I sat down hoping Eden would be everything I was hoping for and on this first showing was disappointed. Yes, there should be a starter pack with basic tools, food and a few animals but I think they got too much too soon they should have felt the pang of hunger sooner.
The survival show started Monday night involving a group of 23 men and women. They are stranded in the Scottish Highlands for a whole year as they try to build a society. The break down on the sexes is 10 females and 13 males and there is a supply of free condoms, just in case. It is the new thing to have sex on reality TV in the UK after Big Brother and in particular Love Island.
Everyone brings something to the group. There is a hunter, fishermen, doctor, chef and a life coach a major cop out in my book and what really pissed me off was one of the first things they built was a shower with hot water. No living off the edge here.
Again, instead of prioritising somewhere to live other than, a temporary structure any 10 year old could build and useless in winter and building a greenhouse should be a priority. However most of the group were wasting time around building somewhere to meet. The need to replenish the basic stores and it was time to despatch a pig cue vegetarian, tears and a dilemma, will she or won’t she. What would you do…? Eat the meat or shag the chef and have him make you veggie meals.
No one wanted to have a meeting or work even deciding on a six hour a day work schedule most want a holiday. A look into next week and the beachcombers find some goodies like you do walking the tide line. Smacks of the film Mysterious Island (1961) when a hiding Captain Nemo supplies the castaways with a chest full of things they need. Scrub Nemo for the producers of Eden giving a little extra. Alone, fending for themselves I don’t think so.
Anton is not the most popular of housemates and caused a stir when he realised the camp shelter was all but useless and decides to build a log cabin in the woods. After some home brew, the camp becomes the Scottish Sodom and Gomorrah as sex was in the air. My hero is Anton who like me would hate the rest of the children in the camp. At the end, he failed in getting some plastic and a few other things losing the vote 10 to 12 and now the kiddies are thinking of cutting him out of the food. They did have some use for the plastic to make a steam house. Come on Anton. This is no BBC Castaway, which is still the daddy.
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