TV...reality shows?
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Topic: TV...reality shows?
Posted By: crissyinlove05
Subject: TV...reality shows?
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 00:46
| whats your fav. tv show?...reality show? I think Rock Star is the best one out right now..but probably because it has to do with music. |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 00:54
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The Shield Rescue Me CSI and CSI New York and most of all..........Red Dwarf!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't really like reality shows,VH1 had one on years ago called Bands on the Run that was pretty good,and the one that was on MTV awhile ago where all the metalheads competed for an Ozzfest slot was pretty cool. I do like this show on VH1 called Bands Re-United. -------------  |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:03
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Big Brother isn't that bad. Esp. when there is nothing on in the summer. The Amazing Race is also pretty good. But, my favorite they took off a few years ago. THE MOLE. Excellent TV right there. One of the best shows of Television. I miss that show. Ahh well... Anyway, i don't get to watch too much TV anymore, being im gluded to my comp. all day ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:43
I was also very interested in The Mole, it was terrific. ------------- 
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Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:46
WOOT!! Support...they need to bring it back now ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:50
I think they did briefly, but it got cancelled again. Now another one of my favorite TV shows (although it only aired twice) was Clerks: the Cartoon. Luckily, View Askew released it on DVD. -------------
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:52
It was a celeb version i think. And it wasn't as good, esp. because they got rid of Anderson Cooper. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:57
Ah, yes it was, and it was in Hawaii if I'm not mistaken... and that one was a stinker compared to the first one... -------------
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:58
Yes...it had it's moments...but nothing like that first season ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:02
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I could go on and on about how cool the first one was... but what's good on TV these days? -------------
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:05
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Absolutly nothing ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:06
saved by the bell: hawaii. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:07
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------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:09
Saved by the Bell and the College Years were so  .-------------
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 19 2005 at 02:10
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:33
| Reality tv shows a distinct lack of originality in tv today......the more pish we get the less value we get...if i want to to see reality i'll look outside my window...........go and get a life people. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 21:51
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Right on! |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 05:17
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The contract that is signed for Big Brother TV show by anyone who appears on it, basically enslaves the person to the network production company they have signed with. Not only that but when they leave the show, they are contracted for the rest of their lives to the same agent. Effectively, the producers can do whatever they want with them (within the law) and there is no recourse. People are so desperate to get on TV and be 'famous', they sign. The power of television. If you have not already watched it and wish to gain a better understanding of corporate power, watch the documentary, The Corporation - The one with the man in a suit with briefcase and a halo and devils tail (Canadian production). It is an excellent expose of who the real powers that be are in the world and how they got it in the first place. If you want to shape the mindset of a generation, just buy a TV station and make it the most popular in the land. They swing political agendas. There is no independant regulatory body to tell TV stations what they can or cannot put on. They are supposed to be able to regulate themselves. Essentially, this is the same as telling you that you can set your own speed limit and how much you can drink when you drive. Even if you have an accident, if you have enough money you can tie the complainant up for that many years, they will go broke before they ever see the end of the case. This is what Merck intends to do with the Vioxx suit. They have a 1 billion dollar warchest to fight the individuals that have been poisoned by their product. Free press and independent journalism/editorial, stylish entertainment and production values, valid incisive comedy, educational documentary programs.  TV in its current form, 90% of the time.  ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 23:38
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That's telling it like it is, barbs! and I was going to say I liked the one about the fat obnoxious fiance ... but seriously enough already ... the dumbing down is too much ... 5 minutes of listening to Ashlee Simpson woffle on can drive a person nutty ... and I still can't believe the I Want A Famous Face one where kids (people in their late teens) get plastic surgery to look like their pop idols ... disgusting ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 12:07
 Sorry: I tend to despise them -- they appeal to the lowest common denominator, to pull in viewers at a bargain price.No, give me some real writing and acting any day -- not a bunch of preening silicone & steroid-pumped wannabes eating disgusting things while clad in bikinis and speedos, and assassinating each other's (near total lack of) characters in the shameless, self-absorbed pursuit of a quick, easy, unearned buck. The McDonalds of TV-- the epitome of a sick, soulless, valueless, youth and money obsessed, short-attention-spanned, instant-gratification-demanding culture in rapid decline. The sort of dreck that religious fundamentalists can justifiably point to as "evil." The worst are the ones where you get to watch "ordinary" (but young and attractive) people of dissimilar backgrounds live together day by day -- a voyueristic look at others' lives, for pathetic folks who can't seem to get one of their own. Turn the f**king TV off, and take a walk outside. Really communicate with the people around you. Try to make yourself, and the world, a little better -- THAT'S reality.  Just plain DUMB. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 14:43
^ Thus spake the (unyoung and unlovely) curmudgeon....
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 16:10
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There is ultimately no such thing as "reality" TV, since the vast majority of these shows have been shown to be almost as "scripted" as regular programmed TV. Like the wizard in Oz, it is basically a case of "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." They are as phony as a nine-dollar bill. As Peter says, these shows appeal to the lowest common denominator, whether it be the cult of personality/celebrity, stab-the-other-person-in-the-back competitiveness, the viewer vicariously living through other people's lives and actions, or blatant revenge fantasies. It is sick, and only makes society sicker. As Peter says, turn the TV off and go experience life for yourself. Believe me, it's much more satisfying and fun. Peace. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:56
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Doctor Who is my favorite reality TV show of course. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 21:40
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Wasn't there something in Revelations about "the great Reality TV plague"? No, I must be imagining things again!  |
Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 22:36
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I really liked this post. Simply what TV really is, and the way I see it (although I might have told it that well
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 07:47
Definitely agreed - I always think that reality shows are an exercise in being as little like real life as possible... not to mention dire.
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