MiniCap: Survivor

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   fancyface
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:02 am

   Ay Yi Yi….Methinks Russell did himself absolutely NO favors in his 2nd coming..you know since he’s like a God & stuff. I was really rooting for him but he was so ridiculous I just…I…I just..I can’t with him! HOWEVER, the description of the episode & the ‘shocking childhood story’ was a bit much since I didn’t find it SHOCKING & it was believable.

   WhereTF did all those new people come from? I just met the old black guy last episode & now they throw 2 new random white guys & a mohawked girl at us. I was SO confused. Seriously…who in the hell was the little guy that joined Penner’s ‘alliance with Jeff’ & the other 2 girls talking to the girl who knows who Jeff is. Have we seen them before? So. Many. Questions!

   Ave is a fracking NUT JOB & although I kinda can’t stand her, I want the crazy to stick around for a bit. Pete is slimy but it was a good move. I just can’t root for him since he’s in the cahoots with the girl I kinda hate. BUT I can’t wait until her crazy ass turn on HIM!

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   KJN
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:04 am

   He can speak, he can speak! Carter actually SPOKE and it only took 3 episodes!

   Russell, you should have stopped talking. What’s embarrassing isn’t your performance (well, yeah that was embarrassing too), but your disgusting little baby-tantrum behavior. What was all that crap about how you’re supposed to be “perfect”? Good god man, stfu.

   How funny was it when he started to call Jeff “Lord”? LMAO at that one.

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   Enrique's Mole
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:04 am

   Why wouldn’t Bewbs suspect someone else of finding the clue and planting it on her?

   Abinormal needs a straight jacket. She’s bat-shit.

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   juddfan
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:15 am

   oh Russell . . . just oh . . . he was flat exhausted after climbing under the obstacle . . . he is not good at challenges, he should not be smoking the banana peels out there-they make you hallucinate!!!

   It was a well played tribal.

   I, too, am so confused on the who’s and wheres . . . They’ve focused so much on the losers so far.

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   alicecarroll13
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:37 am

   so far lisa the facts of life bible thumper ex child star is hanging in there..its sad how child stars lose all their money and become broke..oh has anyone heard the big news….”cue the drum role and trumpets please”
   ‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ Eden Wood lands role as Darla in ‘Little Rascals’ remake

   Eden Wood.
   By Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter

   Universal Studios Home Entertainment is bringing back “The Little Rascals,” the adventures of misfit kids who first took the world by storm in the 1920s and ‘30s with black and white shorts produced by Hal Roach.

   Doris Roberts, Greg Germann, and Lex Medlin are among the adult stars that have been cast in the still-untitled straight-to-home feature which starts shooting this week.

   And while the roles of scheming rascal Spanky, the dreamer Alfalfa and the enigmatic Buckwheat have yet to be cast or are going to unknowns, the part of Darla, the cute little girl who is the object of Alfalfa’s eye has gone to Eden Wood.

   Wood was the star of “Toddlers & Tiaras,” TLC’s show about beauty pageant queens. Wood then went on to star in her own spin-off, “Eden’s World,” which ran on Logo and followed her as she tried to make it big in show business in New York.

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   Mister_Dangerous
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:39 am

   Stick with Malcolm. Pete’s just a little b*tch. At least Malcolm is likeable.

   That Ave Maria lady is crazy. It’ll be fun watching her turn on Pete.

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   wow
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 12:06 pm

   I definitely give Pete credit for his strategy but creating chaos when you’ve got a completely unstable nutjob like Ave on your tribe is not exactly difficult. RC should have jumped ship as soon as she got wind of the craziness wafting off of Ave (which was pretty much immediately). I hope she’s making sure everyone else is seeing it too…but unfortunately I haven’t seen evidence of that so far. Pete seems to be covering his bases much better.

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   fancyface
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 12:46 pm

   “He can speak, he can speak! Carter actually SPOKE and it only took 3 episodes!”

   WhoTH is Carter? Is that the little guy in the Penner alliance? What’s the chick’s name with the mohawk? DOES the old black guy have a name? Who was the 3rd girl that formed the ‘they think we’re dumb alliance’ on the red tribe? What is the red tribe’s name? What’s the girl’s name who has Jeff’s #? When will Skupin die? What’s happening to me? So. Many. QUESTIONS!

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   Enrique's Mole
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:13 pm

   @fancyface – spoiler alert – Skupin dies next ep.

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    caligal
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    When you refer to Ave, are you referring to Abi? Or is Ave someone else we’ve not seen on this show? There has been so much focus on the losers, I still don’t know who half of the players are.
    Does anyone else see the producers putting Malcolm and Denise on opposite teams, and splitting their alliance?

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    itchy
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    I keep waiting for Probst to remember that “can’t sit out in back to back challenges” rule (and yes, I wish they’d bring back the reward challenges too). Because there’s no way Matsing would have lost if they’d forced the women on the other tribes to play. I don’t think any of them can hold a candle to Denise.

    Who is my favorite player — and if she keeps going, maybe be my second favorite of all time (no one will ever top Parvati).

    Meantime, I’m still wondering who the other hot bikini gal is. Miss Delaware? So that means her tits are fake too, huh?

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    itchy
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    Oh, no, the stupidest thing the producers could do would be to split up the Denise/Malcolm alliance. They’re great together.

    Of course, they’ve already filmed the season, so they probably won’t listen to me this time. Fools.

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    itchy
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    Also, the “creating chaos” gambit worked out just great for Hantz #1, didn’t it? The tribe figured out pretty quickly that he was the asshole behind all of the problems, and rode him as the goat to the end.

    So I’m curious to see how this Pete guy does. If it’s harmless stuff like the idol clue, sure, why not? You just know that aligning with Ave Mascrewloose is going to bite him in the balls anyway.

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    fancyface
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    @Enrique’s Mole….I knew it! lol

    @Itchy..”I keep waiting for Probst to remember that “can’t sit out in back to back challenges” rule”

    IKR? What ever happened to that rule? THAT’S why they had no chance of winning. So unfair!

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    itchy
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    I think they only have the rule when the reward and immunity challenges are separate. Not sure why that should matter. Anyway, it’s not like I’m sad that Russell’s gone!

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    zbird
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    OMG I just now watched this with my DH and I said the same thing about Jeff Spicoli. So on the nose!

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    pretty good year
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 6:17 am

    The editing this season is the best since China, if not better. I don’t necessarily mean in terms of balanced airtime — because I’m only just getting to know Kalabaw and Tandang — but I mean in terms of those subtle details like music and transition shots. That quiet scene with Matsing on the beach at the very beginning was done beautifully. It gave me goosebumps. The challenge was also intense and that final slow-motion shot of the pot breaking was epic. They also gave us just enough development at Kalabaw and Tandang to make me believe that Matsing could win this one. I haven’t had this much fun watching a Survivor season in a long time. The last four episodes are leagues ahead of the last two seasons.

    Also, the sit-out rule has always been that you can’t sit out the same person in back-to-back challenges within the same episode cycle. Everything gets reset after Tribal Council and you can sit out whoever you want. Not sure why. It’s always made things a little easier on weaker players because tribes get to put their A teams on Immunity challenges and their B teams on reward challenges, which gives the B team players a bit of a free ride, since the “big losses” are never on their backs.

    I think switching to a one-challenge-per-episode format has demonstrated how unfair that rule is, and perhaps they’ll realize that and change it in the future. I don’t think Abi-Maria and Dawson have done anything since the first challenge. We probably could have seen a similar phenomenon in Redemption Island and South Pacific, since they had the same format, but the tribes stayed fairly even pre-merge in those seasons.

    Oh, and Denise is amazing. I love rational, headstrong, free-thinking, self-possessed people. She’s that rare type of Survivor contestant who is normal and balanced and level-headed, but also interesting to watch. Denise reminds me of “old school” contestants like Helen and Deena, and that can only be a good thing. I love that despite her alliance with Malcolm, she made a side-deal with Russell to make sure that he voted for Malcolm instead of her. That kind of planning and foresight will get her far.

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    Deguy123
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:44 am

    Im still trying to figure out who Miss Delaware is haha

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    itchy
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Miss Delaware is the other hot bikini girl in the new three-girl alliance (not sure if the tatted chick with the ring in her lip counts as a girl… but hey, she claims she’s an ‘aesthetician” too).

    Oh, and you gotta love Denise for her amazing array of awesome expressions.

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    JasonR
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:20 am

    My new nickname for Peter is “straight Colton”

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    pretty good year
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:37 am

    “Thin Hantz” might also work.

    (Also “tall Hantz.”)

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    Annie
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    @itchy, YES you would think in order to make it a little fair, they would make at least 1 woman compete in each tribe, since Denise had to. Might I add, she kicks ASS…..it might actually be in her favor to be in the shittier tribe, because I doubt any of the dudes in the other tribes would give her a chance to do anything.

    Man, the Mating Tribe are like the Detroit Lions of “Survivor” (I’m a Lions fan, I get the suffering). And I know Lisa has some bat-shit child rearing ideas that are borderline child abuse, but damn it I really like her on the show. I hope she gets far….but I know once her tream is up for tribal council, she’s dunzo.

    @fancyface….YES, I was like WTF are these people? Carter the Track Coach, other random chick (Insurance?)

    @ prettygoodyear, I am also enjoying the editing and cinematography. Never thought I would say that for a reality show. It actually looks and sounds great on my HDTV and Surround Sound system!

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    PinkTop
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    Don’t bother switching your crush. My eye already wondered over to Pete, but I read his bio and it’s even douchier than Malcolm’s. Way doucher. I give Pete gameplay props, he’ll probably be interesting to watch on that level, but crush…. No.

    I haven’t committed to a “favorite player” yet. Denise is the only person I came close to rooting for thus far.

    Abi/Ave is in need of a good snarky moniker.

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    Robin
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    I kinda liked the “tumbling out of the purse, thing. It is about time things got interesting. It kinda reminded me of when Rupert stole from the folks when they went into the village ( ducking shoes). Folks need to start thinking about how to screw folks especially if they don’t have a social game.

    Now, I like Denise. I think she is smart and saavy. But she is boring as shit. Do I want to see another person win because they were a nice person to everyone? No, I don’t.

    I wanna see the look on another face like Juggs had as she wondered how the hell that clue showed up there. heh

    Robin

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    Robin
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    Pardon me, but I feel the need to brag! Our TVGasm Fantasy Survivor Tribe is:

    #68th out of 276 tribes

    Our average points are 1156

    We have a huge tribe compared to others and we are doing so much better than, well lets just to the math, shall we? Two Hundered And Eight Other Tribes! Larger tribes don’t normally do as well as we are doing. It is so cool.

    Back to your reg scheduled discussion..

    Take care, Robin

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    pretty good year
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 6:55 pm

    What I like about Denise is that she’s normal. I suppose one could say she’s boring, but she’ll only be boring if her success in the game is completely unchallenged (hello Kim!) Conflict is necessary to make a player interesting, and there’s no doubt that Malcolm and Denise have faced a lot of conflict.

    Right now, Denise hasn’t even had any success in the game. I want her to, though. I think she has fought hard and she’s earned it. So has Malcolm, and he’s the other person I’m rooting for. I’d like to think that savvy, strong Survivor fans like them can still apply, get on the show and be successful despite the fact that the show has built a reputation in recent seasons for recruiting wannabe models and actors at taco stands.

    The older seasons didn’t really have the cartoon caricatures that the recent seasons have. They were much more subdued, and I liked them more for it. Despite superfluous twists like the Hidden Idol and the returning players, Philippines is looking more and more like a return to form with each episode and I’m loving it so far.

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    Robin
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    @Pretty Good Year,

    I am still not convinced either that Denise is such a good challenge winner. All I have seen so far is her doing better than folks that skipped out on challenges, someone that can’t get up a ladder and a mouthy pain in the ass. They have also spent so much time showing how bad Matsing was, we haven’t had the benifit of seeing how the winning tribes are winning. I think it is a producer ploy.

    They want it to be a new game. They won’t let us see the edits of how well others play the game.

    Robin

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    pretty good year
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    I don’t know if it’s a producer ploy. I think it’s just a standard storytelling practice. Most of the time, the losing tribe will always get more airtime during an episode. It’s one of the ways you can usually predict which tribe is going to Tribal Council before the Immunity challenge even starts.

    That’s why in seasons like Palau, Gabon and Samoa, we didn’t really get to know the Koror, Kota or Galu tribes until after the merge. If Matsing is dissolved — Saboga-style — next week, I imagine we’ll start seeing Kalabaw and Tandang much more.

    As it stands, Malcolm and Denise have done what Bobby Jon and Stephenie did in Palau, and that was enough to get those two invited back for the next season. Survivor loves its underdog stories, even if the underdogs are usually to blame for their bad positions (hello Cochran!)

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    sarcasatire
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    @JasonR: Yes!!! I am glad I’m not the only one who thinks of Colton when I look at Pete. It’s just unfortunate that Matsing has monopolized the screen time because I def see an asshole in the making. And Pete’s alliance with Ave harks back to Colton and Alicia and their devilish bullying of Christina. RC is this season Christina except smarter and hopefully not as much as a pushover.

    @Pinktop: I think Ave Maria is a perfectly snarky nickname for Abi-Maria. It means Hail Mary but in spanish/portuguese it’s used to express a myriad of emotions: surprise, exasperation, frustration…basically the same way English speakers use “Jesus Christ!” to express all types of emotions. I mean, doesn’t Abi-Maria inspire at least one Oh.My.God per episode? Ave Maria!

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    featherhead
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 4:45 am

    I liked the Abi-normal that one of the gasmi called her on another recap. Works for me.

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    PinkTop
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Ave Maria & Abi-normal, both good…

    …but, how about – - – Brazil Nuts !?!?!

    (Added bonus, I googled brazil nuts & learned that they are the “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of the nut world”)

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    sarcasatire
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    Brazil Nuts…ha!

    In portuguese, we would say Abi is “malouca” (crazy) or “Chato pra caralho”..annoying as fuck.