Survivor: Samoa

[GenerationX]

Wow, great first ep! A lot to comment on:

1. With the bloated cast (20), there will no doubt be a couple of weeks where multiple people get the boot. Cool.
2. "Shambo"?!? You've got to be kidding me. I could deal with the awful, outdated nickname, but the poor gameplay? Ouch. You simply can't sit on the beach while the ENTIRE rest of the tribe is out in the water. Bad move, Dumbo.
3. While criticizing the rocket scientist for potentially overthinking the shelter construction makes for nice sound bites, she's wrong again. As an obsessive Project Manager, I have to think you want to plan and design before you build. Much easier to correct mistakes before you're halfway through construction.
4. The water polo guy smoked the other guy in that swim. That was a great (lucky) call by the Tribe Chief. And as a side note, if I were there and had been voted chief, I would've insisted everyone call me Chief Illiniwek. Heh.
5. The policewoman is awesome. She was onto Russell immediately. To his credit, he knew she might tougher to BS than his other tribemates.
6. Russell. What a nasty scrap of humanity there. I can only imagine the giddy delight of the producers when they filmed his initial interviews. As a viewer, I absolutely love his petal to the metal strategy and superior attitude. It makes for very entertaining television.

 

[DiPSU224]

Finally got around to watching....wow.

Russell is a scumbag. How do you lie about something like Katrina? When he burned that sock I literally gasped out loud. There must be a lot more of Marisa that we didn't see that had them disliking her so much. I highly doubt that they voted her out based solely on Russell just telling them too. Should be a great season!

 

[mousefan1972]

So I just watched last week's Survivor on my DVR. :lookaroun (Gimme a break! I was in WDW) :lol: WOW. I really don't like Russell's style of play at all, but I'm sure it will make for entertaining episodes. If you are trying to win challenges and keep your strong players around, why are you dumping out the water canteens and burning socks? I hope the policewoman does well, and I like Mick, too. I also like the leader of the other tribe. I will be watching tomorrow night.

 

[Lucille]

New episode tonight! Here's hoping to Russell getting the boot! I find him more annoying than entertaining.

I think Marissa did seem a little annoying and hippy-dippy last week. Plus she wasn't physically strong so I could see them getting rid of her and keeping jerky Russell for his physical strength.

 

[popsicletrees]

I finally watched last week's episode! This will be an interesting season. I really wish Marissa had called Russell out at tribal council for making a secret alliance with her. I can understand his strategy. He's very wealthy; he doesn't need the money. So, why not be the villain of the season. However, I think some of the things that he did were really low.

 

[WDW Vacationer]

Betsey should have stayed.



Ben and Rusell need to go.

 

[maggiegrace1]

Russel...annoying as all hell but smarter then I gave him credit for!

Finding that idol was awesome!

I liked Betsy..but Russell is in control as of now..lets hope they catch on to him sooner rather then later.

Jasmine..waht a !..haha

 

[mousefan1972]

Russell reminds me of Coach in that he is getting a lot of screen time. I was just looking at the cast on cbs.com/survivor, and realized I didn't know the name of half of the other tribe because they are hardly getting hardly any air time. But Coach was much more entertaining. :lol: I am surprised Russell found the immunity idol. I wonder how long before they catch on to him?? I like Jaison; I hope he calls out Russell and Russell gets voted out. Was anyone surprised that Mike had to leave the game? I kind of saw that coming.

 

[Lucille]

So when Yasmine (Jasmine?) got the note about the idol, it said it was at the yellow teams camp. Does that mean that idol is only for the purple team then? If so, then does that mean Russell can't use it?

I think I like Jaison the best so far. I don't know many of the other names. But the asian chick is pretty good too.

 

[disneypearl]

Russell reminds me of Coach in that he is getting a lot of screen time. I was just looking at the cast on cbs.com/survivor, and realized I didn't know the name of half of the other tribe because they are hardly getting hardly any air time. But Coach was much more entertaining. :lol: I am surprised Russell found the immunity idol. I wonder how long before they catch on to him?? I like Jaison; I hope he calls out Russell and Russell gets voted out. Was anyone surprised that Mike had to leave the game? I kind of saw that coming.

I know what you mean about not knowing the purple tribe! They really don't get that much air time.

I can't wait to see Russell go!

 

[popsicletrees]

So when Yasmine (Jasmine?) got the note about the idol, it said it was at the yellow teams camp. Does that mean that idol is only for the purple team then? If so, then does that mean Russell can't use it?

I think I like Jaison the best so far. I don't know many of the other names. But the asian chick is pretty good too.

There is probably one hidden at the puple camp, too. Maybe once and if the yellow team wins a challenge and sends someone over to the purple camp they will receive a clue.

Is there an exile island this season? I don't think they have mentioned it if there is.

Also, I can't stand Ben! I would rather see Russell stay than Ben. As much as I think Yasmine was pretty dumb for going over to the other camp and running her mouth, the comments that Ben made were horrible!

 

[Lucille]

There is probably one hidden at the puple camp, too. Maybe once and if the yellow team wins a challenge and sends someone over to the purple camp they will receive a clue.

Is there an exile island this season? I don't think they have mentioned it if there is.

Also, I can't stand Ben! I would rather see Russell stay than Ben. As much as I think Yasmine was pretty dumb for going over to the other camp and running her mouth, the comments that Ben made were horrible!

Oh, I know there's going to be an idol at each camp. But do you think the purple team is the only team that can use the idol from yellow camp? And vice versa? If that's the case, then I wonder if Russell can even use that one since it's at his own camp.

 

[Lucille]

Who watched this week?

Once again, I was annoyed that there was only one challenge.

And I can't believe that group leader chose comfort over the other stuff.

 

[maggiegrace1]

Russell from Galu was dumb to choose comfort...to make the women happy!..Please...they need to realize they are on an island and not at a luxury hotel..idiots!

Evil Russell may be pretty smart but he annoys the heck out of me..I just wish they would realize what he is doing and vote him out!

I was glad to see Ben go..he had an attitude problem and was rude.

I love Jaisons voice and how he speaks even when he is frustrated or angry..

 

[Lucille]

I love the Ponderosa videos!

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/video/?vs=Ponderosa

 

[artvandelay]

I thought last season was great, but this season is awesome.

 

[Laura]

Haha - I LOVE Russell! Sneaky little ______________.

 

[Lucille]

I couldn't stand Russell in the beginning but now I'm rooting for him! He's hilarious.

 

[popsicletrees]

I really wish that Russell was a bit more of a villain. I mean, the guy burned someone's sock on the first episode and emptied their water canteens! Now I see him mostly as a scrambler. Not that I'm saying that I wish he would make everyone's life at camp exceedingly miserable, there was just a lot of hype built up before the season for this new villaim. I am really looking forward to this week's episode though. If the man finds a third immunity idol without a clue I will start rooting for him too.

 

[Exprcoofto]

I couldn't stand Russell in the beginning but now I'm rooting for him! He's hilarious.

Same here. I hope he wins :lol: