I have come to realize...

[Wayne]

I dislike the entire idea of "reality tv" they are hybrid of 3 things which aren't that great to begin with #1 Reality, tv was invented to get us away from reality without the use of drugs/alcohol...reality tv should really be the NEWS (in the best case) #2 Game Shows...I suppose with the exception that you need talent to win on some game shows #3 Gossip and inane blabber about worthless people ie Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, etc.


All I am saying is if this is what they plan on feeding the masses then bring back the lions! Is nobody with me

I'll admit I like SOME reality TV, but it really depends on how it is produced. I don't like anything on MTV they pass off as reality. Primarily because it's not geared to my age group. But also because it in no way shape or form resembles reality. Cops is reality (except for when the cop decides to get extra flexy when he brings down a baddy), Taxicab Confessions is reality, Intervention is hella reality. The only show I can really think of that is more like MTV is Scream Queens and it's for a very specific reason: it's more of a gameshow than reality. They are competing for a definite, real prize; a starring role in a hit movie franchise (Saw series). It's not trying to improve a group of crazy women (Charm School) or picking off fatties one by one (The Biggest Loser). Sure 'Loser' has a prize at the end, but the purpose of the show is to help these people lose weight. Why are they being eliminated then? Shouldn't they all stay on the show and the person who loses the most at the end win? If the 'Charm' girls need this help, why boot them? Because it's about something other than this alleged improvement they state. At least with 'Queens' we have a defined task and only one can win. It makes sense that they be elminated one by one. Who the hell cares who wants to be Paris Hilton's next best friend who she'll be dumping on sometime in the coming year? And the dating shows are the worst. My parents hate my girlfriend so much they set me up to go on a date with two other girls. No, in REALITY, my parents wouldn't allow my girlfriend in the house if she were an uber-bitch. And don't stick my whiny ass in a house with a bunch of whiny 20 somethings. I used to love 'Real World', hell, I wanted to be on the show, but now I would be terminally bored.

As close as I get to reality TV, is Survivor Man, I used to watch Man Vs Wild, until it came out the whole thing was more or less canned,ruined it for me.

I prefer Survivor Man too. And not only because Bear Grills goes to a hotel every night. Survivor Man is out there all by himself; he's his own camera crew and if he gets in over his head he calls for them to come scoop him up. I'm telling you, Intervention is one of the most compelling reality shows you can find. A lot of them are whiny, but they're almost all stories that will draw you right in. These are people who are completely self-centered, who accept no personal responsibility for the situation they are in. But the impact on their families is where you have the meat of the situation.

Like for instance this one where this guy was an alcoholic. He'd been an avid body builder for years and even owned his own gym. But then one of the drugs he used was illegalized and the guy went on a downward spiral. He had a shitty upbringing, of course, and had had to drop out of school to take care of his entire family because his father left and his mother was pretty much useless. He never had a childhood and the guy wound up dying not long after getting booted out of the rehab clinic. The damage had been done; he had bruises all over his body from where the alcohol was wailing on him. Pretty much taking him off vodkie then was pointless.