Survivor: Redemption Island

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Place your bets:

Who is going home for good tonight, and who is going up against Matt in next week's duel?

Yeah, I said it...I don't think Kristina has a chance against Matt (and also think MC was onto something with the million dollar quote-spotting), which I guess answers my first question.

A writer at Reality News Online has a really interesting theory about Matt's edit. Under his theory, the reason we see so much of Matt talking about his faith is because Matt's edit is turning into the "Jesus edit." Here's what he says:

Matt’s edit has always confused me. Prior to the season, he was depicted as a Fabio clone, little more than a fun-loving dullard. When the season began, however, he was transformed into a hyper-religious man on a mission from God. With the exception of Jake Blues, that doesn’t really mesh with me, but it does with others. Meh, live and let live, as it were.

Still, Matt’s story arc is finally starting to come together. He doesn’t have a winner’s edit as of yet (so far Rob has the closest thing to it), but what he does have is a “Jesus” edit. For those who don’t understand my reference (or worse, think that I’m being condescending to Christians), allow me to explain.

The crux of the story of Jesus is his resurrection. It’s why Easter even exists. That Christ was crucified and resurrected in three days (thereby cleansing the sins of mankind) is the central tenet of the Christian faith, regardless of denomination.

That is exactly what Matt is going through right now. His faith is tied in with his fate in this game. He believes that Jesus came back to life after three days. In the game, Matt comes back to “life” every three days by winning his duels. The fact that Matt is very religious (along with the whole “good vs. evil” them of his duel with Russell) only adds to the motif.

As far as I’m concerned, we’re being told that Matt is going to run the table at Redemption Island and return to the game. I still think it will happen at the merge (which means he has up to six more duels to win), but until I’m shown any evidence to the contrary, that’s what I’m going with.

Makes me go "hmmmmm."