Colony - Post-apocalyptic "reality" show coming to Discovery - General

[QUOTE=TAU!;16069778]It looks like they cordoned off an entire city for a fucking reality show. It doesn't really look that good, besides the post-apocalyptic theme.[/QUOTE] Woah, that gives me an idea: how awesome would a reality show set in Chernobyl be?

Looks good.

[QUOTE=Lankist;16086958]That is a film. With Kevin Costner in it. Next you'll tell me to watch Dances with Wolves to learn about Sioux culture.[/QUOTE] Oh I never thought about that one, nice idea.

[QUOTE=markg06;16078187]Don't be daft they're aiming for something that's possible in reality. I don't suppose if there's any plans to show it in the UK? Also also, it's not a reality show it's an experiment.[/QUOTE] 28 Days later and L4D "zombies" are theoretically possible, FYI.

[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087302]28 Days later and L4D "zombies" are theoretically possible, FYI.[/QUOTE] Boomers already exist.

[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087302]28 Days later and L4D "zombies" are theoretically possible, FYI.[/QUOTE] [citation needed]

why are all the actors hideous

[QUOTE=abcpea;16087230]Woah, that gives me an idea: how awesome would a reality show set in Chernobyl be?[/QUOTE] Maybe result in sterility or tumors... no really, it is safe if you go there, but not stay there. Staying amounts in cancer and sterility... Or radiation sickness unless you take some rad-X before entering. That and I would like more post apocalyptic movies not sponsored and run by sci-fi (now Sy-Fy for some retard reason) as they end up terrible... This looks good, but they need to drop morals and use some guns with the raiders, and find a (fake) corpse with a gun in the first scavenge area. That or paintballs and the people must fall dead apon being hit by the brown paint. Brown so it doesn't detract from the environment when they miss. The paintball guns should be at least somewhat realistic looking to... And That coal mining facility should be it. I don't care if it's in disrepair. They should get volunteers who would sign a conract allowing them to be killed, and show it on camera. People must die for my amusment. I demand this over petty unrealistic "reality" shows. Link to coal mining facility: [url]http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/abandoned-city4.htm[/url] [editline]02:02AM[/editline] [QUOTE=pyrofiliac;16087421]why are all the actors hideous[/QUOTE] I don't mind actually... I'd complain if they all wore make-up and looked beautiful... Unrealistic to the max.

[QUOTE=Makh;16087379][citation needed][/QUOTE] "Even though we obviously pushed well beyond the realm of believability with many of our "boss" infected, the core idea of a mind-destroying, civilization-collapsing pathogen is more horrifying to me than magically animated corpses, precisely because it is plausible. Rabies is a good example of a pathogen that can turn a loyal, friendly, protective family pet into a slavering attack machine. It's a virus that reprograms the behaviors of a complex animal – a mammal, in fact. What if something similar happened to humans? Left 4 Dead is one possible answer." [url]http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3172298[/url]

[QUOTE=pyrofiliac;16087421]why are all the actors hideous[/QUOTE] Well, I guess because: A. They've been in the Colony for awhile B. They're not pretty girls and boys who don't know how to take care of simple tasks or themselves. [editline]10:03PM[/editline] [QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087490]"Even though we obviously pushed well beyond the realm of believability with many of our "boss" infected, the core idea of a mind-destroying, civilization-collapsing pathogen is more horrifying to me than magically animated corpses, precisely because it is plausible. Rabies is a good example of a pathogen that can turn a loyal, friendly, protective family pet into a slavering attack machine. It's a virus that reprograms the behaviors of a complex animal – a mammal, in fact. What if something similar happened to humans? Left 4 Dead is one possible answer." [url]http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3172298[/url][/QUOTE] ITT: Video Game Websites provide legit medical evaluations of Zombie creating viruses.

Imo total bullshit

[QUOTE=Wordsworth;16087492]Well, I guess because: A. They've been in the Colony for awhile B. They're not pretty girls and boys who don't know how to take care of simple tasks or themselves. [editline]10:03PM[/editline] ITT: Video Game Websites provide legit medical evaluations of Zombie creating viruses.[/QUOTE] It's true though.

[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087528]It's true though.[/QUOTE] It's a video game website. You're and idiot. Find me something with a valid source. (Not a website that focuses on reviews of videos and comics)

[QUOTE=Wordsworth;16087492]B. They're not pretty girls and boys who don't know how to take care of simple tasks or themselves.[/QUOTE] That's offensively stereotypical, not all pretty people are morons.

[QUOTE=RichardNixon;16087608]That's offensively stereotypical, not all pretty people are morons.[/QUOTE] No, just the ones TV finds to put on Reality shows.

the video seems kind of ridiculous. Good thing we found these pristine undamaged solar panels laying around.

[QUOTE=Wordsworth;16087546]It's a video game website. You're and idiot. Find me something with a valid source. (Not a website that focuses on reviews of videos and comics)[/QUOTE] Genetic mutation has happened in many other viruses, so how can it not happen in rabies? What i'm talking about isn't a zombie virus in the literal sense, coming back from the dead to eat you brains, that kind of thing, but people infected by a virus that causes them to become aggressive to every living thing it sees. I'm not saying it's possible, i'm saying it's [b]plausible[/b] that the rabies virus might one day mutate into something highly contagious that causes people to turn into a "zombie". I'm not offended that you don't believe in this, it's human nature to not believe something can happen until it already has.

I'm not saying it isn't or is. I'm saying if your going to provide a source, make it a legit one and not "1Up.com"

[QUOTE=Wordsworth;16087841]I'm not saying it isn't or is. I'm saying if your going to provide a source, make it a legit one and not "1Up.com"[/QUOTE] sadly that's all I could find. :P I'll try digging deeper.

[IMG]http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/bios/images/vladimir-beck400x300.jpg[/IMG] I could have sworn James Madison died a few centuries ago. Who better to rebuild the country than the father of the Constitution.

[QUOTE=laserpanda;16087957][IMG]http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/bios/images/vladimir-beck400x300.jpg[/IMG] I could have sworn James Madison died a few centuries ago. Who better to rebuild the country than the father of the Constitution.[/QUOTE] "We hold these survivors to be self-evident. That all men are created equal."

Looks awesome for a reality show. Definitely better than some of the shit on now.

Any zombies/infected humans?

[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087490]"Even though we obviously pushed well beyond the realm of believability with many of our "boss" infected, the core idea of a mind-destroying, civilization-collapsing pathogen is more horrifying to me than magically animated corpses, precisely because it is plausible. Rabies is a good example of a pathogen that can turn a loyal, friendly, protective family pet into a slavering attack machine. It's a virus that reprograms the behaviors of a complex animal – a mammal, in fact. What if something similar happened to humans? Left 4 Dead is one possible answer." [url]http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3172298[/url][/QUOTE] 1up is not a respectable medical journal. [editline]11:33PM[/editline] [QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16087826]Genetic mutation has happened in many other viruses, so how can it not happen in rabies? What i'm talking about isn't a zombie virus in the literal sense, coming back from the dead to eat you brains, that kind of thing, but people infected by a virus that causes them to become aggressive to every living thing it sees. I'm not saying it's possible, i'm saying it's [b]plausible[/b] that the rabies virus might one day mutate into something highly contagious that causes people to turn into a "zombie". I'm not offended that you don't believe in this, it's human nature to not believe something can happen until it already has.[/QUOTE] That is not how it works. You are wrong. There is a reason diseases like Rabies cause aggression. It's because [i]their brain is dying.[/i] You cannot live without a brain, in case you were wondering. Even assuming a "zombie virus" is possible, zombies would die within days because of severe malnutrition, self-inflicted injury and simply the fact that their brain is eating itself from the inside out. It would be impossible for a virus that is capable of such rapid decay to spread quickly across a large populace, because its carriers isolate and kill themselves within days of infection. With a rabies infection, simple motor function is lost if somehow by magic the patient survives longer than a couple of days. Add to that how difficult it is to transmit a virus like that: It is neither waterborne nor airborne, a "bite" is not a sufficient means of transmitting the disease, it requires deep blood contact, and its carriers have such short lifespans and behave so erratically that instead of SEEKING OUT other people, they ISOLATE THEMSELVES from other people.

[QUOTE=Lankist;16088895]1up is not a respectable medical journal. [editline]11:33PM[/editline] That is not how it works. You are wrong.[/QUOTE] Who gives a fuck about what you think. [b]Edit:[/b] This message is hidden because Lankist is on your ignore list.

[QUOTE=Lankist;16088895]That is not how it works. You are wrong. There is a reason diseases like Rabies cause aggression. It's because blah blah blah blah[/QUOTE] Nobody gives a fuck, back on topic.

[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;16088930]Who gives a fuck about what you think. [b]Edit:[/b] This message is hidden because Lankist is on your ignore list.[/QUOTE] Oh hey Strewth_99 is sending me PM's because he's dumb and wrong and is on his boy period.

This message is hidden because lankist is on your ignore list.

[QUOTE=No_0ne;16089006]Nobody gives a fuck, back on topic.[/QUOTE] No guys zombies are real because I want to pretend I'm a super cool zombie hunter guys guys it's possible shut up im a doctor i go to 1up.

See above post.