"The Colony: Discovery Channel's Post Apocalyptic Survivors" Topic

Seen this yet?

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I have a feeling it is going to be more drama than substance, as with all other reality tv shows.

CC

Are there mutant zombies in it?

I'll watch the first episode, then likely tune out.

Does look to have potential.

so is this 'Survivor: The Island of the "LOST"', MINUS the zombies????

Oh no.
Another reality show.

Big brother with intellectual pretensions.

If they're not going to have zombies they can atleast have the colony menaced by a mutant motorcycle gang lead by this guy.

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I can see the pitch meeting now.

"Its Junkyard Wars meets Survivor"

Sorry, CC, but that is another reason to not return to watching TV.

Gracias,

Glenn

What fun is it when you start out with 10 people with all the skills you need to survive? Lets pick 10 people off the street at random and see what happens. Much more likely then having a doctor, nurse, scientests and engineers.

What No Zombies Doug redshirt has the right idea.

Will they start of have the option of eating each other…!!!

As for picking 10 random people from the uk, let me see..

dole scum hunting for brooze
Single mothers with no skills
Over weight and unfit

anybody else to add…?

A MP ( no skills, but having a sexond home to hide in may help )

I don't think you need to do an "experiment" to know that most random people in that situation will die quickly.

It will likely be hard enough for the picked group even with their skills and the stuff given to them. What interest is there in watching 10 random people with no skills starve to death (simulated) because the local fast food places are closed?

Or watch them lose all their stuff to "mean" people because they can't protect themselves and there's no police around to protect the weak?

I prefer my version- "Zombie week" in which a bunch of extras play zombies wearing suitably rotten protective facemasks, and the survivors get some red paintball guns.

They have to somehow survivie the zombies while on the run 24 hours a day. eating only what they can find, hoping no one falls asleep on guard duty, anyone gets bit they come back ont he other side. Etc.

Pitched it to an TV friend who thought I was OOMFM (first word out, last word mind)

OOYFM? I think that sounds like a fantastic idea.

If your TV friend is like most, they'll think it's a bad idea until someone else does it and then they will copy it like there's no tomorrow. (Apocalyptic humor)

Soap opera before substance. These types of shows exist for personality conflicts, not actually doing an "experiment". Heck, even DOIN' da VINCI was about woefully incompatible people trying to do something cooperatively, not how the fabricate engines of war from da Vinci's drawings.

I'll watch the first episode, though.

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(damn TMP bug got me again!)

I took this to heart…10 regular people…ok my option was slightly askew by demographic but it is what it is.

I am a service manager for a ships support store…we have thousands of items to maintain sailing and power vessels and I support the service of the same.

So first 10 people to be our starter crew…

me…43yrs old, good shape, certified electronics/electrician/mechanic/and fabrication (welding, fiberglass, etc.), retired from 21yrs active military duty (US marines and coast guard), special skills in deep water diving, air/water purification, solar/wind/hydro power, and I am a chef.

retail manager…32yrs old, 18+yrs as sailor with vast experience with lines, chain, sail, and as a professional rigger…welder, marine carpenter, and ships wright.

(the customers)
Dr. John…56yrs old, good shape, runner, sailor, retired general practitioner, experienced furniture maker.

Sue (Dr John's wife)…mid 40's active nurse, good shape, runner.

Scruffy…dirty little sail-rat, he works on smaller boats cleaning engine rooms, painting, basic rigging…drinks heavily, mid 50's but looks like 70, smells bad, looks worse.

Old Morton…late 60's, great shape considering, works 6-7 days a week 10hr days, sail rigger and ships wright with 40+yrs experience.

Jose'…mid 40's, works the oil field as a site manager, power boat fisherman, worked his way up from helper to manager, experienced mechanic.

Sally…Jose's bimbo girlfriend, mid 20's, cute, as sharp as a box of marbles.

Carl…not many people could be as interesting as Carl…mid 60's, fantastic shape (wait for it), strong, Russian, retired Russian circus acrobat/clown/strong man, life long sailor with vast personal experience from sailing around the world 3 times…hooo yaaa!

I missed a couple people while working on a boat…but I finished with…

Fred…mid 30's, professional fishing guide, he catches fish and shows other people to do the same.

Ok so that is the 10 I get stuck with…Scruffy would either take the long walk or drink something he should not..so I have 9 to work with lol.

I do not know how these skill sets compare…count the first 9+ yourself, the first chance you get…see what you get stuck with.

HUGE GROAN . . .

well i have done the SEE course (in cold weather), and jungle survival course years ago, and believe me, when you have to deal with real life off camera, with no medical support, no way out except on foot by land navigation/evasion, and no one to hold your hand when you whimper, get hurt, get hungry, tired, wet, cold, scared, lost, life can really suck . . .

now days i would die off: i am old fat, crippled, on meds, etc. i can still shoot the balls off a gnat at 50 yards, but as far as the shear physical toughness and ability required to survive in a hostile environment, as an aulde fart, i am screwed!

pick 10 folks you work with without fantasizing their abilities or yours, let alone having access to needed stuff, and ask your self, how many would survive?

maybe 1 or 2: probably none.

DAWGIE

I got just one question….

Who sinks to cannibalism first!!!! ‌‌

LOL. I guess you gotta consider all options. :)

CC

Out of my 10, well 9 because I would remove scruffy from the equation at once…maybe 4 would make it past year one.

While in the service I went through open water, desert, arctic, and jungle survival training. I am if fine shape, no meds. I can shoot quite well, USMC expert.

So I suspect I would do ok…and through the process of reduction in force I would look to recruit others.

I live near the Ocean…I suspect fish tastes better then scruffy so I will pass on soylent green or red.

This is posted on the Modern Discussion board … why?

As a favor, please continue putting three punctuation marks at the end of the title of each of the threads you start, it's easier to ID them that way.

"This is posted on the Modern Discussion board … why?"

If the show/concept turn into something that could be gamed, I imagine all the figures would be modern (contemporary).

"As a favor, please continue putting three punctuation marks at the end of the title of each of the threads you start, it's easier to ID them that way."

I guess that depends on how many characters we are allowed for titles. Also, what kind of punctuation marks do you mean? And is it just to identify who the original poster is? If so, I believe that is specified under each thread in the main page, right?

Thanks.

CC

LOL, 28MM MAN, i wish i could say the same for my own health! good on you!

Well, for what it's worth, the premiere is next tuesday.

CC

From the videos I have seen so far on the link, just watch for the entertainment value now.

Their experiment has already failed there is no real disaster and that it will be over in ten weeks and everybody knows it and it is not your normal cross section of society. there is no true lawlessness so everyone is still on their best behavior.

Someone once said on the lines like this, that once a subject of an experiment knows it's being observed, then the experiment has failed, for the subject will perform everything knowing it's being observed and therefor the true out come will not be known.

If this was for real then their dead already this is a biological disaster their modeling this after right? So sure let a whole group of people in to your compound? They start asking you where's your water and your food and where you got it all at or from? How did they get pass all the lawlessness and gangs without weapons "Their in Los Angeles". They didn't have any water or food themselves? Their in Los Angeles and "the colony" could not find a gun shop and some ammunition. Hello again there in Los Angeles for gods sakes!

I'm not bashing Los Angeles by no means it's the location they picked, it could be any other major city for that matter and you will have the same results or very much the same results.

I don't know what model or models they are using or saying they are using for disasters, but I will guarantee that any model I have will have groups out there with real weapons and not pipes and sticks and they will just shoot them dead and just take what they want to include the women for their temporary entertainment if you understand my meaning.

Why cause their in a "Law" environment, and that changes everything, their experiment fails right there,

in a lawless environment there is no law enforcement to arrest or to prosecute, or to prove you even did it, you have something I want "bang" now I have it. This is or was to be modeled right after a real disaster biological one if I understand it right, so there should be plenty of weapons around and lots of other supplies and things too. Groups of people in panic or mob mentality the list goes on and on.

Sorry I spent to much time in the Infantry "This is my weapon with it I can get anything I want."

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Zombie Week (or month) sounds great and would be one of the few "reality" shows I would watch. Not only do they get paint guns to shoot zombies with I would allow them to shoot each other to settle arguments and power struggles.

It could actually be quite cool with episodes like, OMG we have to run a mile while be chased by a horde?

I could imagine a Snake Pliskan type chase in Escape From New York. Take 10 average people and ask them to run up a fire escape and climb through windows.

"I do not know how these skill sets compare…count the first 9+ yourself, the first chance you get…see what you get stuck with."

#1 42 years old in good shape, no medical issues, no special skills but I am armed to the teeth and have plenty of experience living under adverse conditions.

#2 58 year old looks like he is 70 due to chain smoking and alcohol use. Many years as a hunter and has won awards for horsemanship.

#3 26 years old in excellent health and an accomplished hunter.

#4 48 years old jack of all trades, Owns enough weapons and ammunition to fill a minivan. Has back trouble and walks stiffly due to an automobile accident. I suspect he takes meds for pain management.

#5 43 year old female accomplished baker. Chronic health problems and needs daily medication…

#6 60 year old accomplished hunter that owns a pack of hunting dogs he has raised and trained himself. For sixty years old he is very fit due to spending every free moment hunting.

#7 50 year old female, obese and no skill set I know of…

#8 48 year old male plays video games around the clock…

#9 23 year old drug addict skills include selling and use of illegal narcotics.

#10 26 year old drug addict, smart but has no moral compass. He has the physical maturity of a 13 year old.

I don't give any of us a snowballs chance in HELL!

Dude where the hell do you work? Hunters, overweight women, gamers, and drug addicts. :(

Sounds like Wal Mart.

Not Wal Mart

I don't think you need a list of scientists, engineers and doctors to survive, they would be helpful, but then they can give you problems there too. I'm more intelligent then you sort of thing, so I don't have to do manual tasks. I'm to good for that attitude. You do need someone in charge or to take charge other wise people start going in different directions, leadership is a skill, task prioritizing is a skill, these are skills needed too. Street smarts, military tactics, the list goes on.
By the way I'm the only guy how doesn't drink or toke, working with mostly red necks or pot heads in a scrap yard running wild with 3 1/2 foot cutting torches.

"I'm more intelligent then you sort of thing, so I don't have to do manual tasks. I'm to good for that attitude."

I concur Mil Dot I've seen it to many times in my life where the guy with the most education in the room starts to harass and intimidate everyone with his vocabulary and title. They will do this even if their degree is a masters in poetry and is not relevant to the current situation. They all but demand to be declared dictator.

I learned long ago that intelligent and educated are two different things.

What if the threat happens to be from an alien invasion . . .

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