China or Micronesia???

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Mister Plum		#61	[-]
Posts: 2022 (05/09/08 10:32 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	RavuRules wrote: Micronesia has definitely set a new standard. It outclasses Vanuatu's women alliance. Its quitters are cooler than Palau's quitters. It's blindsides are better than Guatemala's. Exile Island and the HII are all better in Micronesia than Panama, and also has Cirieownage in it. It is like a sequel to Cook Islands. The ending is way more ambiguous compared to Fiji's. And Amanda is x100 more awesome in Micronesia than she ever was in China. It's the closet equivalent and counterpart to the best pre-ASS season Pearl Islands in my eyes and is basically what ASS could've been X to all of your comparisons. Parvati is more cutthroat than Parvati of CI too.
GretchenIsMyGod		#62	[-]
Posts: 3091 (05/10/08 3:39 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	it's not just "dumb gameplay" this season, but way more BRILLIANT gameplay, namely for cirie.
alma246		#63	[-]
Posts: 15 (05/10/08 9:35 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Micronesia is an AMAZING season. I haven't watched a full season of Survivor since Guatemala and didn't watch any of the last two. This season has made me a fan again.
Dr Will Hatch two point oh		#64	[-]
Posts: 3496 (05/11/08 4:58 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I agree with Ravurules,I just like Panama better. I hope this won't be an excuse though to continue with more then 16 castaways.
beatles20147		#65	[-]
Posts: 11546 (05/11/08 5:17 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I hope this won't be an excuse though to continue with more then 16 castaways. What worries me is Probst saying in the EW.com video this week that situations like Jonathan/Kathleen/James are why they bring in 18 or 20. Which of course is failing to point out that only twice have contestants left outside of TC in 16-contestant seasons and both times it made for fantastic episodes. China's endgame was pretty dull as soon as James left, but there were enough elements like Peigh-Gee's underdog status and Denise's doubts to keep me interest. This season has more blindsides but the actual storyline is pretty dull - it's been more like watching 'America's Stupidest Home Videos' than a strategy game. Exactly--Micronesia may have the stronger/weaker (depending on your perspective) gameplay than China, but gameplay is the icing on the cake to the characters, and that's where China completely trounces this season. I'm shocked to disagree with so much in a beatles post, TAR12 was the first season since TAR5 that had no dud episodes...until the terrible NEL where TK/Rachel survived, giving three awful episodes in a row. I don't think any other season failed so badly right near the end (TAR1 had a great F4 elim, TAR2 had the great finale, TAR7 had better tasks near the end etc) Well, you know how I feel about Nick and Don not winning but TK/Rachel hatred (eh, in my case I guess it's more absolute indifference) aside, it's the rare TAR season that peaks in the second half for me--3 and 9 are the only other ones I can think of; 1 and 5 are split decisions.
Dr Will Hatch two point oh		#66	[-]
Posts: 3499 (05/11/08 5:31 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	beatles20147 wrote: I hope this won't be an excuse though to continue with more then 16 castaways. What worries me is Probst saying in the EW.com video this week that situations like Jonathan/Kathleen/James are why they bring in 18 or 20. Which of course is failing to point out that only twice have contestants left outside of TC in 16-contestant seasons and both times it made for fantastic episodes. What I hate is how the casual viewer has absolutly no clue they're eing swindled. Most people I know who watch it casually think that its always been 18-20 castaways and that the invisible ones are simply boring instead of underedited
Ozzmanda Fan234		#67	[-]
Posts: 226 (05/11/08 5:53 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I am torn between China and Micronesia but I would have to say Micronesia.
yellowfang		#68	[-]
Posts: 100 (05/11/08 9:15 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I still prefer China over Micronesia because I just fell absolutely in love with the cast. I can name all 16 players off the top of my head, and I can't really say that for any other season. Micronesia was still hella good though.
molemantn		#69	[-]
Posts: 1257 (05/11/08 9:29 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It's hard. I think China had a better cast, which made the slower strategic episodes great, and I really loved the setting. I think China was just a character driven story. Micronesia obviously wasn't, it was a hardcore intense strategy season with little character development. I think the editors did a really great job with what they were given to work with. China could never work as Micronesia and Micronesia couldn't be told the same way China was. See Fiji for a character driven story edited as an epic drama, and you know, it just doesn't work.
Dr Will Hatch two point oh		#70	[-]
Posts: 3520 (05/11/08 9:35 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	^I disagree.The editing should try to intergrate the stratagy within the story of the castaways.I think Micronesia did this and China was actually more stratagy driven
S3AfricaFan		#71	[-]
Posts: 4843 (05/11/08 11:19 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I think both were excellent seasons and definitely were the best post-ASS seasons, although I didn't think Vanuatu and Palau were that awful. I'd have to give a slight edge to Micronesia though. For some reason it just seemed more exciting toward the end.
ptcruisn56		#72	[-]
Posts: 4389 (05/11/08 11:22 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'll have to digest this season and see how I feel about it in a few weeks, hard to rank seasons when one is so fresh in my mind and others are not. This year totally made up for last year though.
hippo2002		#73	[-]
Posts: 1003 (05/11/08 11:24 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	MICRONESIA is my top 1 now!
Survivor Boy		#74	[-]
Posts: 5224 (05/11/08 11:27 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The producers changing the F3 to F2 last minute and Parvati winning definitely leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Jeff P3		#75	[-]
Posts: 1336 (05/11/08 11:34 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Micronesia may have the stronger/weaker (depending on your perspective) gameplay than China, but gameplay is the icing on the cake to the characters, and that's where China completely trounces this season. Amen. I think you can tell which fans out there (not just on Sucks) have seen the pre-ASS seasons and who haven't. If you got into Survivor after ASS, then Micronesia was a dream come true. If you've been a fan since the beginning, China was a dream come true. I happen to fall in the latter category, though Micronesia is still a great season and when I rewatch it months later, I might like it even more. Yes, yes, I know there are plenty of exceptions, and I fully expect several posters to blast me on my theory. But from what I've read here and from what I've heard, it's often the case. So here's hoping to Gabon being like China based on the preview- it revolves around the location and culture and not a gimmick.
JLK Name		#76	[-]
Posts: 1348 (05/12/08 4:11 AM) I need a hobby Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Micronesia especially for the first time my favorite won the season!
ZombieLinda		#77	[-]
Posts: 3845 (05/12/08 4:21 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	China = the perfect season from a character perspective (though many would disagree) Micronesia = the perfect season from a gameplay perspective Both were exactly what Survivor needed after the horrible slump of CI/Fiji. <3
Mister Plum		#78	[-]
Posts: 2100 (05/12/08 5:40 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Close fight between the 2 but 1. Micronesia 2. China but in terms of Finale. 1. China 2. Micronesia Micronesia's Finale is a snoozer.
phoenixtobootcamp		#79	[-]
Posts: 92 (05/12/08 9:58 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Micronesia by light years. Survivor will never be the same for me...
Jeff P3		#80	[-]
Posts: 1338 (05/12/08 10:33 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	ZL is right- either way you look at it, this television season for Survivor was perfect. Back-to-back solid seasons. Let's hope Gabon makes it three in a row.

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