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Kirblar wrote:

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Having 1 out of 4 seasons be all-star variants sounds like a fair ratio. Every other year would definitely be too much.

Yeah, I kind of hate this idea for a lot of reasons. The only pro is (obviously) that it increases the chances of any given favorite past contestant to return, and if Kelly G and Sean R come back, I'll be all about this. But the cons totally outweigh that:
-Takes away the novelty of returning player seasons.
-Will lead to even more frustration if people like Twila and Terry continue getting passed over.
-Say goodbye to casts with less than 20 people. Even though Jeff openly said the producers prefer 16, they'll stick with 20 because the number of new contestants in a year will be reduced from 32 minimum. They will say this is because they want as many people to get a chance to play as possible. In essence, even if they somehow do scrape up a good cast of new players, we'll never be able to tell because the editors will be forced to deal with 20 (more accurately, 2-3). Also, say goodbye to the final two, because unless someone gets evacuated after the jury starts forming, 20 people means F3.

As long as they vary up the themes (i.e. not just straightforward, here are 20 people who made it far enough to be considered All-Stars) and don't make them too cheesy (as compelling as Blondes vs. Brunettes would be, we're already seeing the Candice/Danielle match-up this season which will probably be too much excitement to handle as is), whatever. I mean, I know I'll look forward to seeing favorites return no matter what but I think it's going to ruin the series in other ways. I get the argument that it's better than one season a year or no seasons at all, but I don't even know if I agree anymore. Is it going to be worth it if all we're going to get from here on out will be crap seasons like Samoa and then retreads?

Who even cares if they location is the same? They don't need to utilize returning contestants or some stupid gimmick twist. Just do like S7/S12 and S10/S16 and call the same location something different. (Yes, I realize that S12 and S16 did a stupid gimmick twist and had returning players respectively. But even if they hadn't, they could've been called Survivor: Panama and Survivor: Micronesia and most viewers wouldn't have batted an eye.)