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Author Topic: SURVIVOR II POST HERE IF YOU DISLIKE IT. Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-04-2001 10:34 AM                    Thise is for those people who dislike the show or think it's a waste of time. I personaly do not have time to watch it. I just created this for those who do not like the show to make their coments. Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 03-04-2001 04:42 PM                     Sorry guys. I have not seen any episodes of Survivor I, or, II. PLUS it just looks stupid. Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-04-2001 06:23 PM                     I have never even seen one single second of the show. Frankly, I don't think I'd like it if I did watch it. I don't see what all the commotion is about. Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-04-2001 06:52 PM                        I've never seen it, either, nor do I have any desire to do so. I like really good documentaries, and I'm afraid that this sort of thing--essentially, a scripted TV show posing as a documentary--really gives the concept of a "real" documentary (which should be an essentially unscripted "fly on the wall" film, maybe with a few interviews) a bad name. "Reality shows" aren't. I don't understand the popularity of them, other than that the production costs are low, compared with programming which involves professional actors... Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 03-04-2001 11:07 PM                     What kills me is the way that our local TV "news" team is hawking this tripe as news events! Give me a break!!! Pass another quart of FG!! Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-05-2001 06:14 AM                     Network TV is banned from my place until they get rid of the continuous onscreen logos. Watching CBS feels like that damn eye is staring at you from across the room! They've even got that thing on their HDTV feeds too, so I have to ask what the point of bothering with it is. I wanted to work in TV for a while, I'm glad I decided not to. What'll be next, theater chains putting their logos on the screens? I've noticed this "Survivor" thing is getting a lot of press, having seen it mentioned on the covers of several magazines. I hope CBS is paying them well to do this, I wouldn't give them any free publicity! Michael Pace Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Dalby, Queensland, Australia Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-05-2001 08:51 AM                     Surviver? How the hell are they going to be in any real danger when there is a full TV crew pointing cameras and microphones at them. 60 MINUTES ran a surviver show a few weeks back and had a team of men and a team of women semi-competing to get from a faked plane crash and they had to walk 100kilometers (about 60 miles) to a rescue site. It was part of a NASA experiment but it looked fake with the intrusion of the cameras and the people knew instinctively that if they got into any real trouble help was nearby. These shows are why I am watching less TV and spending more time on the internet. Michael. Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-05-2001 09:45 AM                     Actually, I watch ZERO television at home. I don't even have a TV that works. Bruce helped me figure out what's wrong with it but I'm in no hurry to make the actual repairs. I might watch an hour or so of TV when I'm in a motel but that's it. It's funny how you realize just how ADDICTED to television you really were when you don't have one anymore! Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-05-2001 11:18 AM                        I never understood those stupid onscreen logos, until someone explained to me that it has to do with the Neilson (sp?) rating system. In addition to the "people meter" users, they send out diaries to lots of people every week, who are supposed to keep track of their TV-watching habits and report them to the ratings people. The logos are apparently designed to make sure that people don't forget what station they are watching. I'm told that this is the same reason why radio stations like to repeat their call letters every few minutes. I guess that the underlying assumption is that people are just too stupid to know what they are watching/listening to. I don't own a TV, either, although I have plenty of friends who live nearby whom I can talk into letting me use their TVs and VCRs when I have some burning desire to watch something. Maybe if the programming available on TV improved, I might buy a set for myself. Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-05-2001 12:12 PM                        The closest I've come to watching it is the little clips they show on Letterman. I feel about Survivor the same way LEtterman obviously does: It's fixed, it's a waste of time, and it's stupid. Rachel Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 248 From: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-05-2001 01:03 PM                     I saw half an episode of the original....all they did was have a water race, half the people against the other half and the losing team had to vote a member of the team off the island....it was horrible, I really don't know why people would go out of their way to watch that crap.... ------------------ "Blood is thicker then blondes" - From the movie, Save the last Dance. FUNNY!!!!! Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-05-2001 05:37 PM                        Survivor is GREAT! If you think it's crap... just watch Temptation Island. What a lot of bull that is! ------------------ Andrew McCrea "I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way!" - Jessica Rabbit Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-06-2001 09:41 PM                     All of them are my best excuse to tune into Discovery Channel,History Channel, PBS, or Animal Planet! And most of these are now in HDTV to boot. Programs like Do You Want To Be Millionare, and Survivor are one of the main reasons that this country is so full of couch potatoes and stupid people! Mark @ GTS Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-12-2001 02:14 PM                        I would never waste my time watching any of the survivor type shows. If you think they are real you need to get a life. Matter of fact if it has a part two I don't watch it because I know I will never be home to see a part two.

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