Thread:BarBar/@comment-1734566-20150319025341/@comment-1734566-20150327022140

South Pacific and RI really are two sides of the same coin. Redemption Island, two returning players, a cast of mostly duds except for a few (Matt and Andrea in RI, Cochran in South Pacific). I guess I like RI better because it introduced Cochran and at least BOTH returning players were important, rather than just one like in RI. Plus, it featured perhaps one of the best "stories" in Survivor history: The classic bullied nerd gets his revenge and changes the entire game in the process. SP wasn't Cochran's best season, but he still inevitably changed the entire outcome in that game.

And yeah, most of Caramoan's newbies were duds...except for Eddie and Reynold. I mean...come on. The Three Amigos. <3 And most of the returnees were good, too: Malcolm, Andrea, Brenda, Cochran, Erik, and even Francesca with her priceless first boot for the second time. XD I really only disliked the episodes with Shamar, and thank God he was euthanized early on in the competition by the deadly grain of sand. The 10th Tribal Council (Philip's boot) is still, to this day, one of THE greatest in Survivor history, as is Cochran's win and Erik's comeback/redemption story. Season 29 on the other hand...just about everyone was unlikable, from the Ken and Barbie couple, to Missy and Baylor, to Natalie, to the twin brothers, to Rocker and his girlfriend...really, the ONLY people who acted like sane, decent human beings were Dale and Kelley...and MAYBE Keith and Wes. The first half was obviously worse, since it was dominated by mostly stupid people making the DUMBEST moves ever (Nadiya insulting Josh, Val's two-idol bluff, Drew, the elimination of Rocker)...and then the second half, while more tolerable, at first centered around overrated fake winners' edits just to see Josh and Jeremy booted, and then the eventual winner Natalie - who had spent pretty much the ENTIRE season not existing - mostly TALKED about how "awesome" she was and didn't DO anything until the last two or three episodes. Mostly uneventful, inconsistent, and full of boring, stupid, and/or unlikable people. When it wasn't downright infuriating, it was just BORING. As Dalton Ross said: "This is a season that inspires neither anger or rage, just apathy, which is probably the worst indictment of all."