Posted on 01/18/2005 3:55:31 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
Greetings Survivor FReeks!
Its time once again for a new season of Survivor!
Twenty Americans are stranded in Palau, the South Pacific paradise some call the 8th natural wonder of the world, where colorful wildlife, dense jungles and an underwater world beyond belief are haunted by the wreckage and remnants of World War II.
From the beginning, the game will be changed in a dramatic way: everything the Survivors have come to expect will be wiped out in the first 10 minutes.
Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others in Palau?
According to the official website, there will only be one tribe (at least for starters) and three contestants will get the boot during the first show.
Should be interesting!
Rob and Amber: As I said before, I think that's perfect. Hopefully the stressful situations will bring Rob's a-hole attributes to the surface, Amber will finally realize she married a dip$hit, and they will be in their third different reality series -- Divorce American Style.
Did you read Caryn's quote?
"Lawyers have gotten a bad spin." and "I might as well just lie."
Bwahahahahahahahaahahahaha!!!! No, Caryn, it's not spin -- and your philosophy is just more proof that it's really fact. I hope they keep you around just to make you suffer. Build the fire, Caryn. Gut the fish, Caryn. Fetch the wood, Caryn. Eat your own, Caryn.
What has been a tad disconcerting for the viewers the last few Survivors, though good strategery for the other players, is the tendency for the bottom feeders in the group to EARLY on get rid of the "good guy/girl" types, becuase they correctly perceive them as the biggest threats, so it's best to take them out early, when you have the chance. Never assume you'll be able to get them the next time...it doesn't always happen that way. So, Tom, the FDNY Lt..will get booted early on, like Brady was the last time, remember..unless the producers have figured some away around it....Maybe because 3 leave in the first show, there will be no evictiond for the first three weeks..
Thanx for posting all this stuff.....it's great!
LOL on that Coby, a hairdresser and a bitch. Uh huh.
hahaha ... No surprise there!
Only a couple players have the credentials to be conservative, that being Tom Westman, the NY firefighter, and maybe Johnathon Libby, in sales and marketing in Dallas or Gregg Carey a business consultant in Chicago. Every other player has classic lib factors, leaning from 60% to 100% chance. They even put 3 lawyers in this season.
I'm thinking we will see ALOT of back stabbing this time around ... unless they give the lawyers the boot early on (which I doubt).
Please add me to the ping list.
We'll see what happens, but I heard that 2 players get lost on their way to the challenge and are unable to compete so either quit/ or get disqualified?
who dat?
Possible..but the show has a certain number of episodes, the count based on a finite number of eliminations.. Last season, I think, when someone quit, they didn't have an eliminatiuon that week..
Cuz
I still think that he needs a haircut!
But then again, maybe its just a foible of us follicley challenged.
Probst: 'Palau' is a different 'Survivor'
By JOHN POWELL -- JAM! Showbiz (a Canadian website)
According to Jeff Probst Survivor Palau is the response to critics who believe the CBS reality series has become too predictable.
There are more firsts this season than we have ever had, Probst told Jam! Showbiz. Thats what struck me as the season went on and on. Some of them are twists. Some of them are things that happened organically and some are a result of challenges but there are more things you have never seen before this season.
Calling Palau the water season, Probst promised the challenges on this the tenth installment are the most physical and original ever.
The visibility underwater was so good we decide to pull out a lot of challenges we have been sitting on. In the first three or four episodes we have some of the most physical challenges I think we have ever put on in terms of endurance and needing to be physically fit, said Probst.
To the delight of the producers, strengthening the challenges made things difficult for the tribes to immediately target the athletic players as they had in the past. A problem which had haunted the series as a whole and ultimately doomed Survivor: Vanuatu.
The message that they (the players) are going to find out is if you vote out your strong simply because they are strong go ahead but odds are, you will back at Tribal Council, said Probst revealing that there is a major cat fight at one of the challenges early on.
The producers also kept the players off balance right out of the gate by not providing the them with any information or tools whatsoever to begin the game. The Palau players didnt even know if they were one tribe or not.
This time, I literally show up and say Theres your beach. Have a good time, Probst stated. The players began wondering Do I start making alliances now or will that maybe bite me in the ass? Should I not say anything at this moment? Do we build a shelter? Are we staying here? There is no name on the flag. It just says Survivor Palau.
Probst said that confusing start doesnt sound like a whole lot but it pays off in the first few days and Day 33 because the producers put into the players heads that Palau is a slightly different game.
Viewers will see that difference for themselves when the first two Survivor Palau contestants get booted. They dont get kicked the traditional way at Tribal Council. They are victims of a tribal pick em. Two players arent selected to be on a tribe and therefore must leave the game immediately.
It is brutal. It is the same feeling you have when youre not picked on a schoolyard or when youre the first guy laid off. At its core, without question, Survivor is a social game and that is put to the test right away. These people in essence never really get a chance to play this game and yet they go through all the work to get there, said Probst.
Besides the water-based premise, Palau also will underscore the theme of choices and their consequences.
You may not even pick up on it but it started filtering in and we started making it an element to some challenges, some situations and some decisions. The thinking was Lets every time we can let them make a choice and it ends up having an impact, said Probst.
While the producers did use the Second World War heritage of the Palau area as a backdrop, Probst maintains they didnt exploit it. The Tribal Council area is in a bunker-like set and there may be some military themes to the challenges but the producers viewed Palau as a living monument to the conflict.
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Take care and I'll be back Thursday with my picks.
Cuz
"water-themed", eh?..as in "Lifeboat"?
I'm ready for this new game to begin.
FYI - Check out #56 for an interview with Probst about how this new season of Survivor is going to be a little different.
Oh goody ... nothing like a good cat fight. I hope there's hair pulling and not just screaming and yelling. ;-))
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