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Posted by Bill S on November 21, 2007 at 12:45:41 pm EST
In reply to OH NO! THEY'RE BAAACCCKKK! posted by Bill S on November 2, 2007 at 12:32:57 pm EDT

FMD said

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Come on....its a reality T.V. show.

Not for people who do real climbing. It's a comedy, while at the same time a tragedy and travesty. I don't mean just "tragedy" in the sense of the people who die and suffer serious injury (temporary and, in the case of losing fingers, toes, and limbs), but a tragedy in the sense of the ghoulish obsession of watching people suffer (like the people who focus on grisly car accidents or go to "sporting" events to thrill at death and serious injuries.

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...you guys are watching it, arent ya

Actually, no. I saw the trailer, looked at parts of 2 of the episodes, and realized it was the same trash "reality" as the last version (which I only watched part of, suckered in by the publicist's promises posted here on Trailspace that it would improve as the episodes continued). When I realized part way through the 3rd or 4th one I didn't bother with the rest.

What a travesty to see this faux "reality" portrayed as a "true" representation of what climbing is all about. At least, with other distorted portrayals of climbing like "Cliffhanger" and "Vertical Limit" which are open in their acknowledgment that they are pure fiction, we can enjoy the comedy, knowing that no real people actually died or suffered permanent injury (yes, we all know that in MI2, Tom Cruise dislocated his shoulder, but then, who cares about a movie "hero").

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