Loren
06-10-2005, 12:13 PM
Is anyone else watching this show?
I don't watch much reality TV, and I didn't have high expectations for this series, but I've been very pleasantly surprised. It's not a dating show at all, and the 'social experiment' angle is actually pretty good. There's some embarrassment involved in their attempts to dance or work on a car, but nothing too harsh.
It is funny, though, when anyone demonstrates true ineptness. When the girls were quizzed on 5th grade knowledge, one was asked who was President during the Civil War. She thought for a bit, and finally said Hoover. The host told her that the correct answer was Lincoln, and she replied "Oh yeah, D-Day."
There's a competition in it (of course), but the contestants seem to like each other for the most part, and express some genuine regret at having to cut other teams. One guy and girl even started a budding relationship (before the guy got cut), and there was one bit that had her crying as she talked about how nice and genuine these 'geeks' have been, as compared to many of the guys she'd dated.
One of the little things that I thought was rather funny was at the start of the latest episode. There was a short segment with the girls talking about the guys, and it included one girl complaining about how she's sick of hearing about comic books and karate and the Dukes of Hazzard. I imagine many of us are familiar with such a response.
But then when it talked to the guys, one of them complained about how tired he was of listening to the girls talk about clothes and makeup, and he wished that they'd say something more substantive. And this reminded me that everybody has favorite topics of discussion that others find boring. It's this sort of thing that gives this show promise. It can remind us geeks that not everyone shares our interests to our degree, and it reminds others that what they consider perfectly normal conversation can be equally irrelevant to their listeners.
Loren
I don't watch much reality TV, and I didn't have high expectations for this series, but I've been very pleasantly surprised. It's not a dating show at all, and the 'social experiment' angle is actually pretty good. There's some embarrassment involved in their attempts to dance or work on a car, but nothing too harsh.
It is funny, though, when anyone demonstrates true ineptness. When the girls were quizzed on 5th grade knowledge, one was asked who was President during the Civil War. She thought for a bit, and finally said Hoover. The host told her that the correct answer was Lincoln, and she replied "Oh yeah, D-Day."
There's a competition in it (of course), but the contestants seem to like each other for the most part, and express some genuine regret at having to cut other teams. One guy and girl even started a budding relationship (before the guy got cut), and there was one bit that had her crying as she talked about how nice and genuine these 'geeks' have been, as compared to many of the guys she'd dated.
One of the little things that I thought was rather funny was at the start of the latest episode. There was a short segment with the girls talking about the guys, and it included one girl complaining about how she's sick of hearing about comic books and karate and the Dukes of Hazzard. I imagine many of us are familiar with such a response.
But then when it talked to the guys, one of them complained about how tired he was of listening to the girls talk about clothes and makeup, and he wished that they'd say something more substantive. And this reminded me that everybody has favorite topics of discussion that others find boring. It's this sort of thing that gives this show promise. It can remind us geeks that not everyone shares our interests to our degree, and it reminds others that what they consider perfectly normal conversation can be equally irrelevant to their listeners.
Loren