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Survivor Vanuatu - The Complete Season

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Survivor Vanuatu: Islands of Fire, the ninth season of the series, is definitely among the best seasons of Survivor. This season featured many interesting and unpredictable plot twists: an earthquake; nude sunbathing; shocking tribal council outcomes; and, of course, the winner. The DVDs' features are great. The four featurettes, along with the audio commentaries, add much insight and intrigue into what happened behind the scenes. Overall this was an excellent season of Survivor, and this DVD set is a must-have for any true Survivor fan.

No spoilers.

Survivor is one of the best reality shows ever made imo. I recall seeing the previews for the first season and was immediately intrigued. Although I have not seen every season since, I have seen almost all of them.

After the conclusion of the last season on tv. I decided I would buy a DVD set. I picked Vanuatu, which I watched the original airing of, but I did not recall who won. I did recall that one of the tribe received an extra clothing in an unusual way and thought that was pretty cool. Unfortunately, having read several reviews here on Amazon a few decided to give away the ending. THANKS ALOT!

I still like watching it quite a bit and usually sit down and watch two or three episodes back to back. It is fun to watch the challenges and personal hustling over votes the tribe members do with each other. I had hoped there would be some extra footage thrown in but this is just the original episode. Yes there are some extra features, but I would have preferred to see them integrated into a seamless episode.

Which brings up a interesting point. That is the editors who put the show together. They could just show all the scheming among members so that you would more or less know the outcome of the vote beforehand. But they choose the footage to show so that you get an idea of what is going on but are not always sure of the outcome. And that is one of the things that makes the series so great. Now how is it that the people who created the DVD set chose to put the Survivors on the DVD covers in the order they are voted out!? So when you get your set, close your eyes try to load the DVD's WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED! DUH!

WARNING: SPOILERS!!
In this season, there is a man with only 1 leg, Chad, a 60 year old woman making it to the final 3, Scout. Eliza talked a lot. Twila annoyed me so much I'm mad she made the final 2!! Ok now about the season. At first the Men and the Women were split up into tribes so it was Men vs. Women. And throughout the season the Women seemed to dominate! Up until te final 6, there was Ami, Twila, Eliza, Scout, and Julie. But there was Chris for the men. But Chris battled back and won immunity a couple of times. So he helped vote out Ami, Julie, and Eliza. So then it came down to the final 3, Scout, Chris, and Twila. Chris won final immunity. He voted out Scout. Now it is only Twila and Chris. The winner was Chris! The men had come back and beat the women! All the challenges were great, 2 people had nicknames. Travis was "Bubba" and Lee was "Sarge". And about the 6th episode, the tribes were mixed up. O yeah, in that episode there was an earthquake!! It was an awesome eathquake. They showed in on TV and everything. That is all I have to say about Survivor: Vanuatu the 9th season. It is really good.

Commentary is alright; another solid Survivor season; memorable characters, had a blast watching it again and again

I really like this season of Survivor. I wish all of the seasons would come out on DVD. There are some really good extras that come along with the DVDs.

This season of "Survivor" I thought should be called "dumb and dumber!" I found it to be one of the funnest seasons to watch that is out on video. The thing that was great was it's girls vs guys. You get to watch how each tribe handles this. Watching this season with my girlfriend was fun, I found the guys to be irritatingly stupid, and she found the girls to be irritatingly catty and stupid. There are a few surprises and lots of irritation to the viewer as you watch these people create so much drama and problems for themselves. I liked the variety of women on the show and watching them interact. The guys were pretty boring and stupid I thought, but didn't detract from the show, only making it better because you couldn't believe how stupid they were playing! I found myself wanting them to keep playing so dumb so I could say "told ya so!" I was VERY surprised at the final two, and was compelled enough throughout the entire season. Not the best played "Survivor" per say, but fun on it's own merit of pretty much what NOT to do. Worth watching!

I loved this Survivor season! It's one of my favorites. The island seasons are best because the tropical weather complicates things so much. You really get to see how things can get miserable really fast. Imagine what it would be like if you were really stranded on an island like this! No one to give you flint, rice, and food rewards.

I also like the shelters the "survivors" build in the tropical locations. A lot of times they get bamboo and make some pretty solid shelters with woven palm leaves for a roof.

On the heels of the All Stars I think expectations were a little high and this season was under-appreciated. Lots of fights and cattiness and an outcome you'd never guess if it weren't for the cover. (rolls eyes)
It's always been a fave of mine. There aren't many seasons with characters like this one had and unpredictable boots, too.

See the very first Survivor that is split between guys and girls... Need I say more! Go out and get this one...

"Survivor: Vanuatu" was the season immediately following All-Stars, so it felt weird because All-Stars felt conclusive to the series. Vanuatu was actually one of the worst seasons. I often wonder why they released this over milestone seasons like Africa, Marquesas, Exile Island, and Amazon. Whereas the winner was unpredictable, Twila was great, it just felt boring. There were no major twists in the season and it dragged at points being predictable during the eliminations leading up to the final 7. I would buy this but not before the other releases.