Happy Spring! Or as I’m calling it, the Dawn of Global Colding. Jesus H. McDonalds it’s cold outside. It’s actually snowing here in IL tonight, with a low of something like 0 (after the wind chill). And, over the next few weeks, we’re not even getting out of the mid-40s, so it’s not like we have anything to look forward to. Typically, I don’t care if it’s warm or cold outside, but when you work in a populated high-rise, and your shift isn’t one of the firsts of the day, you tend to end up parking a good 2 miles from the front door. So, with that, I’d much rather it be warmer outside. I’ll thank you very much for switching that around for us, Mother Nature. Well played. Funny joke you pulled on us. April Fool’s is coming up, so call it already and lets get into the 60s again, ok?
Thanks.
The episode starts off with some rapid-fire b*tching from the Bikal tribe, who, if I recall, were the ones who decided to forfeit the challenge and let Brandon go home. So, in essence, it wasn’t really Brandon who gave their tribe hope, it was you guys for forfeiting the challenge. Although, I will say that forfeiture was smarter than throwing it, because a “true” win in the challenge would have given them more hope than just a tainted, forfeited victory. Even with that, the man had to go, so they had to do what they had to do, and now you just have to stay true to that decision, and not worry about whatever hope it gave the other tribe. You’ve seen how they perform – they suck! Hope ain’t gonna help them do sh*t!
My favorite line, because it rang so true, came from Phillip – “It was all in that kid’s head.” Truer words have never been spoken from Phillip’s mouth. It definitely was all in Brandon’s head – and it always is and that is his problem.
Funniest line came from Corinne, who said Brandon was “up there with Mel Gibson and other crazy people.” I’m sure truer words have been spoken from her mouth before, but still a good one. The first person that came to her mind to compare a crazy person with was Mel Gibson. It’s been a steep fall from grace, hasn’t it, Mel? Good Lord what happened to you? Or, were you always like this? Still, for my money, I think my go-to crazy affiliate would have to be Lindsay Lohan. That chick may be the definition of crazy.
And, to tack onto her diatribe, Corinne was upset that nobody else stepped in to back her and Phillip up, as they were both being attacked by Brandon. Welcome to the real world, sweetheart. Everyone loves a train wreck, especially when they’re not involved in it!! Nobody steps in front of that train to stop it. Sure, they may give you a little nudge out of the way sometimes, but typically the human race is trained to just stand and watch. Nobody on your tribe, or the other tribe is a big enough person to just tell him to quit it. Not even Jeff Probst and the rest of the Survivor people. They want ratings more than they want you to leave with peace of mind. You signed your life away to them when you stepped foot on that island, so you’re going to have to deal with the wrath of Brandon a few minutes longer. Thanks for playing.
After all that crazy, we finally head over to the Gota tribe, where Reynold tells us he wants a “shift.” Nice segue, I’m guessing.
Scott, I actually do think the tribes are random. Because this is a game show and people are competing for money there are major gaming regulations put on the show. CBS cannot do anything to the game that intentionally gives certain players an advantage or disadvantage unless all players have equal opportunity to achieve/avoid it. The producers can certainly impress upon them certain opinions about others, but they can’t blatantly do anything that impacts a person’s ability to win fairly. I don’t think the producers can lie to the contestants and tell them it’s random if it’s actually not.
Yet, the contestants all sign away ANY rights to talk about the production of the show to anyone outside of the producers and CBS? If it truly was all random, I’d think it wouldn’t matter if people talked after the show was over. Hell, when I was talking to Christina Cha, she couldn’t even answer a question about WHERE they did the ITMs. I didn’t even ask anything about who was there, what they asked, I just asked where they did them.
I’m not accusing them of anything, just pointing out that we’d be stupid to think that the producers don’t do these things intentionally, for ratings purposes. They knew when they were taping that Reynold was going to be a big pull for viewers, so of course they just so happen to “switch” tribes after he’s about to be shown the door. And, you’d have to assume that in their ITMs that the producers pull all kinds of psychological tricks on these dummies to get them thinking in another direction. And, I’d be willing to bet my 401k that some of them even tell contestants things that are said in other ITMs. Maybe not by who, but definitely the what side of things.
But, you never know. Maybe that team really was just the luck of the draw. 🙂 I’m just cynical.
Maybe we’re both right…
Link, see excerpt below: http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article1133.art&page=1
“Dateline then explains why all of this is potentially important, by reminding us of the quiz show scandal of the 1950s. The FCC set up rules to keep producers from meddling in game shows. As Lance says, if the producer is influencing the show, it’s an FCC violation. But the L.A. Times reporter notes that the FCC is taking a more hands-off approach currently, and probably has bigger fish to fry that allegations of interference in Survivor. While I understand this sentiment, I think it’s really sending the wrong signals. Those laws are in place for a reason, and to say that they aren’t going to bother enforcing the laws essentially gives free reign for Burnett – or anybody else – to do whatever he pleases. If they aren’t going to be enforced, the FCC should just end the charade and remove the regulations altogether, so everybody knows that it’s okay once again for producers to mess around with the outcome of game shows.”
I think I must have missed an episode. Did Malcom find the idol? I know Reynold found one again but when Malcom and Andrea were having a conversation about her dream I couldn’t remember it happening?!
mtmom-My family and I said the same thing about Malcolm’s idol. I can’t imagine they wouldn’t air that footage, but for the life of me, I can’t remember Malcom finding an idol…
Did ANYONE else notice all of the bags at the feet of the favorites right before they were told they were switching up the tribes?!!! I can’t imagine those weren’t their own personal bags, so wouldn’t that be the world’s tiniest clue that something was up?
I seem to remember a couple weeks back when Malcolm DID find an idol, and Corrine or someone knew about it. I guess he’s been holding it all this time since the Favorites haven’t needed to go to Tribal.
As for Global Cooling…I say “Bring on the snow!” We’re hitting the slopes in Park City, Utah, for Spring Break, and some school board moron thought it would be a good idea to push the break to the second week in April here in
Atlanta. We’re biding our time until we can MOVE out there permanently.
Thanks for that article – that’s interesting stuff. But, anybody who watches the show with an inquisitive mind can tell that they’re up to something each and every episode. I won’t believe that anything on ANY of these reality competition shows isn’t scripted until I finally get on one of the shows. I’ve just always been a cynic, and always will be. It’s the way of the world now.
As for Malcolm finding the Idol, they did show that. It was way in the beginning of the show. Maybe even episode 1, or maybe 2. I can’t remember. But, I do remember them showing it…