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Demeter
| Monday, October 13, 2003 - 10:23 pm
Anyone watch this today? A new twist on reality shows. I enjoyed it and can see myself wanting to watch all the episodes (and I only occasionally watch the Animal Planet shows). The initial 2 hour show has 12 contestants participating in physical challenges as well as demonstrating their knowledge of animal life and ability to connect well on camera. Some interesting characters here. The winner (after 10 weeks) will earn the right to their own television program. Jeff Corwin is the host. (not kid stuff here, a variety of backgrounds but they are all working with wildlife on this series). Entertainng and informative at the same time!
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Hippyt
| Monday, October 13, 2003 - 10:28 pm
I watched it. I thought the challenge was dumb. It had nothing to do with anything. And,they are dealing with tame,very tame animals. It got on my nerves,but I'll give it one more chance.
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Demeter
| Monday, October 13, 2003 - 10:45 pm
For me, the challenge was a good one. They had to demonstrate some physical strength, but that was not the focus. It was more to see what they would do when faced with physical challenges and the ability to work with their weaknesses. The animals were not vicious, but especially with the elephant, they still needed to be cautious. The point of that exercise though was more to see how they could work together as a team, how they handled the camera and how well they could articulate the experience. Of course, they also indicated the challenges would become progressively more difficult (and risky). It made sense to me that the first day they would ease into it a bit. It was also nice to see how they included time for instructions (like on the alligators). That was the main reason the girl that got evicted left, she wasn't paying attention and therefore wasn't taking it seriously enough.
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Ethelu
| Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 7:06 pm
I loved this show. The point behind the physical challenges is that, should the winner actually receive a permanent spot on television, he/she would need to be able to move over different obstacles and terrain in pursuit of exotic wild animals. Jeff Corwin and Steve Irwin don't always travel by SUV's. They're also climbing and jumping and, at the same time, have to be as calm and quiet as possible so as not to frighten away the animals. The training animals, although they appear to be tame, are still wild. Safety is a big issue, so they wouldn't plop the group of hopefuls in the midst of animals unaccustomed to humans. I especially liked the admiration they showed for each other. Sometimes I get bored with the cutthroat behaviour of the other reality shows. So, applause, applause, applause to the Animal Planet.
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Ethelu
| Friday, October 24, 2003 - 5:11 pm
I was very sorry to see Jamie go. He was so good with the alligators. I really felt sorry for him as he stood on that log trying to face his fears.
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Demeter
| Friday, October 24, 2003 - 6:45 pm
I was sorry to see him go too. I thought it might be the young blonde guy in the orange shirt. He just seems too high strung and just jumps into things. The fellow that caught the four alligators...I don't care for him much. (the guy with the leather necklace). Just something about him. The young blonde girl might be a bit tooooo perky. I give them all kudos though... I still am really enjoying the show.
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Hippyt
| Friday, October 24, 2003 - 6:49 pm
I really liked it this week. This is more what I had in mind. I'm officially addicted now.
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Whoami
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:40 pm
Caught it for the first time tonight. I liked it. Will have to add it to my schedule!
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Catbowl
| Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 12:20 am
count me in as addicted!! This is one of those hidden gems.
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Whoami
| Monday, December 15, 2003 - 8:26 pm
So how many of us watched this to its conclusion?
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Demeter
| Monday, December 15, 2003 - 8:38 pm
I watched and, though I suspected they wanted to pick a woman in the end, picking Kelly made me want to puke. She stayed with the tigers tonight, but she had nothing of substance to say. Adam did a better job and I liked his on camera performances. (I liked Aletrus too...sorry to see her go).
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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 6:54 am
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