Survivor Cagayan - Starts tomorrow!

[dr.strangelove]

The latest version of Survivor is ALMOST what I wanted. I wanted ot get rid of all the sily returning players and get a boat load of new players. Well, we got it. No returning players this season. But what we did get was a celeb of sorts. Cliff Robinson of the NBA (Go Blazers) is on the island. Though he is in his mid-40s, it will be interesting to see what a near 7 footer (He played at 6'10&quot can do to use that height as an advantage.

The brains, beauty brawn thing will probably get old quick. I am sure we will get the brawny guy with the heart of a teddy bear, the mean hot girl and likeable socially inept geek. I am hoping what we get is some good players, but I won't mind the good looking bikini shot every now and then.

Hope you all will enjoy watching another season with me. As always, please no spoilers in any thread I start.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I haven't watched Survivor for a while now because it seemed like the same players over

and over and over again. I might check it out this season. I really enjoyed it for the first several seasons, but it got too be too much of the "brains, beauty, brawn" thing and the challenges were more brawn than brains. I realize the physical part is important, but there was a real risk of someone getting seriously injured.

[dr.strangelove]

2. I will say that the challenges the past few years were far more brains than brawn

I mean they all involved a physical element, but each also has a problem solving element. Usually its a puzzle. But some have had other problem solving, like order of completion and some applied physics. I think you should give it a watch. I love the show.

[PRETZEL]

3. This young man works in the same building as I do

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/214784/

[MuseRider]

4. Excited to see all new players!

I just checked my DVR to be certain it will be recorded then came in here to see if a thread had been started yet Somehow I KNEW I would find one.

Thanks Doc!

[dr.strangelove]

5. I am at a loss this season

For the first time since the first season, I have not watched any videos online or previews. All I know about the season is th efew commercials I have seen and the bit Probst did at the finale last season. All I know is thats its brains, beauty and brawn, that Cliff Robinson (NBA player) is there and that its three tribes. I am excited, but I don;t even know what the players are, other than the group photo I saw. I was tempted to watch some stuff last night, but I decided to just wing it this year.

Enjoy the season.

[MuseRider]

6. LOL that is exactly the same

here. I am tending to the burned out side of Survivor, or was, and that is probably why I have not even thought about looking. The last two were better with the one before Blood vs Water actually drawing me back into being excited about the game. I have not looked at a single thing except to look up the start date the other day.

I hope we all enjoy it. It is one of my two guilty pleasures on TV I hate to lose it, it brings back some fun memories of my boys before they grew up and moved into their own lives. We used to have a lot of fun with that show.

[truebrit71]

7. Totally pumped!

It is my one guilty pleasure and I am so happy to NOT see anyone I recognize from prior seasons on the show....

[murielm99]

8. And they don't have that stupid

Resurrection Island thingy, either, do they?

[liberalla]

9. sorry - had to edit to remove first episode info

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So far (with our limited knowledge of the players) Cliff, Woo, Sarah and Kass are my favorites.

Cast, photos and brief bios are here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/


That "aw, shucks" southern boy, Jeremiah, on the "beauty" team...


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Nice.

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