What, the most controversial show of the 2007-08 fall season, and there hasn’t been a thread yet? I thought this show was quite interesting and not at all Lord of the Flies-y as the naysayers said it would be. It was rather interesting watching the children go from “I want to go home” to “We am the best.” There was idiotic vandalism, the all-important decision of whether TV is more important than seven extra outhouses, and Handsome Pete…um, Sophia dancing for nickels. Sophia is by far my favorite so far- she really deserved that gold star.
It reminded me – not of Lord of the Flies – but something more like the old Nickelodeon show Double Dare.
But I’ll give props to Sophia for figuring out how to get the money to get the bike. Even if it did remiond me of the old joke (and wildly inappropriate when talking about a bucnh of kids):
“Who gave you the nickle?”
“They all did.”
Yeah so we all agree the Vandal (name escapes me at the moment) is public enemy number 1. Can they vote him off or something?
However I remain amazed at how, scripted the entire show appears;
I am real sure some guy from 1885 is going to mandate that the town form into exactly 4 districts. I am real sure Those districts are going to be color coded, to the primary colors. (Green Lumped in there to make a round 4).
And if he was so smart, why did his town ‘fail’ ?
The Gold stars are kinda, slapped on top.
20 thousand bucks? Will that ever actually convert to cash? CBS has 40 of these?!
At this point, I just want the vandal gone, and I want ONE, JUST ONE tv show to get someone from GA that does NOT have an accent.
Well, the council was held after 5 days, so I’m guessing there’s eight of them.
There were two vandals, two of the bigger guys on the blue team. Greg and Blaine. Obviously, they aren’t that clever when it comes to graffiti- I mean, couldn’t they have written “YOU SUCK” or something obscene? If they didn’t want to get caught, “BLUE” kind of is, you know…helps whittle it down a bit.
I figured that line of thought exactly, as well.
At this point I just hope that the graffiti is resolved. Somehow.
I love little kids.
This show was ridiculously fun.
I’m surprised nobody pointed out the trick in the TV vs. outhouse challenge. If they picked the TV…where the heck are they gonna plug it in?? Yeah, they could still “watch” it…
Greg’s a bully. Somebody needs to smack some sense into that brat.
I didn’t think about the lack of power. I did think it was a great choice though, more places to poop, or a TV, more places to poop, TV. I’m almost suprised they didn’t take the TV, that would make for better TV!
There’s no electricity? Anywhere in Bonanza? I thought I saw some light in the bunkhouses, after sundown. I hope those kids aren’t messing with kerosene lanterns or candles.
There were some nice funny bits: Taylor saying she’s a beauty queen and doesn’t do dishes, the kid who said he hoped he wouldn’t have to go poo, the other kid saying “That’d be hard on your colon!”, and the wingman exchange between Greg and little Jimmy. I think Greg even chuckled at that.
Kudos to those kids if they really got that stove to work, especially for baking, which requires an even temperature.
I am the only one that hoped someone would have sharpened a stick at both ends? I guess that might not come until later…