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RobRob |
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Holy F**K. Has anyone checked on the new promo for Solitary 3.0 on the main page of FoxReality.com. It looks insane. Everything flashes by really fast, but
it looks intense.
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Piranhahaha |
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Thx, just did -- holy crap that could've bondage pron.
The needles and spikes? Vomit pron, too it seems. What I loved loved loved about it was the tagline: "You only have yourself to blame." What better answer to any realityTV contestant bitching about how he/she'd been edited/mishandled/screwed/expolited since the dawn of the genre? I'm calling it now: Teensy asian barfing chick for the win. |
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SolitaryFreak |
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Wow, I just saw the promo on TV and watched it frame by frame. That looks sick. I can't wait.
Piranhahaha, the person barfing in the promo looks like a man and not asian either. I don't think they show all the contestants. I only see 7 or 8 different people. Sometimes hard to tell. I can't call it until I learn more about who these people are. |
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Piranhahaha |
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You're right.
Teensy asian chick that I thought I'd seen barfing was the one yelling at Val "You're sick!" She's still going to win. |
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SolitaryFreak |
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Hey Piranhahaha - I think you may be onto something with your "teensy asian chick" theory. I did some over analysis of the new commercial and this
is what I've come up with so far:
The commercial is 15 seconds long. 9 seconds are spent on the contestants, 1 second on Val, and 5 seconds on Solitary/Fox Reality logos. Your "teensy asian chick" received the largest percentage of screen time and she was the only one we get to hear speak. Of the 9 seconds spent on contestants, this is the percentage of time spent on each person: 22.7% - Teensy asian chick - her pod looks dark blue which could indicate pod #5 if colors carry from previous season. 20.4% - White guy with goatee - his pod is light blue which could be pod #4 if colors carry from previous season. 13.3% - Black girl - can definately see #8 on her pod and the 8 looks green which is the same as last season to support same color theory. 12.7% - Italian looking puking guy - can definately see #7 on his pod during puking clip, and it also looks pink, to once again support same color theory. 7.7% - White guy with yellow stuff on his face - no good indication of pod number. A little red over right shoulder, could be pod #9. 5.5% - Pink sweatpants girl? - pod is definately yellow which could indicate pod #3. We never see a face so it could be "pink sweatpants guy", but probably not. 5.5% - French manicured hand on red button - Not black girl or asian girl, maybe pink pants? Trim under red button looks brown though, maybe pod #1. pink pants is yellow. 5.0% - Black guy - at a loss here because pod looks pink, but puking guy is definately pod 7, * going to say pod #2 for him. (see * below) 3.9% - White guy with spitty mouth - lost again because his pod looks pink also. * going to say pod #6 for him. (see * below) 3.3% - White girl with hands on face - can't see pod. Could be french manicure girl? Can't see nails. * While I was typing this I just saw another FoxReality commercial where they show all their different shows and they slipped two new clips into it from Solitary 3.0. They definately show a white guy in pod #6 for 2 seconds and it is purple. When they show only his face, the pod looks pink, but when they show his whole body, the pod is purple. So I think white guy with spitty mouth could be the same guy, but hard to know for sure. That might indicate the black guy is in pod #2 by process of elimination. The other clip looks like it came from teensy asian chick's pod because it looks dark blue, but they only show an arm and a leg. This could mean teensy asian chick made it to both commercials which could also support your theory. Now I'm going to go kill myself for being such a loser and wasting so much time on this. |
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virtual chim |
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yeah......that is pretty sad.
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RobRob |
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Wow, SolitaryFreak, you really scare me. I thought I was a Solitary nut job, but you might take the cake. :-) For what it's worth, it was an interesting
analysis though.
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TheEasyOne |
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val should spend a whole day without talking to any of the contestants. that'd really make them go insane seriously
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RobRob |
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val should spend a whole day without talking to any of the contestants. that'd really make them go insane seriouslyTheEasyOne, just out of curiosity, what makes you think that there are not long periods of time without any contact from Val? We only see a fraction of the actual experience. They are in there 24/7. |
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Piranhahaha |
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I wonder about that too. And I wonder if they get any psych checkups as the competition rolls along.
NICELY DONE SolitaryFreak! And here I was thinking I know Solitary pretty well -- you make feel like a dilettante. I can't wait for the cast announcement to see how all this matches up. |
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cindidindi76 |
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I'm sure it's already been covered somewhere in this thread, but since I didn't get FRC until after the first two seasons aired....How long does
this show actually last? I couldn't imagine being stuck in one of those pods for even a day, much less weeks.
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SolitaryFreak |
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Thanks for the new word Piranhahaha, I've never used dilettante before.
Cindidindi76 - I don't know how long they are in their pods for sure, but looking at the facial hair growth on Tyler and JP last season, I would assume that it was weeks. Facial hair growth rate would be different for everyonee. I don't know if they have the option to shave at any point. I believe in the first season that pod 5 brought a razor as one of his personal items. I noticed Phu in pod 8 last season didn't appear to have any facial hair at the final treatment, but that's probably because he hasn't reached puberty yet. |
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cindidindi76 wrote:That's one of those "secrets" that none of the contestants who post here will tell us...yet : ) |
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Piranhahaha |
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SolitaryFreak wrote: Only 4 posts and SolitaryFreak has already become my most favoritist poster evah! Where did you come from?! RobRob chime in, too. OOoooooh this is going to be a funsie season! |
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SolitaryFreak |
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Thanks Prianhahaha, the feeling is mutual. I came from a google search on Solitary. I found this blog and noticed that former Solitarians have been posting
on here and knew this was the place for me. That's "impressive" that you have over 11,000 posts. Hopefully that was over a span of 10 years,
otherwise the "impressive" has to be replaced with a new word.
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Piranhahaha |
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With this nic, probably closer to five years.
Please understand half of my posts were eaten up realtime in other forii sports threads, and likely half of the other half in Sucks proper. I love yapping about television and proudly lay claim to the remaining quarter in here. I am DELIGHTED you found us! |
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RobRob |
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I don't know if this is old news to everyone, but I just noticed they added a couple more paragraphs to the 12/8/2008 press release for Solitary 3.0.
This season, "Solitary v3.0" will give viewers even more with exciting online content, including over 50 videos on foxreality.com. Videos will give users an opportunity to view special footage, which will not be seen on-air, and experience their own "virtual pod". In addition, users get up close and personal with the subjects, learning about their hidden talents and their true feelings. All of this bonus content will be available on the special "Solitary v3.0" website, starting in mid-December. "The 'Solitary' franchise has been a huge hit for us because it introduces a unique, psychologically challenging element into reality competitions," said Bob Boden, SVP Programming, Production and Development, Fox Reality Channel. "People often think they can withstand mental and physical challenges, but this shows puts that theory to the test. There are no alliances, no politics and no immunity, just a true test of mental and physical toughness. And in today's economy, perhaps for many, the stakes are even higher." |
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Piranhahaha |
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See?!
Who prognosticated that the 360 pod would turn into something more? |
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RobRob |
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Piranhahaha wrote: I believe you prognosticated the something more, but "experience their own "virtual pod"" seems to be exactly what we have now and probably will not become anything more than that. But I hope I'm wrong. :-) |
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SolitaryFreak |
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I was framing through the new commercial some more and I just noticed some semi-subliminal message in there. After they show the red button being pushed, the
screen changes to the Solitary 3.0 January logo, and in the green background a slightly different shade of green lettering appears on top for a fraction of a
second which says "SHUT UP" and then it fades back into the green and another phrase appears on the bottom for a split second "+ WATCH". I
think they're trying to tell me to SHUT UP & WATCH. But when you play the commercial at regular speed there is no way anyone would notice this unless
they knew to look for it and it still happens to fast to really see it.
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