Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-5870534-20161003015042

Just wanted to see what people thought about these something vs. something else seasons. Do you like them?

I, personally, think they are dumb. I hate the Millennials vs. Gen. X  concept, and I also hate the BvBvB concept, and I hate the men vs. women concept (although it did work in season 6). What I hate about these themes is that they don't add a thing to the game, especially after the tribes are switched after two or three episodes. So why are these concepts necessary? It frustrates me that "Survivor" has gone from interesting concepts based on local culture to stupid and useless concepts based on a certain group of people playing against another group of people.

Having said that, there are three something vs. something concepts that actually work: Heroes vs. Villains (I was actually surprised it was really the heroes against the villains all season long, and the fact there was no tribal switch didn't hurt either), Blood vs. Water (although this is not something I would like to see often on Survivor), and Fans vs. Favourites.

Again, what angers we the most about the modern Survivor seasons is that they no longer have an atmosphere. I have started rewatching "Pearl Islands", and I have to say that it is great not just because of Rupert and Johnny Fairplay, but also because of its overall atmosphere, the pirate theme, the focus on survival and characters, and not just stategy, the fact the season had an overall theme, and was not about some lame concept of battle of the whatever that is absolutely forgotten and discarded after the first few episodes. I mean, look at Millennials versus Generation X - we have a tribal swap in the third episode, thus the main concept of the season is thrown in the garbage in a very early stage. From now on, it will be just another season of Survivor that will be just like the previous seasons. 