Zhi
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So hubby and I were watching this the other night.
The guy has been on the island for 6 years. In that time, the guy has managed to create engineering marvels all over the island the likes of which have never been seen in this time period, much less that one, but he cannot seem to make himself any sort of ocean going vessel (despite the fact that he had an ocean-going vessel to start with, but appears to have used most of it to build a Frank Lloyd Wright-esque architectural marvel of a treehouse to live in, complete with its own fire suppression system among other things). This on an island that cannibalistic savages in vaguely lashed together boat-like thingies are capable of rowing their way to in order to hold random cannibalistic rituals (apparently, as that's where Friday came from).
What's up with that?
I mean, it's mildly amusing with the sword fights and all, but we're having trouble getting past the fact that the character AND the writers are all apparently complete idiots enough to enjoy it. Like, just for this week:
- If a perfectly dry tree (as demonstrated by the fact that it was 20 feet above any potential water and standing upright when it fell, and further demonstrated when you tried chopping at it with an axe) falls into a hole and lands on you, pinning you in a hole that is filling with water, you might as well stop panicking about needing to get it off before your head, which is well above the top of the tree trunk, goes below water, because WOOD FLOATS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
- Pretending like you're the member of a crew to sneak past them to steal their compass, when there are only like 15 people in the crew in the first place and they'd been sailing together for at least 2 months to get there, and they've seen you before the first time they tried to kill you, is probably not going to work.
Anyone find anything redeemable about this show, or want to join me in the general mocking thereof? ;)
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