Unclejosh

As a generic action film it is ok. Nothing groundbreaking or makes me want to see it again. As an adaptation of my favorite book? It is a complete fail. One of the worst ever made considering it was made by a big studio with a good budget. Big disappointment from me as a book fan.

Regarding Zach, I could be wrong or was misinformed, but I think even his combine numbers were better than Fessy's. If not at least comparable and NO ONE considers Zach one of the best or even elite on the challenge. In fact of all the challengers in the GOAT conversation, only CT is big. The others are all smaller. Well Mark is huge too but he is not in the GOAT conversation but the next level down in my opinion. And Fessy is no Mark. That should tell him something but Fessy is so narcissistic he can't see it.

They are in Croatia. All-Stars filmed in Argentina.

Agreed for the most part but to be fair, how many people have True's fighting ability? She is clearly portrayed as elite in that regard.

I am pretty sure they noticed the pieces stayed in place then then went over to it and got the pieces out while it was on the ground.

Kenny only carried Wes for about 10 seconds for camera time only. He didn't literally carry him up the mountain. What you saw on the show was the extent of the carrying. CT carried Tonya for longer in the Inferno 2 final.

She has that look older people get when they lose basically all fat in their system and it is just skin on top of little layer of muscle and bone.

I have found this forum feels like it skews female at least in public posting even going back to the TWOP days. When I compare the posts and thoughts here with some other forums I visit (mostly dvd and audio visual forums) which are almost exclusively male, it is almost opposite and mostly follows stereotypical male female lines. Not all of course but I can typically tell what will be posted after each episode on each of the forums due to the makeup of the base. I do find it very interesting and enjoy it all to get different viewpoints and feelings.

Georgia was unoffically banned or at least put on a time out before the Bear stuff as pictures of her in blackface surfaced after her last season. So MTV was not willing to have anyone one with that kind of heat especially now in today's climate.

While I do think Nany chose "fun" Kyle over jerky CT, she also ensured she would make the final AND most likely get a new partner next elimination. Kyle is the only option to go in unless he wins, and he would not be favored against any of the males left in any of the eliminations they may do. So for Nany it was a win win. But I don't think she thought that all the way through. I think she just thinks of fun and not winning most of the time and Kyle is more fun than CT based on what every single person who has done a challenge with him have said. She may have also wanted to ensure CT gets to the final although I don't think so. I know they had some kind of hookup in the past but I don't think they are friends or anything. The main reason Fessy keeps getting stolen is due to his alliance and social power in the game. If he was in CT's position, he would not be getting stolen nearly as much. On paper he seems good but he has treated his partners just as bad as CT even if not as publicly. CT may yell or say mean things, but he still seems less selfish than Fessy. Could be editing though but even in the after-shows and in social media, Fessy comes across as very narcissistic and basically seems like a selfish asshole. I mean CT can be the same but he also has charisma, is funny, and has moments of self awareness and the ability to apologize and seem contrite. Fessy has shown none of that as far as I have seen. Lastly, it is clear CT is working out quite a bit even if they don't show it on camera. He came in thinner than he has in years and has been getting in better and better shape as the season goes on. Any trainer is not going to workout beside you. That is what a workout buddy is for. The trainer's focus has to be solely on your workout not his own. CT was an actual physical trainer when he was younger for a while from what I recall. So if he was trying to help Big T, he went about it the right way even though on camera it looks bad when he is wrapped up and sipping coffee while instructing her. I guarantee it helped her, however briefly it was before she got eliminated.

This looks terrible. I actually enjoyed the first movie surprisingly but this trailer was brutal. Not one funny or exciting moment to be found. Maybe James Gunn blew his load with GOTG1?

Based on what Anessa said it sounds like Big T probably would have beat anyone in this since her time was MUCH faster than the ones who did it before. To quote TJ, she killed it. I think Tula is better than it looks because her biggest issue is confidence (and cardio) but from what I have seen when she stops overthinking things and just does it, she does well. If she put in some real time working on cardio and training in between seasons, she wouldn't seem like the layup she is considered. Just my opinion.

That was how the show was originally pitched to the cast but surprise when they got there it was basically the same type of challenges and finals they do on the main show. Not everyone was happy about it. I know Trishelle has said she didn't even train because she was told it would be like the old days where they could sit around the pool and drink and do an occasional mission. But based on what has been said since, it was the same basic show as the main one just condensed to a few weeks rather than 2 months.

I think in past challenges anytime a math "equation" or problem is used, it is always just left to right in order not order of operations.

Devin called out Lolo directly and said CT and Big T win was legit per the instructions provided to the cast at the time of the challenge and said anyone saying different is lying and crying sour grapes. Darrell also liked his tweet saying this so he agrees the win is legit. The rest of the whole cast was so excited for her, do you really think they would be like that if they thought it was rigged? I think the issue is that she let go of the rope at the very edge of the drop zone but her momentum carried her a little past it maybe. There is no way that they would have not reviewed the footage and let TJ praise their performance saying it was even close if it wasn't legit. They would just do the usual it was close but they won. I don't think MTV would also be praising Big T's performance all over social media with clips and everything if it was rigged. If you go back, you can clearly see multiple people dropping BEFORE the drop zone yet they weren't disqualified either so there was obviously some leeway going on. Leroy said on his podcast that they let him and Kaycee have a do over since they messed up the first time. Yet neither Josh nor Devin were provided the same do over, which is why Josh sounded so surprised they weren't given another chance and they were DQ. To me that sounds WAY more like rigging for Leroy/Kaycee than letting where Big T fell (if it was in fact outside the buoys as it is hard to tell from the angles provided) stand and not count as a DQ. Lolo is also not being honest about how MTV "made her leave". After losing yet another challenge (and anyone who has seen Lolo on other shows can tell she cannot handle losing) she was talking about self harm. Kaycee and Josh brought this to production and they as well as their insurance people reviewed the comments and footage and determined that she could not stay as they couldn't insure her with what she was saying. So they told her to film that bullshit excuse for her leaving to try and let her save some face and not to air her mental health issues on camera. That is why TJ also didn't even make any comments about her leaving like he normally does. If she truly left for the reason stated on camera he would have shit on her like he does all quitters. So yes MTV "technically" made her leave, but it was because her own actions and comments about self harm made it impossible for them to keep her in that environment because she was potentially a danger to herself if things continued the way the most like would have with her losing over and over because she sucks at the challenge. She may be an elite athlete in track and bobsledding but she could not handle the challenge and that broke her. Her crying now is like CT crying that he didn't quit Duel 2, MTV made his leave when it was his actions that made him get booted. I hope Lolo never comes back and I say that as someone who was excited to see her on this season. She just doesn't have the skills to do the type of stuff in the challenges and cannot handle the pressure of being responsible for her own placement and strategy to compete on the show. She admitted it multiple times, she needs a coach to tell her what to do when things get tough. I felt so bad for Nam because I think he would have done much better if her spot had been filled with almost anyone else and he was partnered with her.

The Jared Padalecki effect is real. To me that is the only reason that show got higher ratings as it sucks. This pilot was one of the best pilots I have seen in a while. I couldnt even finish the Walker one it was so bad.

Did something happen to Alan's left eye? I don't recall it being that droopy before. Was there an illness or injury that happened? Maybe age is causing it to be more noticeable?

I am not a producer conspiracy nut in general but in the case of the first elimination, I have no problem believing it was originally going to be a male elimination UNTIL CT and Wes were the ones going in and they switched it to not lose their 2 highest paid and tenured cast members on the first episode. Devin said on the aftershow that as soon as they walked in and saw hall brawl, Gabby immediately said there was no way she was going in and when he asked why because he thought she should that she just pointed at her face. She was scared of getting hurt or messing up her looks. So she used Devin as an excuse to bail. I am pretty sure if she insisted to go in, they would have had to go regardless of Devin's vote. They have said before in past seasons if the pair deciding who goes in cannot decide then the pair must go in themselves. That is how Zach was able to get him and Amanda thrown in.

I believe Theresa was also the one who outed Laurel for sending Kenny nudes while he still had a girlfriend back in the day.

On Vevmo people are saying that Fessy said the n word when he was yelling. I didn't notice when watching but some people seem convinced he said it.

Devin discussed his issue with Amber on the aftershow. Basically after he won his elimination, she went up to him when he was celebrating with Kyle in that room and said she wanted him to know what she didn't vote for him and was glad he was back. Problem is that Devin had already been told that she DID vote for him and he knew she lied to his face and it pissed him off.

Devin admitted on the aftershow that the whole cast got a lesson on using the drones the day before the challenge so they knew they would be using them. Tori said that was the only reason they were able to win.

I am not sure but WW immortality is not the same as the rest of the Amazons. She is a demigod and is nigh invulnerable for the most part. I think the rest of the Amazons are immortal in the sense that they age extremely slowly and have clearly above human strength and reflexes, but are still vulnerable to dying and injuries inflicted upon them. They do not share Diana's superhuman attributes. She is literally one of a kind.

I love that almost all of Sam Jones dialogue is overdubbed. I guess he was a real ahole on the set as well and caused all sorts of problems and left so couldn't do any ADR.

Leroy said himself that Darrell was his number one male partner and they would never say each other's name, that is what being their number one means. They are friends outside the challenge and Leroy has spent time with Darrell and his family for years. I highly doubt Darrell is going to screw over someone he is actual real life friends with that he and his family socialize with. Of course Kam is first but that isn't what he or I was referring to. They are a team in life not just this challenge. So for their team, Darrell was their number 1. They discussed it prior to the challenge. Cory was number 2 and with Cory comes Nelson. Cory and Nelson were aligned with Fessy who is obviously aligned with the BB crew. This was all set up before they even knew the theme or anything. So while the BB/Cory/Nelson alliance may have eventually gotten to Kam and Leroy, they would not have gone after them on the first elimination regardless of who their partners were. For example if Leroy was with Ashley and Kam was with CT, neither would have even been considered first. As for Kyle, Leroy said he would never say his name and got mad at Kam for saying bad things since her experience with him was not so good on the past challenge they did together. He made her say something nice about him. If you betray your alliance in the first week that you set up beforehand, NO ONE will trust you in the future. I agree as the game goes on that may happen but first week? No way. It has never happened in all 36 seasons, especially with someone as well liked as Leroy. Later on, sure it may or even probably will happen. The ONLY reason CT was voted in first week was because he snubbed Kam and she had the numbers to orchestrate it. Wes was going in regardless in my opinion. No one trusts him.