I don't think anybody has ever died on one of those shows. Nor do they highlight crimes, so "Bank Robbery USA" might be next season's breakaway reality hit.
it seems like there is a Reality TV show on just about everything. We have the dating shows like The Bachelor, we have the competition shows like Survivor, we have the "fish out of water" shows like A Simple Life and soon there will be one about Amish girls, we have the "help a person get a life" like Todd TV, We have Big Brother, we have the music talent shows like American Idol, we have the wacky situations like the upcoming My Big Fat Annoying Fiance.
What's next for reality TV? Will it ever end?
'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
I don't think anybody has ever died on one of those shows. Nor do they highlight crimes, so "Bank Robbery USA" might be next season's breakaway reality hit.
We don't have any on politics. Yet.
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
uhmm... not suck!is there anything Reality TV has not done?
I would like to see someone making the show "Death Row". The competitors are surprisingly enough prisoners in death row. At the end of every episode, they vote out one competitor, who will be executed. The one who won the competition of the day gets to choose the method. The last competitor left will be released as a free man
The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.
Combat, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't go ruining "Death Row" PLEASE!
It's supposed to be a new sport, where two death row inmates take it to the hall way, while everyone else is in their cages looking, and these two fight to the death. Then the winner gets something like money to buy something in his cell, something nice.
This way, it's cheaper too, when there needs to be no exectutions. Just put the camera rolling and watch the masses of people tuning in!
In da butt.
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A guy goes in for a routine operation and comes out with a sex change...
Has anyone seen the ad for the new Reality Show "Mad Mad House". That looks creepy!
'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
A guy goes in for a sex change and comes out with his appendix removed...
Wasn't there talk of doing a politics version of American Idol where constestants would compete to be a Presidential candidate?Originally posted by mrmitchell
We don't have any on politics. Yet.
'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
Pekka:
Why not have both?
The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.
I would much rather have that than the sideshow we have now.Originally posted by The diplomat
Wasn't there talk of doing a politics version of American Idol where constestants would compete to be a Presidential candidate?
Probably not. They're incredibly cheap to make (no actors with bloated egos to pay), cater to the lowest common denominator (think Springer on steroids), and are the perfect shows for brain-dead, stupefied Americans.What's next for reality TV? Will it ever end?
Onward and upward.
"Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." --MLK Jr.
Excellent analysis.Originally posted by Jac de Molay
Probably not. They're incredibly cheap to make (no actors with bloated egos to pay), cater to the lowest common denominator (think Springer on steroids), and are the perfect shows for brain-dead, stupefied Americans.
Onward and upward.
That's what I was afraid of.Originally posted by Jac de Molay
Probably not. They're incredibly cheap to make (no actors with bloated egos to pay), cater to the lowest common denominator (think Springer on steroids), and are the perfect shows for brain-dead, stupefied Americans.
Onward and upward.
'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
The Canadian history channel made some reality shows that don't suck. The "quest" series, as they call them. Quest for the bay was particularily good, I thought.Originally posted by Sava
uhmm... not suck!
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Do It Ourselves
Combat Ingrid, sure.. there are enough inmates to go for few seasons. Then we could have Celebrity Season too with famous criminals.
In da butt.
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In nearly every case I hope it will end, but really it's just a question of going through the subjects that have a potential audience.Originally posted by The diplomat
What's next for reality TV? Will it ever end?
Things not in this category like "Pro Celebrity Live Theology" just won't happen.
"Political Wife Swap" on the Fantasy Channel could be classic TV.
"Live Colonic Irrigation" is probably a no-show. Once you've seen one arsehole you've seen them all.
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There were also some very good British-based ones on American PBS that were set in various historical houses. One was called "Manor House", and took place in a turn-of-the-century mansion. Also "1940's house" (WWII british reenactment), and "Frontier House".Originally posted by Osweld
The Canadian history channel made some reality shows
I wouldn't expect the regular networks to come with something to cater to such a fragmented market, though. From here on out, it's strictly cheap thrills
"Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." --MLK Jr.
Died.
I've got it! There could be a show about how much of an ultrapartisan far-left / far-right ******* you could be on a forum!!!
(edit: not directed to anyone in specific of course.
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meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Why would they allow television cameras into the community?will be one about Amish girls
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They have never sent anyone into Space..and they aren't about to.
If you don't like reality, change it! me
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