Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Survivor Gabon - Week #1

Kim Reis

Survivor Gabon started with a 2 hour premiere.  So cool in Africa.  First season in HD!  I don’t really notice a huge different in quality, but then again - I don’t really notice a huge difference between HD and regular digital reception anyway.  My husband thinks I’m crazy.

I hope they get to do something with wild monkeys or apes.  That would be so awesome.  I’ve always wanted a monkey as a pet.  I know, weird.

So far, the season is not much different from other seasons.  Jeff Probst does a lot of yelling.  The teams do a lot of whining.  And each week, someone gets voted off the island and their fire gets snuffed.

There are some interesitng characters this year and the teams are WAY mis-matched…AGAIN.  It seems like this happens every year where one team is much stronger than the other.  Kota is the tougher team and Fang is the weaker team.  It’s pronounced FONG - sounds like they are saying “Thong”.  Weird team name.  I don’t think I’d want to be on a team that sounds like thong.

Week #1 - Fang lost two members in the same episode.  It’s not looking promising for the poor thong team.  That’s for sure.

So far - my favorite character is the Physics teacher from the Kota team.  He’s so cool.  Fang had better get their act together.