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Re: Survivor: Micronesia
Isn't Tom now selling insurance?
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia
I'm surprised that they asked Tom to come back, since they didn't ask any of the other winners. I initially thought they must have made a decision not to have any past winners, although asking Tom seems to contradict that.
I'm disappointed there's no Ian - I would have thought he was a clear person to bring back - especially since they did ask Tom. Hopefully they did approach him and he said No.
I am really surprised Jonny Fairplay is on the show. I never saw Pearl Islands (my first season was All-Stars), but have heard so much about him, and particularly Probst's famed hatred of Fairplay (doesn't he refuse to even be in the same room with him?), that I am seriously shocked to see him returning. I would love to have been in the meeting when they told Probst about that piece of casting.
I am overjoyed by two pieces of casting - Yau-Man and Jonathan. Jonathan would probably be my favourite Survivor player of the seasons I have seen, so I'm really hoping for him to do well. The thing I really liked about Jonathan is that he is really intelligent, and plays the game well. And he didn't seem to take game decisions personally, which is really rare for Survivor contestants.
Amanda is wearing another absurdly tiny bikini, so I guess we can guarantee lots more blurring.
Cirie - am I right in remembering her as initially being afraid of leaves, but she really grew over the show? I think I liked her. I can't remember much detail, but I do seem to remember she played the game really well.
Overall, it's a good cast, disappointment about Ian's absence aside. There was no-one included that made me think "Who?"
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia
Okay, that's interesting. On my initial read of the EW article, I misread the quote "Palau's winner, Tom Westman, declined to participate. (No other past winners were chosen.)" as being "No other winners were approached".
Sorry about my confusion. I just thought it made sense to not approach winners, since they have already won once, and just focus on the people that did well, but not that well.
Good to know they didn't forget Ian, and I hope he did decline, rather than getting dropped to cut down numbers, since in my view there are people that deserve to be there less than Ian.
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
Season premiere is on tonight!
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
I'm disappointed with tonight's episode.......I can't believe that Fairplay got the boot! Even though he can't be trusted, at this stage in the game it would have been a better strategy to keep the sneakiest player in. Would have been better to vote off Cirie who I think is a very weak link in the favorites camp.
I hope the faves rebound next week....
One more thing.......good to see Parvati again.
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Ah.....but what a way to go.
But before he does, I want to see a physical contest between him and Joel (the firefighter)......that guy was talking smack about James and I want to see the gravedigger....er....bury him.
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
Interesting first episode. Except for crazy lady and Tracy's headlights, nothing really compelling on the fans side.
Fairplay...what an idiot. I wonder if he was trying to get the Eliza-Jonathan-Amy-Yau-man alliance to vote for him and get Eliza out. But I think they made the right call in voting him out; completely untrustworthy and useless in challenges. Were I on the favorite's team, I'd be angling for Ozzy next; while he's great for team challenges, far too great a threat in the long term.
And Amanda is way hotter than Parvati. Not that I have any complaints about seeing more of either of them.
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
I was impressed by how food plumped up Amanda's topside. She didn't look as skinny on the reunion show (as she did while in China), so maybe she didn't last too long for the fans vs. faves season.
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
The whole Fairplay final entry and then his exit seemed almost "manufactured" for ratings to me...I think it would have been more interesting had he stuck around longer though...
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Re: Survivor: Micronesia (Fans vs. Faves) Premieres 2/7/08
Anyone know if the faves got any "appearance" fee money just for showing up? I figure that's all Jonny F wanted, plus to eek out just a little more of his 15 minutes of fame. Did y'all know the mother of his daughter was a contestant on American's Next Top Model Cycle 4 (Michelle Deighton) and is now with the Janice Dickinson modelling agency?
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