Cajora wrote:I'm not done w/the game. I give it two more episodes to decide if it is worth my time. Talking points:
I find it quite comical on how everyone wants to assume that Russell finding the HII was rigged and that production alerted him to the whereabouts of the idol so that they can make the show all about Russell...a couple of talking points...first, it doesn't make sense for production to cater to the whim on one contestant in the first 3 days or so...I guess the logic would be that the recognized Russell as the biggest villian of all-time in the first 24 hours and decided to change the whole gameplan for this season midstream...How did they know that he wasn't going early? How did they know that he was gonna make it far in the game? They don't and I call bullshit!!! Second, we have all sat around Sucks and discussed editing and what is left out and what we missed in the cutting room floor...do you people actually think that Russell found the HII in the first tree that he looked in? Why is it not more believable that maybe he had been looking for the HII from day one and it wasn't til day 4 or 5 that he actually found it...what we saw on Thursday is what CBS wanted us to see...you also saw him looking around tree mail (a la Tocantin) and other places around camp...the editing of this show is what makes ppl think that he found it in first tree he searched...and ppl are falling for editing hook, line and sinker....the fact of this matter is, Russell is probably smarter and more game savvy than ppl around here want to give him credit for...maybe he was right, that his tribe is a tribe filled with idiots who do not know how to play the game...surely wouldn't be the first time that casting loaded up a season with people who have no fucking clue on how to play the game...
For all of you who are done with this season, good riddance...change the channel to Flash Forward and maybe you can come back here and tell us who won after your trip to the future...
1. Production looks for certain "types." Russell fulfilled a type. They let him know what they wanted from him...hey, we really need a villian this season.....voila! Russell is, in fact, a piece of shit, but he is also playing a role. Not well, I might add. He is too clownish---not like a villian but like a big baby on Adderall. Villians we've known in the past are not spinning out of control. They are pretty methodical in their villainy.
2. Production seems to think, despite falling viewership, that we are buying the Russell-as-villain. I'm not. I imagine lots of folks just think he is an idiot.
3. Production has catered to Russell, so how do you explain it? They think it is working. Read the charts, CBS! It's like he and Ben are all they have at this point, when Galu hasn't even been shown to us, other than Bo.
4. They know he wasn't/isn't going early because they talk to the other tribe members. They have a hand in how the votes are cast. I believe this sincerely. Think of BB's DR.
5. I agree with you, the editing sucks.
6. I think Russell has seen the game. I think Betsy, Marisa, Liz, and maybe one of the two blondes have seen it too. I'm not sure if Jaison has actually seen it.
7. Russell is not the smartest on the team. But, really, how would we know this? We haven't had a chance to hear from his tribe-mates, except for Ben (who has villain potential, but is too personal in his choices of who goes to really make it work. Villains have to be smart about order of the boot. Not willy-nilly, get the girls off first. That isn't villainy; that is assholery and stupidity). Liz has had a touch of air time. She seems frustrated as does Jaison. The blondes we've heard little from. Why? Next point.
8. I believe that confessionals are being tossed because Liz, Jaison, and the blondes (can't remember their names!) are bitching to the camera about how the game is being handed to Russell. They are mad as hell. This is my guess. We may learn at the finale that they just weren't feeling well or some shit. I doubt that, however.
9. Agree that casting is stupid. I don't agree that Russell knows how to play a good game. Immobilizing your own team by dehydrating them is not good game. Setting yourself up for getting caught burning a tribe-mate's socks is not good game. Shit, it's not good game to burn a fellow tribe-mate's clothing. This is the OTT Russell that production has been telling us about for the last six weeks via TV commercials. They hoped to draw viewers in. They failed. They need to tell him to get his ass in line and be himself---an asshole, for sure, but not this whirling dervish we've seen.
I do, however, think he is crazy.
