The show Survivor.

Armistead · 11-23-10, 09:05 AM

How many Survivor fans out there. I've applied about 100 times.

My wife knows Jane fairly well since they both show dogs. She lives about 45 minutes from me. They have often competed against each other, travelled together. She's one tough bitch. Hope she wins so I can borrow some money.

She ain't near as broke as she makes out, big nice farm, her dogs worth a small fortune

Sailor Steve · 11-23-10, 11:13 AM

Never watched it, even once. Real reality is bad enough. Fake reality is too much.

Armistead · 11-23-10, 11:21 AM

What makes you think it's fake....I'd say Survivor is probably the first and only true reality show.

Still, the last few years you can tell they push certain people to take on rolls and ruining what the show once was. Probst has now become a baffling idiot during councils, basically letting everything out of the bag.
I'd tell him to STFU.

Sailor Steve · 11-23-10, 11:41 AM

Um, they can vote each other off the Island? They have rules? They have safety-nets? They have camera crews? The last one left wins a huge prize? It's called "Survivor", but the ones who didn't "survive" get to tell everybody why?

It's just another stupid game show.

[edit] Don't take this to mean I think I'm demeaning you for liking it, or even trying to argue about it. I have lots of things I like that I wouldn't expect anyone else to. It's just my opinion, and I know how little that's worth.

Armistead · 11-23-10, 11:52 AM

Oh, we all have things we hate and like. Most love or hate Survivor, but with any show like this you'll have camera and safety crews. I'm sure they're still miserable as hell.

There's another show called Survivorman where a man and his wife survive the wild...funny, the wife often fears of dying when an animal comes along and at least 10 different camera angles of it.

Sailor Steve · 11-23-10, 12:05 PM

The only reality show I saw that I liked was a few years back, and it didn't last. I forget the name and the channel, but it consisted of teams made up of soldiers, cops and firemen competing against each other in hostage-rescue and infiltration scenarios. Like the others they had to get rid of a member every episode, but it was fun because they had to extract 'hostages' from convoys and buildings, with helicopters and 'enemy soldiers', with everybody firing laser rifles, and it could end up going any way imaginable.

[edit] Found it! It was called Combat Missions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Missions

Onkel Neal · 11-24-10, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

How many Survivor fans out there. I've applied about 100 times.

My wife knows Jane fairly well since they both show dogs. She lives about 45 minutes from me. They have often competed against each other, travelled together. She's one tough bitch. Hope she wins so I can borrow some money.

She ain't near as broke as she makes out, big nice farm, her dogs worth a small fortune

I love the show, it's very interesting to observe people under these conditions, competing for the money. The psychology, the challenges, the drama. Good stuff. To be honest, I have only watched three seasons from start to ending. I believe it was Season 2, the Cook Islands season, and the current season. Not sure why, but as much as I enjoy the show, if I don't find some of the participants interesting or compelling in the first episode, I pretty much skip the rest of the season.

Steve, Survivor is not so much a show about realistically surviving the outdoors, but a game show that takes place under castaway type conditions.

Armistead · 11-24-10, 12:14 PM

I have to admit I don't enjoy this season and didn't watch much of it on TV, although bored one day watched it on the net. I'm seeing many changes I don't like, immunity idols in mass, ect., Probst running his mouth all the time. Chase talked Jane off the perch last show or so ago and Probst convinced her to stay on....Lately he's getting on my nerves.

Another problem is the tribe switch ups at the wrong time leaving good players dead in the water, no tactics in that at all. It's starting to appear
the directors are playing with the show and moving things in the direction they want, often screwing up a players tactics. Tribal council is now the place where Jeff gives away all. Course the real time of these councils average 3 hours and we see a few minutes. Guess it's hard to keep ratings after fan vs favs, heroes vs villians.

Sailor Steve · 11-24-10, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Steve, Survivor is not so much a show about realistically surviving the outdoors, but a game show that takes place under castaway type conditions.

I know. I'm not knocking the show or the people who like it. It's just my taste in television. As I said, I like a lot of stuff I wouldn't recommend to anybody else.

Armistead · 11-24-10, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I love the show, it's very interesting to observe people under these conditions, competing for the money. The psychology, the challenges, the drama. Good stuff. To be honest, I have only watched three seasons from start to ending. I believe it was Season 2, the Cook Islands season, and the current season. Not sure why, but as much as I enjoy the show, if I don't find some of the participants interesting or compelling in the first episode, I pretty much skip the rest of the season.

Steve, Survivor is not so much a show about realistically surviving the outdoors, but a game show that takes place under castaway type conditions.

I do know this, Jane was at home last week. She's gone now, where, who knows with her.

I know if I had to eat snails, wipe my arse with grass and sleep next to a stinky woman with hair hanging out her bikini like a jewish beard, I'd call that survival.

Onkel Neal · 12-01-10, 10:51 PM

specially for 39 days!

11-23-10, 09:05 AM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	The show Survivor. How many Survivor fans out there. I've applied about 100 times. My wife knows Jane fairly well since they both show dogs. She lives about 45 minutes from me. They have often competed against each other, travelled together. She's one tough bitch. Hope she wins so I can borrow some money. She ain't near as broke as she makes out, big nice farm, her dogs worth a small fortune

11-23-10, 11:13 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Never watched it, even once. Real reality is bad enough. Fake reality is too much. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-23-10, 11:41 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Um, they can vote each other off the Island? They have rules? They have safety-nets? They have camera crews? The last one left wins a huge prize? It's called "Survivor", but the ones who didn't "survive" get to tell everybody why? It's just another stupid game show. [edit] Don't take this to mean I think I'm demeaning you for liking it, or even trying to argue about it. I have lots of things I like that I wouldn't expect anyone else to. It's just my opinion, and I know how little that's worth. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-23-10, 12:05 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The only reality show I saw that I liked was a few years back, and it didn't last. I forget the name and the channel, but it consisted of teams made up of soldiers, cops and firemen competing against each other in hostage-rescue and infiltration scenarios. Like the others they had to get rid of a member every episode, but it was fun because they had to extract 'hostages' from convoys and buildings, with helicopters and 'enemy soldiers', with everybody firing laser rifles, and it could end up going any way imaginable. [edit] Found it! It was called Combat Missions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Missions __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 11-23-10 at 12:19 PM.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	specially for 39 days! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-23-10, 11:21 AM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	What makes you think it's fake....I'd say Survivor is probably the first and only true reality show. Still, the last few years you can tell they push certain people to take on rolls and ruining what the show once was. Probst has now become a baffling idiot during councils, basically letting everything out of the bag. I'd tell him to STFU.

11-23-10, 11:52 AM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Oh, we all have things we hate and like. Most love or hate Survivor, but with any show like this you'll have camera and safety crews. I'm sure they're still miserable as hell. There's another show called Survivorman where a man and his wife survive the wild...funny, the wife often fears of dying when an animal comes along and at least 10 different camera angles of it.

11-24-10, 12:14 PM	#8
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I have to admit I don't enjoy this season and didn't watch much of it on TV, although bored one day watched it on the net. I'm seeing many changes I don't like, immunity idols in mass, ect., Probst running his mouth all the time. Chase talked Jane off the perch last show or so ago and Probst convinced her to stay on....Lately he's getting on my nerves. Another problem is the tribe switch ups at the wrong time leaving good players dead in the water, no tactics in that at all. It's starting to appear the directors are playing with the show and moving things in the direction they want, often screwing up a players tactics. Tribal council is now the place where Jeff gives away all. Course the real time of these councils average 3 hours and we see a few minutes. Guess it's hard to keep ratings after fan vs favs, heroes vs villians.