SLAM!

@AN9815 @DAJK @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Everyone stares at the REVOLVING DOOR. SLAM! and @The Dark Alfred stand at the door. SLAM!: All right, Alfred. It's time to see if your score beats the score of the eliminated player who's standing behind the door. Now... Please walk through the Revolving Door... The Dark Alfred walks in...

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh TRIBAL COUNCIL #7 SLAM!: Welcome to tribal council! We're fast-forwarding past the voting phase this time 😅 SLAM!: Does anyone have any advantages they would like to play? Now's the time! YM: (looks around) Reddroast: (bites nails) The Dark Alfred: ... SLAM!: All right. So after all that advantage craziness, let's see who won Tuesday Immunity! The winner... SLAM!: Time to reveal the votes. First vote: Second vote: Third vote: Fourth vote: Fifth vote: Sixth vote: Seventh vote: Eighth vote: Ninth vote: The player voted out of Survivor: Pandora...

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh A newfound obsession with my college thesis project has caused a delay in the posting of tonight's tribal council. Please expect it to be posted within the next two hours.

Thank you for #1, #4, #10, #11, #19, #20, #21, and #24!

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh There's still a smidgen of time to get those Tuesday predictions in if you still want to! And the vote, of course, is due by 7 PM EST. I want to roll an announcement into this reminder. It's a minor announcement so I don't feel any need to do an "after the tribal" announcement for this. As you may know, players have been granted coins and advantages from eliminated players throughout the season. This is what production has dubbed the THANKSGIVING COMES EARLY TWIST Players were given the option to pick which players they wanted to give coins and items to, or they could send them at random. We have reached a pivotal juncture in this game. As a result, the Thanksgiving Comes Early twist is closed. With the exception of tonight's Revolving Door event, eliminated players will no longer give coins and items to players still in the game. After this week, anything in their pocket goes out of the game with them. Good luck tonight!

The Full List of EFA 2022 Nominations: European Film Alcarràs (Sp-It) Director Carla Simón, producers María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili Close (Bel-Fr-Neth) Director Lukas Dhont, producers Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart Corsage (Austria-Lux-Ger-France) Director Marie Kreutzer, producers Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond Holy Spider (Den-Ger-Swe-Fr) Director by Ali Abbasi, producers Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek Triangle Of Sadness (Swe-Ger-Fr-UK) Directed by Ruben Östlund, producers Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober European Documentary A House Made Of Splinters (Den-Swe-Fin-Ukr) Director Simon Lereng Wilmont Girl Gang (Switz) Director Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland) Mariupolis 2 (Lithuania-Fr-Ger) Director Mantas Kvedaravičius The Balcony Movie (Pol) Director Paweł Łoziński The March On Rome (It) Director Mark Cousins European Director Lukas Dhont for Close Marie Kreutzer for Corsage Jerzy Skolimowski for EO Ali Abbasi for Holy Spider Alice Diop for Saint Omer Ruben Östlund for Triangle Of Sadness European Actress Vicky Krieps in Corsage Zar Amir Ebrahimi in Holy Spider Léa Seydoux in One Fine Morning Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers Meltem Kaptan in Rabiye Kurnaz Vs. George W. Bush European Actor Paul Mescal in Aftersun Eden Dambrine in Close Elliott Crosset Hove in Godland Pierfrancesco Favino in Nostalgia Zlatko Burić in Triangle Of Sadness European Screenwriter Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for Alcarràs Kenneth Branagh for Belfast Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for Close Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for Holy Spider Ruben Östlund for Triangle Of Sadness European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 107 Mothers (Slovakia-Czech Rep-Ukr) Director Peter Kerekes Love According To Dalva (Bel-Fr) Director Emmanuelle Nicot Other People (Pol-Fr) Director Aleksandra Terpińska Pamfir (Ukr-Fr-Pol-Ger-Chile) Director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Small Body (It-Slovenia-Fr) Director Laura Samani Sonne Director Kurdwin Ayub

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Hello everyone! I would like to make a slight adjustment to the new Mean Mojo Monty challenge. Instead of NannerManCan picking the film by early Monday, I want him to pick the film by the Thursday deadline instead. I was wanting Mean Mojo Monty to feel like a “midboss” of sorts but I think picking the film by early Monday would make for a broken, unbeatable situation. With Thursday as the deadline, it would probably be a fairer twist!

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh *We begin our episode in the barracks. ZeeSoh pulls YM! aside.* ZeeSoh: So apparently, NannerManCan put every item and their mother’s item on Cap… YM!: Yep, you are precisely correct. ZeeSoh: We should’ve known better than to underestimate him. YM!: Right. He’s a whiz with a forklift, after all. He was a threat hidden in plain sight. ZeeSoh: There he is… Let’s confront him together. ZeeSoh and YM! walk up to NannerManCan. ZeeSoh: You’re in the soup now, NannerManCan! NannerManCan: There is no NannerManCan. There is only Mean Mojo Monty. YM!: …Mean Mojo What Now? NannerManCan: Mean Mojo Monty. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to try that Blue Raspberry Icee that everyone’s talking about. NannerManCan walks past them, leaving them speechless. ZeeSoh: He’s clearly tried that Icee before! Sometimes I’m gullible, but not this time! YM!: You’ve got a point… But I don’t think NannerManCan’s the type to play pranks on us. Confessional – NannerManCan: How grateful I am to experience the world of humans and Na’vi Avatars! I’ll stay in the body for as long as this body’s host allows it! (His left arm grabs his head, and his right arm holds the left arm down. His eye twitches.) NannerManCan walks up to The Dark Alfred. NannerManCan: Hello, fellow ghost! My name is Mean Mojo Monty. Who might you be? The Dark Alfred: Uh… “The Dark Alfred.” NannerManCan: I must compliment your ghastly scent! I would describe such a scent as… “grassy,” or “earthy,” or likewise! Keep it up, kind sir! NannerManCan walks away as Alfred stares in shock with his mouth hanging open. Meanwhile, DAJK and Reddroast talk to each other. Reddroast: Thank you for helping us vote out Gokai Red. I know he was on your Weeping Willows tribe and all, so it probably wasn’t easy. DAJK: I didn’t mind at all… (winks to camera) Reddroast: I think you and I could help each other in the long run. What do you say we target other duos? DAJK: Wait… Who said we were a duo? Reddroast: Beats me. But regardless, if we target duos, then one player goes and the other stays, right? It can help us conquer a numbers game such as Survivor! DAJK turns and fixates on Fancyarcher and AN9815, who are busy playing Dance Dance Revolution together. Fancyarcher: Left, left, front, left, back, right, hold… Perfect score! AN9815: Dance Dance Revolution is a million times better when you’re playing with your best friend! DAJK turns to Reddroast and grins. DAJK: I think I see what you mean… *** We cut to a pirate ship, where each player stands on their own wooden plank. SLAM!: Welcome to the challenge, folks! Due to budget constraints, we have repurposed Gokai Red’s pirate ship for this challenge! YM!: But… The explosion… SLAM!: Explosion ’smosion! Our team was able to fix it up in no time! YM!: … SLAM!: Now. Your challenge is to be the last one standing on your wooden plank. Who’s ready to play “Last One Standing”?! AN9815: Wait. Where’s Ethan Hunt? Cut to Ethan Hunt, who’s standing at a pirate’s food stand and munching on a bag of hushpuppies. Ethan Hunt: Yo Ho Hushpuppies. (munch) SLAM!: Looks like Ethan Hunt has elected to eat hushpuppies, an admittedly sumptuous seafood side-dish, instead of playing the weekend challenge. This means that he’s taking one strike against him, and the next time he doesn’t play a weekend challenge, he will be instantly eliminated from the game! Ethan Hunt: (munch munch) The challenge begins. SLAM!: On your marks. Get set. GO! The players stand intensely on their planks. Fade to Ten Minutes Later… Fancyarcher: This is easy! All we have to do is stand here! YM!: You say that now, but in pretty soon, your legs will cramp up. NannerManCan: By the by, I do like these legs, very much so… ZeeSoh: Don’t lock your knees, folks! AN9815: Aah! (unlocks his knees) Fade to Thirty Minutes Later… Reddroast: Is it just me, or is getting hotter? The Dark Alfred: Now everyone else understands what it means to get baked! Fancyarcher: This is harder than I thought! 🥵 DAJK: (sweat drips from his head) ZeeSoh: I need to cool off… (ZeeSoh drinks two blue raspberry icees.) DAJK: (stares daggers at ZeeSoh) Confessional – DAJK: ZeeSoh may not have Cap by his side anymore, but he is a strong player in his own right. I should keep an eye on him… And maybe plot his demise as well. (smiles) Fade to One Hour Later… Intern: Uh… Nobody’s budging, SLAM! SLAM!: Then we’ll have to improvise. (SLAM! pulls out a megaphone.) SLAM!: Attention all survivors! Because you all are clearly holding on for dear life, I’d like to introduce a special guest! Anyone who jumps off their plank will have a chance to get this Grammy winning recording artist’s autograph! To tempt you into losing the challenge…

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh A quick announcement. By a twist of fate, I've been given a late shift at my job today. This means that the announcement of the weekend challenge results has been delayed to later in the day. I have written the bulk of this week's story in advance (it's a shorter story than other weekend challenge skits anyway) so I think I can get tonight's results to you by 11:59 PM EST. In the meantime... Next Time On Survivor... SLAM!: Due to budget constraints, we have repurposed Gokai Red's pirate ship for this challenge! YM!: But... The explosion... This Weekend Challenge ZeeSoh: You're in the soup now, NannerManCan! NannerManCan: There is no NannerManCan. There is only Mean Mojo Monty. Will Shiver Your Timbers! Ethan Hunt: Yo Ho Hushpuppies. (munch) SURVIVOR PANDORA Episode Seven: "SWASHBUCKLE SWAGGER"

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh MYSTERY BARRELS It's time to pick a mystery barrel. Please pick one of nine mystery barrels. (First come first serve. Sending me your pick via PM is recommended but not necessary.) Bold = Available Striked = Taken Mystery Barrel #1 (NannerManCan's selection) Mystery Barrel #2 (Reddroast's selection) Mystery Barrel #3 (Fancyarcher's selection) Mystery Barrel #4 (DAJK's Selection) Mystery Barrel #5 (ZeeSoh's selection) Mystery Barrel #6 (Ethan Hunt’s selection) Mystery Barrel #7 (YM!'s selection) Mystery Barrel #8 (AN9815’s selection) Mystery Barrel #9 (Dark Alfred’s Selection) Note: There are no "bad barrels," only good ones.

@Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Eric Carey @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Goldenhour36 @M37 @Morieris @NannerManCan @Reddroast @Shanks @YM! @ZeeSoh Weekend predictions are due by 11:59 PST or before the Thursday preview announcement if you have not already submitted! Good luck!

@AN9815 @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh *Intercom blares, everyone goes to the airfield.* SLAM!: Congratulations on making it to the halfway point of the season. This season has been far from easy, and all of you have truly earned your place in the final nine. I have an announcement to make... It's something that I've been planning since the very beginning. I call this twist...

@DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @Reddroast TRIBAL COUNCIL #6 (Part One) SLAM!: Welcome, Squad B, to tribal council, where one of you will be voted out of the game. Gokai Red: Don't worry about it! I got this all under control. Fancyarcher: Wait. Where's Danny DeVito? DAJK: (stares at the camera) SLAM!: Welp! Let's jump straight to voting! *Everybody votes.* SLAM!: All right, if any of you have an advantage and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do so. Gokai Red: (leans back) DAJK: (looks around) The Dark Alfred: ... SLAM!: All right. Let's reveal who won weekend immunity. That winner is: SLAM!: Let's reveal the votes. First vote: Second vote: Third vote: Fourth vote: Fifth vote: Seventh person voted out of Survivor: Pandora... **** One hour later... @AN9815 @Cap @Ethan Hunt @NannerManCan @YM! TRIBAL COUNCIL #6 (Part Two) SLAM!: Welcome to Tribal Council, where one of you will be voted out of Survivor: Pandora. YM!: Yup yup. AN9815: I think this is pretty exciting! NannerManCan: That's easy for you to say... You're not on the chopping block! Cap: I'm sure whatever happens here will cause quite the hubbub. Right, Ethan? Ethan Hunt: Sure will. SLAM!: All right! It's time to vote! *Everybody votes.* SLAM!: If anyone has advantages they would like to play, now would be the time to do so. YM!: (rubs his chin) AN9815: (whistles) Cap: ... SLAM!: The time to play advantages is now over. Let's see who won the Tuesday immunity challenge: SLAM!: I'll read the votes. First vote: Second vote: Third vote: Fourth vote: Fifth vote: Eighth person voted out of Survivor: Pandora...

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! Estimates are trickling in, so Tuesday immunity is now closed. Gets those votes in if you haven't already, cuz they'll be due at 7 PM EST tonight. Oh, and by the way... I've decided on some rules about deadlines for players to use specific items. If an item affects total scores for Tuesday immunity, then that item must be used by the time Tuesday immunity closes. So the window to buy Icees, Nacho Trays, and Sour Patch Kids is now closed. But if an item affects votes, then you can wait to use that item by the voting deadline. So for example, you still have time to buy and use a Popcorn Bucket. This is to prevent competition hacking, so if a player tries to be like "ooh I see my score's low lemme get those icees in," that wouldn't be fair for other players. ADDENDUM: You don't know other players' scores though, so I will let you use icees for or against other players before the voting deadline as well. Anyways, good luck!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! Psst. You. Yeah, you! Don’t tell anyone I told you this… But the Tuesday predictions will be due again by 11:59 PM PST or at least before the estimates trickle in! Also, votes are due by Wednesday at 7 PM EST! But you didn’t get this from me, ya hear?!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Note: The results use the estimate for Triangle of Sadness because Neon decided to be a slowpoke with the actuals. If the actual changes the winner of a squad, then that squad's tribal will be cancelled—but I don't think the winners will change. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! ENJOY! **** AN9815 pedals to the starting line. He’s sporting a cyclist jersey and fingerless gloves, and he’s riding a very nice bike—he looks ready for the Tour de France. He adjusts his helmet. AN9815: All right, I’m hydrated and ready to start the race! I wonder what vehicles everyone else picked… Cap pulls up in a cherry red Electric Ford Mustang Mach E. She rolls the window down and lowers her sunglasses to meet AN9815’s gaze. Cap: Hey. AN9815: Wow! That’s a nice car! Cap: Not just any car. Her name’s Steve. AN9815: Nice to meet you, Steve! “Drop It Like It’s Hot” by Snoop Dogg plays from a radio as The Dark Alfred parks next to Cap in Snoop Dogg’s green 1974 Cadillac Coup Deville. He puffs on something and blows out the air. AN9815: Another nice car! Cool! The Dark Alfred: You know I’m all about that grand prix shit. Let’s get it going man! (Cap squints her eyes at Alfred.) Non-diegetic James Bond music bursts in out of nowhere as in the background, Ethan Hunt drives stylishly in a gray Aston Martin DB5. He drifts in and brakes next to Alfred. We see he’s also wearing a nice tuxedo! Ethan Hunt: The name’s Hunt… Ethan Hunt. The Dark Alfred: You’ll be hunting after me on this racetrack, man! Ethan Hunt: I could say the same to you. (AN9815 stares at everyone’s cars and looks away, bewildered.) Confessional – AN9815: It was at that moment I realized I was at a disadvantage… A Reliant Robin (old three-wheel car) swerves left and right in the background and pulls up next to Ethan Hunt. NannerManCan rolls down the window. NannerManCan: I’m here and ready to steer! Cap: That car’s a little wobbly, don’t you say? NannerManCan: Maybe so… But as you know, I’m driven a particular vehicle that’s much more complicated than this. AN9815: You mean a Zamboni?! NannerManCan: … An engine roars in as Fancyarcher stops his Mario Kart go-kart next to NannerManCan. The Dark Alfred: It’s a Mario Kart type kart! Fancyarcher: You know it! To beat the best, you have to bring the best! Ethan Hunt: Let us know if you see any item blocks around. We could use ‘em. A UPS truck parks next to the Fancyarcher’s Kart. Reddroast leans out the window. Reddroast: Delivery! Fancyarcher: Huh? What are you delivering?! Reddroast: I’m delivering your tickets back home! (laughs) (The Dark Alfred glares at Reddroast.) Boing. Boing. Boing. A pogo stick approaches. It’s Danny DeVito, and DAJK is riding on Danny’s shoulders. Danny DeVito: You’re too heavy! I don’t think I can carry you through the whole race… No offense, though! DAJK: Too bad, Danny DeVito! You’re going to give me a piggyback ride on a pogo stick and I’m not taking no for an answer! (Ethan Hunt quietly observes.) Chugga-chugga-chugga. A tank rolls in. YM! pops open the top entrance. YM!: Hello! DAJK: Geez! You almost ran over me and Danny DeVito! Cap: Looks like someone’s bringing out the big guns. Confessional – YM!: They think I have no fight in me. That’s where they’re wrong! Cuz I have a lot left in the tank—both the literal one, and the metaphorical one! A shadow looms over everyone. It’s a flying pirate ship! There’s a bunch of pirates onboard, and Gokai Red is the captain! Gokai Red: Ahoy maties! Fancyarcher: How in the—what? I’m speechless! How is that thing flying?! I don’t get it! NannerManCan: Dude! One Piece Film: Red releases next week! You’re one week early! Gokai Red: Can it, NannerManCan! Me and my crew are winning this race, just you wait! The Dark Alfred: Another unparalleled trip here on Survivor Pandora! Heh heh… (smokes) AN9815: (grips the handlebars) All right, AN9815. They may have gone crazy with the vehicles… But you’ll show them all what a good-old-fashioned cyclist can do! SLAM! steps up to the starting line. SLAM!: On your marks. Gokai Red: You heard him! READY! (Gokai’s pirates scramble to their positions.) (Ethan Hunt adjusts his bowtie.) (NannerManCan stabilizes his Reliant Robin.) SLAM!: Ready… (The Dark Alfred snuffs out his joint and tosses it out.) (YM! crawls into the tank and assumes the controls.) (Danny DeVito continues bouncing in extreme pain, while DAJK, stone-faced, stares ahead.) SLAM!: Set… (Cap flexes her fingers and grips the wheel.) (Fancyarcher “holds down the A button” for that classic Mario Kart speed boost.) (Reddroast puts on a UPS hat.) (AN9815 flicks his thumb. SNAP: he shifts gears!) SLAM!: GO! GO! GO! Everyone speeds off! What’s more, Fancyarcher nails his speed boost, and he surges into first! Fancyarcher: Asta la vista, baybeeee! Gokai Red: Nice boost arrow man, but I won’t let you win that easily! Pirates, attack! Pirates leap out of the flying pirate ship in their flying rowboats, and they specifically target players in Squad B. One of the pirates jumps into Reddroast’s UPS truck, because the passenger door is open, because they’re always left open. Pirate #1: Yarr! Reddroast: Looks like I have company… Reddroast grabs a crowbar and parries the pirate’s sword, and he kicks the pirate, who falls out from the open passenger door. The pirate is run over by YM!’s tank! Reddroast: I better get away from these pirates… Reddroast pushes a button. The contents of two blue raspberry icees surges into the engine, and Reddroast takes off! **** Meanwhile, AN9815 pedals as fast as he can. Sweat drips from his helmet! AN9815: C’mon AN9815! You can do this! Ethan Hunt drives up next to AN9815. Ethan Hunt: A bike in a street race; it’s a little old-fashioned, isn’t it? AN9815: I wanted to put myself to a true test! Ethan Hunt: Oh. Well, in that case… Ethan Hunt slides a Rewards Card into the radio’s CD slot. A message reads: Congratulations! You earned a 4% rewards boost. Ethan Hunt: Heh heh heh… Ethan Hunt speeds past AN9815, who looks on in distress. Fancyarcher pulls up next to him. Fancyarcher: What’s the matter? AN9815: I don’t think I can beat all these fancy cool cats… Fancyarcher: Don’t worry about that. Hell, don’t worry about what anyone thinks! You chose that bike, so be stubborn about it! There’s no point in giving up now! Fancyarcher speeds off. AN9815: Yeah. You’re right! AN9815 pedals faster and surges forward. **** Meanwhile, The Dark Alfred, who is VERY high today, is swerving around in last place. NannerManCan: Sheesh! He’s swerving more than I am! The Dark Alfred: La da da da da, it’s the duhnuhduhnuh Dark Alfred! NannerManCan: You better watch the road, Alfred… Oh, shoot! NannerManCan’s reliant robin launches off a giant rock, and it flies across the road, flipping over and crashing in epic fashion. While in midair, NannerManCan somehow manages to put his Rewards Card into the CD slot. Congratulations! You earned a 4% rewards boost. Two mini-wheels pop out of the Robin’s three wheels, and when the car lands upright, it stabilizes—but he’s still spinning out! The Dark Alfred: Be careful dude, your car’s doing corkscrews. NannerManCan: I think I can salvage this! NannerManCan uses his vehicular skills to stabilize the car, and he heads to the finish line. NannerManCan: Shoot… I’m pretty banged up! **** Meanwhile, DAJK and Danny DeVito continue bouncing on the pogo stick! Danny DeVito: What is this, the set of a Mad Max movie? Where’s George Miller? I want to work with him! He could help me break my typecasting! DAJK: You’re not going fast enough, Danny. Danny DeVito: Chill out, scrap! Your body weight’s slowing me down as is! Cap drives next to DAJK. Cap: Hey, boys! Need a ride? Danny DeVito: That car sure is nice… Cap: Thanks. She's Steve. DAJK: Thank for the offer, Cap. But that won’t be necessary. Cap looks into DAJK’s eyes. Cap: Oh shoot. It’s not happening again, is it? Is the game getting to your head? DAJK: Maybe so. But you might not be around to find out for sure! Cap: Oh. I see how it is. Cap pushes a button to pour the contents of one blue raspberry icee into her engine. She speeds past DAJK and Danny DeVito! Danny DeVito: She’s leaving us in the dust! DAJK: I can fix that. Here, drink this! DAJK pours one blue raspberry icee into Danny DeVito’s mouth. Danny DeVito: Ahh! That’s the stuff! DAJK: Now mush, Danny DeVito! MUSH! Danny DeVito bounces faster! And he even bounces past Cap’s Electric Ford Mustang! Cap: Looks like I’m not the only one with tricks up my sleeve… **** Meanwhile, Gokai Red’s pirate ship flies next to YM!’s tank. YM!: I know what you’re thinking of doing. But don’t! It’s not logical! Gokai Red: I’m full of logic, YM!! The best way to win a race is destroy other vehicles. And I’m starting with the most indestructible one! YM!: Have it your way! The tank fires at the pirate ship, and the pirate ship shoots cannonballs at the tank. The tank overwhelms the pirate ship, and the ship crashes and explodes—though Gokai Red jumps out in the nick of time to save his life. Gokai Red: I will remember this, YM!! And guess what? I may be going down with the ship this time—but my flying rowboats are still out there! **** Meanwhile, a flying rowboat full of pirates gains on Fancyarcher. Fancyarcher: Oh, son of a… Ugghghhgh, no! They’re getting closer… But wait! Fancyarcher drives through an item block! Fancyarcher: Oh, Thank God! The item roulette lands on a banana peel. Fancyarcher: Well if it worked for Eric, it’ll work for me! Fancyarcher throws the banana peel at the rowboat. It lands on a pirate’s face, and the boat crashes into the road. Fancyarcher: Wow… I DID IT! Fancyarcher crosses the finish line way before anyone else does. Confessional – Fancyarcher: No way I’m entering a five-person tribal without immunity. Nope, not happening. I don’t care if I look like a threat… In a week like this, it’s all or nothing! SLAM!: Congratulations! You are Squad B’s immunity winner! But who is winning for Squad A? The Squad A vehicles near the finish line. Ethan Hunt’s Aston Martin surges forward. Then Cap’s Ford Mustang appears and drives right next to it. YM!’s tank trudges ahead, and NannerManCan swerves around just behind them all. SLAM!: It’s anyone’s race! But wait! It’s an underdog! It’s the little cyclist who could, AN9815! AN9815 screams as he pedals as fast as he can. He rushes past the Reliant Robin, past the Aston Martin, past the Ford Mustang, and even past the tank to get closer to the finish line! Fancyarcher: Yes, AN9815! AN9815: Fancyarcher! I’m almost there! Fancyarcher: Yes you are! Keep going! AN9815: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! AN9815 crosses the finish line! AN9815’s bike sails around Fancyarcher’s kart until he falls and collapses on the ground. Fancyarcher pumps his fists in the air and cries overdramatically. SLAM!: AN9815 wins Squad A’s immunity! Fancyarcher: AN9815! I can’t believe it! You beat all those veterans! You won! AN9815: I did, I did! And you won too! They jump up and down in celebration. **** After the race, everyone gathers around. NannerManCan stumbles out of the Reliant Robin, and first responders treat him as the other castaways watch in suspense. Cap: Oh my God… AN9815: Do you think he’ll make it?! Reddroast: Dude, relax. He’s obviously just bruised. The Dark Alfred: That’s surprising cuz his car was doing barrel rolls, man! Gokai Red: He better make it. Ethan Hunt: What was that, Gokai? Gokai Red: Uh… He better not make it! Ethan Hunt: … Confessional – Gokai Red: Sure, Nanner and I are feuding. But it’s a rivalry, you know, and if an injury pulls him out of the game too early, well… Let’s just say I don’t want our rivalry getting cut short. I want it to last. Maybe so it’s more satisfying when I outlast him! Eh heh… The first responders leave the scene, and NannerManCan walks up to everyone. NannerManCan: Hey! I’m fine, I just had some minor bruises. Got some band-aids on, and I should be good to go. Cap: HOW ARE YOU ALIVE. AN9815: I’m happy you’re okay! And hopefully the next challenges are a little less dangerous. YM!: I don’t think they’ll be. They’ll find a way to make challenges more dangerous. They sent us to Pandora, for goodness sake. It’s all about ratings to them. Fancyarcher: YM! has a point. First the kayaking, then the scary clowns, and now this… It’s very concerning! What’s SLAM! doing next? They stare at SLAM!, who’s smiling ear to ear and ready to announce the results. Danny DeVito: Hopefully my guest appearance boosts the ratings! And hopefully some aspirin boosts my aching back… DAJK: About your guest appearance, Danny… You and I need to have a little private talk about your performance in the race. Danny DeVito: Well, if you say so! DAJK wraps his arm around Danny DeVito and leads him out of frame… **** SLAM!: Welp! Let’s see how you did! SQUAD A SQUAD B For Squad A, AN9815 wins immunity. For Squad B, Fancyarcher wins immunity. Everyone else will be eligible for elimination at their designated squad's tribal council. Here is the IMPORTANT INFORMATION DOSSIER (Concession Stand || Tribal || Weekend Challenge)

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Neon has decided to be a slowpoke with the actual for Triangle of Sadness. The episode is ready to go, and the winners are already finalized unless Neon’s actual skews things drastically. Look forward to the episode getting posted later tonight. Here is an impromptu flash challenge. If they post the actual while I’m distracted, and you’re the first one to PM me and let me know, then I will give you two coins. Good luck with this impromptu flash challenge, and Happy Halloween!

”Every high school in America should show Till.” -Moviegoer At My Theater Just Now

Releasing wide on Christmas will definitely help. But in what capacity is the question!

I was hoping this would reach $3M but at the very least, I commend this film for exceeding people’s expectations and outgrossing the other exceptional ‘T’ films, Tár and Triangle of Sadness. Till is going to have more staying power in multiplexes than the other films due to its success this weekend and that would never not help its future grosses.

I saw Tár on Friday and I thought it was exceptional. Yes it’s long, yes it’s slow, yes it’s dry, yes it’s ‘boring’, but in spite of all that it manages to be a riveting and wildly original film that grips you from beginning to end. It’s very subtle but out of everything releasing this year, it’s perhaps the most subtextually rich film of the year. I understand the grievances but the film gets a rave from me!

Hello again, and welcome to my retrospective of the 2020 Cucalorus Film Festival. This was the year that the Covid-19 pandemic shut virtually every business down, and Cucalorus was no exception. The show must go on, however, and Cucalorus took an inflatable projector screen to UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium parking lot and played the audio of each film through everyone’s car radios! But most films were not shown in the drive-in setting. In fact, most films were instead made available through an online platform. That’s where I watched that year’s Animated Short Film block, and this year there were some pretty good selections. One of them was about the history of a tribe of Pacific Islanders, and that one ended up getting shortlisted for the Animated Short Film Oscar. There were also some cool DYI films in the mix as well. Anyways, I ended up seeing three films through the Drive-In option. It was supposed to be four, but I thought the screening for that movie was at 8:00, so I spent time with my mom and drove to the ticket window, only to be told that it started at 6:00 and I missed it completely. Whoops. I was supposed to review it for the college newsletter, too. That film was titled “Summer” something. Anyways, the first film I saw was Beast Beast, and that was one of the films from that year’s Sundance festival. It was a coming-of-age thriller with an adventurous narrative style and great performances. Will Madden, who collaborates often with Jim Cummings, plays a college graduate who tries and fails to become a gun enthusiast YouTuber, and his obsession and false impressions lead him down a dangerous path. He’s not the main character though, it mostly follows two high school students. Anyways, I won’t spoil it beyond that, but it gets pretty wild. Then I saw Freeland, and that was about people in the California mountains trying to grow pot illegally, only to be thrown through a loop when it becomes legal. Krisha Fairchild from A24’s Krisha is in it, and a then up-and-coming Lily Gladstone is also in it. I thought the movie was pretty good! The the last one was my favorite; it was called Dramarama and it was about five drama students who throw a murder mystery party at their house the day before one of them goes off to college. So it’s this somewhat comedic, somewhat dramatic coming-of-age film and I thought it did an excellent job making all their relationships feel real. And guess what? Megan Suri is in it! Yep, the Miseducation of Bindu star! There she is, killing it in the indiesphere! Keep it up, Megan Suri! After every film, everyone in their cars honked their horns. That was everyone’s makeshift applause! I was honking my horn along with them at all three of my drive-in screenings! Then, there was Drought. Yep, the movie my dad catered for the previous year! It’s about an autistic weather enthusiast who ropes his friends into an adventure where they track a hurricane in an ice cream truck. Very small budget and very indie, but still a cool concept. I wanted to see this at the drive-in but couldn’t because I was doing the college newsletter thing and someone else claimed writing a review for Drought before I could. But I got to watch it through Amazon Prime, and it was good! Anyway, thank you for reading this retrospective. Not much going on this time especially due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Covid-19. I will say though that there were some notables films available online this year. Test Pattern, an abortion drama that would later find success at the Gotham and Independent Spirit awards, was a selection in 2020, as was the documentary Belly of the Beast, which saw its original song, “See What You’ve Done” by Mary J. Blige, shortlisted for the Best Original Song Oscar. So the next time you’re at a film festival, keep your eyes peeled, because you never know if a film you’re considering watching has more eyes on it than you might think!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh NEXT TIME ON SURVIVOR Ethan Hunt: The name's Hunt... Ethan Hunt. The Dark Alfred: You'll be hunting after me on this racetrack, man! THE CASTAWAYS' RACE Pirate #1: Yarrr! Reddroast: Looks like I have company... (They skirmish.) PUTS THE PEDAL TO THE METAL NannerManCan: Oh, shoot! His car crashes in epic fashion, tumbling across the track. Cut to first responders treating NannerManCan as the other castaways watch in suspense. Cap: Oh my God... AN9815: Do you think he'll make it?! SURVIVOR PANDORA Episode Six: "TÁRRED LIGHTNING"

The deadline is my birthday! Yay!