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Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 19:52:34 GMT by: agentorange
Posted under: trailer tv news

I'm actually surprised it took this long for a reality show like this to hit the airwaves. At any rate, I'll take Discovery's The Colony over Survivor any day. Of course the big question is, will they be given a means to defend themselves from mutant marauders?

Synopsis:
The Colony is a controlled experiment to see exactly what it would take to survive and rebuild under these circumstances. For 10 weeks, a group of 10 volunteers, whose backgrounds and expertise represent a cross-section of modern society, are isolated in an urban environment outside Los Angeles and tasked with creating a livable society.

With no electricity from the grid, no running water and no communication with the outside world, all the volunteers have to work with are their skills and whatever tools and supplies they can scavenge from their surroundings.


The Colony premieres on Discovery on July July 21, 2009. For more info check out the official website.

Thanks to mremeto for the heads up!

Behind the scenes of the show after the break.


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The premise is flawed: 10 people can't rebuild society, it doesn't matter what their skills or resources are, because society isn't 10 weeks long, it's thousands of weeks long.

Posted by: rek | July 10, 2009 12:56:18 am | permalink

Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of "experiment"

Posted by: Anonymous | July 10, 2009 06:14:28 pm | permalink

Perhaps you don't understand that what it's claiming to test and what it's capable of testing are not the same things. Can 10 people live together for 10 weeks? Sure. Can they survive on carefully selected and placed resources? Yes. Can they relocate to a better environment? No. Can they actually die within the definitions of the 'experiment'? No. Will the women be raped and the men killed by rival groups? No. Will they be allowed to suffer malnutrition, infections, etc? No. Will they have to reproduce and educate a new generation? No. Will they have to worry about repercussions 6 months down the line? No. Will they be able to bring in other refugees, contact other groups, or expel members? Unlikely.

I also have to question the wisdom of setting it in an urban or suburban/industrial area. When you're talking about restarting at a below-subsistence farming level, the wisest strategy would be to load up on as many supplies as you can and head for a fertile patch of land away from gangs and industrial decay.

Posted by: rek | July 11, 2009 01:50:18 pm | permalink

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Posted by: Anonymous | July 12, 2009 02:15:00 pm | permalink

Okay, regarding the experimental value of the show, it is completely pointless. We all know that despite its claims it is, in reality, just another piece of tosh reality tv justifying itself with flimsy pretences. That being said, I'm really going to enjoy watching it.

Posted by: Ash | July 13, 2009 11:54:57 am | permalink

Maybe they will be forced to resort to cannibalism.

Posted by: UncleB | July 14, 2009 12:37:47 am | permalink

Maybe we can dress up as crazed marauders and invade the set.

Posted by: Wez | July 15, 2009 07:56:55 am | permalink

to bad they dont have a show like this but with zombies, that would be cool

Posted by: Anonymous | July 16, 2009 09:11:28 pm | permalink

Uncleb- that would be awesome... Wez- ill be right there with you... guy who said the comment about the zombies- HELL YA....

Posted by: jake | July 21, 2009 02:51:12 am | permalink

The premise of the show is a very interesting one but without a much longer "season" the experiment will not gain enough information. There will never be a reality show that truly shows what it would be like to live in a post apocalyptic world since the masses would not be able to deal with the gravity of it.

Posted by: nick | July 21, 2009 03:02:09 pm | permalink

Just remember it is just tv for now. mostly just to entertain us. and, duh!, you can't get it figured out in 10 weeks, but i's fun to watch!!

Posted by: itisashowpeople | July 31, 2009 02:35:13 pm | permalink

"to bad they dont have a show like this but with zombies, that would be cool" watch DEAD SET big brother with zombies.. watching them getting eaten was fun. looks like a cool show.

Posted by: Lemming | August 1, 2009 11:38:23 am | permalink

Agreed with rek. A post apocalyptic world isn't something you can efficiently simulate. The best you can do is contemplate such a thing theoretically.

If you want to know about this stuff for real, go to www.zombiehunters.org and use the forum boards. We talk about this on the internet.

Posted by: Anonymous | August 2, 2009 05:45:55 pm | permalink

It would be cool if they could make this a hidden camera show where the people dont know that its not real and have them live there for a few years but i think thats illegal

Posted by: baconisyummy | August 5, 2009 01:21:57 pm | permalink

Apparently a lot of people don't know the meaning of control experiment, which is what this is.

Posted by: Anonymous | August 11, 2009 06:45:30 pm | permalink

This show freakin rocks, despite its obvious flaws. I think it rules over most entertainment on television today. Well, actually Dicovery and NatGeo pretty much are the best there is.

Posted by: scott | August 18, 2009 12:49:19 am | permalink

The show is pretty good. I have to call B.S. on some things though. If this were truly a viral outbreak like they said, they would have to deal with hundreds of not thousands of bodies.

Also, I gotta call BS on the lock pick thing. A door to a warehouse like that would have been deadbolted and I doubt he would have gotten in that easily. The best lockpick is a sledge hammer. I think they would have used that.

Posted by: ESORCIRE | August 21, 2009 12:33:02 pm | permalink

poop

Posted by: shalaska | September 16, 2009 02:59:43 pm | permalink

I think this show is cool, but as I watch I can't help but to keep thinking about the
people filming in the backround, have they
helped with the expitments.

Posted by: nona | September 22, 2009 02:30:11 pm | permalink

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