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Survivor 3: Africa - The Complete Season

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I just completely don't understand why the people at CBS won't release seasons 3-6 of Survivor! I am a new fan of the show who just started watching during the All-Stars season. I've purchased Borneo, Austrailian Outback, and Pearl Islands and loved them all. I'm DYING to see seasons 3-6! PLEASE BRING THEM TO DVD BEFORE RELEASING THE NEWER SEASONS!!!

I normally don't care for reviews written before a product is actually released, since they generally aren't very helpful. But how this season has not yet been released is beyond me. It may not have been very popular at the time, but if you go to just about any Survivor message board, it's clear that the fans are dying to see Survivor: Africa released on DVD as soon as possible.

I'm glad to have Palau and Vanuatu coming out later this year; I'll happily purchase any seasons they release no matter what the order. But while these seasons are good (Vanuatu is my least favorite season ever but it's still entertaining), they aren't Africa or Marquesas, two of the better seasons in my view.

I, like I'm sure most fans, feel that they should release the series in order, but if that can't happen, at least throw fans a bone here and give us the ones that we didn't just watch a year ago. Let us have the seasons we haven't seen in a long time. The sooner Africa, Marquesas, Thailand, and Amazon are released the better.

Okay, I am so obsessed with Survivor you won't even believe it! I have all the dvd's and I started watching Survivor Pearl Island was airing in 2003. Since then I have waited and waited for either Survivor Africa, Survivor Marquesas, Survivor Thailand, or Survivor Amazon to come out. And I just don't get it! Even though Survivor Palau and Survivor Vanuatu (which will be release on December 5, 2006) were popular, why do they have to release the new seasons of Survivor and not the old! There are a lot of people who forgot all about the old and remember all of the new! I want to see Ethan, Lex, Big Tom, and all the other contestants that made this show a phenomenon! I hope so much that Survivor Guatemala or Survivor Exile Island won't be released till After the seasons 3-6 are finally released. Whoever is releasing these DVD's, look at the fans and maybe have a vote on which should be the next Survivor season on DVD. To all the other people that want Survivor Africa, Survivor Marquesas, Survivor Thailand, or Survivor Amazon released out on DVD really badly like me, I feel your pain and sorrow and hope it all gets better. So please release the old seasons of Survivor and not the new seasons of Survivor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have all the "Survivor" DVD sets and have enjoyed rewatching the heroes and villains but when is "Africa" -- one of the best seasons -- going to be realeased on DVD? Come on Burnett, work it out.

Survivor Africa was one of the best seasons of all time. It was arguably one of the most toughest ones. The climate thier was really hot and they were all inland so there was no body of water anywhere near them execpt for drinking water that was given to them before the show. The show is brilliant!!!!! It keeps you in suspense the whole time. The whole thirty-nine days takes you on a roller-coaster ride. And in the end a true, deserving winner wins. I really hope this season comes out soon!!!!!!! I have been waiting for this season to come out on dvd some time now. You will really regret it if you don't buy it. The show is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was one of my most favorite seasons. I am really surprised that it has not been released. I just read that Big Brother 3 was released and Survivor has much better ratings. I thought the condiditons were very hard for Survivor Africa. I don't know that I could have done it. I also just loved the characters. It is too bad that Teresa and Frank did not end up on the other team to begin with. Loved this season. This is the season where the "Survivor Twists" really started to happen. I hope they release all seasons soon.

The place of civilization, a culture very unique of our own...Survivor Africa, taken place in Kenya. This was the Season where I learned to love Survivor and became addicted.

This was one of the HARDEST Survivors ever. Why? Yes, they had food, rations, (that stopped Survivor four), but they had no Water. Both Samburu and Boran had muddy watering holes where Elephants frequented frequently (lol). It had (to date) harder challenges, lions and other animals came dangerously close... It was real and exciting.

The first "twist" came here (the switching of the tribes). The Survivor that we all know and love, betray your teammates so you can get further, but basic morals still shine through. We still had the loyal inner sanctum (The Boran Boys of Ethan Lex and Tom). We had the first major boo-boo mistake by Jeff Probst, later rectifed.

So with the amazingness of this season, WHY on earth are we still waiting for? I am tired of Paramout releasing the later seasons of Survivor, ones that is still fresh in our minds. Survivor is more something that Survivor fans purchase than other people, so I speak for a lot of fans when I wish they would now go in order. Several shows have a season come out every 4 months. I wish Africa and Marqueases (not so eager for Thialand) would be realeased, rather than Palu (which is rumoured), and probably Guatemala after.

Well, if you're a diehard fan of Survivor like I am then you have probably waited a long time to see Survivor: Africa be released on DVD. Now that it's out I can say that for the most part I am satisfied.

There are a couple of exceptions though. Basically I consider the release of Survivor: Vanuatu to be the end of the first era of Survivor DVD sets. Those DVDs were packaged in compact cases and even came with a nice cardboard sleeve to put them all in. This set comes in 3 regular-sized plastic cases (talk about wanting to be more environmentally friendly) marked Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, etc. and does not have the box/sleeve. Makes it kind of difficult to organize things.

But the main disappointment, more than anything else, is the lack of what I consider to be the quality bonus features that were included on the previous DVD sets, most notably the commentaries, which I enjoyed immensely. They provided so much insight to the things that we don't see on TV. On these DVD sets, all we have as far as bonus features go are the full versions of the Tribal Council confessionals of each contestant, as well as their subsequent appearances on The Early Show. There's also a little video clip that basically is of a shot of the Tribal Council area at daytime. And that's it. No commentaries, no DVD exclusive interviews with the contestants, or anything you came to expect from the previous Survivor DVD sets.

On the plus side though I am happy to say that the overall quality of the DVDs seems to be about what we'd expect, also I am happy to say that they do play on my computer's DVD player (something that it said that they wouldn't do in the description on the main Amazon page).

So, aside from the minor disappointments, I am satisfied, and this is a must-have for any diehard Survivor fan.

I really don't understand what is taking so long. I mean they started off with the regular first season just as any show would but instead of coming out with The Australian Outback they came out with Survivor: All-stars then after about 7 months they then came out with Survivor: The australian Outback. I just think that Survivor: Africa should already be in stores and people would mainly be waiting for Survivor: Marquesas

I really don't understand what is taking so long. I mean they started off with the regular first season just as any show would but instead of coming out with The Australian Outback they came out with Survivor: All-stars then after about 7 months they then came out with Survivor: The australian Outback. I just think that Survivor: Africa should already be in stores and people would mainly be waiting for Survivor: Marquesas