UK MasterChef was an interesting show focused almost exclusively on the food and some about the people. It wasn't a "you're voted off the island" format, it was how well you cooked, and you had basically one chance. The contestants weren't holed up for months in a house, either. They came and went as they needed to.DeathJr said:People watch masterchef?
Which is pretty much the Big Brother format. That's my point.giri said:It IS the exact same format as Australia Biggest loser.
It was, but it doesn't mean the format works.Choc said:Renovators proved this to be wrong cod
legend166 said:It's 12 pages!
codswallop said:UK MasterChef was an interesting show focused almost exclusively on the food and some about the people. It wasn't a "you're voted off the island" format, it was how well you cooked, and you had basically one chance. The contestants weren't holed up for months in a house, either. They came and went as they needed to.
Which is pretty much the Big Brother format. That's my point.
It was, but it doesn't mean the format works.
Agreed. I was enjoying the kicking of the IGN guy until it became a thread about said IGN guy *and* Amirox.viciouskillersquirrel said:Link?
Also, he's been beaten up on enough at this point. Not that he wasn't a horrible mod and a terrible, hypocritical and disingenuous debater, but as far as he goes now, he's taken his lumps.
People living together in a house and voted off each week. All these shows are basically the Survivor format with different filler (cooking, weight loss, etc).Choc said:
evlcookie said:Jambo, you get bf3 working properly?
hamchan said:Survivor is the best reality TV show.
If you're talking about the corner just after the tunnel, I knew a few who preferred 4-1-4, but I always liked 4-2-4 or even 4-2-3-4 better as I felt you lost less speed and the 4-1-4 combo was less predictable.evlcookie said:Gaz, are you going to try my 4 - 1 - 4 first corner method on advance tonight? Would love to know if it helps.
hamchan said:Survivor is the best reality TV show.
Damn right. As long as you're not talking about the American shite. Japanese series only.RandomVince said:Master chef is shit.
Iron Chef is where its at.
BASS BATTLE!
hamchan said:Survivor is the best reality TV show.
As if it could beat The Girls of the Playboy Mansion.Kerrby said:I disagree, Jersey Shore is imo .
Dead Man said:Damn right. As long as you're not talking about the American shite. Japanese series only.
Only ones I can't watch are where they eat really peculiar (to us) food... usually stuff that has a face. By far the best bits are the background stories at the start.RandomVince said:Naturally. If memory serves me...
Bang a gong, we are on!RandomVince said:Naturally. If memory serves me...
Btw all reality tv licks balls.
Dead Man said:Bang a gong, we are on!
Truth.hamchan said:Survivor is the best reality TV show.
Kerrby said:I disagree, Jersey Shore is imo .
Chen, Sakai, and Michiba were the best group. Chen was so nice, Sakai was creative as hell, and Michiba was just boss.RandomVince said:I had tears in my eyes when Sakai won the King of Iron Chef battle.
Bell pepper battle, crab battle, the Szechuan Sage. Google is telling me there is Iron Chef fan fiction....
You bet your ass I will be.evlcookie said:Gaz, are you going to try my 4 - 1 - 4 first corner method on advance tonight? Would love to know if it helps.
Choc said:survivor is the first reality tv right?
Rahk said:Fleet Foxes are awesome.
codswallop said:As if it could beat The Girls of the Playboy Mansion.
giri said:It's great viewing, but i'm not sure it's a great show.
It's so bad half the cast doesn't even make it to the end of the last season
Yeah, Sylvania Waters was one of the first of the modern style of reality show.midonnay said:pretty sure there were an american and australian reality show before the 90's...
watsonia family or something?
uhm google says syvania waters...
midonnay said:pretty sure there were an american and australian reality show before the 90's...
Indeed. CC wins for first, even wikipedia agrees!jambo said:Candid Camera was in the 40s :lol
Just a tad before the 90s =P
Yeah, the first couple seasons were cool as hell, now it is MTV style and busted.Gazunta said:My only problem with the Amazing Race is the God damn music and general pace of the show.
The Music! is! Always! A! long! STRING! of! EXCITED! DRAMATIC! TENSE! NOTES! THAT! MAKE! IT! HARD! TO! FOLLOW! WHAT'S! OHMYGODGOINGON!!
Plus the fact that no shot - not a single one - lasts for more than two seconds now. I find it really disconcerting.
And man, I used to ADORE this show. So much so that when my wife worked on it for a couple of days, I was gutted to find out I could never be a contestant afterward
Dead Man said:Indeed. CC wins for first, even wikipedia agrees!
Prank calls?jambo said:I just looked it up and found out it was preceded by Candid Microphone on radio. How the hell would that work?!
Dead Man said:Prank calls?
Found a sample here: http://www.otrcat.com/candid-microphone-p-2043.html Weird.jambo said:Voting off of contestants is not a required component of reality tv shows.
Maybe, but the thing about Candid Camera is that it was normally traps set up and it would just be normal people reacting to stuff without involvement from the people filming.
Not sure how that would work without a camera.
Go, as in gone? No more, never existed? WTWP is pretty funny, so I vote SLS.Gazunta said:So uh guys which one should go, White Teenagers With Problems or Suburban Life Stories
Just, uh, askin'.
codswallop said:If you're talking about the corner just after the tunnel, I knew a few who preferred 4-1-4, but I always liked 4-2-4 or even 4-2-3-4 better as I felt you lost less speed and the 4-1-4 combo was less predictable.