4/4 Show Discussion **Spoilers**

[pikachu]

Yep, it's turned into Big Brother without the Big Brother house.

[lopevian]

I can't think of many men's alliances, actually. There was the threesome of Butch, Rob, and Matt in Amazon around the F5 when it came to voting Heidi out. But Jenna won the last two immunities which quickly ended it. Then there was Fairplay and Burton, but that was only two people. Vanuatu had the Fat Five, but Ami's women alliance quickly overpowered them. There was the Four Horsemen in Fiji but they sucked so bad they can't even be called an alliance. Even though Coach in Tocantins did talk about taking the strongest to the end, he was in with Debbie later on and that didn't work either. And so on. None I can think of that really worked.

Edit: Oh and there was the Africa three with Lex, Tom, and Ethan. But that wasn't to take women out and two were outlasted by Kim J., the oldest woman that season.

You blow my mind, kid.

[mom2]

I'd like to see a show where they drop different people off in the wilderness with just a cellphone and whoever didn't call for removal wins. Let them actually deal with things with a camera person and that's all.

[Uncle David]

Bear Grylls' Man vs Wild was close to what you're looking for except he went alone, with only a cameraman. (Unfortunately, it was revealed he didn't always brave the circumstances.) However, the show you'd enjoy is Les Stroud's Survivorman. It was the closest to your scenario. He went into survival situations alone. No cameraman! He shot all of the footage himself.

Of course, neither of these shows is a game show like Survivor. But then, that's a good thing.

[rfromp]

I'd like to see a show where they drop different people off in the wilderness with just a cellphone and whoever didn't call for removal wins. Let them actually deal with things with a camera person and that's all.

Check out a show from the Discovery Channel called, "Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment". It's exactly like you're describing, except I think there was 10 people altogether. It's on DVD. I got it from Netflix.

[Dragonlady]

I don't want to see them suffer. Well, maybe I do, a bit anyway.
I'd rather see them issued tarps and blankets and stuggle with the food more.

Me, too. The name of the show doesn't really fit anymore.

[JohnnyK]

Well, the season where the survivors had to be given rice because they were literally starving, as I remember somebody mentioning, was the second in Australia. They had to give their tarps up in order to get the rice. Quite different back then. What was great about Australia was that it was a lot more about actual survival issues, unlike what we see today. The rice issue, the flood, and Michael falling in the fire being examples.

Here's that rice scene on Youtube, for anyone interested:

Survivor: The Australian Outback - Rice or Shelter? - 2x11 - "Let's Make a Deal" - YouTube

[Uncle David]

They look more like survivors of in Somali refugee camp rather than contestants on a game show.

[Fanny Mare]

Well, the season where the survivors had to be given rice because they were literally starving, as I remember somebody mentioning, was the second in Australia. They had to give their tarps up in order to get the rice. Quite different back then. What was great about Australia was that it was a lot more about actual survival issues, unlike what we see today. The rice issue, the flood, and Michael falling in the fire being examples.

Here's that rice scene on Youtube, for anyone interested:

Survivor: The Australian Outback - Rice or Shelter? - 2x11 - "Let's Make a Deal" - YouTube

Wow! I had forgotten how survivor used to be. I do remember Micheal falling in the fire. I remember feeling badly for him, he was hurt and had to leave. I had no such feelings for Colton when he was taken out of the game. Its all about backstabbing now.

[Marlena_M]

Australia was probably in my top 3 favorite seasons! That was back before I despised Elizabeth... oh wait... probably because I hadn't seen here anywhere else at that point And now lookie there, I despise Colton for the pure and simple reason of who/what he showed himself to be on this show. No worries about me despising him more in the future since I would change the channel if I came across him somewhere else.

ETA: I just watched the clip from the link provided a few posts up and wow.. I didn't realize how I miss the OLD show. People (for the most part) pulling together for the common good and no repulsive personalities seemingly cast just for the sake of being repulsive. I miss that.