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Summary: I expected more, but not bad.
Review: As a big fan of the show I was very excited to add this to my DVD collection. I was happy with Volume 1 and was expecting the same with this DVD, but I was rather disappointed. The 2nd season of Survivor in my opinion has been the best of all 4. I just wish this DVD would have included more than it did. It's not as long as Volume 1, and does not include any material that was not on TV. They could have done better with this DVD. This collection is for diehard fans like myself only. Rudy still rules.
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Summary: PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!
Review: Being an extreme Survivor fan (I waited about 2 years after first hearing of the concept before it aired), I am extremely disappointed with this DVD; hence, a 1-Star rating (I couldn't give it a NO-STAR rating). This DVD does not capture the essence of the series AT ALL! The biggest attraction of the series is watching the development of the personality conflicts and the political maneuvering based upon that. However, with this DVD you see none of that. You cannot even tell what is happening with the story on this DVD. The DVD just shows the Survivors in different clips and then, all of a sudden, they show the vote but you don't know how the vote developed because you don't see the interpersonal relationships or the politics! This DVD, and the Season 1 DVD which fails in all the same areas, was a waste of time for CBS to put out. If CBS truly wants to do the Survivor Series credit and honor the hardcore fans, they will release a DVD boxset of the entire series with complete episodes, complete Final Words, Reunion Episode, Return Episode, The First Days rehash episode, all of the CBS Morning Show interviews, the complete audition tapes, and a DVD website archive with full content. CBS, do the Survivor fans a favor and release the box set and don't make the same mistake with Survivor 3!!!
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Summary: Season set coming -- avoid this
Review: Considered by many fans to be the best season ever, Survivor: The Australian Outback - The Complete Second Season is being released April 26, 2005. This brief review of the season is ok, but the season set is definitely the better buy. The season set is six discs, one of them being this disc. DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU ARE BUYING THE SEASON SET.
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Summary: Elisabeth Filarski.. MY Soul Survivor
Review: elisabeth filarski kicked ass!.. oh, who evers bought it.. has it got alot of elisabeth? anyway.. i hope it works on australian dvds.. or else im gonna KICK SOME ASS!
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Summary: A Good Video that Wanted to be Better
Review: First off, let me just say here that I absolutely adored "Survivor 2." And this is coming from a person who wasn't even going to watch it.I never watched the original "Survivor." I must have been one of about three people on the planet who couldn't tell you anything about the original show. I still can't; I have yet to see it, and I don't intend on doing so very soon. But I gave "Survivor 2" a try after some prodding by a friend, and I was hooked after the very first episode. I immediately fell in love with Elisbeth and Rodger after the first episode, as did a lot of America. I rooted for them every episode, and I was thrilled to see them get as far as they did. But anyway . . . onto the review of this tape, right? That is, after all, what you're here for isn't it? :) This is a video that wanted to be much better. It has a lot of deleted footage that viewers haven't seen (including a cute hide-and-go-seek scene played by Colby, Elisabeth, and Tina). It gives all of the Tribal Councils, and who voted for the person that got booted off at that particular Council. This video goes through each person one by one, and it ultimately ends up with that person getting voted off. The only problem here is that each sequence is too brief; we get maybe two or three key scenes for each character, and then we're back to Tribal Council. There are still some classic scenes that were not left on the cutting room floor. Things like Alicia's and Kimmi's "finger waving head bobbing" scene; and the very gripping sequence where Mike falls into the fire. But so many other things are omitted - things like Colby's mom coming to visit, and Mike chasing after the boar. Many of the Immunity Challenges are left out, as well. At the end of the video, the final ten contestants' appearances on The Early Show are shown. These are not the full interviews, but rather, just snippets of the interviews. In short, this is a fine video that wanted to be better. Here's hoping that someone realizes a DVD or VHS set of the whole series would be a smart idea. One two-and-a-half hour video just doesn't suffice for 42 days worth of footage.
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Summary: HUGE Survivor fan!
Review: Having enjoyed the whole first season of Survivor (it's not for sale in Australia. Had to buy it from here!), I would love to see the same done for ALL the Survivors starting with Survivor Australia. I missed a lot of that series, and although this dvd is entertaining, after having a taste of the FULL 1st season with everything including the full shows, interviews, behind the scenes etc - I WANT MORE! Bring out the same for Survivor Australia as you did for the first Survivor! I imagine there is an audience, so definately worth doing for all the Survivor seasons.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Don't make me grovel... it's embarrassing!
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Summary: ????
Review: Hey Joe... This is not even out on the shelves yet so How did you see it?? humm seems like a promotion thing gooding.... remember sony and it's "poll audiences".
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Summary: Try to get it as a gift
Review: I am a big fan of Survivor and I enjoyed having some new Survivor II video to watch. There is definitely nothing hugely exciting or revealing in this DVD. If you're expecting to see the uncensored pig-killing footage, or the uncensored footage of Mike burning his hands, you will be disappointed. But what you will see are some extra details of the game, for example: at every tribal council, the survivors offer reasons for voting the way they did as they hold up the name. Usually on the TV show you only get to see 1 or 2 explanations, because they want to maintain the drama/surprise. This DVD shows what almost all of them actually said when they voted each other off. You get the "final words" of all the survivors as well. You also get all of the Early Show interviews (edited for length however). The main portion of this DVD goes through each survivor in the order they were booted, you get to see portions of their audition tape and also some footage from their audition interviews. I was surprised at the total length of this DVD: 2 hours of retrospective and 1 hour of Early Show interviews, for 3 hours total! The boring parts are: seeing the same old footage that you've seen a thousand times before, and also even some of the footage is repeated from the retrospective and the Early Show interviews. I haven't seen the Season 1 DVD so I can't compare to that. Some of this video may have appeared on the web site but it's good to have it in normal video format. This is the first DVD I have seen that originated from a D1 video source, and I was amazed at how sharp and clear the picture was. The DVD-ROM offers the Survivor 2 web site, but it tried to install "InterActual Player" on my computer. I was able to surf website contained on the DVD straight from the disc without installing that player. Overall, this DVD is a good gift to receive if you are a fan of Survivor. I wouldn't pay my own money for it though.
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Summary: Nice Summary of the Show.
Review: I am a big Survivor fan and Survivor 2 has been my favorite edition of the series so far. With that said, I was a bit disappointed by this video. Parts of all the tribal coucils are here along with each guest's parting words and clips from their audition tapes. However, there really isn't much footage from the actual show itself. Mike's pig slaughter isn't even discussed, other than in passing, and there isn't any more footage surrounding Mike's accident. In fact, there isn't much new footage at all. At the end of the tape there are Early Show interviews with each of the final 10 contestants but those have been edited, too and some of the best parts are gone, e.g. Rodger discussing the alliance he, Mike, and Elisabeth had that would have taken them to the final three if Mike hadn't gotten hurt. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching this tape because it was a pleasure seeing some of my favorite people from television again. They had a great group of people in this version of the game and it was nice to re-visit them again. A nice summary of the show that fans can appreciate and reminisce.
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Summary: Not Bad But Could've Been Better
Review: I am a die-hard Survivor fanatic. And I enjoyed the second season of the show, in particular. How does its DVD stack up against the first release? Ehh... It is essentially the same feature that the first release had: a two hour retrospective on the season. But that's where the similarities end. First off, the good. For every tribal council you get to view the comments of everyone who voted specifically for the person who was voted off. The Special Features show us a lot of the footage from The Early Show. Some of the included audition videos are quite amusing. And there are a few moments of footage in the feature that we never saw on tv. Now, the bad. Too many of the challenges are left off. Many of the show's best (and most notorious) moments are nowhere to be found, including the pig hunt. Unlike the season one disk, there are no animated menus (a major error, for DVD lovers). And the data on voting history is also missing; while the Early Show footage is nice, there is but a fraction of what was found on the special features last time (and that wasn't a lot, to begin with). Heck, the post-Survivor special that CBS showed could've been included as an easy bonus, but it's not even here. I could've also used more footage of Elisabeth and Rodger, but that's just me. In essence, this is a bare bones release. I love Survivor, but I'm disappointed with this DVD. It could've been so much better. It's a good refresher, if you just gotta see those sixteen people again. But hard-core Survivor fans will probably be disappointed in the lack of attention and care that was given to this project. THREE STARS.
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