survivor

              Reality TV, in it's entirety, only began getting interesting about a year and a half ago. It started with the whole "Who Wants to be a Millionnaire" thing. Of course, I, as a typical citizen of the planet earth, fell into the trap of being completely hooked on this new craze. But, I also had my limits. "Millionnaire" was the first of it's kind, so I stuck with it. When bad attempts at duplicating "Millionnaire"'s succesfulness came out, I steered clear. Games such as "21" and "Greed" did not amuse me at all. I actually found Maury Povich to be a very sorry excuse for a game show host, and that scary guy from "Greed" was, well, SCARY!

"SMELL the money!!" He'd exclaim, while flipping fake dollar bills in greedy American's faces. Sick.

                  Eventually though, the whole "Millionnaire" craze wore off for me. I'd come back for specials, like "Celebrity Millionnaire" and "Canadian Millionnaire", but after it hit the airwaves full time, the novelty quickly wore off.

                  Then summer rolled around, a time when television isn't a very popular thing for me, so I pretty much disregarded anything pertaining to the white box on my dresser. Low and behold, my curiosity was picked by one, seemingly un-important, word in the English dictionnary: Survivor. I missed the first show, blowing it off as another network's pathetic attempt at getting ratings. But then the next week came around and, seeing as I found nothing of interest to do that night, when my mom invited me to sit with them and watch this new-fangled twist on Reality TV, I decided to give it a try. Almost immediately, I was hooked. The whole persona of the show got me stuck, and I mean, who wouldn't enjoy seeing fairly good looking guys prance around in nothing but a pair of shorts all the time! So, for the whole summer, no one, and I mean NO ONE, could un-glue me from the television on Wednesday nights! I was beyond hooked, I'd reached the possible point of complete obssession! I got emotionally linked to these people who were living their lives on this South Pacific island! Heck, I even wrote a page-long article on the show for my school newspaper!

                 Since the last "Survivor", time has passed. And now, a new age is upon us!! Well, ok that was a little over-dramatic! A new "Survivor" is upon us!

"Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. Outback!"

Yay! Sunday night, I stayed up till nearly midnight, just to watch the new "Survivor". They decided to play it after the SuperBowl, which I believe was a mistake, cuz you never really know when the SuperBowl will end! Anyway, the new "Survivor" is great. It's only just begun so I can't praise it thoroughly yet! But, here's the catch:

With the coming of the new "Survivor" was the imminent coming of bad replacas! First, "Temptation Island", a show I didn't even bother to look at. But, with what people have been telling me, I don't think it's very interested! It's just a bunch of un-married couples, thrown on an island full of single, good-looking people, attempting to NOT cheat on their mate. In Lamens' terms: Sheer Crap. Then we have "The Mole", which is slightly like "Survivor" (cuz people get kicked off, and they bitch at each other and stuff), but has a difference to it. See these "The Mole" people aren't sleeping on a beach, with no roof over their heads, and eating rice and bugs; they are living high of the hog, staying in expensive motels and eating at fancy restaurants. Plus, they get to tour Europe, which is pretty freaken cool! Ok, so it's pretty obvious that I've gotten sucked into another Reality TV show. Well, it's winter, and there's nothing to do, so sue me! Let me tell you though, I saw the previews for another bad "Survivor" spoof and I will NOT stoop low enough to watch THAT! It's called "Shipwrecked", and it's just a bunch of people, stuck on an island, struggling to "survive"...only difference is that they don't win any money. Booooooring!

So that is my personal take on Reality TV. May the shows be plentiful and ever-changing and NOT stupid!!!