Miscellaneous Observations from tonight's installment:
1. Sometimes I wonder about the fairness of these challenges, in regards to the men vs. women thing. Last week's immunity challenge was a perfect example; over the years on Survivor, there may have been 1 or 2 women who could have conceivably done well on that, but certainly not the current group. And not most average women, either, that was just, IMO, too much of a "brute strength" thing, all things considered, for the average woman to do especially well in. Tho Purvati being a boxer, I would have expected her to do a bit better. I was also thinking tonight's mud challenge was a little unfair, too, given that, IN THEORY, it would depend on how much body you had to cover, but I guess Ozzy pretty much threw that theory out the window given he was the littlest of the 3 guys and he pretty much blew them out of the water. (Tho having that hair could be an advantage; I'm pretty certain that hair alone probably counted for at least 6 or 7 extra pounds). Actually, given the types of challenges, Ozzy's lack of height (compared to Yul and Adam) is actually an advantage; he's got that lower center of gravity thing going on which makes it much easier to balance. [That and I swear the man in general is an absolute FREAK OF NATURE, given some of the stuff he's been able to do so easily.] On the balance thing, I personally would have done even worse than Adam (who you can totally tell is just about to totally lose it) [I mean mentally, not just the game]. As for Sundra -- I love her, but highly question her ability to even walk and chew gum at the same time. None of these ladies, as Sean pointed out, is exactly Nadia Comaneci to begin with, but Sundra is the worst of a bad bunch in that department. I did love Jeff's comment about "It's like watching really bad performance art" at the mud challenge.
2. And speaking further on mud, am I the only one who's noticed, that in the opening credits, when they show the close-up photos of the participants, that a bunch of mud gets splattered onto Jonathan's picture before they cut away? And I couldn't believe Becky and Sundra sitting around all covered in mud once they got back to camp. Priority one, before I even GOT back to camp, would be to GET THAT SLUDGE OFF ME IMMEDIATELY. I would go nuts.
3. Note to all future male cast members of future Survivor editions: Please make sure to pack a pair of shorts that is one size down, waistline wise, than the size you currently wear. Otherwise, long about Day 20, once you've lost that weight and your waistline shrinks, you are going to be losing your pants about every 10 minutes, especially during challenges.
4. Yul's comment about "I wonder if Jeff is going to yell at me?"......I know we have discussed the -- er -- general attitude of Mr. Probst on here previously, but has he gotten so bad that now contestants are more afraid of the WRATH OF JEFF than they are of losing a challenge? Just how obnoxious IS he??
5. Jonathan sure cleans up good. What a good-looking guy!! However, that doesn't change the fact that he's still a JACKASS.
6. I still like everyone left, but the one person I am rooting against would be Becky. I really do think she's spent the game riding Yul's coat-tails. And while I like the way Yul is handling himself as the "puppetmaster" (at least he's being classy about it, unlike the Boston Rob approach [All-Stars] being all hyuck, hyuck, hyuck, these people are all so dang dumb, hyuck hyuck hyuck) I had a bit of a problem when he went off on Adam for talking to Ozzy. HEY -- it's down to 6 people and it IS a game and it's OPEN SEASON. Yul may be in charge, but he ain't the boss of Adam.
1. Sometimes I wonder about the fairness of these challenges, in regards to the men vs. women thing. Last week's immunity challenge was a perfect example; over the years on Survivor, there may have been 1 or 2 women who could have conceivably done well on that, but certainly not the current group. And not most average women, either, that was just, IMO, too much of a "brute strength" thing, all things considered, for the average woman to do especially well in. Tho Purvati being a boxer, I would have expected her to do a bit better. I was also thinking tonight's mud challenge was a little unfair, too, given that, IN THEORY, it would depend on how much body you had to cover, but I guess Ozzy pretty much threw that theory out the window given he was the littlest of the 3 guys and he pretty much blew them out of the water. (Tho having that hair could be an advantage; I'm pretty certain that hair alone probably counted for at least 6 or 7 extra pounds). Actually, given the types of challenges, Ozzy's lack of height (compared to Yul and Adam) is actually an advantage; he's got that lower center of gravity thing going on which makes it much easier to balance. [That and I swear the man in general is an absolute FREAK OF NATURE, given some of the stuff he's been able to do so easily.] On the balance thing, I personally would have done even worse than Adam (who you can totally tell is just about to totally lose it) [I mean mentally, not just the game]. As for Sundra -- I love her, but highly question her ability to even walk and chew gum at the same time. None of these ladies, as Sean pointed out, is exactly Nadia Comaneci to begin with, but Sundra is the worst of a bad bunch in that department. I did love Jeff's comment about "It's like watching really bad performance art" at the mud challenge.
2. And speaking further on mud, am I the only one who's noticed, that in the opening credits, when they show the close-up photos of the participants, that a bunch of mud gets splattered onto Jonathan's picture before they cut away?
And I couldn't believe Becky and Sundra sitting around all covered in mud once they got back to camp. Priority one, before I even GOT back to camp, would be to GET THAT SLUDGE OFF ME IMMEDIATELY. I would go nuts. 3. Note to all future male cast members of future Survivor editions: Please make sure to pack a pair of shorts that is one size down, waistline wise, than the size you currently wear. Otherwise, long about Day 20, once you've lost that weight and your waistline shrinks, you are going to be losing your pants about every 10 minutes, especially during challenges.
4. Yul's comment about "I wonder if Jeff is going to yell at me?"......I know we have discussed the -- er -- general attitude of Mr. Probst on here previously, but has he gotten so bad that now contestants are more afraid of the WRATH OF JEFF than they are of losing a challenge? Just how obnoxious IS he??
5. Jonathan sure cleans up good. What a good-looking guy!! However, that doesn't change the fact that he's still a JACKASS.
6. I still like everyone left, but the one person I am rooting against would be Becky. I really do think she's spent the game riding Yul's coat-tails. And while I like the way Yul is handling himself as the "puppetmaster" (at least he's being classy about it, unlike the Boston Rob approach [All-Stars] being all hyuck, hyuck, hyuck, these people are all so dang dumb, hyuck hyuck hyuck) I had a bit of a problem when he went off on Adam for talking to Ozzy. HEY -- it's down to 6 people and it IS a game and it's OPEN SEASON. Yul may be in charge, but he ain't the boss of Adam.
