by nationpower » Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:25:45 pm
I think people are so used to "OuTlAnDiSh111!!!!11!" casts in the past few years that when you have a cast full of relatively normal people, they don't think it will be interesting. But I feel like this season is more going back to the roots of Survivor in terms of a cast. Besides the obvious D-list celebrity casting of John Rocker, the Twinnies, and sort of Josh/Reed, everyone else seems like a cast that could be on a season from the early oughts if they did a BvW way back then. And I think that's great. You don't need wacky personalities or OTT people to make up a good cast, sometimes it's fun to see relatively normal people change out there due to the elements (ala Trish Hegarty).