Just Because: I want to like Survivor Nicaragua, there are some interesting team members and I am still crushing a bit over Chase (above). But...
The premise of show, which could have been amazing, but instead has been ruined by the producers and casting of the show.
If your going to have young vs old you need to ensure the challenges are created on a level playing field. You cannot put a bunch of 20 somethings on one team and another team of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's and make all the challenges physical. Not just physical but intensely physical. There should have been challenges that played to the skills of the older players. The show really did not. In addition they did not just separate the teams by age but the older team has a couple of members who can barely move and another couple who look like they might need to have their meds upped just a bit.
It looks like the teams merge next week but the damage is done. The last few weeks of Survivor Nicaragua have set a pretty dismal tone.
In addition, this current season has one of the truly nastiest players, (NaOnka below) I have ever seen on the show. Parts of this hour are just unpleasant to watch. I know editing plays a huge role on reality tv but NaOnka is not just edited as a reality villain, she is being shown as truly one of the ugliest human beings I have ever seen on television.
Jeff Probst's lectures are getting a bit tiresome as well. Telling the seniors they need to get their act together when they have just lost a physical challenge to the 20 somethings is equal to getting mad at your radio for not being a tv...just dumb.
