Hello! A lot to get to this week with the recap, the next release of names in the rankings of players, and the item I mentioned last week about a concept for Season 30. Before we delve into all of that, I wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who’s been commenting, following me, favorite-ing my tweets, and sending emails. I’ve noticed a lot more action this week on Twitter, for which I’m very grateful. Michael Skupin was nice enough to send a couple tweets, which I think is pretty cool. Long way to go to be considered “relevant” by any means, but everyone’s got to start somewhere. I’m sure even Hemingway only had 4 or 5 followers on Twitter at some point…
I’ve watched a lot of television this past week with the Masters, American Idol, SNL, The Amazing Race, and a few new shows I’ve been trying to get into. I’m giving “Turn” a shot since it fills the “Walking Dead” void, and it seems to hit the spot. You gotta love Jamie Bell from “Billy Elliot,” and who doesn’t love a good Revolutionary War story? When’s the “Johnny Tremaine” series being made…! And I haven’t checked the IMDB page, but I could swear there’s a similarity in the music of both shows, something very similar between “TWD” and “Turn.” in that regard. Also, my wife is trying to get me to watch “Resurrection” with her. I’m not there yet, but the few scenes I’ve seen seem to be compelling enough to give it a shot as well. We’ll see how long it stays in my DVR queue before I watch or delete it. Also happy to see that “Under The Dome” is coming back in June. I liked that one for some odd reason…
So rather than hit you with both of my “added content” topics at the end, I want to get this Season 30 concept out of the way now. As I mentioned last week, I don’t know how to get this to the Survivor “family,” and since it’s not something I can tweet – 140 characters at a time – to Probst I think this might be the only/best way. Plus, it might get some of you involved, which I think is pretty cool. So, without further ado…
Imagine if you will, we’re at the Season 29 Reunion show, and Jeff says,
“I know many of you are interested to see where we’re going next season. Well, here’s a sneak peek…”
We’re shown a 15-second montage of random visuals: shots that give the notion of theft, snuffing fires, burying items in the sand, throwing articles of clothing in a fire…
Jeff: “Well, if that doesn’t give you any help, let me spoil it for you. Next season, we welcome 10 new superfans. But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill fans of the show; these are players who will STOP AT NOTHING to win the game. And, who will they be up against? Say hello to some of the sneakiest players in Survivor history. Welcome to Season 30! Welcome to…
Survivor Sabotage!
Enjoyed the recap as always. 🙂 Do you watch the Ponderosa videos? I watched the one where LJ got to Ponderosa and the look of hate Morgan was giving him was really weird. I wonder what that’s all about. Can you clarify how he was boorish? I doubt Morgan used that word herself. Ha Ha. Anyway, as much as I hated to see him go, he had a weird video. He got all Zen-ish at Ponderosa (doing yoga on the beach) and said he was going to be the most influential person in Boston, to paraphrase. Maybe he and Vytas should be buddies. Kinda funny.
Thanks, kinb! I do watch the Ponderosa videos. There’s usually some very revealing info in them. Not just how much weight was lost, but since it’s the first time the players are “out of the game” but still dealing with people “in the game,” (who oftentimes have a lot of unanswered questions!) it’s neat to see how those interactions go. And I totally know what you mean about Morgan’s hate look. As I mentioned in the recap, in her After Show interview with Parv, she mentioned that she didn’t like LJ at all. I don’t wanna go back and watch their whole video, but she mentioned something like, “his stories were very boring.” I get the feeling that either A) she tried to work her magic on him and he just blew her off, which pissed her off, or B) she liked him enough to want to pursue an alliance with him and he just blew her off. As we’ve heard, she’s a girl who usually gets her way based on her looks, and since that didn’t work on LJ, he’s “boorish” (my word) and she’s a bitch.
Yeah, I think he went a little bonkers on the island. I wasn’t kidding when I was saying that he started to look very tired. Not just physically, but mentally. Maybe the weight loss, sleep deprivation, and PTSD got to him. Sometimes, saying crazy big things seems like a good idea, but after some thought, he probably realized that sounded kinda dumb. But hey, more power to him if he’s aspiring to do great things. I just think he’ll try to milk his 15 minutes, and either find someone to spend his life with (or 6 months) or just go back to his farm. And I’m not trying to rip him, as I said, I liked LJ from the get go… Good luck to him!