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Posted By: Silverado Feb 09, 2004 - 02:28 pm

Saw a few more commercials for this "reality show" (I would call it a gameshow, really) called Mad Mad House which puts normal people into a big haunted house filled with Alternative Lifestyle folks who judge the normal folks and then all the fun ensues. Anyone see the ads?

Posted By: Sindatur Feb 09, 2004 - 02:37 pm

Yea, looks like a Supernatural themed Big Brother. 5 Alternative lifestyle residents, put the "normal" guests through different situations and judge their reactions and acceptance, and the 5 alternatives vote off the guests according to how they do on the tests, I believe.

Posted By: Nomad Feb 11, 2004 - 06:10 am

Yes, that show looks interesting. Like a show between "Fear Factor", "Big Brother" and "Survivor".

Posted By: Silverado Feb 25, 2004 - 07:22 am

Yeah, well there sure is a lot of controversy. All I know is that there are load of people in the whole and raw foods world who love Avacado and there are loads of Wiccas and Witches (and Wicca Witches) who love Fiona and therefore the potentially silly vampire and the general stiffness of the 10 normals will be a small thing to suffer. I hear that the Voodoo priestess is pretty cool too but I don't know too much about her. When does it start?

Posted By: Sindatur Feb 25, 2004 - 08:27 am

Thursdays, starting in early March I believe, so, perhaps March 4 is when the Thursday night line-up starts (Tripping the Rift, Mad Mad House and Scare Tactics, not sure if any other shows are slated for the Thursday night slot yet)

Posted By: Silverado Feb 25, 2004 - 01:39 pm

I wonder why Sci-Fi is doing so much of their own programming. There are loads of new stuff over at the site -- there wasn't before -- it was pretty slim-pickin's when I started this thread. Have you checked it out, Nomad and Sindatur? I am totally looking forward to Battlestar Galactica and when I read about Tripping the Rift I googled it and found the most appaulingly peurile and raunchy internet short film from 2000. I wonder if they can pull that one off. Its pretty saucy, nast, vile, and rude. Its sure to be a hit, eh?

Posted By: Sindatur Feb 25, 2004 - 02:49 pm

I check Scifi Channel site occasionally, but, not religiously (perhaps 3 or 4 times a year)

Battlestar Galactica, actually did seem to hold some promise from having seen the Mini-Series, but, I'm not going to hold my breath that a series will be as good or better than the Mini-Series (Hopefully Better, as there were a few problems with BSG Miniseries)

Tripping the Rift is that bad, eh? I actually have heard it's not as bad as it looks, that the commercials were taken out of context. Very easy to believe Scifi Channel would take something over-the-top and water it down a bit. Look at the way they showed Lexx (specifically showing the more "sex" oriented episodes first and repeatedly, and the commercials used the most "sexually explicit (or suggestive)" scenes of the entire series.)

Posted By: Silverado Feb 26, 2004 - 05:53 am

http://www.pocketmovies.net/detail_99.html is where the original short film lives -- you can check it out for yourself.

Posted By: Daelish Feb 26, 2004 - 10:04 pm

Looks like a kid with too much time on his hands and a nifty 'puter got lucky if that clip is anything to judge by.

Posted By: Silverado Mar 05, 2004 - 07:14 am

anyone check out the show last night? if it matters, I think that noel should have gotten the boot. what a jerk.

Posted By: Nomad Mar 05, 2004 - 09:45 am

I watched it. It could be an interesting show. I really gotta get used to the characters. Very strange indeed. But, I think that the "get back to your roots" crap was just that...CRAP..and a copout. Didnt everybody think he was just in it for the money?

Posted By: Silverado Mar 10, 2004 - 10:51 am

I think that was a complete shaft as well. There are rumors that Don is going to hit on the pretty boy who voted the last guy -- from a BBC interview with the vampire.

Posted By: Mister Mystic Mar 17, 2004 - 04:07 pm

That Madmad house was such a weird show. Those people would actually bathe in a pool of blood if got them on tv

Posted By: Aldan Mar 18, 2004 - 08:45 am

Many people apparently will do just about ANYTHING to get on tv. Bragging rights, perhaps? Ego inflation? Stars in eyes? Feh.

Posted By: Sindatur Mar 18, 2004 - 10:17 am

I suspect alot of the really gross things we see on Reality shows are really what they appear. Fear Factor, for instance, I often thought, geez, not only is that gross, but you could catch something deadly (for example, having to carry rotting fish in your mouth).

I wasn't convinced the Blood bath in Mad Mad House was really blood, I think it was probably "theatrical blood".
That many people rolling around in warm blood these days, could be quite dangerous, depending upon their health, and cuts, and so on.

In one of the commercials, I believe it showed one of the events was drinking blood from a chalice. I have only seen the Blood Bath episode, so I don't know if I misinterpretted the commercial, or if that event has already happened or is still coming up. If there really is an event where they have to drink blood, and one of the contestants found they liked it, can you imagine the legal troubles Scifi Channel would have if that contestant became a serial killer, so he could drink blood? I imagine that would be enough to put the channel out of business.

Posted By: Mister Mystic Mar 19, 2004 - 03:42 am

Yeah I suppose that it was fake that makes a lot of sense if was and they would sued big time if were real.

Posted By: Nomad Mar 19, 2004 - 06:15 am

I did not get to watch the whole thing last night. I watched the end where they got rid of the "nice catholic boy". I thought for sure the oriental girl would have gone. Maybe she redeemed herself by joining in the "womens" ritual.

Oh, and did you catch that lady at the sore saying the our resident vampire is and angel? LoL

Posted By: Mister Mystic Mar 20, 2004 - 06:16 am

hey what wrong with catholics?

Posted By: Nomad Mar 22, 2004 - 05:47 am

Nothing at all wrong with them. Im one. Anyway, it just may be that htey cant get by their religiouns enough to participate fully and thus were asked to leave.

Posted By: Mister Mystic Mar 23, 2004 - 08:49 am

okay but why they go on the show then?

Posted By: Nomad Mar 23, 2004 - 02:36 pm

MRMystic, no idea. Perhaps we shall see or read an interview from them at a later date.