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Treasure Hunters
Jul. 11th, 2006 04:15 pmI've been meaning to post about this here, but kept getting sidetracked by roadtrips and such... so, are ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rackham and I the only ones watching "Treasure Hunters"?
Neither of us have ever been able to get into any of the various reality shows that have popped up over the years, so we've been a bit surprised at how hooked we've gotten on TH. I think it may be because it combines elements of all sorts of things we've enjoyed in the past: those old zany, schlocky race movies (i.e. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World or The Great Race or The Gumball Rally), there's a bit of a LARPing feel to the whole thing and there's something vaguely reminiscent of the old Infocom games. I guess what it comes down to is that we could sort of see ourselves doing something like this and enjoying it... or perhaps playing it as a videogame.
That said, we generally don't start watching each episode until about half of it has aired, so we can a) fast forward through the commercials and b) fast forward whenever things start to get really ugly (and considering how sleep-deprived the contestants are getting, this is happening more and more).
( Some comments about things that have happened so far on the show, particularly this week -- behind the cut to spare my flist. )
rackham and I the only ones watching "Treasure Hunters"?Neither of us have ever been able to get into any of the various reality shows that have popped up over the years, so we've been a bit surprised at how hooked we've gotten on TH. I think it may be because it combines elements of all sorts of things we've enjoyed in the past: those old zany, schlocky race movies (i.e. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World or The Great Race or The Gumball Rally), there's a bit of a LARPing feel to the whole thing and there's something vaguely reminiscent of the old Infocom games. I guess what it comes down to is that we could sort of see ourselves doing something like this and enjoying it... or perhaps playing it as a videogame.
That said, we generally don't start watching each episode until about half of it has aired, so we can a) fast forward through the commercials and b) fast forward whenever things start to get really ugly (and considering how sleep-deprived the contestants are getting, this is happening more and more).
( Some comments about things that have happened so far on the show, particularly this week -- behind the cut to spare my flist. )
