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***Official Utopia Thread*** Fox Cancels Series :( (1 Viewer)

i think the other issue is that they only add new people every month. so if they wanted to add someone exciting they have to wait a month. Should do it every 2 weeks at least.

 
Thing is, they'd be borderline lost without Red. He's the only one who knows anything about living in these conditions.

 
TenTimes said:
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
TenTimes said:
Thing is, they'd be borderline lost without Red. He's the only one who knows anything about living in these conditions.
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Umm maybe you missed the part where they were making a chicken tractor?
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:lmao:

DAMN that chicken tractor! Can't forget about their keyhole farming method either which will at least octuple their production.
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Actually its all quite forgettable accept for the super creepy guy with the dark rim glasses and mustache.

 
I don't get the point of the chicken tractor. Can't you just till the ground yourself? Its not that hard. Certainly easier than building a chicken transporter and a chicken tractor and scaring the chickens into not producing eggs. It feels like one of those overly complicated machines that do something simple (I forget what they're called... named after a guy famous for them).

 
The ex-con is a serious loose cannon. Flipping out one minute, visiting the Reverend and quoting the bible the next...his one liners crack me up.

pickled horseradish?!

I'm indigenous to this land!

Prison food is the best food!

Him and Red stomping on canned goods like little kids on a playground at recess was hilarious.

That'll learn em!

 
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Wingnut said:
The ex-con is a serious loose cannon. Flipping out one minute, visiting the Reverend and quoting the bible the next...his one liners crack me up.

pickled horseradish?!

I'm indigenous to this land!

Prison food is the best food!

Him and Red stomping on canned goods like little kids on a playground at recess was hilarious.

That'll learn em!
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Agreed. I hope they stay there forever. Even after the show is over. Just take squatter's rights and they keep the web feed rolling.

 
Wingnut said:
The ex-con is a serious loose cannon. Flipping out one minute, visiting the Reverend and quoting the bible the next...his one liners crack me up.

pickled horseradish?!

I'm indigenous to this land!

Prison food is the best food!

Him and Red stomping on canned goods like little kids on a playground at recess was hilarious.

That'll learn em!
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id watch a show with just those two :shrug:

 
PinkydaPimp said:
Wingnut said:
The ex-con is a serious loose cannon. Flipping out one minute, visiting the Reverend and quoting the bible the next...his one liners crack me up.

pickled horseradish?!

I'm indigenous to this land!

Prison food is the best food!

Him and Red stomping on canned goods like little kids on a playground at recess was hilarious.

That'll learn em!
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id watch a show with just those two :shrug:
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They are both borderline ######ed if not all the way there.

 
they've gotta be actors. chicken tractor lady can't be a real person, can she?

I wanna see Hex fight the convict. 50/50 on who wins.

 
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.

 
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
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Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).

 
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TenTimes said:
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
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Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).
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i think you just described survivor :unsure:

 
TenTimes said:
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
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Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).
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You perfectly described the problem. Apparently people are not entertained with this edit.

 
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bshell27 said:
TenTimes said:
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
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Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).
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You perfectly described the problem. Apparently people are not entertained with this edit.
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Yep. It's no coincidence that the only two fans of this show (other than Shiek) are the two who are keeping up with the feeds. (Or maybe it is true that we work for the show :o )

 
PinkydaPimp said:
TenTimes said:
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
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Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).
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i think you just described survivor :unsure:
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The conditions do seem like Survivor (from what I've seen of the show), just with a different objective. Don't the Survivors do their fair share of bickering and arguing too?

 
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TenTimes said:
PinkydaPimp said:
TenTimes said:
TheIronSheik said:
I'm confused why people keep saying these people are so stupid that they must be actors. Do you guys not go out in the real world? Our planet is filled with about 99% stupid people. And about 75% of those are beyond stupid. I don't think it would take more than an hour to find 14 dumb people to be on a reality show.
Click to expand...
Not only that, this is a situation I don't think any of us has ever been in or witnessed. How could anyone know they're not behaving naturally or unlike any of us would? I think people underestimate just how much stress the pioneers are under here.

Pooping in a hole in the ground, cold showers under a water valve, constantly being hungry, heat wave/drought conditions, constantly being watched and judged by cameras, sleeping on cold concrete with little padding below and above, and the general uncertainty that it will get better. That's stressful enough, but then your stress gets pooled with over a dozen other people's, whom your success is tied to.

It's a pressure cooker of stress and anxiety. I'd be more skeptical if they weren't fighting (and they don't constantly fight, that's just all that makes it to the show).
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i think you just described survivor :unsure:
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The conditions do seem like Survivor (from what I've seen of the show), just with a different objective. Don't the Survivors do their fair share of bickering and arguing too?
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they do. but at least there is other stuff going on like strategy, game play, etc. Still im looking forward to tonights episode.

 
Beerguzzler said:
How did they possibly spend 50 million on this? That's some shady accounting. The set looks like a ####ty ranch.
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Much easier than you think.

23 million - The whole place was wire by Red and we all know how much he gets paid 95 bucks and hour.

12 million bought ####ty ranch

$5000 in cash

500k in tang

14 mill R & D for chicken tractor engineers

400k ####ty actor wages 12 months split 16 ways

3000 broken tractor

10000 fake mustache

2000 two bows

25000 go daddy web site for streaming nudity

25000 monkeys and typewriters for scripts

25000 pixels for covering naked girl parts on tv.

 
The chicken tractor chick is definitely a plant/actor. Like anyone in this day and age believes microwaves are toxic and/or dangerous.

:rolleyes:

 
I have a feeling that once Big Brother is done(less than 2 weeks left) and they don't see a spike in viewers from that they will have to do something,my hope is they move it to FX or FXX and keep the live feeds going but with that much money involved they may not have that option.

I'm enjoying it while I can and if it sticks around great,if not it's just another tv show I liked that went away.

 
Really hoping they give it a good chance. Or move it to another one of their networks (although I don't see that happening.)

 
Walking Boot said:
Walking Boot said:
Big test tonight. At 9 FOX launches the new season of The Mindy Project & The New Girl. Meanwhile, it's up against only 2 non-reruns, DWTS Results Show and Big Brother. With repeats on the other 2 networks, if Utopia gets crushed tonight and drags down the FOX sitcoms in the process, there could be blood on the walls soon. Mindy & New Girl are not up against as much competition, since ABC and CBS switch to airing reruns at 9pm, only NBC has original programming (America's Got Talent). If Utopia hurts the sitcoms up against what should be a cakewalk launch night, I'd expect to see a serious shakeup quickly from the network.
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Not good:
In season-premiere news, Fox comedies New Girl (season four) and The Mindy Project (season three) did not benefit out of anemic Utopia. This second Tuesday 8 p.m. telecast of Utopia finished fourth in the hour with a mere 1.9/ 3, which was one-tenth of a rating point (or five percent) below its already DOA 2.0/ 3 one week earlier. And that abysmal 2.0 overnight household rating translated into 2.48 million viewers and a 0.9 rating/3 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Plus Same Day data). Comparably, Utopia slipped by a hefty 57 percent from the average 4.4/ 7 for the debuts of sitcoms Dads (4.2/ 7 on 9/17/13) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (4.6/ 7) on the year-ago evening.

With competing NCIS returning on CBS next week, that 0.9 could end up a 0.6 or a 0.7. And Fox will need to address Utopia in the very near future.

With minimal lead-in support, Foxs New Girl opened with a distant third-place 2.3/ 4 in the overnights in the 9 p.m. half-hour, which was a considerable 41 percent below the 3.9/ 6 for the season-opener on the year-ago evening. And a 2.0/ 3 for the return of The Mindy Project at 9:30 p.m. (#3) was 33 percent below the 3.0/ 5 season-premiere one year earlier. Obviously, lead-in still does matter and Utopia is just not delivering.
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Getting half the audience of "Dads" and putting a -33% dent in the networks darling sitcoms is not helping this shows chances.
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I still stand by my comment that once Big Brother is over we will see exactly where this show is.The +3 viewers have been very good and most of that comes from the BB audience not being able to watch them both at the same time.

I view next week as the critical week for the show.

 
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El Floppo said:
One of you guys still in on this... nutshell of why you're watching? What do you like about this?
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For me, I enjoy reality shows. This one is interesting to me because it's a new format. At least for me. I don't watch BB, so I don't know how similar they are.

I like to see other people's drama. To me, it's both funny and enjoyable. I don't think it's much different than Survivor, in that sense.

 
this show is interesting to me as well. i will continue to watch. but its fading fast. Now that dave is gone and the crazy religious guy. Its gotten boring. I cant see it lasting much longer but i hope it does last until the initial vote off.

 
PinkydaPimp said:
this show is interesting to me as well. i will continue to watch. but its fading fast. Now that dave is gone and the crazy religious guy. Its gotten boring. I cant see it lasting much longer but i hope it does last until the initial vote off.
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why? can you elaborate?

I don't see this as any different than any other reality show, from the little I watched, so am curious if there's something else going on. And for me- I got tired of that format years ago; I also don't like seeing people act like #######s and don't find any humor or joy in it. Jersey Shore was the point at which I realized- ugh- no thanks.

 
El Floppo said:
One of you guys still in on this... nutshell of why you're watching? What do you like about this?
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The live feeds. I like to people watch, and I like to learn about sociology/watch social experiements. This is just one of those for me, and I will probably stick with it for as long as I believe it is "real", which I still do. I'm not in it for the fighting or drama, that just goes with it.

I'm one of the few who have stuck with this Big Brother season to the end. It's been a pretty dull season as far as game play goes, but I still enjoy watching the live feeds.

 
El Floppo said:
PinkydaPimp said:
this show is interesting to me as well. i will continue to watch. but its fading fast. Now that dave is gone and the crazy religious guy. Its gotten boring. I cant see it lasting much longer but i hope it does last until the initial vote off.
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why? can you elaborate?

I don't see this as any different than any other reality show, from the little I watched, so am curious if there's something else going on. And for me- I got tired of that format years ago; I also don't like seeing people act like #######s and don't find any humor or joy in it. Jersey Shore was the point at which I realized- ugh- no thanks.
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That's fair. It's not for everyone. If the format of reality TV is something you don't like, then I would assume that this has no appeal to you. It's not ground breaking by any means. And it's not different enough to get people who hate reality TV to watch it.

But I don't think that was their intention. People like myself who enjoy reality TV are probably more who they are targeting.

 
TenTimes said:
El Floppo said:
One of you guys still in on this... nutshell of why you're watching? What do you like about this?
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The live feeds. I like to people watch, and I like to learn about sociology/watch social experiements. This is just one of those for me, and I will probably stick with it for as long as I believe it is "real", which I still do. I'm not in it for the fighting or drama, that just goes with it.

I'm one of the few who have stuck with this Big Brother season to the end. It's been a pretty dull season as far as game play goes, but I still enjoy watching the live feeds.
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This is probably my biggest reason for watching reality TV. I love seeing how people react in certain situations. Who cares if those situations are manufactured? It's not so much the situation I care about as much as the reaction by the people in that situation.

 
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