So what's with all the wimpy reality TV these days. I never watch the shows except when flipping to catch a few minutes when nothing else is on. I did, however, watch survivor reruns about 6-7 years ago when the station would play them every night. Perhaps that's why I see the difference when I'm unfortunate enough to catch a few minutes of Stranded or whatever the show was called where they're supposed to be marooned on a dessert island (not that survivor was all that 'survivor' either). I mean, the entire time was about various quasi-romantic liaisons, and everyone was nicely showered and wearing good clothes. I really must be missing something here, but where's the 'reality' in this 'reality TV' or the feeling of being stranded and needing to survive?
What I'd like to see is something much more reality:
-Stack an island with props / food / challenges / cameras
-Drop teams at either end of the island
-Leave them to their own devices to get food, water and find the way off
-Each evening the teams do a secret ballot to remove one member. That person is taken off quietly/secretely while the groups sleep.
-Various challenges are added each day, but without knowledge of groups (until the challenges are encountered). That could mean that, as they move through the island, their path behind becomes perilous also.
-Challenges are set so that teams figure everything out on their own, and eventually when getting to the end, there is only one person left
-Important: at no time does anyone from either team come in contact with show hosts or anyone setting the challenges (except when taken from the island or for medical reasons). The challenges are not scripted (i.e. there are no instructions to read, no one telling them what to do). Everything is totally 'real'.
That's what I would called survivor reality TV. Not this club med stuff that's on now.
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