When Discovery Channel introduced The Deadliest Catch they may have irreparably altered the path of reality television. For one, it was actually depicting reality—albeit one very few ever encounter—and in a way that compelled viewership. How did it do this? It introduced a tension that no other reality series had been able to create: an actual sense of danger. Fear Factor featured a series of gross-out stunts that were highly supervised, relying more on its contestants’ own irrational cowardice than any real danger. Survivor’s title seemed to hint at competitors dying off one by one, but really, in the worst case scenario someone might faint from heat exhaustion and be flown home. Everything was just a bunch of immature people collected in a house complaining about one another. There was never any sense of danger or importance. At the very least, The Deadliest Catch had crab fisherman...
- 7/3/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Let me say this right now: I grew up in New Jersey. This said, you should be aware that schools are closed for even a few inches of snow. People from New Jersey simply can’t drive in the snow. I don’t know if it’s just a mentality, or the fact that you are probably supposed to go below the speed limit or what, but we can’t do it, at least, not well. So I have a lot of respect for people who can, especially if they are driving on the most dangerous road in the United States.
The cast of Ice Road Truckers: Season Three are doing just that as they travel the Dalton Highway in Alaska for Carlile Transportation. Show veterans Hugh “The Polar Bear” Rowland and Alex Debogorski are joined by several newcomers, including the show’s first female driver, resident hottie and tomboy Lisa Kelly.
The cast of Ice Road Truckers: Season Three are doing just that as they travel the Dalton Highway in Alaska for Carlile Transportation. Show veterans Hugh “The Polar Bear” Rowland and Alex Debogorski are joined by several newcomers, including the show’s first female driver, resident hottie and tomboy Lisa Kelly.
- 12/29/2009
- by Jessica Guerrasio
- JustPressPlay.net
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