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Think Hunger Games and Alone had a kid.  Hunger Gamesesque in the sense of there are 80 cameras scattered around in the woods for TV viewing pleasure.  The contestants support team also has access to these cameras.  The support team can hear the contestants but cannot reply back.  Alone in the sense of players are by themselves without jack crap.  The support team can get supplies for the member in the field through random draws and competitions at the HQ.  Support team is made up of 2 members and can extract the field member.  IIRC, the field member cannot withdraw themselves.  Gameplay is in British Columbia.

Prepare yourself for the typical clueless contestants and support staff.  Interesting dynamics with support staff while they are all together watching and listening to the field members complain, cuss, and suffer.  

Episodes are on FOX on Monday and Hulu on Tuesday.  There are 2 episodes on Hulu for your viewing pleasure.  I'll give it a couple more chances before I decide to pull the plug on it or not.

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Cool concept, and I wanted to like it.  But, there's no way they dropped a bunch of people, that aren't even real survivalists, in BC w/o any type of defense against bears.  

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Most of these people have zero business being in a situation like this other than serving as a source of protein for others.  They are mostly pussies or assholes.  That demanding teenager would be traded into slavery to the Comanche or used as a sacrifice to the Gods.  I’m waiting for the folks in the control room to start murdering one another.  

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8 hours ago, RPM said:

So they liked the concept of Alone, just not the prize money.

That's the thing.  The Alone creators are serious enough to equip folks with bear spray and air horns.  The first night on this new show, and they're showing bears wandering around the campsites.  I guess we're supposed to sympathize with those that have the ability to push the button and "save" their family members.  It's too contrived.

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