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I know Kyland isn't everyone's favorite, but in addition to having a gorgeous (and frequent, even in last place) smile, he seems to be one of the kinder challengers, helping Michelle out of the water, etc. (and as I commented last week, thanking all of the checkpoint accuracy checkers). He could be cranky and bitter (coughBananascough) about the swimming never giving him a chance, but he wasn't. Jordan's talking head on the coconut water was funny. Poor Tori doing all that coin counting, singing by herself, and still getting last. ETA the two "swim through here to a beach/cave" locations were absolutely gorgeous.
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One person did have them stacked, which is what I would do, but laying them out in tidy rows of individual coins seemed too time-consuming.
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I'm a little confused about the coins--they kept saying they had to count the coins, not total their value up, but then why did at least some of the challengers have coins laid out on top of their chests? I don't dislike Kyland, and I liked how he thanked the puzzle checkers frequently, but I didn't need him to pee on the sign and then helpfully explain that he peed on the sign. Yes, I kind of figure that's what you were doing. But still better than seeing John's pasty butt. He is so fond of mooning everyone. I think I heard Derek thank the station checker too, and maybe one of the women. I did laugh at Derek at the end, counting down the ways Jenny seemed to be losing it, and ending with "and why is your hair like that?"
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Yeah, this is where I'm landing too. I think his "I'd never say the B word because" and tells the mom story was actually genuine. He seems to have a ton of respect for his mom and her opinions. That gives him a little leeway in my book, even though he's such a doofus. Better a doofus than a mean girl. Craig looks so young in those earliest flashbacks. And the editors were just thrilled to get a chance to replay the "Austen covers his junk while yelling Madison! Madison!" scene, again, some more. From last season I thought I wouldn't want to see JT inject insulin through his sweaty workout shorts...but seeing a stretch of his hairy haunch was not really better. At least dealing with diabetes is something other than dra----ma. It's really tedious to watch Taylor stare at other women etc. etc. Almost rather see the hairy haunch. Or watch a whole hour of the also-tedious pool skimming by Craig. (and I see enough animals sniffing each other's butts IRL with the # of cats I have--don't need to see the dogs doing so too. Good for Rodrigo and Tyler adopting senior dogs but I'm tired of dog-centered parties.)
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So presumably they didn't use 10 different cars, but somehow hoisted the car out each time, but I'm thinking they CGI'd out the ropes or whatever? I wish I could have seen that! Jenny...a little entitled IMHO to assume Derek would save her based on something that happened a million challenges ago, while in between she clearly became part of a tight-knit group that didn't include Derek. I did laugh when they showed Derek and his brother talking and it said Bo Derek. Did their parents realize they were naming the two kids after the actress? Sad about his sister :-( Oh, Cory.
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I liked the different reactions to the bats. Seems like people could hear Michele shrieking for a while, heh. Jordan said something like "It's going to be a bat..." and I thought he was going to say something about the critters but he concluded "-tle." I think Kyland just said something cazh like "sorry bat" which I liked (I know I wouldn't want one flying in my face, but I'd be more concerned for the bats--oh, and inhaling guano dust, that doesn't sound pleasant--than myself otherwise). With the scenes of the bats fleeing the commotion out of the entrances in broad daylight, plus knowing the lingerers would be leaving anyway to feed after dark, I'd think the later contestants had a much less batty experience. When I saw Tori go first and seem not to be able to ooze through the entrance easily I was sure Cory was going to get stuck at the shoulders, but no. I'm glad Michele had a good birthday, and even though Karl and "Devin" were very silly, it sure seemed a lot more fun than the Nanners side grouching about how they don't like Cara's voice (I mean, come on) and how beautiful their own feet are. I have heard more about Challenger feet than I ever wanted to know, and I'm not foot-phobic or anything. And it's pretty rich to criticize Cara for walking the line between alliances when for once (and especially coming off of the latest All-Stars) she is not being ganged up on and isolated by almost everyone. I would too if I were her. In other words, shut up, John. Basically the way everyone else plays the game is wrong no matter what, and if they try to do it like he does, then they are also wrong. I will note that there are a bunch of handsome guys left (to my taste anyway)....and Johnny. Lucky for him his feet are so attractive, I guess.
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Did anyone catch which woman (I think it was Rachel) who said "you and your balls, Jeff" when they walked in? Also liked her talking head callback to her attempt to steal rice!
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His tattoos are silly to me. Does he often feel lost so he looks down at his pec and says "Oh, here I am!"? And the four star outlines under his other arm make me think he's rated 0/4.
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Kyle has beautiful eyes, and so does Teeny--but I am most impressed with Teeny's flawless skin! I actually sometimes have to rewind because I am always observing out loud how beautiful their skin is.
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Cargarita! I said ewwww when Jeff, in the bumper "wanna be on Survivor?," stuck his finger in the PB that the three players had been digging into with their grubby paws.
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Toenails disgusting; Kyland and Tori impressive; Bananas and Laurel whiny; elimination interesting concept but mismatched and I didn't like the chance part. My favorite part was the goodbye between Cory and Nehemiah. I hadn't realized they had gotten so close but they did seem to have a great deal of mutual respect and a true growing friendship. I also enjoyed Cory's talking heads where he didn't want to hear Bananas go on and on about himself and where he didn't want to hear Josh and Michele sniping at each other either.
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I thought it was interesting that it paralleled (Gabe?) saying that Sue and Caroline were like wounded birds a few episodes ago.
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And oh yeah, on the topic of Kaycee's skills(?) with numbers--she was supposed to karma-point people from 1-5, and I forget who it was that she said she was putting zero for. Perhaps joking, but? A silly personal reason besides her boringness that I don't really like watching Kaycee--her hair pulled that tightly back gives me a vicarious headache! I mean, I know it's because of her athletic background and part of her personal aesthetic, and the look doesn't bother me except it looks so tight! I hope she doesn't get traction alopecia! Maybe she gels it down and it's not as tight as it looks. Or maybe my scalp and head are extra sensitive. Heh. Lantern7, Just FYI, I also watch both Survivor and this, but I save Survivor for when my kid is available, and they generally are at their partner's until Saturday...so I'd appreciate no spoilers (not that the above really is except that it hints that Andy and Rome are still in. Ugh?)
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Especially when she asked if Kyland was "really the human calculator???" when I didn't notice her getting more solutions than he did....
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Speaking of blood, often when I see Rome's lightning shirt from the back (how is it still so clean?), especially after a physical elim (last ep, not so much this one, heh), I think he's all scraped up and his entire back is flayed.