Fucking Reality Show Obsession
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Fucking Reality Show Obsession
Will they ever stop with this RS obsession Survivor,American Idol and other unimaginative crap,now there are two new RS coming to CTV next month one is called Casino the other is The Next Action Star,idiot tv for idiot the idiot viewers,i see that quality program is being pushed aside for craporama tv.
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No no no.
You see we've been going about this all wrong. Haven't you noticed that every show we say we enjoy and think is good is swiftly removed from the airwaves while shows we complain about and say suck remain forever?
They (yes, the they) are trying to break our spirit and so they destroy that which is precious to us. But we can turn it around; make it work to our advantage.
So from now on, you should praise the originality and spendor of American Idol. Tell everyone how you couldn't live without Survivor. Dedicate a webpage to your love of Fear Factor. Meanwhile, say how glad you are that Farscape was finally cancelled, that Angel was tripe, and ask how people can stand watching a show as idiotic as Smallville.
You could also add how brilliant the work of Berman and Braga is....but that might be tipping our hand.
Just a thought.
You see we've been going about this all wrong. Haven't you noticed that every show we say we enjoy and think is good is swiftly removed from the airwaves while shows we complain about and say suck remain forever?
They (yes, the they) are trying to break our spirit and so they destroy that which is precious to us. But we can turn it around; make it work to our advantage.
So from now on, you should praise the originality and spendor of American Idol. Tell everyone how you couldn't live without Survivor. Dedicate a webpage to your love of Fear Factor. Meanwhile, say how glad you are that Farscape was finally cancelled, that Angel was tripe, and ask how people can stand watching a show as idiotic as Smallville.
You could also add how brilliant the work of Berman and Braga is....but that might be tipping our hand.
Just a thought.
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Survivor and all that aren't that bad. It's the shows on fox that get me. "My big fat obnoxious fiance", "the littlest groom", (the bachelor, with midgets) and most recenently some beauty pagent thing, "the Swan"...
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Survivor is actually watchable IMHO (though I don't personally watch it), but some of the others are so shitty as to be laughable.
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*scoffs* Reality shows. Yes, Survivor is SO close to reality. I mean, I get trapped on an island all the time! You know, with 15 other people, a bunch of cameras, and an annoying game show host. There's also cash prizes involved. It's just the way reality is.
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I'd say there are two reasons that we're seeing so many of them:
1. They appeal to the lowest common denomionator, which is quite common, so they're bound to get a lot of viewers. For every person who's sick and tired of "American Idol", there's at least 5 teenagers who don't read anything besides the TV guide and the instructions on their Ritalin bottle that can't get enough of it.
2. They're easy to make. Sitcoms and dramas require you to write a script, give cast members lucraitive amounts of money, add special effects, and all that stuff. A realty TV usually doesn't require any of that. So if FOX execs have to choose between a thrilling drama that's bound to last several seasons and win several Emmys, but costs tens of millions of dollars an episode to produce, they're probably going to ditch it for "Some Washed-up Celebrities On an Island".
As for me, I was fine with "Survivor", but when they decided to turn weddings, plastic surgery, and weddings with midgets into shows, I got sick of it quickly.
It will stop when the viewing public gets sick of them, which I doubt will happen anytime in the next few years.
1. They appeal to the lowest common denomionator, which is quite common, so they're bound to get a lot of viewers. For every person who's sick and tired of "American Idol", there's at least 5 teenagers who don't read anything besides the TV guide and the instructions on their Ritalin bottle that can't get enough of it.
2. They're easy to make. Sitcoms and dramas require you to write a script, give cast members lucraitive amounts of money, add special effects, and all that stuff. A realty TV usually doesn't require any of that. So if FOX execs have to choose between a thrilling drama that's bound to last several seasons and win several Emmys, but costs tens of millions of dollars an episode to produce, they're probably going to ditch it for "Some Washed-up Celebrities On an Island".
As for me, I was fine with "Survivor", but when they decided to turn weddings, plastic surgery, and weddings with midgets into shows, I got sick of it quickly.
It will stop when the viewing public gets sick of them, which I doubt will happen anytime in the next few years.
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I doubt it. They'll probably get the highest ratings ever for "The show where they guy died" and then they'll have to do it again and again for the increasingly jaded lowest common denominator.Hyperion wrote:The reality show craze is out of hand. Survivor was stupid to start with, it only got worse, then the spinoffs... *ick*
Someone at school said that the reality shows will probably only go away when someone dies on one.
Anyone want to place bets on how long until we have new old fashioned gladiator matches to the death aired on TV? Less than twenty years?
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Again, this does not belong in HOS. HOS is for trolls, misanthropes and flamewars, not bitching about television.
Moved to OT.
Moved to OT.
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Reality TV can rock when done correctly. Take documentaries, for example. That's more reality TV than anything else. Or if you're looking for "reality" tv that's not a documentary, BBC shows like House Invaders, Changing Rooms, etc, are great. But only the British versions not the American versions. BBC rocks.
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The only reality show I like is The Amazing Race, it's great to see Americans trying to figure out foreign customs.
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Survivor and The Amazing Race are the only ones that I watch, even to the point where I put a tape in if I miss an episode. I hate the rest.
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I think it'd be more interesting to watch the terrorists.Durandal wrote:Anyone think it'd be cool to have a reality show where a team of people must thwart a terrorist plot?
Next on Channel 10: Who wants to Jihad!
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Actually, you could have two teams, one terrorist the other counter-terrorist. The terrorists are given an objective, and the counter-terrorists are given intelligence on them regularly. Then see who wins. 
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I'd watch that.Durandal wrote:Actually, you could have two teams, one terrorist the other counter-terrorist. The terrorists are given an objective, and the counter-terrorists are given intelligence on them regularly. Then see who wins.
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Hm, you could have TV versions of Counterstrike with that...and if you give them all real weapons reduce the number of morons in the world at the same time. Everyone wins.Durandal wrote:Actually, you could have two teams, one terrorist the other counter-terrorist. The terrorists are given an objective, and the counter-terrorists are given intelligence on them regularly. Then see who wins.
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