Survivor: Vanuatu

Sep 16, 2004 by  

Apart from the first time Survivor has included the native culture of the island they’ve invaded so heavily, at least so far it seems like it’s the same old same old. The natives involved the contestants, or should I say the male contestants, in an initiation ritual, basically dissing the women completely and virtually ignoring them.

The proportion of women that are “hotties” and guys that are “hunky” seems to increase with every season, with a couple of plain ole’ looking folks thrown in just for comparison, I suppose.

In a couple of seasons I’m sure it will be supermodels-only.

This time around once again we have the men vs. the women (at least initially) and of course the women do much better than the cocky guys had hoped. For some reason the show seemed really short… by about 5-6 minutes, and they combined the reward and immunity challenges into one.

I suppose I’ll watch since I find the “Lord of the Flies” aspect of the show fascinating, and the producers are sure to throw in some twists to keep things different from prior seasons.

Overall, the opener was really a bit of a yawner.

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  1. TerriO    7 years ago

    How could you forget the series’ first amputee?! I expected Jeff Probst to make a much bigger deal about that, especially at tribal council. But to not even mention it seemed weird.

    Otherwise, I’m not entralled yet. No stand-out characters thus far.

  2. Yetzirah    7 years ago

    I have a girlfriend who watches Survivor faithfully and last year we invited her for dinner and she said she would come if she could watch Survivor. We said sure. So I ended up watching the last two episodes with her.
    It was fascinating in a twisted sort of way.
    I took a look at the first 15 minutes of this show out of curiosity.
    The wooden, fake looks on their faces when the natives came charging off the beach was just SO underwhelming. And when I saw that one woman with the balloon boobs, I thought “Oh look, the comic relief.” But when they smeared pig blood on those guys, I had to bail. Part of the reason I don’t watch this show is the same reason I don’t watch Fear Factor. (It’s the GAG factor)
    My god, is this all the networks have to offer?

    Y.

  3. Vic    7 years ago

    Terri,

    Maybe he didn’t make a big deal about it for the same reason that it didn’t even occur to me: The guy was so self-sufficient that the others didn’t have a clue until he pointed it out.

    Vic

  4. Vic    7 years ago

    Y, this show is nowhere near as high on the “gag factor” scale as is Fear Factor. On that show there is some hideously gross thing to be eaten every single week. On Survivor that just happens once during the entire season.

    Also, the challenges are more physical on this show as opposed to something like being placed in a tank full of cockroaches or something like that, which is more typical of FF.

    Vic