Sometimes in life, you get what you ask for. You get what you wish for. And, the difference in people’s lives is whether or not they get the wishes that turn them into rich and famous people or they get the wishes that make it a tad bit easier to watch some meaningless reality television shows. Either way, you have to take what you can get, right? And, so you know, that last sentence may be the most optimistic thing I can ever say…
I will try and hold back my excitement for what happened in this episode, but it’s a difficult thing to do.
So, we start off the episode with more redundancy. That redundancy came in the form of Colton being bitter enough in his life to call Christina a “cockroach” and telling her to go jump in a fire. I would understand it, and probably even find it a tad funny, if Colton would just say these things, jokingly, in his interviews, but the fact that he openly speaks this way to people is crazy to me. How this kid has not gotten his ass beaten in real life yet is beyond me. And, trust me, I know for a fact he hasn’t gotten his ass beaten, because a person who gets their ass beaten doesn’t talk to people this way. I’ve always thought the greatest lesson a man (I use that term loosely when referring to Colton) can learn is to realize he can get his ass whooped. Every man thinks he can fight. It’s just in our nature. But, once that man realizes he can’t and gets his ass handed to him by another man (or even woman), it changes him. Of course, I’ve never had my ass kicked, but I have been punched and kicked before and it’s not exactly an exciting thing. Anyway, I digress. I guess I’m just trying to say that Colton needs to be punched in the f*cking face. Immediately.
Speaking of a-hole’s, I guess CBS chose to introduce us to the real Alicia. I know in past episodes, you could see the attitude coming out, but goodness, you teach children in special education classes and you can’t have enough respect for another person to move over a few inches so they can sleep semi-comfortably? God bless Christina for being a doormat and just taking all that from both Colton and Alicia, because even as nice of a person as I am, I probably would have snapped at some point and probably gripped onto Alicia’s fat ass cheeks and dragged her out of that tent and buried her face in the rooster sh*t and just stared into Colton’s eyes the entire time letting him know he’s most likely next.
Oh – you make me laugh – thank you. But you didn’t mention Kat not know what an appendix was or how to stop hers from getting hurt because several people have had them out – priceless . . . . .
And if Alicia taught my child, I’d be storming the school board asking for her dismissal.
Weird tv coincidence, I watched Survivor and thoroughly enjoyed watching Colton get the karma bitch slap that he deserves, and then later I’m watching another favorite show of mine Psych and the whole show centered on the fact that the main character was laid up after getting his appendix removed. How strange that they both aired on the same night?
rsanon you beat me to it!! Scott, I can’t believe you didn’t rip on Kat for not knowing what an appendicitis is and then her thinking that she might get one from being around people who have already had one! Priceless!!
Lief has been using that box as his bed since they got it a couple of weeks ago. They showed him in it, putting the lid on the keep the rain out! So, yeah, whenever that was…we got a big laugh out of him sleeping in a coffin like box. He doesn’t seem like the brightest person though.
As far as editing for the games, its a pretty well known fact that a ‘dream team’ of stand ins play every game and challenge first, and those are when the close up shots are taken, and the helicopter shots too. That’s why you don’t see cameramen or hear helicopters during the actual comps. Most of the distance shots are filmed using the stand ins.
I was shocked at how verbally abusive Colton and Alicia were to Cristina. She handled that better than most people I know would have! I love that Colton had to leave. If anyone is a cockroach, it would be him. And Alicia is just as bad, and I’d like to see her leave soon too.
Kat has had her own health issues, so I’d think she’d know where (and what) an appendix is. I think Tarzan has been playing dumb, but at least we know why he can’t keep names straight (Jonas=Jason, Cristina=Katrina) now.
I want to clarify: the close up action shots of the comps, often we don’t see faces or bodies…because the stand ins are used and it is edited together. I don’t think the players would tolerate cheating.
I love that Colton is gone, although I would have rather seen him be blindsided rather than being medically taken out. But here’s hoping that Alicia is gone next! My mom and one of my friends teach special ed, and they are two of the most amazing people I know with the strength needed to deal with the kids sometimes. I can’t even imagine how someone like Alicia is a teacher of any kind!
If Christina is smart, she aligns with the guys and starts picking the women off. It may not get her any better than 7th, but at least she won’t be first out.
To the guy who writes this blog, I can’t believe you think Colton would have won the season. Haven’t you watched other seasons to know that people who back stab others (and in Colton’s case he does it to their face) they don’t get votes at the end. Coach – he effed over everyone and didn’t get votes. Russel, he stabbed everyone in the back too and didn’t get a single vote in the end.
Ok, lots to address here. First, I purposely left off the whole Kat and her appendix thing. I thought it was just too stupid to even comment on. I will give her a pass because I had already ripped on her before and it’s kind of getting old, for me, to just keep ripping on how stupid these people are! 🙂
As for the competitions, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I know that they have stand-ins perform the challenge. They show that to us every week. I don’t miss that. And, I’m sure those are the edits they show us, all I’m saying is that is a form of “cheating.” It has to be, because I have to believe that when they show us the person throwing the coconut at a trajectory that is going to have it coming in at a completely different angle than what they cut to, they are blatantly trying to tell me that I’m stupid enough to believe that person actually threw that. I’m saying they cheat and I can guarantee that people on the show will be fine with it. They sign all sorts of contracts that basically give away their lives while they’re on the show, so they really have no choice but to abide by what the show wants/asks/tells.
As for addicted2rs, I love how you are writing this to “the guy who writes this blog.” My name is Scott, thank you! 🙂 But, how could Colton not have won this game? Don’t you see how these idiots are following him around like little puppies? I’m sure that things would have changed in the stretch run, but I really do believe these people would have been dumb enough to give Colton $1 million. This is going to be the season that bucks the recent trend of voting for the most likeable person on the island. I can sense that.