Reality TV shows Mindless entertainment?
#1
Posted 25 July 2005 - 02:31 PM
#3
Posted 25 July 2005 - 11:04 PM
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#4
Posted 25 July 2005 - 11:21 PM
I have never seen Reality TV summed up so nicely in one sentence.
#5
Posted 25 July 2005 - 11:56 PM
I admit to having taken mild interest in one series of Big Brother, in which some of the contestants seemed rather nice people. This was so unusual that I was somewhat intrigued, and watched to see how they'd react to the rest of the contestants who were the usual hateful fuckhats.
I agree with barend. They're just so... pointless. There's nothing inspirational or creative or, well, anything about them at all. I'd go a step further and say that the only appeal of BB seems to be a) vouyerism, and b) judgementalism. You get to perv on people (my mother calls them 'her little pets' as though they were The Sims or mice in a hutch) who are more or less unaware of you, and you can stand in judgement of whether or not they are worthy to receive your approval. It's... kind of sick. Not nearly as sick as the thumbs-up thumbs-down of Roman gladiatoral games, but it's the same principle.
The ones where you don't get to vote are just as bad. Caper for my amusement, tiny people. If your performance is subpar, out you go.
I saw a reality show in the UK where viewers basically just watched contestants talk about themselves and why they wanted money, and then judged them worthy or unworthy to get a cash prize, based on their personality and appearance. It was shortlived because it lacked a gimmick, but it was just the bare fundamentals of reality TV stripped naked.
This post has been edited by Rhubarb: 25 July 2005 - 11:57 PM
#6
Posted 27 July 2005 - 05:22 PM
#8
Posted 27 July 2005 - 08:58 PM
We've had this conversation before. If I did not watch wrestling, I would have to act more like a boy, and you would hate me. Would you rather I was a twin? (Nothing against twins in general, just certain ones, whom I have mentioned before.))
PM me, we'll talk.
#9
Posted 27 July 2005 - 10:34 PM
Remember Emu's face, people; one day it's going to be on the news alongside a headline about blowing some landmark to smithereens, and then we can all sigh and say, "She was such a normal person".....
....We'd be lying though.
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#10
Posted 28 July 2005 - 02:42 AM
They should make a channel where they show all reality shows so we can simply avoid that channel.
#12
Posted 28 July 2005 - 04:39 PM
They're way ahead of you....
#13
Posted 28 July 2005 - 10:24 PM
Hence my idea for a reality TV show called "Survivor"
Very similar in many respects to the reality TV show "Survivor" but different.
The basic premise is to take your bunch of contestants, gear them up in clothes with hidden cameras and transmitters on them, give them their food and water and suchlike and put them on their island. They will work together, establish their camp, maybe the tribe allegiances, eat their food, drink their water, find more water and possibly find more food. Then we see the voting process go in. Rather than voting people off the island, they vote on who they are going to cannibalise. Once the last person is eaten, there will be one person left. This one is the survivor. They are then taken off the island and given their prize - survival.
This would be a reality tv show. But owing to pesky laws, this is illegal.
The only real reality tv show currently shown is something like the hidden camera segment of Dead Ringers.
#14
Posted 28 July 2005 - 10:30 PM
I've got an idea for a show too, but it's not a reality.
It's just like baseball, with all the same rules and everything. The only catch is that I'm going to let numerous small animals onto the field, like cats and chuauias, and if you hit one with the baseball, you get extra points for you team.
Then when the FEMA people show up, I'll promise to stop if they come to an animal-free game. I'll put them in the outfield seats, lock the doors, put even more small animals on the field, and give super-double points if you hit the FEMA people.