What is this new worldwide obsession with real TV??? The likes of Survival and Big ‘Bother’ can fuck off and cram these useless pieces of 21st century shit-that-passes-for-interesting-viewing up their mile wide ass.
Does anyone actaully watch these people day in day out? Confess! Whyeeeee???
In the case of Big Bother, the winner receives £££ and what do the voters get for sitting through this shit? And please, viewing pleasure is absolute bollocks.
All the contestants are wannabes that aren’t going to get anywhere. Indeed it is a case of 15 minutes of fame. Enjoy it suckers cause you ain’t gonna get it no more and you’ve sealed your fate to be the laughing stock of the world! Ha! And if even begin to think that it’ll look good on a CV… Pah! You’re all a fucking joke! For all you smart asses in Dope-land, I know current contestants still in the house cannot get to this.
Never watched Real World. Never watched Survivor. Never watched Big Brother, Boot Camp, or that 19th century This Old House English PBS special. I never saw the need for it.
But I have no problems with anyone that wants to be on the show. Let them grab their 15 minutes of fame any way they can. It’s infinitely better than Jerry Springer guests and they may come out of it rich for life.
I think I’m not so flamed anymore… thinking rather level-headedly:
Enderw24? Yes, I hope these people resurface with greater appreciation of what they gave up to compete and receive from it lasting friendships and tolerence. I guess it’s the back-biting that I don’t quite like (am I being a hypocrit? oops!) all that evicting.
Fenris? I’m always running low on medication. And yes, all Dopers are a god-send. I really had to flame and I’m sorry for flaming the wrong people 'sides, the smart-asses of Dope-world are by far the most interesting.
I watched Survivor. I watched just enough of Big Brother to know who the people were, although I have to admit, I didn’t care for it much. Someone else in my house watched it a couple of times a week, and I’d often sit down for a few minutes here and there while it was on. Haven’t caught more than a minute of any of the other reality shows.
I enjoyed Survivor. shrug So kill me then. Going by your post, I would assume that anyone who doesn’t share your enlightened taste in tv programming should just roll over and die from poor taste. People like different things. I don’t like Springer, yet mysteriously, they still air it. Suddenly Susan didn’t do a thing for me, yet it took years to get cancelled. As far as I’m concerned, they can take all sporting events off of the air, yet it manages to find an audience.
Read a book?
Uh, I managed that too, even while Survivor was on. I know, shocking, isn’t it. Apparently I only devoted an hour a week to it, leaving me plenty of time to pursue other interests.
I really don’t mind ‘Survivor’. I would never watch it, but it doesn’t bother me. What bothers me are all the lame wannabe copies that jump on the bandwagon. ‘Boot Camp’??? Puhleese! And the ‘Temptation Island’ or whatever the hell it was called? That was just twisted.
And whoever thought of ‘Making the Band’ and ‘Pop Stars’ should be beaten about the face and neck. A similar fate should befall anyone who buys the ‘Pop Stars’ records. What the hell’s the matter with you?
But I’m a big fan of ‘RealTV’ where they show video clips of people being utterly surprised when their lame antics turn dangerous and life-threatening! I think that’s funny as hell.
I watch them all. Not for their entertainment value, but kinda as a sick fascination. I mean, come on…the downfall of modern civilization is beamed right into your home and you’re not going to watch?
Yeah, the reality shows are pretty dumb, and there are probably better things to do than watch them, but I’m addicted to them. Actually, I’m addicted to the bad ones. Never watched Survivor. But Boot Camp, Temptation Island or Road Rules, hell yeah.
I watch almost all that crap and feel thoroughly depressed as I have wasted yet another hour that I will never be able to get back for the rest of my life, but there I am the next week, again…
And don’t knock Jerry Springer cos at least the people there are FUNNY !
IMHO all that money is still not gonna make you popular and kewl if people think that you’re a big boring arse.
I think that the attraction lies in the fact that you’re watching someone do something you could do if you had the balls to deal with the consequences , and the fact that you don’t have to be talented,educated or even vaguely interesting to be famous.
Maybe mundanity is more interesting…?
'sides, the smart-asses of Dope-world are by far the most interesting.