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Principia Discordia => Techmology and Scientism => Topic started by: Telarus on July 08, 2013, 05:52:41 AM

Title: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Telarus on July 08, 2013, 05:52:41 AM
Stranded on an island, no initial clothes or resources other than what you scavenge at hand.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/02/naked-and-afraid-is-the-craziest-show-on-tv-you-just-have-to-watch.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_%26_Afraid
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Telarus on July 08, 2013, 05:54:12 AM
I hate the infotainment model these channels have gone towards. I caught one episode of this show and it was actually interesting, I'll see if it passes the 5-episode test.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 08, 2013, 06:58:27 AM
It's at the same time basically what I hoped for from "survivor" and also a sign that civilization has jumped the shark.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 02:42:39 PM
I'm sure it will surprise no-one, but like all reality shows there does appear to be at least an element of staging:
(Highly dubious link, though reporting seems legit)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348389/EXCLUSIVE--Naked-Afraid-FAKE-Survival-contestant-secretly-given-IV-drip-baby-food-getting-ill-eating-turtle--viewers-told.html

QuoteIt was billed as the 'Everest of survival challenges' where contestants are stripped of even the clothes on their backs and dumped in a dangerous wilderness to fend for themselves with no help.
But a woman who appeared on Discovery's new hit series Naked and Afraid was allegedly given rather more help than you might expect without viewers being told, MailOnline can reveal.
Kim Shelton was fed some bread, rice and baby food when she got food poisoning after eating a turtle's liver during the show's premiere, a source close to the show has claimed.
The 22-year-old was apparently even hooked up to two IV drips - one in each arm - to rehydrate her while she was ill.
While no-one would argue with giving Miss Shelton the medical care she needed, many may raise an eyebrow as to why the four million who watched the show weren't told.

Obviously a shame as the ratings for letting a person die in the wild after signing a disclaimer would have been unreal.

Minor comment on (particularly US, UK not much better) TV in general, I have no idea how you can watch it. Between the constant ads and the repetition of what just happened (You forgot because ads) there's only about 5% actual content.

I gave "Gold Rush" an honest try, but after the 5th time of hearing how the entire fucking wash-plant works, I really couldn't have given two shits if they had found a hole proving the hollow earth theory correct.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 08, 2013, 04:11:43 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 02:42:39 PM
I'm sure it will surprise no-one, but like all reality shows there does appear to be at least an element of staging:
(Highly dubious link, though reporting seems legit)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348389/EXCLUSIVE--Naked-Afraid-FAKE-Survival-contestant-secretly-given-IV-drip-baby-food-getting-ill-eating-turtle--viewers-told.html

QuoteIt was billed as the 'Everest of survival challenges' where contestants are stripped of even the clothes on their backs and dumped in a dangerous wilderness to fend for themselves with no help.
But a woman who appeared on Discovery's new hit series Naked and Afraid was allegedly given rather more help than you might expect without viewers being told, MailOnline can reveal.
Kim Shelton was fed some bread, rice and baby food when she got food poisoning after eating a turtle's liver during the show's premiere, a source close to the show has claimed.
The 22-year-old was apparently even hooked up to two IV drips - one in each arm - to rehydrate her while she was ill.
While no-one would argue with giving Miss Shelton the medical care she needed, many may raise an eyebrow as to why the four million who watched the show weren't told.

Obviously a shame as the ratings for letting a person die in the wild after signing a disclaimer would have been unreal.

Minor comment on (particularly US, UK not much better) TV in general, I have no idea how you can watch it. Between the constant ads and the repetition of what just happened (You forgot because ads) there's only about 5% actual content.

I gave "Gold Rush" an honest try, but after the 5th time of hearing how the entire fucking wash-plant works, I really couldn't have given two shits if they had found a hole proving the hollow earth theory correct.

They talked about that in the article Telarus posted.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 04:49:06 PM
Ah shit, Once again I have suffered from the curse of 2 dozen open tabs and not reading the article actually in question.

I'm trying to stop this shit, I really am.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
Also, putting my bet on an "Urban" version of this show within 3 years.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: MMIX on July 08, 2013, 07:18:01 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
Also, putting my bet on an "Urban" version of this show within 3 years.

Yeah, and they should just call it "The Running Man" and be done with it.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 07:29:29 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 08, 2013, 07:18:01 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
Also, putting my bet on an "Urban" version of this show within 3 years.

Yeah, and they should just call it "The Running Man" and be done with it.

YES
YES
YEEEEESSSSS
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Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 08, 2013, 08:30:45 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
Also, putting my bet on an "Urban" version of this show within 3 years.

:horrormirth:
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 08, 2013, 08:31:13 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 08, 2013, 07:18:01 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
Also, putting my bet on an "Urban" version of this show within 3 years.

Yeah, and they should just call it "The Running Man" and be done with it.

:lulz:
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Telarus on July 09, 2013, 04:51:56 AM
No.  :lulz: :lulz:

I did get to see this huffy marine...
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1308194.1365125512!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/naked5n-4-web.jpg)
...get the worst sunburn of his life and be down for 5 days, then deliriously dig a well (in the Maldives, where the water table touches the salt), then get food poisoning from the well water, all while bitching that he had to take orders from the hawaiian surfer girl (also above), who refused to drink the well water and who was keeping him alive with her coconut skills and herbal knowledge.

Then, he busted his foot up bad on the coral tidepools (while wearing both mismatched flipflops she found), so she had to grab the hatchet and kill the damn eel she spotted herself. Crazy shit. He would have died 100% had they not skipped 8 days of medical attention.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 09:38:30 PM
Then that sucks.  If they aren't eating each other by week 2, I'm not wasting my time.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Reginald Ret on July 10, 2013, 07:43:31 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 08, 2013, 02:42:39 PM

Minor comment on (particularly US, UK not much better) TV in general, I have no idea how you can watch it. Between the constant ads and the repetition of what just happened (You forgot because ads) there's only about 5% actual content.

I gave "Gold Rush" an honest try, but after the 5th time of hearing how the entire fucking wash-plant works, I really couldn't have given two shits if they had found a hole proving the hollow earth theory correct.

This! A million times this!
Gah, fukken TV. Worst waste of time.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: AFK on July 10, 2013, 08:07:59 PM
TV is awful.  I used to watch it a lot with my ex-wife.  Haven't watched it since the separation, don't miss it a bit.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Left on July 12, 2013, 03:59:32 AM
My mom moved out on me.  She took the TV.
...YAY
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2013, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

There is a dark and Libertarian part of myself that hopes so.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:33:58 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

There is a dark and Libertarian part of myself that hopes so.

I just want the sort of person that wants to be on reality TV shows to starve to death where I can't hear 'em if I'm not dumb enough to turn the teevee on.

I think this makes me a bad person.  I'm comfortable with that.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2013, 06:35:48 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:33:58 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

There is a dark and Libertarian part of myself that hopes so.

I just want the sort of person that wants to be on reality TV shows to starve to death where I can't hear 'em if I'm not dumb enough to turn the teevee on.

I think this makes me a bad person.  I'm comfortable with that.

I'm torn.

The social worker in me wants to say that's cruel

the realist in me wants to say oh god good fucking riddance to bad luggage.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:38:01 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:35:48 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:33:58 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

There is a dark and Libertarian part of myself that hopes so.

I just want the sort of person that wants to be on reality TV shows to starve to death where I can't hear 'em if I'm not dumb enough to turn the teevee on.

I think this makes me a bad person.  I'm comfortable with that.

I'm torn.

The social worker in me wants to say that's cruel

the realist in me wants to say oh god good fucking riddance to bad luggage.

What would Dian Fossey do?  She'd let nature take its course.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2013, 06:43:42 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:38:01 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:35:48 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 12, 2013, 06:33:58 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 12, 2013, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 09, 2013, 04:12:56 AM
Are the contestants actually allowed to starve to death if they fail?

There is a dark and Libertarian part of myself that hopes so.

I just want the sort of person that wants to be on reality TV shows to starve to death where I can't hear 'em if I'm not dumb enough to turn the teevee on.

I think this makes me a bad person.  I'm comfortable with that.

I'm torn.

The social worker in me wants to say that's cruel

the realist in me wants to say oh god good fucking riddance to bad luggage.

What would Dian Fossey do?  She'd let nature take its course.

This is true. Of course, she also didn't lure her apes into potentially fatal situations with promises of all the delicious food they could eat if only they did good.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2013, 06:45:29 AM
It suddenly occurs to me that humanity is probably overflowing with people who would be willing to risk their lives for the promise of all the food they can eat if only they do good.
:horrormirth:
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: LMNO on July 12, 2013, 05:54:45 PM
I know "newsfeed" is played out at this point, but...




T-SHIRT.
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2013, 06:36:35 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 12, 2013, 05:54:45 PM
I know "newsfeed" is played out at this point, but...




T-SHIRT.

:lulz:
Title: Re: Naked and Afraid
Post by: McGrupp on July 16, 2013, 05:46:42 PM
Coworker and I worked out an idea for a reality show we would both watch. It would be called 'Container'.

Take former reality stars from other shows and lock them in a metal shipping container which is rigged with cameras. Film and enjoy.

Network exec: "Well okay, how do you know who the winner is?"
Me: "Winner?"
Network exec: "How do you know when the game is over?"
Me:  "Over?"