Reply With QuotePardon me while I shed a tear for people who sit on the floor for a day and a half for a chance to be on TV. Life is tough. His idea at the end is pretty good though; Fox should be making money off of these ding dongs.
Regional auditions for the fourth season of American Idol are currently in full swing. Here's one man's story:
http://www.moyermovies.com/idol.htm
Pardon me while I shed a tear for people who sit on the floor for a day and a half for a chance to be on TV. Life is tough. His idea at the end is pretty good though; Fox should be making money off of these ding dongs.
Call the Wahmbulance. If you really want to be a superstar, don't expect some exploitation machine TV show to give you a shortcut. Write some songs, start a band, and actually work for it.
I believe there are actually five a's in whaaaaambulance.
What did they expect? To be treated like a star? Welcome to 'reality' TV, schmucks.
An aside: Some twenty-thirty years ago, there was a spate of sci-fi stories exploring how far TV would go to get ratings, everything from the Divorce Game to combat football to voluntary suicide in the form of "The Dangerous Game" style shows for big bucks.
At the time, the reviewers were pretty much of the opinion that "Oh, you go to extremes; we'll never see that kind of crap on TV!" Reality TV hasn't quite lived to those extremes, but I'm starting to wonder where it all ends. Just how long it will be before we see the first show to offer $1 million to a contestant who can avoid being killed by a group of contract killers for a fall season?
I know I'd watch it.Originally Posted by JessicaM
I forget the name of the TV show or movie from a couple of years ago, but the contestants killed each other to win a prize in this one.
-DavidCPA
yeah, you get to live and play another episode (until you get the number needed to exit)
series 7: the contenders
pretty good movie.
The sad truth is, millions would watch if that show was real.yeah, you get to live and play another episode (until you get the number needed to exit)
series 7: the contenders
pretty good movie.
Does anyone remember a King book (written under a pen name) called The Long Walk? I read it when i was a kid, but I seem to remember it being about a a group of the best and the brightest competing in a Marathon-like walking contest. The catch was if you dropped below 4 MPH three times you got shot on the spot. Last man walking went on to riches and glory. Obvioulsy, it was a Super Bowl-like event. I think it was the Bachman books king wrote?
Anyway, I think we'll see something like this in our lifetime. Whether it's televised executions, Gladiator-style fight to the death, something like this is the end result of where popular entertainment is going. And it's not like it's anything new. People have been going to hangings, beheadings, etc. throughout history. I think it's a little naive to say that we have moved beyond that.
Yep, it was one of his "Bachman" books. The only catch was that you were too crazy from the walk to enjoy the wealth. As a kid, I remember it being compelling for a book about walking, but when I tried to read it again a couple of years ago, I realized it was typical early King schlock.
I still say that if you took deathrow inmates and put them into to-the-death gladiatorial competition, you'd have the highest rated show in the history of television. Winner gets his freedom.
Then in the second season, you make it a million dollar prize and open it to volunteers from the public. You wouldn't even need inmates anymore. People would line up for the chance at the cash, even if it meant a sword in the gut.
Disgusting and immoral? Yeah, but this is television. :D
Matt, why haven't you pitched this to your bosses yet? Live-action videogaming! You could have energy bars and scores at the top of the screen and everything. "FINISH HIM!"
If you win, your soul belongs to Murdoch. :twisted:
Wasnt this the premise of the Arnie movie 'The Running Man'?
I watched that film again this weekend, and I must say that with the way reality tv is going and the alleged 'Police state' tactics on show in NY this week, the movie does not seem as far fetched as it used to.
It's all about gradual changed. As Marge said on the Simpsons one time, "Wow, FOX turned into a hard-core porn channel so gradually I hardly even noticed."Wasnt this the premise of the Arnie movie 'The Running Man'?
I watched that film again this weekend, and I must say that with the way reality tv is going and the alleged 'Police state' tactics on show in NY this week, the movie does not seem as far fetched as it used to.
You guys ever heard of something called Bumfights.
We're already there dudes
Didn't those guys end up in jail? An underground video is hardly mainstream network fodder, which is what we're talking about here.
Wasn't there an episode of Boomtown about that guest starring Doogie Howser?
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