The Survivor Samoa Finale Debacle

Whizbang

I completely forgot this was on last night....was thoroughly enjoying a sloth football Sunday....I digress. I just watched it On Demand......

TOTAL FUCKING LET DOWN!
Seriously? Natalie? Did I like Russell? fuck no, he's an arrogant prick but he played one of the best games and stayed true to his alliance to the end. and yes, the last jury member to speak swayed any final doubts the rest of the jurors had.

Whizbang

Whizbang wrote:

I completely forgot this was on last night....was thoroughly enjoying a sloth football Sunday....I digress. I just watched it On Demand......

TOTAL FUCKING LET DOWN!
Seriously? Natalie? Did I like Russell? fuck no, he's an arrogant prick but he played one of the best games and stayed true to his alliance to the end. and yes, the last jury member to speak swayed any final doubts the rest of the jurors had.

seriously....I missed the first half of Monday Night Football for it. wtf?

The Champ

Jeff Probst chimes in now that the season is over:

Okay, now that the show is officially over I’m going to take off my hosting and producing hat and just give you my personal reaction to what went down last night.

I think Russell was the victim of a jury of bitter people. I am not taking anything away from Natalie, she clearly did a great job of reading the group dynamic of the jury and as a result she deserves the money.

Oftentimes on Survivor, the vote does come down to a choice where a determining factor is “how nice someone is” but that’s usually when all other criteria being considered is equal. That doesn’t hold up this season. This season was so lopsided in terms of one person (Russell) completely dominating the game that to not give him the money and the title is a bit silly.

If I were playing Survivor, no matter how much I despised someone, if they kicked my ass in the game I would give it to them. Period. Outwit. Outplay. Nobody outwitted or outplayed Russell. Not even close.
I was a bit surprised at Eric’s nod to Natalie during the final tribal council. I think he certainly helped Natalie and definitely hurt Russell. I also think that when Eric watches this season again in a few years he will regret not giving his vote to Russell. Erik is the kind of guy who I thought would respect a player like Russell. I think Eric was still smarting from the whole Galu disaster.

I do not believe the jury voted for Natalie, I believe the jury voted against Russell.

Russell was clearly upset last night and I think a lot of people understand why that would be. He played a very risky and creative game and he wanted to be acknowledged. As for the audience, they spoke quite loudly when they awarded him the $100,000 from Sprint by an overwhelming 46% Russell to 10% Shambo… and 7% Natalie. Not even close. I put myself in that same group. Again, I’m speaking as a fan, not as a host or a producer.

But hey this is how it goes, it’s why Survivor is so fun to watch, you can never predict the outcome. So…

patrickredeyes

The Champ wrote:

Jeff Probst chimes in now that the season is over:

Okay, now that the show is officially over I’m going to take off my hosting and producing hat and just give you my personal reaction to what went down last night.

I think Russell was the victim of a jury of bitter people. I am not taking anything away from Natalie, she clearly did a great job of reading the group dynamic of the jury and as a result she deserves the money.

Oftentimes on Survivor, the vote does come down to a choice where a determining factor is “how nice someone is” but that’s usually when all other criteria being considered is equal. That doesn’t hold up this season. This season was so lopsided in terms of one person (Russell) completely dominating the game that to not give him the money and the title is a bit silly.

If I were playing Survivor, no matter how much I despised someone, if they kicked my ass in the game I would give it to them. Period. Outwit. Outplay. Nobody outwitted or outplayed Russell. Not even close.
I was a bit surprised at Eric’s nod to Natalie during the final tribal council. I think he certainly helped Natalie and definitely hurt Russell. I also think that when Eric watches this season again in a few years he will regret not giving his vote to Russell. Erik is the kind of guy who I thought would respect a player like Russell. I think Eric was still smarting from the whole Galu disaster.

I do not believe the jury voted for Natalie, I believe the jury voted against Russell.

Russell was clearly upset last night and I think a lot of people understand why that would be. He played a very risky and creative game and he wanted to be acknowledged. As for the audience, they spoke quite loudly when they awarded him the $100,000 from Sprint by an overwhelming 46% Russell to 10% Shambo… and 7% Natalie. Not even close. I put myself in that same group. Again, I’m speaking as a fan, not as a host or a producer.

But hey this is how it goes, it’s why Survivor is so fun to watch, you can never predict the outcome. So…

Thanks for posting this pretty cool.

Where did you find this.

bigballsbilly

Google is a wonderful thing ... http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/12/21/jeff- ... r-russell/

bigballsbilly

The only thing Natalie was good for in this game was looking fantastic in a bikini.

The Champ

patrickredeyes wrote:

The Champ wrote:

Jeff Probst chimes in now that the season is over:

Okay, now that the show is officially over I’m going to take off my hosting and producing hat and just give you my personal reaction to what went down last night.

I think Russell was the victim of a jury of bitter people. I am not taking anything away from Natalie, she clearly did a great job of reading the group dynamic of the jury and as a result she deserves the money.

Oftentimes on Survivor, the vote does come down to a choice where a determining factor is “how nice someone is” but that’s usually when all other criteria being considered is equal. That doesn’t hold up this season. This season was so lopsided in terms of one person (Russell) completely dominating the game that to not give him the money and the title is a bit silly.

If I were playing Survivor, no matter how much I despised someone, if they kicked my ass in the game I would give it to them. Period. Outwit. Outplay. Nobody outwitted or outplayed Russell. Not even close.
I was a bit surprised at Eric’s nod to Natalie during the final tribal council. I think he certainly helped Natalie and definitely hurt Russell. I also think that when Eric watches this season again in a few years he will regret not giving his vote to Russell. Erik is the kind of guy who I thought would respect a player like Russell. I think Eric was still smarting from the whole Galu disaster.

I do not believe the jury voted for Natalie, I believe the jury voted against Russell.

Russell was clearly upset last night and I think a lot of people understand why that would be. He played a very risky and creative game and he wanted to be acknowledged. As for the audience, they spoke quite loudly when they awarded him the $100,000 from Sprint by an overwhelming 46% Russell to 10% Shambo… and 7% Natalie. Not even close. I put myself in that same group. Again, I’m speaking as a fan, not as a host or a producer.

But hey this is how it goes, it’s why Survivor is so fun to watch, you can never predict the outcome. So…

Thanks for posting this pretty cool.

Where did you find this.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/12/21/jeff- ... r-russell/

The Champ

bigballsbilly wrote:

The only thing Natalie was good for in this game was looking fantastic in a bikini.

No, no, her brilliant strategy all along was to hide away, do absolutely nothing, and then wait for the million dollars to fall squarely in her lap ....she is pretty hot though, I'll give her that..

The Champ

Psycho Dave pretty much sums up this nutty jury..after he got ousted, he immediately acknowledged Russell's brilliance saying "Russell was born to play this game," and then went ahead and voted for Natalie..lol...Jon, arguably the only sane person to vote logically..wow....though Russ said that after the results were read, many from the jury went over to him and stated that they made the wrong decision..you fucking think?? lol..

patrickredeyes

The Champ wrote:

Psycho Dave pretty much sums up this nutty jury..after he got ousted, he immediately acknowledged Russell's brilliance saying "Russell was born to play this game," and then went ahead and voted for Natalie..lol...Jon, arguably the only sane person to vote logically..wow....though Russ said that after the results were read, many from the jury went over to him and stated that they made the wrong decision..you fucking think?? lol..

Who knows but like I said IMO Erik the last person speaking on the jury swayed the votes for Nat to win. Those were the last remarks they heard b4 they voted. I haven't talked this much about the show since the first season. hehe

EquallyWorthless

everyone with their homer love for Russell is completely over looking the fact that HE DID NOT play the best game of survivor ever, ONE OF the best but not THE BEST.

1. He mismanaged his assets.
2. He got sidetracked by Brett.
3. He let his arrogance get in the way towards the end.

EquallyWorthless

patrickredeyes wrote:

The Champ wrote:

Psycho Dave pretty much sums up this nutty jury..after he got ousted, he immediately acknowledged Russell's brilliance saying "Russell was born to play this game," and then went ahead and voted for Natalie..lol...Jon, arguably the only sane person to vote logically..wow....though Russ said that after the results were read, many from the jury went over to him and stated that they made the wrong decision..you fucking think?? lol..

Who knows but like I said IMO Erik the last person speaking on the jury swayed the votes for Nat to win. Those were the last remarks they heard b4 they voted. I haven't talked this much about the show since the first season. hehe

its edited, you dont know for sure that is the last person to actually talk, did the camera actually focus on probst saying "Erik, close it out" no they didnt they could have added that in in post and put that one last for the sake of good television.

EquallyWorthless

shiningstar wrote:

russell was so bad ass. he deserved to win to the million.

i just hope he gets the invite back as a villain for the 20th series, cause he played so well.

he is in it.

patrickredeyes

EquallyWorthless wrote:

patrickredeyes wrote:

The Champ wrote:

Psycho Dave pretty much sums up this nutty jury..after he got ousted, he immediately acknowledged Russell's brilliance saying "Russell was born to play this game," and then went ahead and voted for Natalie..lol...Jon, arguably the only sane person to vote logically..wow....though Russ said that after the results were read, many from the jury went over to him and stated that they made the wrong decision..you fucking think?? lol..

Who knows but like I said IMO Erik the last person speaking on the jury swayed the votes for Nat to win. Those were the last remarks they heard b4 they voted. I haven't talked this much about the show since the first season. hehe

its edited, you dont know for sure that is the last person to actually talk, did the camera actually focus on probst saying "Erik, close it out" no they didnt they could have added that in in post and put that one last for the sake of good television.

Who knows who cares it's over. Great job CBS.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

I should get on that show...

I would take that show to a whole different level.....

Day 1 I would eliminate half my competition......By throwing them right out of the fucking plane on the way to the Island.....

hehehehehehehehe

Talk about television at its finest.....

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Day 2...

I would build a fire....

And throw Jeff Probst's dumbass right in it.....

hehehehehehehehehehe

I was born to be on this show!!!!!!!!!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Day 3...

Those fuckers would be voting themselves off the Island after spending 48 hours with me............

hehehehehehe

patrickredeyes

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Day 3...

Those fuckers would be voting themselves off the Island after spending 48 hours with me............

hehehehehehe

LMFAO

SPEEDY MCCREADY

patrickredeyes wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Day 3...

Those fuckers would be voting themselves off the Island after spending 48 hours with me............

hehehehehehe

LMFAO

They should let me in on the "Heroes vs. Villians"

I would make an alliance with Rupert....
Then the 2 of us would smash everyone over the head with a fucking coconut....

Then split the $1,000,000 between us......

hehehehehehehehe

EquallyWorthless

patrickredeyes wrote:

EquallyWorthless wrote:

its edited, you dont know for sure that is the last person to actually talk, did the camera actually focus on probst saying "Erik, close it out" no they didnt they could have added that in in post and put that one last for the sake of good television.

Who knows who cares it's over. Great job CBS.

haha yeah, sorry didnt mean to come across wrong. when i read my post now i was like "ohhh.. ooops" just making a point, i am sure they edit it for drama