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Even though it's vastly different by comparison, the first thing I thought of when I read this was "The Running Man."

Just been reading about that

Originally posted by botankus
Even though it's vastly different by comparison, the first thing I thought of when I read this was "The Running Man."

I'm still waiting for 'Climbing for Dollars' to be made

That's terrible. I can only assume this kind of shit is made, but also actually watched by people, because people who can't afford real television have no alternative.

I mean, what other reason is there not to watch something else?

Originally posted by Devil King
That's terrible. I can only assume this kind of shit is made, but also actually watched by people, because people who can't afford real television have no alternative.

I mean, what other reason is there not to watch something else?

Nobody here is limited to public television, not since a few months at least. And it is causing a huge controversy I'd imagine that alone would enough reason to watch for a lot of people.

Though I can see why you guys find in sick, it should also be noted that one of the candidates will have their life saved, which they might not have had before. Now, there's little information as to how they acquired the organ, and of course someone else could have gotten it if they hadn't, but I suppose it is a chance for less rich people to acquire a transplant without having to pay huge amounts or having little chance on the organ transplant list.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Though I can see why you guys find in sick, it should also be noted that one of the candidates will have their life saved, which they might not have had before. Now, there's little information as to how they acquired the organ, and of course someone else could have gotten it if they hadn't, but I suppose it is a chance for less rich people to acquire a transplant without having to pay huge amounts or having little chance on the organ transplant list.

Organ transplants are free here, organ donations aren't compulsory however. The woman in question didn't want to donate a kidney anonymously, she wanted to know who's life she would save. She however didn't want to be forced to make a choice as to who would live and who would die. A TV maker heard about the story in some way or another and decided to make this program about her choice, and give the audience a voice....

So this TV juts gave 3 people a 33% chance of winning a kidney when before they had a chance of one in a thousand or so. That's the entire idea behind the show as well, create as much controversy as possible and make people think about becoming donors again.

Originally posted by Fishy
Nobody here is limited to public television, not since a few months at least. And it is causing a huge controversy I'd imagine that alone would enough reason to watch for a lot of people.

Well, I'm not really addressing "public" television. I'm just talking about better channels, like HBO or the History channel.

Here in the US, all those basic cable channels...like NBC, FOX, CBS, etc. are all reality TV crap with commercials every 5 minutes.

seriously, what the hell is up with TV shows that have 5 minutes of program and then 3 minutes of commercials, and repeat, and repeat? Comedy Central is the worst for this.

Something kinda sad about
The way that things have come to be.
Desensitized to everything.
What became of subtlety?

Originally posted by Devil King
Well, I'm not really addressing "public" television. I'm just talking about better channels, like HBO or the History channel.

Here in the US, all those basic cable channels...like NBC, FOX, CBS, etc. are all reality TV crap with commercials every 5 minutes.

seriously, what the hell is up with TV shows that have 5 minutes of program and then 3 minutes of commercials, and repeat, and repeat? Comedy Central is the worst for this.

Well they are crappy, but they aren't allowed to have more then 3 commercial breaks an hour and no more then 12 minutes an hour... So we can't have that.



That didn't work. We have a huge donor shortage here.

Originally posted by Fishy
Organ transplants are free here, organ donations aren't compulsory however. The woman in question didn't want to donate a kidney anonymously, she wanted to know who's life she would save. She however didn't want to be forced to make a choice as to who would live and who would die. A TV maker heard about the story in some way or another and decided to make this program about her choice, and give the audience a voice....

So this TV juts gave 3 people a 33% chance of winning a kidney when before they had a chance of one in a thousand or so. That's the entire idea behind the show as well, create as much controversy as possible and make people think about becoming donors again. Well, why can't they make some money in that case as well.

It might indeed get people to think about donating. Maybe it saves all of them...

I heard of this show whats on next pick who this virgin gets to sleep with?

Originally posted by Eldon
I heard of this show whats on next pick who this virgin gets to sleep with?

Probably done before. Why not though?

this makes bumfights seem tasteful

Well, looks like America's got some competition for horrific TV. Let's see how we bounce back.

Originally posted by Eldon
I heard of this show whats on next pick who this virgin gets to sleep with?

Actually... I once heard of something similar. I think it was about a 12 year old boy who wants to lose his virginity. So they set up 3 gorgeous porn stars to compete for who gets to sleep with the boy.

The show was never launch since it clearly would involve legal troubles and triggers child laws. But I betcha that if it had gotten a green light...the show would have jump on ratings.

Originally posted by BackFire
Well, looks like America's got some competition for horrific TV. Let's see how we bounce back.

We do the same show but at the end the winner finds out that they didn't get put on the transplant list.

Then we will laugh.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
We do the same show but at the end the winner finds out that they didn't get put on the transplant list.

Then we will laugh.

That's even crueler then this one, I like it

Update for all those that wanted to know, turns out that the show was just a big hoax... The woman giving away her kidney was an actress, the kidney people were real but they knew they couldn't get it. It was just a show put on to try and convince more people to actually go out and donate their organs after their demise.

Originally posted by Fishy
Update for all those that wanted to know, turns out that the show was just a big hoax... The woman giving away her kidney was an actress, the kidney people were real but they knew they couldn't get it. It was just a show put on to try and convince more people to actually go out and donate their organs after their demise.

Awww

One of them could have gotten a kidney if that show was real...

Nice, i cant believe that reality tv has finally given us entertainment

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
All i want to know...is what channel is this shit on?

Public television, channel 3... During BNN it's broadcasting hours... But the show was last friday, so no use watching anymore...