Yeah, it really makes this season kinda a bummer.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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Nora Deirdre - Dec 14, 2011 4:22:45 pm PST #18596 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 4:45:11 pm PST #18597 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I might not go that far, Nora, but it certainly makes the season weird to watch. I'm at the point where I am not really rooting for anyone and I'm puzzled by Coach's religious views - this seems different from his previous views.
I kind of feel like I should have stopped watching maybe 6-8 weeks ago. I effectively stopped watching X-Factor and I keep up through my entertainment blogs and I kind of wish I had done the same for Survivor. The survivor wikipedia entry is pretty good.
The finale is 4 days away, so I guess I will buck up.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2011 5:28:15 pm PST #18598 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Man, this whacked out religious cult going on in Survivor is just so beyond crazy.
I anticipate a severe drop in godliness now that Brandon is out of the picture. Coach's "God told me to vote you off! Redemption and shit!" was comedy GOLD.
lisah - Dec 14, 2011 5:49:35 pm PST #18599 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Okay, is anyone else watching ANTM All Stars (by which I mean Pot Ledom, Srats Lla, of course)?
What the heck happened with Angelea??
meara - Dec 14, 2011 5:59:21 pm PST #18600 of 23273
Pot pot pot ledom!! NO one knows what happened to Angelea, on the Internet. Theories range from "got pregnant" to "revealed winner on Facebook" to "slept with Tyson while he was a judge" to "it's all a publicity stunt to make people actually talk about ANTM"
megan walker - Dec 14, 2011 6:07:31 pm PST #18601 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I know! I'm hoping for something exciting, but I suspect that she revealed that she won and is being punished.
Stephanie - Dec 14, 2011 6:09:35 pm PST #18602 of 23273
Trust my rage
I am a Christian who goes to church (almost) every Sunday. But the religious talk on Survivor always throws me, especially this year. They seem so into it. And maybe this is easy for me due to my lawyer-ness, but I would have no problem suspending normal rules of morality in a situation which is totally artificial and a certain amount of amorality is expected.
I hope we get to hear from some of the cult members and see if they were really buying this or just playing along for some reason.
I feel like Coach is stoking the cult fires, I assume because he thinks it will help him, but maybe not because he is so into it (although I haven't seen tonight's ep yet).
le nubian - Dec 15, 2011 4:39:48 am PST #18603 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't think anyone here watches the show, but I am alarmed to learn that Howard Stern will be a judge on America's Got Talent next season.
I guess I will stop watching that show cold turkey.
Jessica - Dec 15, 2011 4:45:55 am PST #18604 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I feel like Coach is stoking the cult fires, I assume because he thinks it will help him, but maybe not because he is so into it (although I haven't seen tonight's ep yet).
I think Coach totally enjoys being a cult leader, but I also think the Christian angle is something he was playing up to keep Brandon in line. In past season's he's been all about the generic faux-Eastern mysticism.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2011 5:45:27 am PST #18605 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG Pot Ledom. I can't imagine it's anything about her personal life (unless, Tyson????), because ANTM lives for that shit.