed to the winner. Some might say her scheme was to sleep with him to get to the final two - but if that were true she would have turned down the marriage proposal...I really wanted to see her say, "Marry you? I only slept with you to win the million dollars, sucker".
Outwit, outplay, outlast - the only thing the winner seems to do is outlast. Outwit and outplay means outbackstab, outlie, and beat your opponents in the contests. The ones that are strong and win the contests get voted off as soon as they don't win and in the final two the one that outbackstabbed is hated the most, so they vote for the one that simply snuck in under the radar. And let's not forget that the person you really like, from Rudy in the first season to Rupert a few seasons ago, never has a chance to win because they are always voted off because of that. I think about the only enjoyment you can get out of the show now is seeing those self-important scheming I have everything in the bag people get blind sided and voted off tribal meeting at the end of the show.
Oh, and Johnny "My Grandmother Died" Fairplay - Tracy was offended, I just saw a smart, quick thinking good old boy from Virginia.
Season before last the women had the men 7 to 3 at the merge and two weeks later 7 to 1 and the one guy that was left was the one that couldn't make it across the balance beam the first episode. The leader of the pack had planned and schemed and made it clear they were picking off the men to guarantee a woman would win. 7 to 1 and the man who couldn't make it across a balance beam sliding on his butt won. Has anyone since Richard Hatch (who's wearing stripes for not paying taxes on the life changing million dollars) in the first season won that was actually had some scheme going to try to win? 7 women and one guy, he sat back and watched while the women shot each other down. Boston Rob came the closest I can think of, schemed all the way to the end knowing he would lose but then proposed to the winner. Some might say her scheme was to sleep with him to get to the final two - but if that were true she would have turned down the marriage proposal...I really wanted to see her say, "Marry you? I only slept with you to win the million dollars, sucker".
Outwit, outplay, outlast - the only thing the winner seems to do is outlast. Outwit and outplay means outbackstab, outlie, and beat your opponents in the contests. The ones that are strong and win the contests get voted off as soon as they don't win and in the final two the one that outbackstabbed is hated the most, so they vote for the one that simply snuck in under the radar. And let's not forget that the person you really like, from Rudy in the first season to Rupert a few seasons ago, never has a chance to win because they are always voted off because of that. I think about the only enjoyment you can get out of the show now is seeing those self-important scheming I have everything in the bag people get blind sided and voted off tribal meeting at the end of the show.
Oh, and Johnny "My Grandmother Died" Fairplay - Tracy was offended, I just saw a smart, quick thinking good old boy from Virginia.
