Survivor Caramoan (will be spoilers) (Page 8)

I hesitate to say things like this because frankly, how you're portrayed on the show is entirely out of your control(save for craziness of the Hantz level or running a bit into the ground like Philip's stealth crap). There are 168 hours in a week, and the editors/directors are knocking it down to 48 minutes. You could have 5 minutes of obnoxious behavior in a week, they'll make it a tent-pole of a segment, and suddenly millions of viewers think you're obnoxious. Given how little we see, it's hard to say any of them are really how the shows portrays them especially considering the show is built on conflict & drama. You might be right about Cochran, but I personally think his smaller footprint in this show is more due to the antics of Brandon/Philip/Iraq Vet(name escapes me) taking up airtime than anything to do with him.

That could very well be true but I have noticed Cochran jumping into challenges more. Now they might edit the part of him complaining about it but so far it looks like when they need him he will try which is different than his first appearance.

I think it's 3 days between tribal so 72 hours compressed into 48 minutes.  Your point is still valid but not quite at that time frame.

That was ridiculous.  Dawn is making me mad.  That is TWICE now she's gone and tattled on people.  I realize she thinks her mistake last time was not using information she received...but now she went the opposite way and isn't holding ANYTHING back that people tell her...

Yay, Cochran winning immunity! :D  I like him.  That last round was close...I thought Malcolm had him when a little bit of the brain squirted out of Cochran's mouth.  I figured for the last round they would have had a larger portion...make it more about who can stuff down several mouthfuls, not just one quickly.

I didn't think Corinne was being THAT bad.  I feel a bit bad for her that she got blindsided.  I would rather have seen Phillip leave.  Reynold made good points at Tribal...all 8 favorites can't be in the final 3...use the remaining fans while they are still there.  Malcolm should be happy now though...Corinne was the only one that knew about his idol.  Who else has an idol now....Reynold, right?

Should get interesting now...

Yup, I think Reynold has one.

SPOILER ALERT!!

If you're mad at Dawn now, if what I've read on some other sites is true, you'll be furious with her by the end of the season.

Oooooo....must resist urge to google....

Edit: And I shouldn't be MAD at Dawn.  This is something I would have to wrap my brain around if I ever played the game...just because you tell someone something in confidence doesn't mean they have to keep it a secret.  Even if they would in real life that doesn't mean they will or should in Survivor.  Survivor is VERY much about knowing WHO to tell, WHAT to tell them, and WHEN to tell it....information IS power.  Corinne screwed up confiding in Dawn.  Dawn used the info to blindside Corinne.  It just bothered me that she "tattled" twice...

Last night was bittersweet.  I was happy for the folks who voted Corinne out...but I was disappointed she won't be rockin' the beach with that bod anymore.  

The attitude overcame the body for me.  utterly ruined it.   I loved the look on her face.  The moment Jeff read the first two Sherri votes I told my wife Corinne's going home. 

Yep, I knew Probst was building suspense for the blindside...

But, but, butt, the power of that derriere!  You're a strong man Chris.  

btw, I am so glad the alpha jerks didn't get their way last night.  Malcolm, Eddie and Reynold, ugh.  They need to be elders in some dumb frat somewhere.  I am very happy Sherri survived...and I'm happy Erik didn't roll with the jerks.

I hear ya, but she's fair to middling in my eyes so it don't take much to outweigh the booty

Yes to all of that. I came home in time to see the vote last night and I was disappointed to see Corrine going home. But after watching the whole episode I thought that was the right thing for the favorites to do. Malcom's interviews are very conceited, especially the trash he talked about Cochran winning immunity.  And Reynold - ugh, did anyone catch where he said that eating gross stuff was his ONLY weakness in the game?

I was happy that at least they toned down the Phillip show for a change.

Oh, no doubt Corinne was a threat.  I just hate to see anyone playing aggressively get sent home...tends to make things get boring for a bit.

Whoa we aren't talking about a relationship here bro just a little boom boom

Dawn is pretty boring.  Not as bad as Julia but pretty boring.

I enjoyed the episode because players are playing and the “weaker” players did the right thing.

I said it before and I say it again but looks wise I still think Brenda is hottest girl on the island.

As long as you can put up with Phillips crap he is a much better person to keep around. The fan's and strong guys will turn to whoever they think will help them. The smart players know to keep numbers and people who will vote as a group. They always do more strength based challenges at first then move to puzzle and endurance ones so getting rid on strong non allies is the best thing in the beginning.

Putting up with it is key...  Just like Abbie from last season (who was a LOT worse), he has that type of personalities I don't like.

She was mean a cruel then played "poor me" and would never apologize even when she was wrong and not care.  She was evil and way worse than Phillip, BUT:

He is the kind that are just so full of themselves and full of it and will lie to you ("I threw the challenge").  I tend to try to take down people full of themselves and if they flat out lie to me with such little respect in me that I would BELIEVE it?  It's hard to keep my mouth shut.  All the Boston Rob reference.  Man, I would like to hear what he has to say.  Spy-R-us nonsense and nicknames?  It's ridiculous.

There are plenty of people I wouldn't like, but you can live with.  His absurdities would drive me nuts. 

But for a million smackers?.....

Who's Julia? 

I think I'd be terrible. I don't do very well when I'm hungry first thing - get really bad headaches. Then dealing with some of those personalities, I just don't know. I have worked with some real nut jobs and dealt with all of their absurdities but that is not the same - you get to go home for the weekend. I think being hungry, missing family, tired, dirty all of that together would sink my ship.

It seems like sitting back for a while is a pretty good strategy really. Weren't several of the past winners quiet almost to the point of seeming like they did not have a game? But then they stepped up at the end. Don't ask me names though.....

Yeah, "stepping up at the end" is the key...you HAVE to make a move at some point...