The Colony

[MisterMojo]

The thing to keep in mind is that ultimately, its a simulation. Yes, it is rather hard to have the actual feel of what would truly happen due to camera crews, however much of it can be simulated based upon what has happened when law and order breaks down during natural disasters and other occurrences such as riots.

My father-in-law did point out something interesting from his military experience, however, and in many ways the concept of the show is one of the thought processes at work with boot camp training for new military recruits. You take the new recruit, take them completely out of real life and real occurrences, then stick them into a simulated environment of (what is at the time) a completely unreal situation.

Granted, with the military its much more rigid than "here, try to figure this out all on your own," but the concept is still there.

 

[Xyphon]

Is it good? Because like you said, mythbusters and um... mythbusters, is about the only thing good on the discovery channel.

What about Time Warp?

 

[Chrissyluky]

Why do they always choose people with different ethinicity, jobs, gender and other stuff? When doomsday gets here and only white virgin male bankers survive what will happen? HMM?! HMM?!
Cause TV didn't prepare them! Theres no black dude to get eaten or women to keep humanity rolling. Or McGyver!

@TheNumber1Zero: Patton Oswalt FTW. "Where's all the Ninja Vampires causing explosions?!!?"

@grimspice: You'd be amazed by how good it is.

@oliveira: because i'm sure there's a rulebook somewhere that says you have to have a diverse cast so that nobody feels under-represented.

represented? since when was the black guy on the real world the ambassador of black people?

 

[MisterMojo]

represented? since when was the black guy on the real world the ambassador of black people?

Wow. Way to completely and totally mis-read what I meant. On purpose. Again.