Survivor 32- Beauty vs Brains vs Brawn

[L&Lfan]

Both Hantz. The nephew was NUTS! Brandon Hantz is the only player I can recall who was ever banned from the reunion. He hasn't been mentioned since to the best of my recall.

 

[Kirby]

It was a bold move for Tai to look Scott in the face and say no to him. I know I'm in the minority but I liked Scott. His game play was no worse than any one else in Survivor history. But then I liked Russell Hantz but not his nephew. This is just a game. it's boring when no body does anything. Jeff is not going to let anyone starve or get hurt by someone else's careless actions. We tend to forget that there is people with them 24/7. I know that they are not allowed to interact with the players but if it came down to saving someone, you bet they probably have the power to do so.

 

[rickybobby]

To heck with Clinton or Trump. Tai for President!

 

[threeboysmom]

My wife and I were talking about Aubrey last night, I've become a fan of hers, IMO she's played one of the best games of Survivor that I can ever remember. Now let's see how far she can take it.

I am a huge Aubrey fan - she's been my favorite since the beginning. She dominates in challenges (I was impressed with her the very first challenge - she did the entire water challenge herself while the other 2 teams kept swapping people) and if I'm not mistaken, she has orchestrated pretty much every blindside so far.

 

[EMom]

Scot seems bearable alone, but when he gets around Jason they become the pair of high school bullies everyone hated. The reason I loathe Jason more is because he is the very thing he probably hates and resents in the real world. No doubt his autistic child is at risk for bullying and yet he is the stereotypical bully on the island. That's not strategy, it's his real character and it's hypocritical. It's fine for him to bully to others, but he'd want people to show compassion for his child. Here's hoping a big boil festers in him very soon.

 

[Aliceacc]

^^ I agree with everything but the last line.

I want him voted off. I want him to know that the others are smart and gutsy enough to vote out a bully.

 

[lovin'fl]

^^ Yes! It would be nice for them to not want to take a goat to the finals with them.

 

[Aliceacc]

I get the reasoning, and it is a million dollars.

But how cool would it be to send the message to Jason that the final 3 will all be real competitors, people who have a real chance with the jury on their own merits?

I'm sorry about his daughter. But I would love to see a final that's based just on the behavior on that island, not on any sympathy vote for things back home.

 

[Sydney2977]

I get the reasoning, and it is a million dollars.

But how cool would it be to send the message to Jason that the final 3 will all be real competitors, people who have a real chance with the jury on their own merits?

I'm sorry about his daughter. But I would love to see a final that's based just on the behavior on that island, not on any sympathy vote for things back home.

That always annoys me too- both the taking someone to the end you know you can beat because everyone else hates them or they had no game play, and the sympathy votes.

If you're a real competitor wouldn't it mean more to go up against others who are in the same league with you?

In addition, I don't care if the person in the end is a doctor or a former NBA player who "doesn't need the money"- if you played the best, then you get the prize. Not to be mean, but I also don't care if you "need" the money for medical treatment for someone or something of that nature. If you didn't play as well you don't deserve the prize. What is going on back home should have nothing to do with getting awarded the prize. If that were the situation they should just vote at the beginning of the show- "Ok, who has the best sob story?"

 

[lovin'fl]

I get the reasoning, and it is a million dollars.

But how cool would it be to send the message to Jason that the final 3 will all be real competitors, people who have a real chance with the jury on their own merits?

I'm sorry about his daughter. But I would love to see a final that's based just on the behavior on that island, not on any sympathy vote for things back home.

That always annoys me too- both the taking someone to the end you know you can beat because everyone else hates them or they had no game play, and the sympathy votes.

If you're a real competitor wouldn't it mean more to go up against others who are in the same league with you?

In addition, I don't care if the person in the end is a doctor or a former NBA player who "doesn't need the money"- if you played the best, then you get the prize. Not to be mean, but I also don't care if you "need" the money for medical treatment for someone or something of that nature. If you didn't play as well you don't deserve the prize. What is going on back home should have nothing to do with getting awarded the prize. If that were the situation they should just vote at the beginning of the show- "Ok, who has the best sob story?"

Exactly. On all accounts.

 

[mnrose]

Eh, as much as I agree with the idea that you should take only "people who played the game well" to the end, I'm not sure I would do that IRL. If a million bucks is on the line, and it's a game, I'm playing the game to win. Taking nice people to the end doesn't end well. Ask Colby from season 2. He could have taken the goat to the end, and won, but instead he took Tina. I wonder to this day whether he would do the same thing again.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Eh, as much as I agree with the idea that you should take only "people who played the game well" to the end, I'm not sure I would do that IRL. If a million bucks is on the line, and it's a game, I'm playing the game to win. Taking nice people to the end doesn't end well. Ask Colby from season 2. He could have taken the goat to the end, and won, but instead he took Tina. I wonder to this day whether he would do the same thing again.

I agree. The name of the game is winning. You have to figure out, within that group, how you think you're going to win.

Playing the game "the best" or "well" is very subjective. Relationships and feelings and emotions and bonds and good guys and bad guys and timing and luck all play into who gets to the end and who wins. It's a game involving humans and all those things figure in to what makes humans human. If a computer were to analyze how it should all play out it would probably be a very different outcome. Just on this thread, there are many different opinions about who should win and why.

It always kind of irked me how some people over the years would be of the opinion that the biggest ******* played the game the best, by virtue of the fact that he or she backstabbed the most and lied the most, and should therefore win. Personally, I think the best players are the ones who look like they don't stand a chance along the way, like Aubry.

 

[JaxDad]

Bumping, hoping I don't forget to watch later. The beginning should be interesting...

 

[Sydney2977]

Thanks for the reminder! We have a dual credit mandatory meeting at DS's school tonight at 6:30. I hope it's over in time for us to get home to watch- I don't want to have to wait till tomorrow!

 

[lovin'fl]

Was worried for a second. Happy about who got the boot. Am worried about the talk of keeping a goat. Sigh! And poor Joe. I think he's hit a wall and is just a zombie going through the motions. I think they're keeping him for a goat too. Hate that.

 

[HM]

Smart move would have been to vote Tai, esp since he didn't play the II.

 

[lovin'fl]

I was thinking it would be 4 to 3 Tai going and then he'd use the vote change thing he has to send home the other person (I won't say in case folks didn't watch yet). Then he'd have burned through that and only have the idol left.

 

[declansdad]

Was worried for a second. Happy about who got the boot. Am worried about the talk of keeping a goat. Sigh! And poor Joe. I think he's hit a wall and is just a zombie going through the motions. I think they're keeping him for a goat too. Hate that.

I have yet to figure out why they cast Joe in the first place.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Smart move would have been to vote Tai, esp since he didn't play the II.

But they didn't know he wasn't going to play it.

I was thinking it would be 4 to 3 Tai going and then he'd use the vote change thing he has to send home the other person (I won't say in case folks didn't watch yet). Then he'd have burned through that and only have the idol left.

Anyone who didn't watch yet knows (or should know) not to read the thread.

It's my understanding that the advantage he has is an extra vote, which has to be used at voting time, not after the votes are read. It's not something he can use to change the vote. That was the super idol, which requires two idols, and there is only one now...Tai's.

I was very happy to see Julia go and Tai stay. Another perfect blindside.

 

[OhMari]

I have yet to figure out why they cast Joe in the first place.

Maybe he watched the show and thought he should enter and surprise, he got picked. Survivor does like police officers and firefighters, and Joe is FBI. If Joe does go in the finals, he will probably say, I was no one's enemy. A few Survivor winners went all the way under the radar.