Comments on: Poll: The Worst Reality Shows

By: pedro

pedro — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:44:07 +0000

I just wanted to tell you that when in my comment above I said “The X Factor”,I really meant “American Idol”because “The X Factor”has never been aired in the US,although the two shows are very similar.

By: Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:59:14 +0000

In Korea these days there are lots of reality show like them you mentioned.
I sometimes used to feel very interesting & touching on this kind of TV show called “unlimited challenge”.
Because 5 celebrities on this TV show experienced Bobseigh or as fashion show models.

It is difficult for them to do like this because they have not experienced and are extremly busy.

But as you mentioned, some of programs are enough to be criticized.
They forced TV viewer to smile as they act as dumb.

By: emiliano

emiliano — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:37:20 +0000

Here I paste what wiky said about the story…

His 1958 short story “The Prize of Peril” was adapted in 1970 as the German TV movie Das Millionenspiel,[4] and again in 1983 as the French movie Le Prix du Danger. Written about a man who goes on a TV show in which he must evade people out to kill him for a week in order to win a large cash prize, it is perhaps the first-ever published work predicting the advent of reality television.

By: emiliano

emiliano — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:47 +0000

There is a short story written by a very good science fiction writer that many years ago talk about what is now happening in tv reality shows, here we paste the tittle and the author because it is good and anticipate nearly sixty years ago this reality shows more or less, and it’s possible we are going to this kind of show he told us a long time before when television was begining.
Here is the writer and the tittle for everyone who wants to read it. It’s easy to read the story in the web for free. I have seen it just now that I have remember it.

The Prize of Peril
by Robert Sheckley

When first I read it, I was very young but I can’t forget the story along the years.
Also there is a book and a film played by Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger “The running man” what is inspired in the same story, as Stephen King wrote a novel being Richard
Bachman that is inspired in the first story of R. Sheckley “The Prize of Peril”.
A. Schwarzenegger played the film based on Stephen King Book, as said before, but it was “consi consa”, I prefer of course the two books better.
What a mess I have done, sorry, but all these books are precusors of what is now happening on tv. (I love science fiction books for years),
Regards.

By: Eberhard

Eberhard — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:21:19 +0000

I don’t watch reality shows any more. I used to watch “big brother” or “jungle camp” which is also produced for german TV. But those shows seem to be a “soul striptease”, this is incredible. Since we got private TV in Germany the broadcasts are worse.

By: inma

inma — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:32:12 +0000

I have to admit that I have seen many relality shows. But with the years I realize that most of them are trash. I have read in the news about a reality show in UK, in it follows the life someboy’s life with cancer, this person unfortunaly is going to die.
But the point is, how far are willing the TV program and the participant? Are we going to see somebody die in live?.
We like audience have to made clear what we want on TV. And if we have a TV show with a person giving up to her son or daughter, our responsibility is don’t watch it. This way producers company won’t make that kind of realities.

By: Elisângelo

Elisângelo — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:57:56 +0000

…. so, the esl blog is really good and educative, and indeed it also a such funny and enjoyable place ( I am not sure if there is that word in english “enjoyable”), but it really fits the case here… that comment that emiliano just made right above ….”Sometimes she told me she can say “miau” like another cat……but.”… this was simply hilarious and funny stuff to read, that`s a good prove that jeff isn`t the only one here which got a extra good humor!

have a good one everybody!

By: emiliano

emiliano — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:23:05 +0000

Thanks Deniele for your reply, yes I may understand that you have plenty of time to do what you like and indeed you and your wife have done a wise decission up to my point of view.
My daughter Eva and her husband have also two marvellous cats. My daughter Fátima has also a cat called Maya……..I love them, but Cuca my wife doesn’t so I haven’t
any. Sometimes she told me she can say “miau” like another cat……but..

Thanks again.

By: Daniele from Italy

Daniele from Italy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:34:29 +0000

Hi!
Thank you Emiliano, I live with my wife and three marvellous cats.I used to watch tv when i was younger(I am 39) then I discovered the radio and i throw the tv away.
It was one of the best things I did, now I have plenty of time to do other things such as learning English, so I can listening to ESLpod., reading your comment or a book in English.
bye!

By: pedro

pedro — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:06:39 +0000

Well,I think that this is not the greatest topic to talk about but I’d like to say a few things.I agree with what Julio and Emiliano said.The truth is that nowadays I hardly watch tv,mostly because the time I used to spend watching tv in the past, I spend it now doing other things like surfing the net,downloading radio and podcasts like ESLpod,of course,and listening to them on my mp3 player (one of the best gadgets ever invented in my humble opinion)and other more interesting things.

And the mass media knew very well that this would happen very soon ,so nowadays is possible to watch tv,listen to the radio and read news on the newspapers websites on the net.And in fact I think that most young people today spend more time watching tv on the net than in a normal television set.

But speaking of reality tv,or even better,speaking of tv shows in general,I don’t think that a tv show is good or bad depending on the format(the type of programme),but depending on the way people do it.Let me explain,the only reality tv show I’m looking forward to watch,here in Spain ,is “Operación Triunfo”(kind of “The X Factor” in the US).It’s entertaining,relaxing,with young people working hard and hoping to carve out a niche for themselves in the difficult world of music (kind of Jeff McQuillan with ESLpodcast and the songs he sometimes sings in his podcast), and there’s no abusive swearing either (usually).Well,these are some of the reasons for which I don’t think this is a bad show.But this same show should be considered trash if done in a bad way.And this makes me think of this :the things I consider bad , you may consider them good ,therefore what’s tv trash for me, may be good quality tv for you and vice versa.