this is the latest reality show that has hit my radar, and it hit in a pretty big way. It feels like the show’s creators have turned the tables and the “normal” people are actually the ones on the chopping block, so to speak. The judges are all alternative lifestyle folks – a wiccan, a primitive, a vampire, a voodoo priestess, and a naturist – and to win the Big Cash Prize the contestants have to basically seek their approval via being open minded to the lifestyles and completing various contests.
And you know that the producers of this show made sure to pick some ultra sheltered kids to be contestants. The way I look at it, this could be a fun comeuppance for all the nerdy off beat kids in high school who were teased for being goth or getting pierced or whatever.
I am equally intrigued and terrified by this concept. Well, no, actually, I’m slightly more terrified than intrigued. I’ll likely give it a go, however.
The commercials want to make a big deal out of all the roommates’ “oddities” (oooh, they cast spells, or drink blood, or run around naked), obviously to pull in the Fear Factor crowd. But while I can understand not necessarily wanting to be buried up to the neck in animal parts, I can honestly say the only situation that would truly squick me out is the guy hanging from hooks while holding one of the other roommates in his arms. That had to be a combined minimum of 300 pounds hanging from the guy’s skin. ::shudder::
bumping to say yeeeowza. I think I found the link you were talking about. Reality TV News is hosting a brief clip and I’m really not sure how this guy is physically able to do that.
I know how he can do it, and I’ve seen it done in person (and although it’s absolutely fascinating, it never fails to made me shudder on a visceral level). He’s a really big guy which is what makes it even stranger to people who aren’t used to that sort of thing. But there’s a really quick cut in one of the commercials where at first he’s hanging there like in the above clip, and then a few seconds later he’s holding up one of the “normal” roommates. That is something I’ll have to see done.
The commercials are getting more in-depth as we get closer- there’s a shot of one of the naturalist’s challenges where everyone is standing in a field naked, then running through the woods (I’m assuming looking for food or something). I do think his stuff will be the easiest. What I’m wondering is how they got the okay to do the vampire’s blood challenges… there have been at least two shots of the roommates drinking blood, then rolling around in it. No way would I sign up for something like that… even the ARC isn’t 100% on the purity of the blood they provide.
okay so clearly I need to watch the Sci Fi channel more because I haven’t seen these blood clips. Wow. But they aren’t saying its human blood are they? Thats crazy.
Okay so how can the guy just hang like that? I’ve seen pictures of him on the website and he’s a big dude. Is his skin reinforced somehow? I mean, I read that you can do special breathing but I can’t imagine any amount of yoga making that easy to do.
