TV is the best
Today's Survivor: I'm not sure hoiw I felt about the episode, but oh my GOD, you guys, next season is going to kick ass. I mean, even if literally none of the spoilers I've read are true, did you SEE that ad tonight? And did you FREEZE-FRAME THROUGH that ad, which is without-doubt adding falsehoods into the speculation because there were way more than 20 headshots thrown in there (and at least three were definitely false, because Rudy had to be removed for health reasons four years ago and HatchMonkey is in jail and Ethan is undergoing chemo, hello), but it looks SO AWESOME and I just want to SQUEEZE MY STUPID SHOW TO DEATH because HOW AMAZING OMG.
Like, yes, whatever, winner of this season, winner of the Sprint award, I'm sure plenty of people care, but. Sue's snake and rat speech! Fairplay's "She died, dude"! Skupin falling into the fire! JEFF PROBST'S RIDICULOUS HAIR FROM 2000. Oh my god, you guys, I am so giddy.
One of the best things about reality TV is the way it reinvents itself each season. Scripted programs need to stick with the content of the previous seaosn, because they have ongoing plots. Reality shows don't. Big Brother 9 can give way to Big Brother 10, and Survivor Fiji can give way to Survivor China. And I know lots of people hate all-star seasons, but I don't, because it's this great way to START from the ridiculously overinvested place and push further without some of the baggage of previous seasons, and I adore it. Watching a really good all-star season of a reality show is like reading a really good crossover fic.
And this season is going to be heroes and villains. Heroes and Villains, y'all! You know those things where all the Disney princesses hang out in a castle somewhere, and, like, Cruella and Scar and Jafar and Maleficent chill out and talk about how they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky kids? THAT IS WHAT THIS IS. Alternately, maybe they'll give Big Tom the ability to read and Elisabeth the ability to host a TV show as the token Republican, and then show Jerri that if she cuts open their heads and studies their brains she can steal their powers. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AS WELL.
What I'm saying here is, there's basically no way this can fail. There are so many people I already love! More importantly, there are so many people I already hate! There is only one winner out of 20 people, so numerically, at least one person I loathe has to lose, likely in a humiliating way! God bless you, God.
If the season were going to be hosted by Muppet Jeff Probst and/or Ben Linus, it would pretty much be my dream.
Like, yes, whatever, winner of this season, winner of the Sprint award, I'm sure plenty of people care, but. Sue's snake and rat speech! Fairplay's "She died, dude"! Skupin falling into the fire! JEFF PROBST'S RIDICULOUS HAIR FROM 2000. Oh my god, you guys, I am so giddy.
One of the best things about reality TV is the way it reinvents itself each season. Scripted programs need to stick with the content of the previous seaosn, because they have ongoing plots. Reality shows don't. Big Brother 9 can give way to Big Brother 10, and Survivor Fiji can give way to Survivor China. And I know lots of people hate all-star seasons, but I don't, because it's this great way to START from the ridiculously overinvested place and push further without some of the baggage of previous seasons, and I adore it. Watching a really good all-star season of a reality show is like reading a really good crossover fic.
And this season is going to be heroes and villains. Heroes and Villains, y'all! You know those things where all the Disney princesses hang out in a castle somewhere, and, like, Cruella and Scar and Jafar and Maleficent chill out and talk about how they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky kids? THAT IS WHAT THIS IS. Alternately, maybe they'll give Big Tom the ability to read and Elisabeth the ability to host a TV show as the token Republican, and then show Jerri that if she cuts open their heads and studies their brains she can steal their powers. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AS WELL.
What I'm saying here is, there's basically no way this can fail. There are so many people I already love! More importantly, there are so many people I already hate! There is only one winner out of 20 people, so numerically, at least one person I loathe has to lose, likely in a humiliating way! God bless you, God.
If the season were going to be hosted by Muppet Jeff Probst and/or Ben Linus, it would pretty much be my dream.