Survivor: Tocantins - Official Discussion Thread

Survivor: Tocantins "The Brazilian Highlands"
Season Premiere: Thursday, February 12 on CBS
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/

I know there was a thread for the last season, but I didn't see one yet for this season, so I thought I would start one. Who's planning to watch it on Thursday?

If not Thursday then sometime soon after...

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I 'm going to miss the live premiere.

Well, it's not actually live.

I'm rooting for Spencer, the young gay dude.

Why? Because he's gay?

Well, you know what I meant... I'm missing the premiere as it actually airs in NYC.

And yes, I'm rooting for Spencer simply because he's gay. Just like I've done for every past season. My opinions change as the episodes unfold... But from the starting-gate? It's the gays for me.

No. Not really. I'm rather fond of gay people, Nick. You know that.

Since I've not yet seen a second of this coming-season, I find it nicer to root for a stranger that has at least one awesome commonality with me. Birds of a feather... A little bit of self-projection, sure. But also comforting.

I'm always an advocate of gay representation on basic cable. Spencer, though I know little else about him, is someone I can put myself behind (so to speak). Someone to be passionate about if he does well; to be proud of if he serves as a positive image for my community; and to be angry if they are mistreated.

At any rate, back to the discussion at-hand: I am very excited for another season (duh!) but am already starting to feel sympathetic to whomever they send home immediately (Commercials are revealing that contestants are being voted-off as soon as they form tribes)

Updated On: 2/11/09 at 12:04 AM

Seems an odd way to choose your favorites, doesn't it?

Strange that people choose early favorites based on things they may have in common with them. Like, me choosing to back the woman from my hometown, even though she'll probably end up being shallow and obnoxious. If you have a problem with that reasoning, by all means, just say so. Just don't passive aggressively pretend that you think it's somehow odd.

It's not that serious.

I'm with ya Cal. The Chetster was the worst contestant in Survivor history and set back the gay cause decades.

Chet was awful, but he wasn't the first contestant to make me rethink the gays on Survivor. That distinction belongs to the ridiculous eye-rolling self-deluded they-voted-me-off-because-I'm-a-threat bikini-wearing Coby from Palau.

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I for some bizarre reason always thought Coby was kind of cute (I almost had a date set up with him at one point via another contestant from that season -- HA -- a whole different story) though he looks like Ant in that photo.

Updated On: 2/11/09 at 10:36 AM

Chet and his whininess, coupled with his complete unwillingness to assist a friend (by agreeing to stay 3 more days) who bailed him out numerous times was quite possibly the biggest gay disaster on that show.

Coby thought he was some kind of super power-player, but he was in fact, completely clueless. His delusions about being voted because he "was a threat" makes him the same as about 85% of the contestants on that show that get voted out.

I don't like or dislike people based on 'labels'.

Man
Woman
Gay
Straight
White
Black
...you get the idea

I like or dislike people based on their character.




And, I can't wait for the new season to begin! I'm hopelessly addicted to this show!

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though he looks like Ant in that photo

You say that like it's a bad thing. Then again, I'm thinking of pre-surgery Ant.

Fabio gotta go.