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Stylish Dinosaur
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Survivor Season 28 (Cagayan), which is one of 2 seasons randomly on Netflix.
As a novelty, it features 3 tribes, broken up into Beauty, Brawn, and Brains.
I had never watched Survivor (other than maybe catching some of the first American one back in like 1997), but it is not at all what I expected.
Ended up really enjoying it. It doesn't have most of the crap you associate with reality shows. There were no big sob stories. There wasn't superfluous manufactured interpersonal drama. They didn't spend half the show clickbaity footage like "Coming up after the break..." followed by "before the break..." like all of those shitty Discovery/TLC/History shows do. And watching it on Netflix means it just flows smoothly with no commercials
Whole thing felt much more like an extended game-show (which it is) and the drama came almost entirely from either physical challenges and social/voting strategy. People might make stupid decisions or get mad at each other, but it is understandable rather than like...a producer off screen stirring the pot just to get someone riled up.
Also, the nerd tribe is so hilariously bad...I couldn't stop watching the trainwreck.
As a novelty, it features 3 tribes, broken up into Beauty, Brawn, and Brains.
I had never watched Survivor (other than maybe catching some of the first American one back in like 1997), but it is not at all what I expected.
Ended up really enjoying it. It doesn't have most of the crap you associate with reality shows. There were no big sob stories. There wasn't superfluous manufactured interpersonal drama. They didn't spend half the show clickbaity footage like "Coming up after the break..." followed by "before the break..." like all of those shitty Discovery/TLC/History shows do. And watching it on Netflix means it just flows smoothly with no commercials
Whole thing felt much more like an extended game-show (which it is) and the drama came almost entirely from either physical challenges and social/voting strategy. People might make stupid decisions or get mad at each other, but it is understandable rather than like...a producer off screen stirring the pot just to get someone riled up.
Also, the nerd tribe is so hilariously bad...I couldn't stop watching the trainwreck.