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Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction |OT| Where Castaways Attempt to Jump the Shark
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People stopped caring about season 39 as soon as the rumors for season 40 started happening.
Both are filmed. S40 is getting attention for a specific reason.
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Another headscratching update for season 40. I'm personally loving the chaos this is causing among superfans on the internet. I'm really just along for the ride.
Starting to wonder if they're just designing this season with the idea of squashing spoilers for the season, or at least immediate ones. People will be watching these contestants when they return. Can't have weight loss spoilers if literally everyone was sitting on Edge of Extinction for 30+ days. Can't have family visit spoilers if everyone gets flown out.
Not completely sold on that being part of their reasoning, but I wouldn't be surprised if they took that into consideration in planning things.
Not completely sold on that being part of their reasoning, but I wouldn't be surprised if they took that into consideration in planning things.
That would be evil, but sending family members to the Edge probably means it's just a ridiculously large dual family visit
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According to a prominent Survivor spoiler, season 40 will have 90 minute episodes and 2 hour premiere and finale. Figured I didn't need to spoiler tag this one.
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If this is true, I hope this change becomes permanent. Longer and more episodes of the Australian show have really pointed a light at problems with the modern US show.
I bought a couple months of CBS All Access for the new season of Big Brother but unfortunately the current season is trash. Shame, but hey, now I can catch up on the last two seasons of Survivor that I missed. First up, David vs Goliath. It was really good! In fact, maybe one of my favorite seasons now? Definitely one of my favorite casts. I couldn't get over how well crafted it was episode to episode. It was a lot of fun watching the ever changing dynamics throughout the season. It never started to get static like so many seasons tend to do post merge. Lot of great tribals here. Outside of a couple premerge boots, nobody felt shortchanged by the edit. I felt like every player in the finale would have made a solid winner.
- I liked Nick. The good ole country boy charm is kind of irresistible to be honest, but unlike JT , I felt like he was capable of scheming properly. I'm looking forward to him on All-Winners.
- The Idol Nullifier being played perfectly must have been a dream come true for production. Jeff handled that moment so well. That was a top 10 blindside right there.
- I can't remember the last time a season had dynamics this fluid. One episode Christian and Gabby are thick as thieves, the next episode she's gunning for him!
- I liked Angelina, but I'm not surprised she ended up a jury goat. Bringing up the rice thing over and over again isn't going to endear you to anyone lol.
- I love how Christian said "see you soon" to Gabby when she was voted out. He was gone the next episode. It's like poetry.
- There's a lot of people here I want to see again. Christian, Gabby, Angelina, Davie, Kara, and Natalie. Especially Natalie. CBS really needs to do another Second Chances season already.
- I'm not a fan of this new jury format. I much prefer the old style of jurors going up one by one to talk to the finalists. This new format just feels too... casual?
- Didn't the reunion show used to be an hour long? Am I just crazy? It felt so short.
- This is probably the best season since Cagayan. Top tier stuff.
I don't think they care that much. All-Star seasons are always spoiled like crazy. Players can't wait to tell their fellow Survivor buddies how things went down when they return and information ends up spreading like wildfire. Give it a month or two and there'll be a full bootlist out there. I think the main reasoning is that players like Tony, Parvati, Sandra etc. all stand a very good chance of going out early, so CBS wants to keep them around as long as possible. Nobody wants another Game Changers.
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Part of how to ensure we don't get another Game Changers is to cast returning players of equal caliber. CBS needs to take a page on future All-Star seasons from Heroes vs. Villains and well.. all stars. Second Chance worked because they were all on the same exact playing field, and the fans voted them in so it could only be our fault if we got a Monica over a T-Bird or a Vytas over a Shane.
It's about time they made that move. I hope this is a permanent shift going forward.
Yeah, but Nick was not well-off - he was working as a public defender. Mike's a multimillionaire.
Nick was a public defender, working in Kentucky, where I imagine the salary for public defenders is not high.
Thanks for this. Australian Survivor made me care less about US Survivor. The Australian version is the better version by a significant margin.
That'd be awesome, and hopefully it's a permanent change.
Hey guys!
Thought this might be the place to share a project that a friend of mine works on in his spare time. I haven't followed the show for years, but I was surprised by the production values and the hometown charm sucked me into watching the entire first episode.
Loved the 'exotic wildlife' shots where it's just a duck or a caterpillar.
Thought this might be the place to share a project that a friend of mine works on in his spare time. I haven't followed the show for years, but I was surprised by the production values and the hometown charm sucked me into watching the entire first episode.
Loved the 'exotic wildlife' shots where it's just a duck or a caterpillar.
Interesting, I recommend you to post it in this thread too:
Non-US Survivor |OT|
Australian Survivor Season 5 starts tomorrow and will be discussed there.
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We can dream! It's super selfish, but I'm okay with
the edge being back just so we can potentially get more Tony if he's voted out.
Not officially. A prominent Survivor spoiler who has been accurate in the past posted it over at Survivor Sucks and the community is running with it. Hopefully it comes to pass.
I'm fully with you. Edge is bad gameplay wise but with this cast and potentially longer episodes, it could make for great TV. It always sucks when the best returnee players get voted out early, getting to see them stick around on my TV for the rest of the season is dope.
Outside of one crazy post-merge tribal council... not so much.
You can watch that tribal council in all its messiness right here if you like.
What other season/s had all extended episodes(or mostly double episodes every week)
I remember those being infinitely better for just pacing and entertainment.
I remember those being infinitely better for just pacing and entertainment.
Nah I mean the American one,
I feel like there was a season or two at least where CBS had extended episodes or doubles for a decent bit like they were trying to cram the season in a gap or something.
And I always remember how much more I liked that format and Australia's each season.
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Season 40 might be airing the same time as Star Trek Picard so I would be ok with that 👀
I honestly wouldn't mind it, either. It makes sense to leverage streaming platforms in this manner using your mainline broadcast network as a gateway to bring in new subscribers. Offering expanded Survivor content on All Access that serves as a worthwhile complement to the mainline show is just good business sense. I know I'm not going to want to go back to a shorter episode format for Season 41.
Do we have a full confirmed list of S40 cast? Can't search spoiler sites because they probably spoil quite a lot more than that (don't want boot lists or winner), is there a list?
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It's honestly an AMAZING cast, and anyone who says differently is nitpicking. Sure, there are two CLEAR omissions in
Richard and Tina
Todd, Earl, Cochran, Fabio, or Bob (I'm kind of over JT at this point)
Eh, it's really about as disappointing a cast for me as it could have been given the premise.
No Chris D, no Rich, no Tina, no Todd, no Earl, no Vecepia, but we've got *checks notes* Ben, Adam, Ethan, Amber and Sarah. I'm happy to see folks like Yul, Kim and Sophie finally come back, but it really feels like a waste of All Winners with a lot of the best winners not playing.
Eh, I think Sarah absolutely smashed her return season. She's a great winner. I'm excited to see her play again.
General talk on the season 40 cast:
Was listening to a podcast and they brought up how they were surprised to not see Cochran on the cast and how they probably offered him but he couldn't or wouldn't do it. My main take away was that I was actually surprised because Cochran never even came to mind for a potential cast member. No idea why, but just never thought of him and was surprised to see him talked about as a surprise omission.
Didn't come to mind for me either. I think I sometimes forget that contestant was a winner, and not just a big character.