I'm so disappointed in this theme I wanted Liberals vs. Conservatives. Like, I can already tell I'm going to be rolling my eyes so much at this season. I almost puked when that one Gen X-er said "We handed them the world that they're just taking advantage of" about Millennials.
I don't get why every season has to have a cringeworthy, over the top theme. Is it because Jeff creams his ugly cargos everytime the people take their theme to heart and really yuck it up for the cameras?
I don't get why every season has to have a cringeworthy, over the top theme. Is it because Jeff creams his ugly cargos everytime the people take their theme to heart and really yuck it up for the cameras?
Neither do I. The producers must think it helps boost ratings or something but they almost never actually impact the season and they seem so pointless to me.
Part of it is that gimmicky themes make it a LOT easier to market and play with in the press/promos, especially if the location itself isn't a hook. It's season 33, so 'just a normal game of Survivor!!' doesn't give them much to work with in enticing new/undecided viewers into checking it out. A theme makes it seem fresh and raises curiosity (is the theory at least). Also, it plays up to the idea of it still being a 'social experiment', which is part of its unique selling point in their eyes and makes it seem more credible, when it isn't really that anymore.
It's BS and they usually abandon the theme by episode 2 so whatever. As long as we don't have a Spencer type who bounces on the producer's D by incorporating the theme into every single confessional they give it should be ok.
Oh, I guess the supposed theme for S34 was clearly confirmed false by that castlist.
I wonder how exactly it'll be marketed. Generically All-Stars? Try to configure them into Heroes and Villains?
“I think people are going to dig this season,” says Probst of Millennials vs Gen X. “I really think you’re going to like a lot of these players. The key will come down to who you relate to. I’m a Gen Xer and I found myself drawn to the Millennials. I was embarrassed that the Gen Xers were so uptight, a lot of them. And the Millennials would says things like ‘Technology, and we want autonomy, and we want to work the hours we want to work,’ and the Gen Xers would say, ‘You guys are too entitled, you’re too much technology based,’ and the Millennials would say, ‘No, you’re just from an old system and you don’t see. We’re not the future, we’re the now. And if you’d stop writing longhand and get a computer, you might figure it out.’”
The host adds that the disparity in approach from the Tribes will be made clear early on thanks to a big Survivor first. “We have something happen in the second day of the first episode that has never happened before,” says Probst. “And the Gen Xers react to it with a little bit of concern and fear. And the Millennials are like they’re at a rock concert going ‘Bring it! We’ll take it!’ And that really struck me as, yes, I want to be like you.”
Speaking of new things to look forward to, Probst teases that there will be a fresh wrinkle when it comes to the hidden immunity idols. “We’re going to continue to evolve idols in Millennials vs Gen X, It’s super cool what we’re doing with the idols. I think the audience is going to get a chuckle out of it and they’re going to go, ‘Wow, that’s another great idea. How did they do that?’ And then the idea for next year I think is going to be pretty cool. I cant say what it is, but yes, we will continue to use the idols as a way to make people work harder to get advantages in the game.”
I wanted Liberals vs. Conservatives. Like, I can already tell I'm going to be rolling my eyes so much at this season. I almost puked when that one Gen X-er said "We handed them the world that they're just taking advantage of" about Millennials. 
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