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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 3:25 pm
Anyone watching this? I have no idea if it is old or new but I like it! I've seen three episodes and it seems to be on daily on Fox Reality Network. So far they had two teams and what was interesting is that they had some training sessions, then each team voted out two members and then they got more intensive training. Then they took the two teams to a deserted island (I think near Bora Bora). They state with minimal good and tools, have to create their camp and hunt for food.. there are fish and sea snakes, one tribe found and caught four goats, there are wild pigs too. The big prize is $50,000 (I'm thinking in AUS D) and will go to the one person who finds the prize. They get coded clues every 2-3 days and then have to decipher them and then find a place and retrieve the prize of the day which will consist of food and/or tools (so far) AND a fragment of the map to the final treasure. Only one team wins for the day. They also have a process where the teams send a representative and they can trade. One goat was traded for various goods and later they traded back part of the cooked goat for stuff. There is commentation narrating what is happening, who is driving people crazy, or holding them back (when they go looking, they ALL have to go, so one person saying they cannot climb a hill.. really affects the whole team) Then they take a quiz and they have to annotate a map of the island with various points that they should know about AND they guess each time where the final treasure will be found. The person who has the worst result on each team must leave. It is much less glitzy than Survivor and I like it very much. It is on daily here at 11am pacific time.
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Scbarber
Member
06-08-2005
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 3:32 pm
I just finished watching the final episode on Fox Reality On Demand. We starting watching it a few weeks ago and couldn't wait until the next episode was uploaded! Most of the annoying 'alliances' were avoided since eliminations were based on how attentive and intuitive you were. They skipped all of the fancy production values that seem to be so important to US television producers and made it a real challenge based on intellect and common sense. This was filmed a few years ago; don't know if they ever had a second version but I'd watch it over Survivor any day!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 6:14 pm
Thanks for such a great post and not spoiling it for me. I agree completely. So far, low-key, the narrator really does just point out simple facts, like the one woman who was slowing her tribe down, without trying to get sensational fights or footage.. I agree about the challenges too. So if someone has this on demand they can at least catch up. I did think that the guy who was part of the couple, probably messed up the test on purpose so he could leave.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 12:16 pm
I was incorrect about Bora Bora.. it is a remote island in the Kingdom of Tonga. Still enjoying it very much 
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Scbarber
Member
06-08-2005
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 2:21 pm
Sea, have you got to the end yet?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 3:06 am
Yes!! What a great show! Loved the end.. interesting that they did level them to some extent by having to share the whole map but he had had so much more time to study most of it. And how scary that they each had to go all the way back to mushroom rock. Liked that he made good on giving $1000 to each team member too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 3:06 am
I'd love to see any other seasons they might have done of this.
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Scbarber
Member
06-08-2005
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 9:07 am
I actually was kind of disappointed that they had to share the map...but you're right, he still did have an advantage. If I were there, I'd still be sitting on the beach trying to figure out the first coded clue! Why can't we find smart people for Big Brother?
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 2:00 pm
Is Fox Reality an extra pay channel or should I be looking for it on my digital cable channels? We just got it, so I'm not sure of all we have. Thanks.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 4:13 pm
I am so sory I didn't get to see this! I LOVED Mole and Treasure Hunters because they actually required the players to THINK and SOLVE, etc. When Treasure Hunters was on, and folks were griping about the camera work - jerky - and editing - not great - I was yelling "BUT IT TAKES SMARTS TO PLAY THIS GAME. Who can prefer well-filmed and edited morons to clever, thoughtful players?? JMHO, of course -
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 8:19 pm
TNT you would have LOVED this! It was "pure" in that there was NO host (but of course there had to be camerapeople around). They got their clues via bottles and there was a cetral message board that would be used if they needed to trade with the other tribe. The narration was not over the top, but sort of Aussie-ironic. And yeah, they had to figure out codes each time they had a ccompeition for a hunk of the puzzle and use them to decipher the written clues. That was clever that the final clue required use of ALL the various code sets and some people had taken the info home with them. Watching, Fox Reality I guess is on one of my tiers, not a premium channel like HBO or Showtime.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 8:20 pm
I know that SOME Fox Reality are downloadable from iTunes, not sure about this one.
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