The Colony

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This show exhibits a controlled experiment that makes us think about how we would survive in the midst of a catastrophe. It tries to see exactly what we would need to survive and rebuild society under the worst circumstances. For 10 weeks, 10 isolated volunteers will have the task of rebuilding what is left of society after a viral outbreak, while finding ways to communicate and get electricity, water and food.moreless
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  • Ever wondered what you'd do when the power fails, the lights go out, the water stops running and civilisation crumbles?

    8.0
    "Great"
    By AdrianCremona, May 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    The Colony is an "experiment" about human survival, post apocolypse. It follows the lives of ten survivors who find sanctuary in an abandoned warehouse in Los Angeles. Similar to other reality tv, The Colony has a set location but is, unscripted, thus allowing for the unexpected and, of course, raw human drama. Naturally, obstacles have been setup to challenge and inspire the desperate group.

    The little things we take for granted in our privelleged lives are stripped from the Colonists and they struggle daily to find food and water while under scrutiny and even attack from other competing groups in the area.

    Set in stages, the colonists must make it through certain trials, or make certain achievements in their efforts to survive. Such as, a means of collecting food and water, building coooking facilities, finding fuel and later-on, energy production, and even communications.

    This show was excellent viewing. For anyone out there who loves engineering or is interested in post apocolyptic scenarios, or even someone who likes human drama, you will love this show.

    The cast were stacked; in that we had a nurse, an engineer, an ex-con, a karate expert, a retired war veteran, a computer geek, a handyman, a religious person, oh, and a nasa rocket scientist, to name a few. This combination, while most likely NOT representative of a typical group of survivors, was essential to making this great viewing.

    If you imagine for a moment, yourself, with nine others, all of which were people from your neighbourhood. How many of you would actually know how to build a battery bank for electrical storage, or how to turn common wood into fuel that can drive a car? I'm betting none of you. So, while it's an un-realistic group, it is a necessary one as these inventions were what really gave the show its edge, and lets face it, watching people starve to death is just boring and depressing.

    With the little they have - and they have very little, they manage to create some ingenous things to make life easier for themselves. They even build a bicycle powered washing machine, that works, and are able to have limited hot showers at one point.

    A second installment is under-way and i'd like to make a few changes to the show. They need 40 people, not 10, and they should be split into 4 groups of 10. The competing groups and marauders should be replaced by these competing groups. This way we can see how 4 different colonies set themselves up and interact - also, this is a lot more honest than the previous Actors as Marauders setup. You never know, we may see one group fail and "die" or 3 groups merge to tackle the other group which has much needed supplies. Ohhh, the possibilities are endless.moreless

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  • I am not shocked to see that The Colony has 0 fans on TV.com. HUGE miss by the Discovery Channel.

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    By HeatherZeoli, Oct 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is the most obvious, staged, poorly executed concept I've ever seen. What began as a brilliant concept as it was advertised (how do strangers rebuild society after a disaster) to what it posits (how would we survive the midst of a catastrophe) - what evolves is a mangy cast of know-it-alls (lucky them to have engineers and doctors in their "random" midst!) who cleverly build things a la science (oh, the show has to teach us ignorant people something)... all while running from some fictitious Mad-Max-esque group of motorcycle renegades. That's so original. No other post-apocalyptic show or movie has thought of that!
    It's poorly written, poorly acted, completely obvious and absolutely nothing about it is ground-breaking beyond the audacity of producer for corrupting a totally marvelous idea into an agenda-driven piece of crap.moreless

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  • Lame... typical reality TV... trumped up drama... as fake as it gets...

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    By rprevidi, Oct 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    Just watched the first episode and this is one of lamest show I have ever watched. It's obvious that everyone knows they're on camera and are acting for the camera... it's your typical "reality" show that is as far from reality that it gets...

    What makes the show even worse is that it is trying to recreate a potential scenario that simply can't be recreated accurately. It is practically impossible to even remotely duplicate the elements that would be present during an actual major plague / epidemic event. Especially with a bunch of cameramen running around...

    The character interaction is just laughable and as phony as it gets with the typical power positioning and everyone acting like a know-it-all and a wanna be leader without demonstrating any knowledge or leadership ability... this is as bad as it gets...moreless

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  • Top Show, we need something like this in the UK!

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    By GlobaldnbStat, Oct 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is a top show about how to survive in a complete disaster. The best thing is that its a reality show with no prize fund or any voting out and It like a movie that's uses real people. So far looters have used Pepper spray to loot the colony, set the building on fire, kidnap a member of the colony for gas and food and who can forgot the oil filled water (from the real BP disaster) and the catching of a live alligator. Defo need something like this in the UK. Some channel in the UK get on this quick!!!moreless

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  • Why didn't you spot the alligator. then make an alligator catcher. Instead you felt you needed to call it a man-catcher. PUULLEEEEEZZZZZ. Beleave it or not, this audience is smarter than you think.moreless

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    By StewartJensen, Sep 29, 2010 Report Abuse
    Man trap that operates like a wild animal trap.
    Why need to orchestrate the dang show to this degree.
    Catch a man with something which will keep them at a distance from you??????????? ????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????????????? ????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ?? ??????please
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