Thoughts on the Thailand cast after rewatching the first episode:
- Robb is such an obnoxious human being from literally the second he opens his mouth and it is glorious. "Alright, I get to TALK!!!!!!!" "Let me see your hands, sweetie. Let me see your hands." "I think the boat went faster backwards than forwards!" And then he said Sook Jai will win because they have the more attractive women.
- Jed Hildebrand is more attractive than I remembered. Probably because it's easy to not remember Jed Hildebrand.
- This Stephanie chick got naked right away -- seems like she has a huge, vivacious personality and will be one of the season's stars, right? Right?
- "You do not mess with the Shii Devil and not get the horns." No comment.
- Okay, one comment. That is like the least efficient way possible to deliver that line. Why not "If you mess with the Shii Devil, you'll get the horns"? Or, even more efficient, "Mess with the Shii Devil, get the horns"? I bet she had that line planned for months, and then when she saw it on TV she was like "Damn, did I really deliver it in that much of a convoluted way -- double negatives and everything? Aww..."
- I like Tanya's storyline about being the one young person on the older tribe. Sucks that she gets Camacho'd before it can actually come to anything.
- Helen is so melodramatic. "There's NO way that we're supposed to comeuphereeverycoupledays with a huge GALLON JUG!!!" I feel like I'm transcribing a Rupert confessional. < 3 Also, I love her Clay vote.
- At first I was laughing super hard at Ghandia's challenge fail because it's /so bad/, but then we get back to camp and she's crying and I start to feel bad for her.. then she's back in full Ghandia mode screaming something about the BASTARDS on the other tribe and I go back to lulzing.
- Brian pretty much owned this premiere. His business trip confessional is great and I love this exchange at Tribal Council:
JEFF: Brian, nobody should trust you because you're a used car salesman. Discuss.
BRIAN: Love. < 3
- John Raymond.. yep, that sure is the name of someone who was on Survivor. I will say that he gets too much flak for his water well joke -- I mean, he barely gets any because who the hell has time to talk about John Raymond, but still, it wasn't that bad. The other people who were there actually laughed at it; it's only Ghandia who wasn't entertained by it, because it's Ghandia. Also, I have to appreciate anyone who says that he'll vote for Ghandia because "Physical challenges aren't gonna be her thing, and mental challenges obviously aren't gonna be her thing." Well, fuck, John, what /is/ gonna be her thing?? That quote alone makes him slightly more likable as an entity within Survivor lore than Jessica deBen and Brook Geraghty. < 3 But still, the fact is that approximately 80% of what I've written about John Raymond has actually been about Ghandia, so.. yeah.
Overall this was a good premiere. I love old-school premieres where everyone has to make a shelter and shit with these people they've never met before and you see the first impressions forming. It was better than virtually any episode of my SoPa rewatch, so there's that.
