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SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS - Official Thread
My somewhat fertile brain | 24 August, 2006 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

Posted on 08/24/2006 7:29:17 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money

Yes FReepers and FReeperettes, its time once again for another season of Survivor.
This time they are in the Cook Islands, in the middle of the South Pacific.

I was going to start off this thread by informing you all about how Mark Burnett’s Production Company has decided to split the tribe along ethnic backgrounds. But that subject has been pretty much beaten to death on at least three different threads. So. . . .

I would like to point out that for all their talk about “minorities” not applying to the show as much as “whites” and about how they had to send their casting producers out to round up minorities, they apparently didn’t have to look too far.

Of the 20 contestants recruited for this season, no less than 13 are from California!
And of those 13, NINE are from the greater Los Angeles area!
So much for diversity!


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aitu; cookisland; hotmonkeylove; mediawhores; mustmisstv; raro; survivor; traitor
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To: sockmonkey

ROTFLMAO!


1,041 posted on 12/17/2006 6:52:25 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: sockmonkey
I'm not sure... Yuel, maybe. He impressed me because even though he had the hidden immunity, he never needed to use it. He kept on pretty much everyone's good side, which is the best strategy to win it all, I think.
1,042 posted on 12/17/2006 6:54:49 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Well, I wish they'd hurry up and get on with it. This has moved from High Drama to kinda boring.

Of course, I'm ready for 24 and Jack Bauer to start...It's all high drama.


1,043 posted on 12/17/2006 6:57:35 PM PST by sockmonkey (Die, Possums, Die)
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To: sockmonkey
Ooh, yeah, looking forward to the new "24" here, too!
1,044 posted on 12/17/2006 6:58:47 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. Yul wins hands down on the first one, the last one is determined by the final vote - the only question is who outplayed? I'd have to give that one to Ozzy for his dominating the immunity challenges.

But my final vote, had I all the jury's votes to cast, would be seven/two Yul.
1,045 posted on 12/17/2006 6:59:19 PM PST by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: sockmonkey
Yuel. He played the game like a master ... never quite lied, but never really pissed off the rational members of the jury. (I don't count Adam or Jonathan as rational.)
1,046 posted on 12/17/2006 7:00:05 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... they're finally voting ...])
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To: kingu
My wife and I were just discussing it, and we think the three finalists sort of exemplify the three different methods of winning... Yuel by outwitting, Ozzy by outplaying, and Becky by outlasting.
1,047 posted on 12/17/2006 7:04:13 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: sockmonkey

Ozzy seems to be the crowd favorite!


1,048 posted on 12/17/2006 7:04:53 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Yul...minorities under represented on TV...oh give me a break...Ozzie, "What is a Mexican?"...sheesh..

Don't they remember that Korean Female Comic TV show and that with the Hispanic Singer??? I know I do...

Why can't they just leave the race stuff out of it?


1,049 posted on 12/17/2006 7:05:15 PM PST by GRRRRR ( What's Next? - Finish my Christmas Shopping (for myself).)
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To: y'all
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See y'all next season!

1,050 posted on 12/17/2006 7:07:24 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: NYTexan

Bwahhhh, I wanted Ozzie to win. He got my chick vote.


1,051 posted on 12/17/2006 7:09:01 PM PST by sockmonkey (Die, Possums, Die)
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To: NYTexan
D'oh! I've been spelling his name wrong!

Oh well, some of the voters on the jury did too, so I don't feel so bad. ;)

1,052 posted on 12/17/2006 7:09:12 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: GRRRRR
But this whole season was about race ... the Survivor producers injected race in the first place.

I find it most telling that the final four were from the same intermediate, mixed "tribe," not from the same ethnic quintet that the game started with.

1,053 posted on 12/17/2006 7:10:31 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... I'm glad he won ... liked the way he played the game ...])
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To: silent_jonny; mystery-ak

YUL!!!! :) I know you two lost interest in this one. :) But I'm still glad Yul and Ozzy were the final two.


1,054 posted on 12/17/2006 7:21:16 PM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

Yul is fine by me, I would have also been fine with Ozzie! Kind of a boring season, no real villains...


1,055 posted on 12/17/2006 7:40:26 PM PST by RobFromGa (I'm still optimistic about our future!)
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To: RobFromGa

Happy Yul won. We actually missed the first hour and a half, had dinner company over and forgot to start taping. As soon as they left we thought Oh no, Survivor is on and rushed downstairs. just as the fire challenge was going on. So I appreciate the screencaps very much!! Thanks Cuz for such a great job this season.


1,056 posted on 12/17/2006 7:52:08 PM PST by MomwithHope
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To: Gothmog

Just a general comment, pretty good season, some pretty funny moments (end fire challenge, ha ha ha). I thought Yul and Ozzie both did well, in particular in their respective specialties. But Boston Rob is still all-time champ, exemplified best attributes of both the startegic and physical play, plus he actually did end up with the hot chick, ha ha ha.


1,057 posted on 12/17/2006 9:02:39 PM PST by Gothmog
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To: sockmonkey

My Tivo didn't record the 2nd hour of the show.

I'm bummed.


1,058 posted on 12/17/2006 10:35:45 PM PST by luckystarmom
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To: All

I am glad also about Yul winning, Ozzy second.
Both deserved it for their own reasons. Funny, I picked that once I knew that the show was broken into race tribes, I told a friend that the asians would win. Funny reason was simple. They always gave rice to them for food, so they will have the advantage. Once I got to know who was on the show, I picked Yul before he got the idol. He was just too smooth.


1,059 posted on 12/17/2006 11:01:09 PM PST by AJMaXx (ILU Roo.....!)
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To: NYTexan

Hey John, yep I was watching.

I was hoping Ozzy would win, but Yul was my second choice. The rest of the bunch that were left even in the final 10 were not my favorites........actually I didn't like very many of them at all. Jonathan did make things interesting.

Darn stingrays.........I will never look at them the same. RIP Steve Irwin.


1,060 posted on 12/18/2006 4:23:34 AM PST by WestCoastGal (Winners Never Quit!!)
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