>> paying $1.09 for bottled water because the stuff out of the tap just isn’t quite good enough for our delicate, precious pallets
I do see bottled water sold bu the pallet but I find your assertion unpalatable.
KellyM and Sailor: OK, OK, I used the wrong pallet or palet or whatever. I knew I should have checked that one. Warning: Additional misspellings may lie ahead - or even behind (mispellings, misspellings…).
Sam: I saw the OP as basically recognizing Survivor III as a vivid illustration of the difference between the haves and have-nots, much like bottled water is for me. While I appluad the OP’s sentiment, you are right to criticise those of us (myself included) who wring their hands at the plight of the vast majority of the world while doing precious little about it. Still recognition of a problem is always the first step, and it is my hope that the glaring symbolism of setting Survivor III in Africa will get discussions such as this one started all across America. OK - that’s not very likely, but I can hope.
I’d just like to point out that “Africa” is a huge place, an entire continent, and that the show is being filmed in one of the safe, clean, relatively prosperous parts of it–the touristy wildlife part of Kenya. They’re not going anywhere near the places that have all the icky starvation and AIDS and Ebola and warlords and people who eat chimpanzees.
I seriously doubt whether, given those circumstances, any kind of “new dialogue” about Africa will be sparked in America.
Actually, I predict that the only “new dialogue” will be the one that goes, “Have reality shows run their course?”, prompted by low ratings for the show. Whatever will happen in Survivor III pales in comparison to what really happened here 9/11, and I don’t think audiences are ready for RL violence, I think they’re looking for more escapism, more fantasy.
>>If I could be so bold as to put words in your mouth, perhaps it’s the irritating promulgation of insipid reality shows that don’t really represent reality that is irritating in and of itself.
– Posted by SexyWriter<<
Yes.
I have to admit, I agree with both comradegonzo and Sam on the validity of their points. I kept changing my mind about what was right and wrong about this show.
I decided to go with this, “I hate these shows by default, so I have little philosophising to do about it.”
Yeah, I know, I’ve never even watched any of them. Not even “The Real World”. I find the real real world challenging enough that I don’t need to watch people living in a cinematic version with scripted drama.
Who the hell has to worry about getting kicked off their little island paradise? I worry about people dropping passenger jets on my workplace.
I find these shows to be the very epitome of pretention.
True enough.
The first Survivor was fascinating. The way people played against each was almost Machiavellian. Almost.
The second Survivor was not neary as interesting. People came into it expecting to make power plays and be lying, backstabbing shits. The most entertaining thing about it was watching them starve and chase down wild pigs. Yawn.
While I’m not disgusted by the thought of S3 whatsoever, I think that it will be less successful by far than even the second Survivor was. That’s not a bad thing; you can only be original once. I’m not planning on watching it.
yeah well if you don’t like it then don’t watch it.
(i don’t and i don’t)
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- I like the Survivor idea but I think it needs to change with the times. A couple possibilities:
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- Robo-Survivor: People are dropped one at a time into a plexiglass arena with only a sledgehammer, to battle remote-control robots. The other contestants are running the robots.
- Chimptopia-Survivor-Bloodfest: (kinda complicated) teach chimpanzees how to fight with machetes, and then arm each survivor with an Uzi and lower them into various Big Brother-style arenas to battle the machete-wielding chimps. Limit the number of bullets supplied to increase difficulty. - MC
Howyadoin MC,
I honestly am looking for a name for my new band… The chimp angle works well, as we are a classic rock cover band. Mind if I throw these in the hat?
-Rav
What if we didn’t use wrong (because capitalism is never wrong TM) and used “in bad taste”.
I think Survivor 3’s location is in bad taste.
Then again, FOX might consider that a good thing.
That I can agree with.
No, we have them in Australia aswell.
I think the producers of these shows should spend three days without food or shelter before attempting to define “reality”