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Summary: Can't wait...
Review: (...) This season was very entertaining. Yeah it was just on TV, and it would have been nice to get some of the other seasons first, this is still gonna be a great set. Here is what you are gonna get...The video will be presented in the standard 4x3 (1.33:1) ratio, and will contain a Dolby Surround track, and captions for the hearing impared. The set is still slated for an August 31st release. Extras include:
Commentaries on 10 episodes by (variously) Rob Cesternino, Jenna Morasca, Rudy Boesch, Tina Wesson, Lex Van Den Berghe, Alicia Calaway, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Shii Ann Huang, Rupert Boneham, Jenna Lewis, Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano Survivor Profiles
Featurettes: "Behind the Dream Team," "Anthology with the All-Stars," "Casting the Castaways" and "The Big Night" 22 on-air promos
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Summary: All star whiners
Review: After 7 seasons, Survivor brought back several of its most interesting personalities ... and then some others ... to play the game again. Included in the bunch are several former winners, non-winners looking to try and not be a 2nd-time loser, and then some people there because their acting career isn't going so well.
The season is full of dramatic moments: Jenna M leaves the show because her mother is dying! Sue Hawk has an emotionally draining, and questionable, experience with Richard Hatch! Lex is horribly duped by Boston Rob, and pays with his life! All this leads to the stunning 2-hour finale where the bitter Jury stand as petulant whiners and get down to the mentality of 6-year-olds in the most shocking display of poor losers I have ever seen on this show.
In the end, All Star Survivor was not as exciting or as groundbreaking as I expected. But there is still enough twists and turns to warrant a watch. The bonus features include interviews with the Survivors before embarking on the show, highlights of past Survivor seasons, and some interviews with the final four.
One gripe - how come Survivor 2: Australia wasn't released? In May, Survivor 1 was released, and now it's Survivor 8? I think they should release the seasons in chronological order.
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Summary: Great Season
Review: I have been a survivor fan since season 2, so im a major survivor fan..
I was so happy to see Survivor Allstars(S8) on DVD but i was very disapointed that the seasons were not released by order of Season.
All Stars had some of the best players ever to compete in survivor.. but some who should have been included that were not
over all this was a great season with great castaways
i recomend this DVD to all star survivor fans
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Summary: The Robfather Dominates
Review: I have never been much of a fan of reality television, but there have been a few exceptions. I watched the original Survivor simply because it was new, it had never been done before and I found that entertaining and compelling. After the first season I didn't return to Survivor until the All-Star edition began after last year's Super Bowl. The reason I tuned in? Because it was new and different. Nobody had ever returned to play this game a second time.
Coming into this game, the All-Stars had to know that this was going to be different. Everything was going to be stepped up a notch and they had to bring their A games. As soon as the tribes set foot on the island, the elevated level of survival came boiling to the surface, as winners (of which there were four) realized that they had a huge target on their backs, and alliances began to form, one of which lasted until the bitter end.
While Amber Brkich (Survivor Australia) walked away with the million dollar prize at the end of the game, this season, in every sense of the word, belonged to Boston Rob Mariano. He dominated the physical challenges and was incredibly strong in the mental ones as well. He outplayed everyone on the island, using everything he could, including friendships, to get him to the final two. It is kind of depressing on the commentaries and on the episodes themselves, to listen to the constant whining of Lex and Alicia. Both of these All-Stars were played by Boston Rob. He used them to get to the end, wh ich is the whole idea. They cried like babies about it and it is sad. Like original winner Richard Hatch said in the reunion show, "It's just a game." They should realize that he outplayed them, accept it and move on with their lives.
As I said, Boston Rob outplayed everyone in the game, but he didn't win the million dollars, as I feel he probably deserved. He lost out because of the bitterness of two people who felt betrayed, in a game where betrayal always comes into play.
For the All-Stars, Rupert, Jerri, Colby, Sue, Richard, Big Tom and the others provided plenty of entertainment. The challenges were extremely tough, probably the hardest ever, as they should be. You could see the complete exhaustion in the faces of these seasoned veterans of the game. This was not a walk in the jungle for anyone.
While there are many people who could have been cast, it is possible, many didn't want to return to the game. I am sure there are a lot of people who would have liked to have seen Colleen, Greg and Gervase from Season One, or Michael Skupin or Elisabeth Filarski (Hasselbeck) from Australia, or any number of others. Despite all that, the All-Stars chosen were a diverse bunch and made for solid competition.
The DVD set has a number of great extras, with lots of unaired scenes and confessionals. While the recap episode (Number Nine) is not included on this set, the best scene from that episode, the mock tribal council with Rob Cesternino's dead-on Jeff Probst impression, is included in the extra scenes. In addition there are a number of commentaries, including four featuring the hilarious Cesternino at the head of the pack.
While this season didn't end up being the best Survivor ever, as claimed in the promos (In my mind that honor goes to season one), this was a pretty solid effort. It had never been done before and that in and of itself made it worth watching.
Go out and buy this set. It is worth it. I also highly recommend purchasing the set from Season One, if for no other reason than the incredibly beautiful Colleen Haskell.
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Summary: good season, great DVD
Review: If you liked the season, definetly get this DVD. If you thought the season was ok/good, you should still get this DVD. This DVD in my opinion is much better made then the first season DVD, even though the first season was better. Differences between the two DVD's is that All-Stars actually shows you the entire coverage of what each survivor had to say after they were voted off. Also there is no nudity, which in this case is good since on the last DVD we saw Richard Hatch pantless a few times. One thing thats really cool is that on almost every episode theres the option of survivor commentary. In the first season only 2 episodes had commentary. This DVD also had tips on how you could be a possible survivor, and lots and lots of bonus coverage.
The reason i voted 4 stars is because the season lacked a little, but the DVD in the end makes up for it.
If your a survivor fan, this DVD is a must get, plus its pretty cheap, compared to other shows full seasons.
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Summary: Another masterpiece by Mark burnett
Review: Mark Burnett does it again. This All-Stars Season includes castaways from the previous 7 seasons(Borneo, Australia, Africa, Marquesas, Thailand, Amazon, and Pearl Islands). The DVD includes all of the Episodes including commenary by some castways. Commentary by Rob C., Rudy, and Jenna is great. There is also commentary by Shii Ann, Lex, and Kathy which is just all of them whining and interupting each other. A great way to enjoy the All-Stars Season again. Mark Burnett has the abilitiy to cast a great group of people which adds to the dynamic of Survivor. Overall great DVD
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Summary: THE BEST!!!!!
Review: Survivor All Stars was one of the best seasons on TV. I would like to say to people who gave this a one star not to give the show a bad review, because the have not released the other seasons on dvd yet. This was a great season. I hope they do release the other seasons on dvd and i think if they don't that would be dumb, because they can make some money from it. I would buy every season on dvd.
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Summary: Survivor All-Stars Rocked
Review: Survivor All-Stars had everything. 18 memorable characters, a lot of drama and some of the most intense moments ever. True, there may be people who questioned Amber's win, or why Boston Rob dominated (cuz he rocks!) and why Elisabeth, Mike Skupin or Brian Heidik were not on, but you can't please everybody. There were some truly insane moments (Jenna's departure, Sue's outrage and departure, Lex's bitterness, and Shii-Ann's awesome immunity win) this season, and it ranks up there as one of the best seasons. Definitely worth it. I'm going to pick it up when it comes out!
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Summary: Fun and a definate must for all fans
Review: This DVD set is great. Although there is one episode missing ( the recap episode - with unseen footage), it's a fantastic gift for yourself or any fan. The thing I loved most, is the cast comentary on many of the episodes. It gives you a lot of information about how some of them felt towards others out there and also some things that went on that the cameras didn't pick up. With the exception of Jenna, Amber (Ambar), Rupet and Rob (who were all monotonos and BORING), the other groups that commentated were excellent and fun. They had great personalities and it made a regular episode so much more fun to watch.
Go out and buy this set because it's totally cool and especially if you are a big fan, you'll love it and keep it forever.
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Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!
Review: This is such great news! I loved this season, and have been a huge Boston Rob fan! I loved the way he played the game in Marquesas, and he played even better in All Stars!! I was happy to see Amber win too! I am glad to see that they are releasing this on DVD. But I would also love to see them release Australia, and Africa also. Those two were my favorite seasons. And you can see that they picked quite a few players from those two seasons to take part in All Stars. I hope they continue to release all of the other season (well they can forget about Thailand I guess LOL). BUY this set all of you Survivor fans so to help the chances of them releasing other seasons. ALL STARS ROCKED!!!!!!
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