In Yau-Man's first season they did the ethnicity theme, and that one felt very forced, too.Oh yeah, Vanuatu completely slipped my mind. That and a few other early-middle seasons I don't remember that well
But I agree with @PUSH, it always feels like a forced story. Plus, I always think that men and women together makes the dynamic much more interesting.
I remember that, and I agree. Often when they do themes like that it just doesn't feel right. The last few seasons though with BvBvB and WCvBCvNC I thought worked well though.
I think the themes of earlier seasons were more obvious, and it really didn't affect anything. These ones have a more underlying meaning, and they've been much more interesting. I'd also say BvBvB had an incredibly strong cast, much like WCvBCvNC. Blood vs Water 1 had a pretty good cast, too, but it can also limit the cast's strength as we witnessed in its second edition. For seasons like that, I think we almost need returning players and their loved ones. That way you can ensure there are strong cast members.
That was the worst idea they ever had.
Yeah I think you're right. And then Panama divided them into 4 tribes of four based on gender and age.
Cook Island was the ethnicity one, which gave us a great cast, but I felt the gimmicks took away from what could have been an even better season. Parvati (who was bland during that season), Penner, Yul, Ozzy, Candice... all very good players.Yeah I think you're right. And then Panama divided them into 4 tribes of four based on gender and age.
Honestly...they were really trying a lot of gimmicks back then
I thought Cook Islands was one of those seasons that is really interesting if you're watching it live but really underwhelming if rewatching/watching later after already knowing results. The reason I say this is because to me it seems like it really relies on twists rather than the characters, and the "origin" if you will of some of the popular returnees is pretty disappointing IMO. Parvati and Candace are pretty dull, and Ozzy really doesn't get much screen time at all and doesn't win that many challenges (all of the Ozzy hype at the time I don't really get tbh). Penner, I will admit though, had a great season
I just found that overall it seemed really poorly edited.
I didn't know all of the twists going into it, so it definitely made it more interesting. But I agree, without those twists it would have been a very bland season. But it's crazy how many interesting characters that season produced, whether it was in that season or future seasons.I thought Cook Islands was one of those seasons that is really interesting if you're watching it live but really underwhelming if rewatching/watching later after already knowing results. The reason I say this is because to me it seems like it really relies on twists rather than the characters, and the "origin" if you will of some of the popular returnees is pretty disappointing IMO. Parvati and Candace are pretty dull, and Ozzy really doesn't get much screen time at all and doesn't win that many challenges (all of the Ozzy hype at the time I don't really get tbh). Penner, I will admit though, had a great season
No, what's getting old is my top four favourites getting eliminated one by one.
