Watch "Solitary", the best reality show ever.
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Dr_Darkspeed,
Posted on: 2010-12-02 17:13 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Sounds interesting, but not quite a pure a concept as Touch the Truck
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Looks like fun. 
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caught the first couple seasons of this a while back, not a bad concept overall.
I'm an INTJ. I could do this in my sleep.
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I'm an INTJ. I could do this in my sleep.
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By the end of the first season, Val's pretty much transitioned from giving people insufficient blankets to demanding they do things that would, without a signed waiver, pretty much violate the Geneva Convention.
Watch the first season (the only one I've watched) and let me know if your answer stands.
So she's like Reality TV's GLADoS? 
Neat concept, but I'm not a Reality TV fan.
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Watching season one right now. You are right this is an interesting show. I know for a fact I could not do this even for one round.
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it would have been cheaper to web cam guantanamo and broadcast it.
it's an interesting direction that a number of the 'reality' shows seem to focus on, 'pushing the limits' is another way of saying 'torture' but with a waiver, and a chance at a payoff.
stephen king's 'running man' (the actual story as opposed to ahnold's rendition), and the 'treadmill for bucks' really come to mind.
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Watching season one right now. You are right this is an interesting show. I know for a fact I could not do this even for one round.
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I think I could go three or four rounds. I don't remember which challenge it was, but I remember seeing on and thinking "Yup; this is when I'd quit".
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I know. It's fascinating and disturbing at the same time. I know for a fact that the final round in the game would be seen as an act of war if it was done aggressively. Really.
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Originally Posted by spice_weasel
it's an interesting direction that a number of the 'reality' shows seem to focus on, 'pushing the limits' is another way of saying 'torture' but with a waiver, and a chance at a payoff.
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For streaming on Hulu.
You don't directly compete. You don't backstab. You don't eliminate one another. You simply survive.
In my favorite reality show of all time, all contestants are sealed off from the world and places in a small empty room. They may use the restroom and have bottled water whenever they want. Aside from that, there are only two rules:
1) What the robotic host Val says goes. If she says no one eats today, no one eats today. If she wants to disparage on your religion, you have to listen. If she says that everyone must press themselves against spikes, they must. If she starts a conversation asking why you cheated on your wife, you must give her a full answer. - Val wants her contestants to win as much as she wants to put them through trials. She will be your sweetest and most understanding friend that will work with you through your emotional problems... as long as you are willing to stay sleep deprived like her current whim demands.
2) There's a big red button in the middle of the room. Press it when you give up and admit that you'd rather lose the show than keep going.
Last one left standing gets $50,000. Good luck.