I might watch a few episodes just to see if there's anything in it I can use to revise and update my Zombie Invasion Plan.

My only hope is that one of the guys on the show is named Gordon, and all he has is a crowbar...

CygnusDarius: DiabloCanyonOne: I just hope there's no voting. Then all the skilled and talented people get voted off first because they're the biggest threat.

No, the smartest people will rule under a tyrannical rule, but they'll power up Las Vegas again.

+1 would read again

If the apocalypse happens, it doesn't have to be all bad, here's how you can make it work for you. And you'll know when it's happening because...ZOMBIES.

If the apocalypse happens, then it means that I'm wrong and there is a God and there is an afterlife. But here's the good news: in the afterlife, like in Heaven you'll be in the farkin' VIP section of eternity!

Because everyone up there is like "Hey, how'd you die?" And they're like "Bus accident", and "How'd you die?", and they're like "Fire ants."

Then they go "How'd you die, man?" "How'd I die? IN THE MOTHERFARKIN' APOCALYPSE!".

/oswalt

CygnusDarius: DiabloCanyonOne: I just hope there's no voting. Then all the skilled and talented people get voted off first because they're the biggest threat.

No, the smartest people will rule under a tyrannical rule, but they'll power up Las Vegas again.

I hear after a nuclear war, California actually becomes livable. Of course, they change their name to NCR.

/Has and Iguana -- named Bob.

Sybarite: GurneyHalleck: \unimpressed.


They really need a big guy outside the compound saying "Just walk away." at odd hours.

+1. LOL.

Way, way, waaaaaay back when the movie "The Blue Lagoon" was in theaters, a snarky critic wrote a piece about how kids growing up on a tropical island wouldn't be all pretty with beautiful hair and flawless skin as portrayed in the film. They'd be gaunt, starving, parasite-infested.

For this Discovery show the cynic in me foresees a cast of very well-fed 20-30somethings, with the women looking like swimsuit models and all of the men being steroid-gobbling gymrats in sleeveless shirts with scowls and guns. Plus a few wild-haired ten year olds for atmosphere...

What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

I hope they watch out for the Scorpitron. It's a bit of a pain -- best to have a nice supply of sabot rockets, LAWs or RPGs (and, preferably, AT weapons skill... practice using Manglers and even spears, IIRC) before you approach its particular intersection.

Toughest single opponent in the game (not highest HP, which would be the Night Terror -- but the Night Terror is an extremely poor attacker easily handled with good armor and a proton axe for excessive XP).

They only get to sleep on cardboard boxes and shiat? If that was my colony I'd be raiding the outside world for supplies too.

It will probably be too "contrived" to look real.

Is the show being filmed in Detroit?


/first reality show I'd volenteer for.

I just wish someone would pick up "The Remnants" as a regular series.

Link (new window)

eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

KellyX: They only get to sleep on cardboard boxes and shiat? If that was my colony I'd be raiding the outside world for supplies too.

wasteland survival guide says super duper marts are good source of food and medical supplies.

watch out for raiders though!

amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Smeggy Smurf: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Thank god it would be retarded!

paygun: It sounds really dumb, sorry. I'm usually up for anything post-apocalyptic, but if it's a reality show then it's just another soap opera in a different setting.

THIS. I don't really care about the mechanics of 'starting civilization over', which is what this all about. Faux-reality shows are teh suck.

phaseolus: For this Discovery show the cynic in me foresees a cast of very well-fed 20-30somethings, with the women looking like swimsuit models and all of the men being steroid-gobbling gymrats in sleeveless shirts with scowls and guns. Plus a few wild-haired ten year olds for atmosphere...

There's a clip of an old guy with a long white beard welding in the commercial. So there's hope.

bhcompy: gopher321: Lionel Mandrake: If there are no zombies slow mutants, it's not "reality."


FTFY

FTFY

/Dark Tower ftw

Hey, you! Get out of my head.

It's crowded enough in here.

I just watched some drivel called blindness yesterday
/I want to shoot my eyes out after that

MBarry: gopher321: Lionel Mandrake: If there are no zombies mutantssuper mutants, feral gouls, protectrons, raiders, radscorpions, or deathclaws it's not "reality."


FTFY

FTFY

FTFY

/seriously, how could you leave out the deathclaws?

Arklop: TheOblivionTheory: highendmighty: Discovery Channel is trying to help us all survive after the doom falls. 2012 is just around the corner.

2012.

The greatest farce in human history, you mean? Lol.
Let's take, for example, the fact that on Dec 21, 2012, the sun, Earth, and center of the Milky Way will be perfectly aligned. This is true. People argue that the gravitational force will disrupt Earth's rotation. This is not true. What's my evidence? The fact that these three bodies align every year on the winter solstice! XD
2012, t3h fail. :D (fark it)


I wonder if people who believe in the Mayan date of December 21st, 2012 have taken into account the 11 days that Pope Gregory XIII removed from his calendar in 1582 (later accepted by most other countries in 1752.) If not, then their "end of the world" will actual occur on January 1st, 2013.

My understanding that the December 21st date is a translation from the Mayan Long Count date of 13.0.0.0.0 to our Gregorian calendar.

So yes, I believe they did. Not that think anything is going to happen.

Fox Network beat you to it by more than 15 years, Discovery. It was called "Woops!" and it was a terrific documentary series.

drjekel_mrhyde: I just watched some drivel called blindness yesterday
/I want to shoot my eyes out after that

I watched that yesterday, too. It was pretty lame.

drjekel_mrhyde: I just watched some drivel called blindness yesterday
/I want to shoot my eyes out after that

i saw knowing. it couldnt not be as bad as the last 15 min. of knowing.

Luthiel: MBarry: gopher321: Lionel Mandrake: If there are no zombies mutantssuper mutants, feral gouls, protectrons, raiders, radscorpions, or deathclaws it's not "reality."


FTFY

FTFY

FTFY

/seriously, how could you leave out the deathclaws?

yao guia

fark those things

This is going to be Craptastic

amanogowa: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

Might want to RTFA. It's only a sentence long, not that tough.

That's one hell of a long sentence.


What would you do in the wake of a global catastrophe? How would you find food? Water? Shelter?

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.

Experts from the fields of homeland security, engineering and psychology have helped design the world of The Colony to reflect elements from both real-life disasters and models of what the future could look like after a global viral outbreak.

Over the course of the 10-week experiment, the Colonists must work together to build the necessities of survival, such as a water-filtration system, a battery bank that powered their electricity, a solar cooker, a shower system and a greenhouse - and even some niceties (a coffee maker!).

Tune in Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10 p.m. ET/PT to see who thrives and who fails to survive

WATCH COLONY VIDEO!



Episode Guide

Arrival and Survival- July 21, 2009 Ten volunteers enter an experimental post-catastrophe world to see if they can survive and rebuild after a global disaster. Cordoned off in a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, they must secure shelter, filter water, and defend their new home from thieves.

Power Struggle - July 28, 2009 With their power supply dwindling, the volunteers attempt to build a generator that runs on smoke from wood scraps. When they scavenge the nearby streets for supplies, they must face off with a motorcycle-riding thug.

Comfort in Chaos - August 4, 2009 After securing the basic necessities for survival, the volunteers focus on the one creature comfort they can't live without: a hot shower. But focusing on comfort leaves them open to a massive attack that threatens their long-term survival.

Safety and Security - August 11, 2009 After an attack shatters the volunteers' sense of security, they must focus on building weapons and fortifying the warehouse. But before they can finish, a truckload of gun-toting traders arrives to test the volunteers' unity.

A Stranger Among Us - August 18, 2009 The volunteers have the opportunity to up their electricity and power capabilities when they scavenge a stock of abandoned solar panels. But the experiment takes a violent turn when a stranger breeches their security and tries to steal their supplies.

Loss and Communication - August 25, 2009 The volunteers are rocked by the disappearance of a treasured member during a search party mission. The loss spurs them to build a collection of communication devices in hopes that their missing member is somewhere out there...listening.

Zombie attack caught on infared
Link (new window)

krispos42: Zombies?

Cool. Let me get my 10/22 with a dozen 50-round magazines ready.


Head shots, I got them. PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW.

Despite what Max Brooks keeps saying in his books, I really don't think anything firing .22 LR rounds is a good choice for the zombie apocalypse. Great for zombies, perhaps, but against hostile, living targets... not so much.

Walker: lajimi: Discovery seems to be getting a little creepy.

Not as creepy as TLC, which is now the midgets and freaks channel. Oh wait, they are owned by Discovery. So yes, Discovery is getting creepy.

I realized the other night that TLC wasn't in my list of favorites on the remote. I popped up the program listing... and after looking at the little people and dysfunctional breeder fest TLC had become, it didn't bother me so much.

/Where did the home design shows go?
//I still miss Stacy and Clinton, tho

Philip J. Fry: I saw a few commercials for this show and as intrigued. Probably going to be disappointed when I get around to watching it when I find that most of the cool stuff they are doing is preplanted by the production crew like in Junkyard Wars

My thoughts exactly. I liked some of the concepts of survival shown in Jericho and I am hoping this will get into specifics of survival without and leaving the prime time reality shows like the Bachelor out of it. I loves me some ingenuity with junk.

eas81: amanogowa: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

Might want to RTFA. It's only a sentence long, not that tough.

That's one hell of a long sentence.


What would you do in the wake of a global catastrophe? How would you find food? Water? Shelter?

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.

Experts from the fields of homeland security, engineering and psychology have helped design the world of The Colony to reflect elements from both real-life disasters and models of what the future could look like after a global viral outbreak.

Over the course of the 10-week experiment, the Colonists must work together to build the necessities of survival, such as a water-filtration system, a battery bank that powered their electricity, a solar cooker, a shower system and a greenhouse - and even some niceties (a coffee maker!).

Tune in Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10 p.m. ET/PT to see who thrives and who fails to survive

WATCH COLONY VIDEO!



Episode Guide

Arrival and Survival- July 21, 2009 Ten volunteers enter an experimental post-catastrophe world to see if they can survive and rebuild after a global disaster. Cordoned off in a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, they must secure shelter, filter water, and defend their new home from thieves.

Power Struggle - July 28, 2009 With their power supply dwindling, the volunteers attempt to build a generator that runs on smoke from wood scraps. When they scavenge the nearby streets for supplies, they must face off with a motorcycle-riding thug.

Comfort in Chaos - August 4, 2009 After securing the basic necessities for survival, the volunteers focus on the one creature comfort they can't live without: a hot shower. But focusing on comfort leaves them open to a massive attack that threatens their long-term survival.

Safety and Security - August 11, 2009 After an attack shatters the volunteers' sense of security, they must focus on building weapons and fortifying the warehouse. But before they can finish, a truckload of gun-toting traders arrives to test the volunteers' unity.

A Stranger Among Us - August 18, 2009 The volunteers have the opportunity to up their electricity and power capabilities when they scavenge a stock of abandoned solar panels. But the experiment takes a violent turn when a stranger breeches their security and tries to steal their supplies.

Loss and Communication - August 25, 2009 The volunteers are rocked by the disappearance of a treasured member during a search party mission. The loss spurs them to build a collection of communication devices in hopes that their missing member is somewhere out there...listening.

Interesting. With NoScript running, I got this:
Watch Colony to see how ten survivors make it through a global catastrophe.
With links to more -- including what you just posted.

Apologies.

This guy will be just fine.

Well, as long as he stays away from the kids.

/oblig
//hot like the nevada desert

amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Thank god it would be retarded!

cant be their kid. obama already born.

fishrocket: Walker: lajimi: Discovery seems to be getting a little creepy.

Not as creepy as TLC, which is now the midgets and freaks channel. Oh wait, they are owned by Discovery. So yes, Discovery is getting creepy.

I realized the other night that TLC wasn't in my list of favorites on the remote. I popped up the program listing... and after looking at the little people and dysfunctional breeder fest TLC had become, it didn't bother me so much.

/Where did the home design shows go?
//I still miss Stacy and Clinton, tho

You know how I can tell you are ghey.

Hey Discovery Channel

More



Less
suck

//that is all

This time with more adults!

GoteamVenture: drjekel_mrhyde: I just watched some drivel called blindness yesterday
/I want to shoot my eyes out after that

i saw knowing. it couldnt not be as bad as the last 15 min. of knowing.

Luthiel: MBarry: gopher321: Lionel Mandrake: If there are no zombies mutantssuper mutants, feral gouls, protectrons, raiders, radscorpions, or deathclaws it's not "reality."


FTFY

FTFY

FTFY

/seriously, how could you leave out the deathclaws?

yao guia

fark those things

Meh. Yao guai aren't that bad - a sneak attack headshot with a hunting rifle will usually take them down with no problem. Doing that to a deathclaw just makes it mad.

Viss: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Thank god it would be retarded!

cant be their kid. obama already born.

0/10

scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

I will survive. Unlike many of you..:)

brap: Maybe it helps me cope with my own inevitable structural failure.

You bought a 1998 Kia Sephia too, huh?

See, best way to do this is to somehow fool these people into thinking the world actually has ended. I don't know if that's possible, but I'd watch every episode if you could pull it off.

I just spent a weekend in zombie combat training:

So this is a fantasy/sci-fi based "reality" tv show?

Presumably "reality" is code for cutting costs by not paying for actors or decent scriptwriters?

GaryPDX: I will survive. Unlike many of you..:)



/approves

eas81: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

Life after People is the craziest show on TV. It makes zero sense.

CygnusDarius: Episode 1:

I swear my building's like F3. I've scrounged myself all kinds of good stuff from the abandoned offices. Got a nice pocket knife, some flash drives, artwork, furniture upgrade, better speakers, a couple of plants, office supplies, etc. On the down side, I'll be amazed if I still have a job next year.