Survivor 48

[Majingir]

Another season about to start.

Same format as before, 2 hour premiere, then 90 minutes episodes beyond that. Possibly the 2 week finale if they continue it like they did 47.

The big story which could overshadow part of the Survivor talk is the 25th anniversary talks. Technically this season counts as the 25th anniversary too (but they're not treating it as such) since the first one premiered in 2000 and the pandemic messed up the timeline a bit where 50 would've been the 25th anniversary also.

49 doesn't seem like they're doing anything special as yet for it (but that could change since I believe they film 49 in a few months), but the big news is s50 will have fan voting before the season. Fans get to vote on things like idols or no idols, tribe colours, firemaking f4 and more. Maybe we finally get a season with no idols again?

[l3ulvl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Another season about to start. Same format as before, 2 hour premiere, then 90 minutes episodes beyond that. Possibly the 2 week finale if they continue it like they did 47. The big story which could overshadow part of the Survivor talk is the 25th anniversary talks. Technically this season counts as the 25th anniversary too (but they're not treating it as such) since the first one premiered in 2000 and the pandemic messed up the timeline a bit where 50 would've been the 25th anniversary also. 49 doesn't seem like they're doing anything special as yet for it (but that could change since I believe they film 49 in a few months), but the big news is s50 will have fan voting before the season. Fans get to vote on things like idols or no idols, tribe colours, firemaking f4 and more. Maybe we finally get a season with no idols again?

oh wow, fan voting before a season sounds interesting now I don't want to wait for a couple more seasons lol

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

oh wow, fan voting before a season sounds interesting now I don't want to wait for a couple more seasons lol

S50 will be filming later on this year so they'd have to plan it this far in advance.

The first wave of voting begins tonight so it'll be fun to see what we can vote on.

[Majingir]

Early impressions, I like the Eva/Joe alliance.

I'm sure at some point we will see her getting flustered during a challenge and people will judge her and view it as a weakness, but if Joe sticks with her and guides her through it I think they could be a good duo.

[l3ulvl]

David really annoyed me, that's my early take.



Oh wait, my other take, the puzzle Sai solved was way over my head, that seemed way too difficult, but I'm terrible with puzzles so that might be a me thing. The downside is now everyone knows she has it

[slickdtc]

Finishing up the episode now, but some pretty powerful moments between the guy helping the other when he realized he was out when the glass broke and then of course the connection between the two on the purple squad (still learning names lol). Seemed like genuine moments and it looked like they were received as such and not a pure gameplay move.

Jock dude annoys the hell out of me already. Huge d-bag energy out of him. He seems like he’ll crack quick and alienate his teammates. I thought orange was gonna lose easily in the challenge and he’d be the first to point fingers, but they made it thru.

Ok on to first tribal

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

Finishing up the episode now, but some pretty powerful moments between the guy helping the other when he realized he was out when the glass broke and then of course the connection between the two on the purple squad (still learning names lol). Seemed like genuine moments and it looked like they were received as such and not a pure gameplay move. Jock dude annoys the hell out of me already. Huge d-bag energy out of him. He seems like he’ll crack quick and alienate his teammates. I thought orange was gonna lose easily in the challenge and he’d be the first to point fingers, but they made it thru. Ok on to first tribal

That duo (Joe and Eva) I hope do make it far. Jeff can talk about/force "human connection" on people all he wants, but the moment between those two was as real as it gets. I wouldn't have known she was autistic if they didn't mention it, they mentioned she's a hockey player so that's all I thought they were going to focus on.

But now they're building it like a dad/daughter relationship where he'll look out for her and help get her through things if she's struggling mentally or emotionally.

[l3ulvl]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

Finishing up the episode now, but some pretty powerful moments between the guy helping the other when he realized he was out when the glass broke and then of course the connection between the two on the purple squad (still learning names lol). Seemed like genuine moments and it looked like they were received as such and not a pure gameplay move. Jock dude annoys the hell out of me already. Huge d-bag energy out of him. He seems like he’ll crack quick and alienate his teammates. I thought orange was gonna lose easily in the challenge and he’d be the first to point fingers, but they made it thru. Ok on to first tribal

Same note, that's David, he almost became aware mid episode and tried to bring up liking romcoms, but idunno, seems like shtick, rough start for him. I wanna give everyone a chance, who knows about edits, but yeah he really bugged me first impression