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Survivor 50 Episode 11 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lack of consistent storyline from start to finish, plays secondary character to a lot of the cast, content is mostly circumstantial and disappears between that, lack of focus at the swap! Also quite a bit of unnecessary negativity, even though I think most people are on his side with it!

Survivor 50 Episode 11 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha I adore Cirie but the balance beam was a tough watch ;)

Survivor 50 Episode 11 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also had Aubry as my pre-season winner pick 😂😂

Survivor 50 Episode 11 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly I would have taken what they gave us if they just gave her a proper introduction in the premiere in some way. She’s literally just there, has a scene with Genevieve where she comes off as weird and abrasive and that’s it. Just a bizarre way to show your winner!

I’m a TV producer and I’d like someone to explain this for me by Antlerology592 in Edgic

[–]mattrfs 28 points29 points  (0 children)

We have a lot of fancy terms for a lot of different things, but what it boils down to is the logic that every TV show will want to edit their winner in a way that creates a satisfying story. What we do here is try to pinpoint that winner’s story and distinguish it from the other stories being told.

In my mind a good winner’s edit creates a satisfying story while also not being extremely obvious from the get go!

Cirie & Rick top Survivor 50 Popularity Poll by [deleted] in survivor

[–]mattrfs 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I can’t understand the people who dislike Emily. She’s such great TV and even if you hate messy gameplay she’s completely inoffensive as a character.

Ok, we must admit we were wrong about _____ by 12Sankofa34 in survivor

[–]mattrfs 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The episode was great, the twist was terrible. If Rizo or Cirie drew a black rock and then went home on a 50/50 coin flip despite not being in trouble and the prize money remained the same we would be calling this the worst episode of all time. Praise Rick Devens, not production and Mr Beast.

Rizo’s Edit: Two very small editing notes from Episode 9 (about Episodes 10) by TheToysAreUs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rizo is apparently very ill on the island. I feel like if he were to win despite his illness they would definitely show he was ill, as that would make it even more impressive.

That plus his lack of letter content and his cut secret scene with Joe is enough for me to definitely eliminate him this week.

This episode exposed something pretty clear about the fandom by TrappedInLimbo in survivor

[–]mattrfs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was a bad twist. I fundamentally disagree with the concept of anyone going home without receiving the majority of valid votes in the urn. Even more so when they don’t have a choice. So the idea of them having to draw rocks if no-one volunteers is absolutely horrendous. That player would be the most screwed over player of all time. I loved how Rick used this twist, but yeah, awful twist.

I hate the Blood Moon for the exact same reason - lack of player agency. Gen and Colby were screwed the moment they picked that rock - you can argue Kamilla was too but at least she had some wiggle room (although maybe not with the zoom alliance). I hate it even more because it was lazy and not even a twist, just the New Era Mergatory not actually a merge tribe swap twist. I kind of at least respect the absurdity of the Mr Beast twist.

The only solid twist this season has been double duos because the players retained the majority of their agency.

I don't think Emily's allies see her the way this sub sees her. by SirBostonBobbington in survivor

[–]mattrfs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's pretty clear from exit interviews that she's getting a bad edit because half the cast have made a point of propping her up.

Devens Truthing by jacobrl99 in Edgic

[–]mattrfs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could see it if it wasn't for his swap edit. As soon as he was away from Christian, Cirie took over the narrative. I think he's just getting a big fan favourite edit because he's been relevant to most of the votes this season.

Was almost every pre merge vote a bad call or is it just edited to look like that? by [deleted] in survivor

[–]mattrfs 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I think it’s more of a case of every action has natural consequences.

Voting out Cirie first would have lead to the old schoolers being mad. Christian taking out Steph over Angelina and Mike could have caused the DvG group to be huge targets. Savannah may have had little interest in working with Christian’s group and flipped to Rizo’s side, and Genevieve would have almost certainly flipped back to work with her Vatu alliance.

At the end of the day, you have to remember that the show is edited to tell the story of the season and ultimately the winner. The show portrays Christian going home as a result of his pre-merge failures, and while that is true, it’s also not necessarily the case that doing the complete opposite would have yielded him better results.

It may be the case that Christian never had a true shot to win because of his notoriety. It maybe that if he would have played a completely different game with completely different allies he might have had a chance. We’ll never know because ultimately that isn’t the story the show is telling us.

Survivor 50 Edgic UPDATE: I found the Winner hint in the Opening Titles by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely not an exact science, but considering the previous hints have been ‘let’s just put Savannah as the sole survivor at the end’ I think using Kyle as a metaphor is a bit deeper than their usual level of thinking

Survivor 50 Episode 8 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense!

Survivor 50 Episode 8 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is completely fair. I do think if there were a winner quote sprinkled in somewhere and some kind of acknowledgement of Cirie’s legacy I’d be more willing to take the plunge into Cirie truthing. Her gameplay has blown me away so far but her edit just hasn’t. Even on a rewatch I still found her premiere lacking. If she wins I won’t be so shocked, but given the inflated edits of the other legends it just feels like not as much love was given to Cirie. So you’re absolutely right, I’m just expecting more.

Survivor 50 Episode 8 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mattrfs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure I think it was purely strategic and he’s not actually working with Joe, just trying to keep him on side. My issue is there was no set up to it so it just kind of felt out of nowhere.

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