May 11, 2003
Survivor Finale Sucked
Well, the Survivor finale sucked big time. Aside from Jenna winning, here are my major complaints:
- All the talk of Matt not needing the money. What the hell? This is Survivor, not the American Association of Philanthropists. CBS should institute a new rule forbidding Survivors from talking about their financial status.
- The final immunity challenge wasn't very good. I like the idea of a pure will power challenge, but that's not what the final challenge was. The balancing and headdress holding made it a physical challenge. There's no way you can say that Roger or Butch (had they still been around) could compete with Jenna in a challenge like that.
- Survivor: Pearl Islands is a cop out. I was really hoping to see a Survivor: Iceland or Survivor: Greenland.
- Announcing the winner in New York was lame. I don't know if that's how they normally do it, since this is the first season I've watched, but it ruined the grit of the show. Everything in New York felt contrived and tacky.
Now that I've seen a season of the show, I'd really like to go back and watch season one and maybe some of the other seasons. Unfortunately, the only official video I can find is an outtakes DVD. Anyone have the whole thing on VHS?
Posted by Dirtae at May 11, 2003 11:57 PMI watched a good portion of Survivor: Outback,Survivor: Africa, and Survivor: Marquesas. I can tell you that Survivor: Africa *did* show who won back in the States, but you couldn't tell until after they announced who won (at least I couldn't). The last immunity challenge was also a "balance on this little ledge", only they did it out under the searing African sun for several hours (I believe the last immunity challenge lasted 2 1/2 hours).
Really, you aren't missing much if you haven't watched the previous ones. I only watch Survivor now because there's nothing better on before CSI.
Posted by: chris at May 17, 2003 06:55 PM
