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Saw the first special. Most of it was recent, and nobody came off well. No new interviews, but two specific people's interviews were used, and that pissed me off. Also: Johnny coated at least one finger in Icy-Hot and put it up Adam King. Even if Adam was cool (sorry) with that, how is Johnny not a complete asshole? I understand the lack of computers and televisions in a Challenge house/villa/mansion/whatever, but seeing how the "wacky" shit doesn't make it on the air that often, maybe BMP should look like it . . . because these kids get creative when bored. ETA: Surprise, surprise . . . eleven endgames, thirteen if you count the WTF stuff, and all of it was TJ era. Forgot how Eric mauled Wes. Gotta love how Teege warned Brad and CT about pulling the carabiner about three times before their Duel. Maybe if he brought up Beth's disqualification. On the bright side: Zach (and Trey) going out on a technicality? That's funny. So was Bananas Backpack.

Just checked: TAR25 had Keith & Whitney from Survivor: South Pacific.

While the execution of Class is lacking, I don't think it's that bad. Anybody who thinks this is the worst modern-day Doctor Who tie-in can binge-watch Torchwood: Children of Earth and Torchwood: Miracle Day. I saw the former at a gathering in one shot, and I kinda wanted to wander into traffic afterward.

I'd reset the U-Turn to the original place . . . you do the Detour, you earn the right to screw a team. A U-Turned team cannot do the same to another unless they complete both tasks. And a team can only pull a U-Turn once.

Funny115: The Keith & Wes entry. I take a little exception to Mario likening the "Blood vs. Water" seasons to The Amazing Race, especially with Natale & Nadiya competing in the second one. Big friggin' whoop. How many Survivor people was cast on TAR? I'm thinking six, and I might be short on that. And don't get me started on Big Brother. I do give props for the "Fuck You Brad Culpepper" image at the top.

Found this on Facebook. Another reason to like otters? They're nature's squeaky toys.

I can't rank Rob so high. I just can't. He was on a season full of idiots. I wish the show was more statistics-friendly . . . there could be a formula that could factor in strength of competition, environment, gameplay, rewards won, rewards taken upon, etc. But it's probably best as a subjective matter For me, that's Tom Westman in second, behind Sandra. Her two wins would count as one for me. Once again: 78 days in the game, 77 with the two biggest assholes ever cast, and she did not murder either of them.

I'm thinking that the individual heats might have been rearranged, and that's all that happened because I like these guys. Did the Latin Americans ever watch the series? I don't know . . . I get them not having their own version of the show, but I figured it would take 3-4 months to watch and engineer the appropriate obstacles. Speaking of which . . . do the Europeans have those on their respective shows? I dunno . . . I'm thinking that a third party could create a course, and nobody would have a perceived advantage. Shit, how about a four-way battle between the US/Canada, Europe, Japan/Asia and Latin America held in Australia? I feel so bad for Japan in general. They had good runs in this competition, but they didn't score a single point. Meanwhile, a team with no direct "ninja" experience actually scores one.

Heads up: the episode starts at 11:15 tonight.

Where my mind went: "Drew, the psychics in the tub made their report. The opponents in the final heat will wipe out early." "So . . . ?" "You gotta take a knee and let Kacy get the points at her own pace." "You mean Jessie." "What did I say?" ETA: I don't believe ANW and all things related are rigged for maximum drama. However, if it turns out that is the case, Brian Arnold's fall would be at the top of the evidence pile. He friggin' had it!!!!

Before the new season, we got ninjas from the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Let us have a moment of silence for the Japan team, who had good moments, but didn't score a point in the past few battles.

Thinking about it, I would've ranked Bob above Fabio. I know, Bob lucked into his win, but at least he had an intelligent vibe. Had quitters been expelled from the jury, Fabio would have lost to some other guy whose name I don't care to look up. Probst probably likes him for his looks. He looks at Bob, he gets traumatic memories from high school chemistry class.

Okay, maybe not that huge. Hang on . . . checking Wikipedia . . . confirming feelings . . . From what I remember, the women had lost their third challenge out of four. I recognize that the traditional twist came afterward, and some of them might have gotten numbers on one tribe. But then fucking Colton got his briefs in a knot, he got the wussbags of Manono to do Tribal Council to oust Bill, and the tribes were even heading into the twist. In my mind (which I admit can come up with flawed reasoning), we might not have had the series ending with five women in the last days. Manono's decision to do TC may have unleashed a karmic hurricane that wiped them out as the women picked them off. On the other hand: Tarzan, Troyzan and Leif. Not a Murders' Row of strategic gameplay. I'm stunned Troy made it to the end of Game Changers. I think I knew Earl was an alternate, but he never watched the show? Okay, that is impressive that he won. I feel that Yau Man would've gotten it had Dre kept his promise, but Earl lasting that long was amazing with that fact retroactively put in. Probst is probably butthurt by Fiji because damn near anybody could win. Also, no alpha dudes in the final phase.

Three writers rank Survivor winners in the middle of Game Changers. Can't agree with all of the results. They focused on performances in the champs' respective seasons, as opposed to legacies. Seriously, would JT rank that high after he gave Russell a ticket to Day 39 in S20? Since Sandra's two wins are counted separately, she is not at the top. The highest-rated player is someone I can't agree with . . . partially because I cannot remember the person (having burnt out brain cells in earlier seasons), partially because a huge turning point came from an obnoxious little shit and the dumbasses that enabled him. But that's me. Oh, and Tom is at the top for me, even if Ian is still in therapy.

"Eren? You know how we've been together on and off for the past few years? Well, I'm the Armored Titan, and my friend is the Colossal. Wanna come with us to our village?" How does that rate as the biggest anticlimax in anime history? Suddenly, the number of Undercover Titans doubles. The episode was tense as hell, and the ensuing fight is going to be nuts, but way to expose the secret. ETA: This is from the Toonami Tumblr. What I love is how Eren's Titan sprouts hair during the transformation. Also, I forgot to factor in Annie in the Undercover Titan count. There are five, not four.

Lesson learned: If you have a child enrolled at Coal Hill, get your child the fuck out of Coal Hill and run as far the fuck away from there as you possibly can. And if you raised one of the primary characters? Make your will out ASAP, because the Doctor isn't gonna swing by and solve everything in five minutes. With the finale, it would have been eight. He has been busy lately. Wait, so the Council (or whatever the hell the main assholes call themselves) are allied with the Weeping Angels? I dunno . . . they seem bad enough to still menace the Doctor in future years, albeit in small doses. Did anybody take the Sontarans seriously when they kept popping up on Sarah Jane Adventures? The same could be said for the Slitheen, though they're supposed to be goofy on many levels.

"I am with the Monks now. You lose, Bill. Good day. I SAID GOOD DAY!!" Two minutes later: "Psyche! I'm not that far gone! Of course I was playing the Monks! Meet my mates! None of them will live to see the end of this episode!" I get the cruelty, but damn, that was hard to watch. At least the arc is over. I liked the idea of the Monks, but we had one episode too many. And they stuck with the monk theme after they won. Kinda hard to reconcile with the pyramids. I hope we get much more of Missy before season's end. It's a shame Michelle Gomez is moving on. I mean, nobody can touch Roger Delgado, and "Evil Mary Poppins" comes off as a daft idea, but she makes it work so well. And it sucks that we'll never see Missy throw down with River.

From Cheezburger: Cute stuff with cats and dogs. Does anybody sporadically watch America's Funniest Home Videos? Yes, that's still around. I saw something hilarious last week . . . four dogs running around in the yard of their new home, and three of them didn't know about the in-ground swimming pool. They just fell in. I wish I could find it on YouTube.

Which Phantom Troupe member would you rather be: the one that decapitates foes, or the one that just twists heads like a soda cap? Right now, I'm hoping Kurapika reunites with Gon and Killua in the near future.

I hope there's a sequel even if Justice League tanks. While Diana's rogues gallery isn't that deep, they didn't blow the whole wad by using Ares and Dr. Poison. Off the top of my head, there's Cheetah and Dr. Psycho . . . though the former's name did pop up in The Flash. There's also Giganta, but she might be problematic, especially if the studio can't get past the original origin of her being a female gorilla super-evolved into a strongwoman. ETA: In case you didn't see it, this is Lilly Singh as Wonder Woman in Epic Rap Battles Of History. ETA2: CIRCE! Bonus points if she doesn't get cast as a would-be lounge singer like in Justice League Unlimited.

Ring of Fire is tricky. Logically, if you "jump" both gaps, you nail it. But if you clear the first and get snagged on the second, the jarring stop might force you into the water if you don't clear it. There's a case to be made about hitting both notches to reduce speed and "fatal" impact, but then your opponent might clear it faster.

That's disappointing, even if Joss Whedon will wind up using her Batgirl run for his movie. If you have to read anything from her, check out Wonder Women #124-125. Basically, Diana visits the set of a movie based on her life, and the Queen of Fables warps the hell out of it. So funny. ETA: From CBR . . . readers suggest classic cover homages with Wonder Woman.

At what point will the Mets faithful storm the field and start beating up players? Had to turn off SNY because the game is that damn depressing. I know that the Mets' woes are barely half of Terry's fault, but I wouldn't blame managment if he walked the plank for their sins. Have any major league mascots acted up like that? I remember the Phillie Phanatic and fans beating the shit out of Charlie Kelly in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia ("The World Series Defense"), but that wasn't the real deal.

You probably noticed several posts have been deleted. That's because one poster did not observe the policy of no spoilers when it comes to results. The rest were deleted because they reacted to that. If anybody wants to post a thread for results spoilers, that would be good.

Bad News: This wasn't the religious experience as I figured it might be. I mean, it is the best of the current DC movies, but that isn't saying much. The good far outweighed the bad. Gal Gadot basically pwned Affleck and Cavill, and her performance puts the pressure squarely on Marvel. In their defense, while they have a lot of heroines (including plucky multi-ethnic gals that have popped on the scene in recent years), there is no real "go-to" for the automatic movie. I mean, Carol Danvers was a bit of a mess before she was revamped and "promoted" to Captain Marvel, but her character hasn't been introduced to mainstream audiences yet. Everybody knows who Wonder Woman is. It's a shame Steve didn't live, though he'd probably be long dead by now. That raises another question: if Diana never returned to Them. . . Thema . . . Paradise Island, what has she done in the past century? Did she fight more covertly in wars? Did WWII never happen because she beat the Allies to Hitler and shield-slapped him into a bloody, weepy mess? I guess we'll get a few answers in Justice League, which now has a high bar to clear. Were there any references to comics? This was accessible as heck, but I didn't see any nods. I did like the story, which stands out among the many origins told and lives up to them. And there have been a lot of great origins, like the original, George Perez's take, Brian Azzarello with Cliff Chiang, and Grant Morrison's "Earth-One" graphic novel, which gives us an Etta Candy closer to her Golden Age counterpart, yet doesn't make her that annoying. That's a feat in of itself. I also liked Diana being the hero and not being perfect. Killing the boss German and thinking he was Ares is a big example. Liked Steve not being the dumbass boytoy of the story. I probably wouldn't have made Steve's allies a trio of apparent ethnic stereotypes (at first glance), but they worked as well. Not a perfect movie, but it's the best shot at Marvel from DC since the Nolan Batman movies. Just checking: nothing after the credits, right? I stayed until the main credits were over. I would've stayed to see what creators got thanked . . . I knew Gail Simone before she "blew up" and wrote Wonder Woman, and I'm tickled that she's considered one of the best, as well as the co-writer of the direct-to-DVD animated movie. ETA: Add Greg Rucka's "Year One" story to the origins mix. Nice stuff there as well.