How Low Can Reality Tv Go?

LegacyUser

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4643056.stm

More then a little disturbing TBH

connundrum

Well I suppose..

Men go to sperm banks and sell their seed.. nothing much changes for them.

Women who wanna get knocked up anyway and were gonna go down to the sperm bank to get some seeds sprinkled on their lawn... nothing much changes for them.

The only thing that is amiss here is the amount of wierdos who are TV mad and would seriously get preggers just to be 'famous'. You know Jade Goody woulda won this had BB not come along!

Feckin horndogs! :rolleyes:

Ruaidhri

I still dont know why reality TV has survived this long. Well apart from the obvious answer ( low overhead,no script, high profit margins etc.).

I suppose it's one of the reasons i dont watch TV anymore.

TBH Sillysausage, i suspect things will get worse before they get better.

simu

Who knows? Indeed, who watches that stuff anymore?

Sarky

Ruaidhri wrote:

I still dont know why reality TV has survived this long. Well apart from the obvious answer ( low overhead,no script, high profit margins etc.).

No, no, you miss the point. The obvious reason can be explained with three simple words. People are idiots.

Lux23

I would imagine the very worst would be a big brother death row style where every week you vote for which contestant should get the electric chair. I read that in a book and I firmly believe there are many people out their who would like to watch something like that.

Sarky

Lux23 wrote:

I would imagine the very worst would be a big brother death row style where every week you vote for which contestant should get the electric chair. I read that in a book and I firmly believe there are many people out their who would like to watch something like that.

Are you kidding? You'd pass up a chance to see a bunch of mindnumbingly shallow, talentless cretins with all the personality of a Pat Kenny cardboard cutout getting precisely what they deserve? Replace "Electric chairs" with "Ninja death squad", and I'll pay double the TV license. Damn it, I'll throw the switch.

_Kaiser_

Lux23 wrote:

I would imagine the very worst would be a big brother death row style where every week you vote for which contestant should get the electric chair. I read that in a book and I firmly believe there are many people out their who would like to watch something like that.

True.. look how many people turned in to watch yer man (Darren Brown) play russian roulette live on TV :rolleyes:

Lux23

I never said I wouldn't watch it but I was thinking more that the contestants would be actual death row inmates and whoever wins gains their freedom.

aidan_walsh

simu wrote:

Who knows? Indeed, who watches that stuff anymore?

Ask them.

These days society seems to reward being known, instead of being known for something... Sad, sad state of affairs...

"Reality TV is not only reinventing the freak show, it's about bedlam," he says. "It's the TV equivalent of slowing down to get a better look at the accident on the other side of the motorway. It's about getting a view of other people's misery.

"Those who take part are considered odd or bizarre for wanting to do so, but they are merely products of a society that now holds fame above anything else. All cultural reference points are now rooted in being a celebrity, and not attached to having an intrinsic skill."

mickymg2003

Deal with it. It will probably pass or it will probably stick around like the soap opera.

Endurance Man

Forever, there will always be lame peoeple who enjoy wasting ours watching big brother, so they will keep making this tripe.

Beruthiel

give it another few years
Running Man could yet become reality

_Kaiser_

Beruthiel wrote:

give it another few years
Running Man could yet become reality

At least that was entertaining though!

Sparky

tbh as long as somebody looks at these shows they will still go on, lets face it people are always curious for these things, i personally hate this crap i never watch it as i have a busy life.

aidan_walsh

Sparky-s wrote:

tbh as long as somebody looks at these shows they will still go on, lets face it people are always curious for these things, i personally hate this crap i never watch it as i have a life.

Corrected.

DaBreno

I remember when yer man Timothy McVey was about to be executed for the Oklahoma bombings, some network offered to buy the Viewing rights and show it on Pay-per-view. They were refused but the fact they tried it on shows some Networks are toying with the idea of actual Death on TV. Whatever catches on over there, Sky get it too.

starn

I'am currently in pre production for a show called Starn Goes Wild. Where I hunt and kill thyese posterboys for abortion, that we reality TV stars. I'am getting a lot of intrest from both UTV and SKY

aidan_walsh

starn wrote:

I'am currently in pre production for a show called Starn Goes Wild. Where I hunt and kill thyese posterboys for abortion, that we reality TV stars. I'am getting a lot of intrest from both UTV and SKY

Wouldn't you have to kill yourself in the last episode?

starn

Ah Irony.......my arch nemisis

Pigman II

Beruthiel wrote:

give it another few years
Running Man could yet become reality

Oh I'd watch Running Man! Esp if the contestants were of the BigBrother variety.

Sarky wrote:

with all the personality of a Pat Kenny cardboard cutout

That'd be pretty dull alright but why not just say 'with all the personality of Pat Kenny'? That's even more damning.

toffeapple

Pigman II wrote:

Oh I'd watch Running Man! Esp if the contestants were of the BigBrother variety.



That'd be pretty dull alright but why not just say 'with all the personality of Pat Kenny'? I think that's even more damning.

If they released wild animals namely hungry lions and tigers into the big brother house and those gormless fools had to fend them off with thier bare hands and pork chops fish hooked into their skin everyone would watch it

Tobias Greeshman

tofeapple wrote:

If they released wild animals namely hungry lions and tigers into the big brother house and those gormless fools had to fend them off with thier bare hands and pork chops fish hooked into their skin everyone would watch it

Ha Ha!! That'd be brilliant, I can just imagine one of them in that room where they talk to Big Brother (Diary room thing) and a lion/tiger comes through the door and takes strips off them live on tv.

Contestant: "Hello Big Brother"
BB: "Hello ...."
Contestant: "Stop it I'm in here, I'll be out in a minute.."
BB: "Whats going on?"
[Tiger barges through door and leaps mid air at contestant]
Contestant: "What the.... ARRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!"
[Screams continue]
BB: "Mwhaaa ha ha!!!!":D

Ruaidhri

toffeapple wrote:

If they released wild animals namely hungry lions and tigers into the big brother house and those gormless fools had to fend them off with thier bare hands and pork chops fish hooked into their skin everyone would watch it

Timeless entertainment! Lions, meet these fine Christians...

ST*

Isn't the title to this thread a contradiction in terms?
All reality tv is bad. All I can say is damn BB or whoever the
hell invented the utter tribe that is jamming our tv's every other night.

GLaDOS

I have never ever seen the attraction of reallity tv and have never enjoyed watching it if my friends were watchin it(usually end up listening to music:rolleyes: )

Sparky

aidan_walsh wrote:

Corrected.

lol

AngryBadger

Not surprised at all. Disgusted yes, but not surprised. Never understood the appeal of reality TV. and it's only getting worse.

John R

Beruthiel wrote:

give it another few years
Running Man could yet become reality

I am surprised (and truth be told a little disappointed in our morally corrupt TV producers) that it hasn't happened already.

pepper

sillysausage wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4643056.stm

More then a little disturbing TBH

thats just wrong

RESULTS
If Let's Make a Baby were really made, would you...
Be willing to take part
7.80%

Not take part, but be willing to watch
21.87%

Not be willing even to watch
70.33%

21802 Votes Cast

i was onle of that 70% by the way

who would do that
some people are so desperate for fame