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Survivor 39: Island of the Idols |OT| tHe iDOlz aRe fORmEr WiNNerZ
- Thread starter SoleSurvivor
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They're calling the secret island girl a dumbass idiot for not attempting to bargain but like, what indication was there at all that that was an option?
Overall I like the cast except for the douches, but one is gone already so that's good.
Overall I like the cast except for the douches, but one is gone already so that's good.
Yeah, there is nothing that would think to try and see if there is a second option. Its presented simply as "Do you want to do this challenge?" You could only really stumble onto the bargaining.
I think if she had said no, they would had given her a 2nd offer?
Yeah, Rob implied he would sweeten the deal if she said no the first time.
... Rob and Sandra hidding behind a panel snickering during tribal is super fucking dumb.
I hate this season already.
I hate this season already.
It's pretty dumb. There's a reason why people dislike laugh tracks in comedy and this is the Survivors equivalent.
Yes, finally. I have someone to tell me how I should view Elaine and Vince.
It was also a really bad lie, like if you're gonna lie be a little more inventive, I don't get what the purpose of her lying was outside of not wanting to reveal that she lost her vote.
OP
OP
One last reminder for those playing fantasy to consider redrafting while there is still time, as well as moving the first boot to your bench if you have them on your roster.
Hoping this week's regular sized episode can keep the momentum going.
Hoping this week's regular sized episode can keep the momentum going.
Episode 2 (10/2) Discussion Begins Here
That's BS.
The first episode the lady was like "I don't know if I should do this" and Rob didn't sweeten the pot.
She shows some hesitancy and he sweetens the pot.
The first episode the lady was like "I don't know if I should do this" and Rob didn't sweeten the pot.
She shows some hesitancy and he sweetens the pot.
This is so dumb
"let us bore u and overwhelm u with our lives. Oh u didnt memorize everything? Fuck u, how can u be likeable if u cant bond with us?"
this is such a circlejerk
"let us bore u and overwhelm u with our lives. Oh u didnt memorize everything? Fuck u, how can u be likeable if u cant bond with us?"
this is such a circlejerk
Solid episode. I feel like they kinda gave away Molly's boot when they kept showing Jamal loafing around during the strategy stuff, but it was still a compelling tribal council. I really like that middle swing-vote group of people on that tribe. People like Lauren, Janet, Tommy, and Kellee. The purple tribe has a ton of interesting and varied personalities.
Vince was super annoying this episode. He gives off such a sense of entitlement and attitude. He's just a bad player. And I can't stand how he always refers to himself as "my ass", he did the same thing constantly in his pregame interviews.
Anyway I liked the episode, I was impressed by Lauren and Tommy and I can see hints of a winner's edit for Chelsea. Molly was a weird choice to vote off because she didn't really do anything wrong besides be complacent. I didn't really like the nerd underdogs vs cool kids the narrative forced though.
wtf is this? Listening is super important in Survivor. They used to have challenges based around remembering details about other players! I really liked the Rob and Sandra stuff this episode.
Anyway I liked the episode, I was impressed by Lauren and Tommy and I can see hints of a winner's edit for Chelsea. Molly was a weird choice to vote off because she didn't really do anything wrong besides be complacent. I didn't really like the nerd underdogs vs cool kids the narrative forced though.
wtf is this? Listening is super important in Survivor. They used to have challenges based around remembering details about other players! I really liked the Rob and Sandra stuff this episode.
It was the right move for everyone involved. I'm surprised they pulled it off as cleanly as they did.
I feel like they're trying to do what I thought would be impossible and sour me on season 40.
We're going to bombard you with a twist out of nowhere and then feed you a bunch of info without any warning then test you on it. "I remembered 3 things about you! Can you remember the 2 hours of info we threw at you!?" Fuck off...
If this was something that was like 20 days in the game, sure. You're more expecting twists and curves. This is like 4 days in to the game. She probably doesn't even remember her tribemates names yet.
We're going to bombard you with a twist out of nowhere and then feed you a bunch of info without any warning then test you on it. "I remembered 3 things about you! Can you remember the 2 hours of info we threw at you!?" Fuck off...
If this was something that was like 20 days in the game, sure. You're more expecting twists and curves. This is like 4 days in to the game. She probably doesn't even remember her tribemates names yet.
I'm mad Noira is still in the game and Molly isn't...
Though Molly at tribal trying to look at Jason and talk about how she's upset that HE feels like he's on the outs? That's just dumb.
Though Molly at tribal trying to look at Jason and talk about how she's upset that HE feels like he's on the outs? That's just dumb.
A good blindside still gets me excited after all these years! Great episode - I really like the Sandra and Rob stuff so far.
My only dissapointment: that girl (can't remember her name) found a hidden immunity idol. I was really hoping there were no hidden idols this season. Oh well...
My only dissapointment: that girl (can't remember her name) found a hidden immunity idol. I was really hoping there were no hidden idols this season. Oh well...
Well, that was a delightful blindside. I'll take a kooky player like Noura over a smug asshole like Molly any day of the week. Maybe this season will be ok after all.
The show loses a lot of legitimacy when you have a situation where production clearly doesn't want them coming back to camp and spilling the beans about Rob and Sandra.
Yeah, they can say they aren't required or told to lie all they want, but two people on two separate tribes coming back with the same lie back to back?
I would guess that Rob and Sandra must be putting that lie out there as an idea they could do. We heard that Sandra helped Kellee tie her hair for the idols, they're clearly chitchatting a bit after playing their little game.
Whole thing is weird, though. The producers clearly don't want a super early reveal, but they're angsty about the audience not knowing why it isn't. Would've respected it more if it were something on the Survivor Oath paper, where the contestant isn't allowed to reveal, or some mechanic like that.
Whole thing is weird, though. The producers clearly don't want a super early reveal, but they're angsty about the audience not knowing why it isn't. Would've respected it more if it were something on the Survivor Oath paper, where the contestant isn't allowed to reveal, or some mechanic like that.
Yeah, I was wondering too. Her laughing because Naura was complaining about people not doing stuff while they were all sleeping and she just pointed out that it was ridiculous? I could see seeing the alliance of the three ass possibly smug, cause it seemed like some of that was coming about when they were together or when Jamal was talking to Naura, but I'm confused on her specifically being an asshole.
yeah I'm thinking there's some projection going on there
backlash to this is what happened to Molly. i'm interested to see how the alliances fall now in that tribe. like, they were getting a foundation going but it's all been smashed to bits. the nonsense storycrafting by noura about the outsiders being marginalized for too long is riiiich. it's been like zero amount of time. really looking forward to them regretting that move.
i think i'm going to end up being okay with rob & sandra in these small amounts. i'm not going to end up okay in the league. last place!
i think i'm going to end up being okay with rob & sandra in these small amounts. i'm not going to end up okay in the league. last place!
"It kind of offends me when you say you feel like you've been in purgatory for the last few days when none of us feel like that."
Like, really? You cast someone out then get "offended" when they call it out?
Yikes
I even mentioned that, but I wouldn't really label that as being smug or an asshole(in this instance). Mainly because we don't know the entire context. If she was acting this way the whole time I could completely take it at face value and not care and move on.
Like my issue is the way it shows it he was talking about the entire tribe treating him like an outcast. But if that were true why would Molly herself volunteer herself up as if he's talking specifically about her? It just makes me wonder how much of Naura and Jason's tribal talk was actually being aimed directly at the alliance of 3 and Molly was just sort of trying to say but she was trying to get to know him? Of course it was said wrong, and trying to say offended by it was real dumb, but if the tribal council was talking a lot about their three alliance and she's trying to cast aspersions and at least somewhat try to get the talk away from them 3 specifically, I could understand it at least a little bit.
I just can't look at that one instance and say she's a smug asshole that I'm glad is gone, where she was voted out mainly because everyone thought she was great and she was the ring leader of a 3 person alliance.
It seemed like she decided that she could speak for the whole tribe.
That was a really smart play by the swing group. I felt like I was having some Caramoan flashbacks with a small group of the "cool kids table" sitting in the water feeling great about themselves despite not being the majority.
Rob specifically said in his confessional in the first episode that he had a second offer in his back pocket that he would have pulled out if she didn't go for the first one.
Rob specifically said in his confessional in the first episode that he had a second offer in his back pocket that he would have pulled out if she didn't go for the first one.