I recently finished watching Outlast S2 and I hated it. But I only hated it towards the last stretch of the show - a couple of Texan men (Team Bravo) versus a team of five (Team Delta) people were finally ready to embark to complete their final task and win $1M. After being able to Outlast for some weeks, both teams had to do hike for a couple of hours on hard terrain and at the end light a fire. This is already slightly controversial to me as it changed the whole gameplay. But that's not even my issue.
When you heard the stories of Delta and what they were going to do with the money, they spoke about helping with the care of a mother with Alzheimer, having a knee replacement and a lot of very valid reasons for which you would compete for the prize. Bravo's plans were buying a second house, a second car, a second boat. None of their goals felt as genuine or as urgent as most of the other team's.
I understand that the prize money is not all for everyone, and being able to succeed in such a game is what's desirable for a lot of these survivalists. But this perception I had of them and their real needs made the ending of the show feel empty. This could be seen as the "underdog" team losing, but I feel there is more to this, potentially related to this social strata differences that are amplified in this context.
Rise and Fall sounds like a fascinating premise, and I’m retroactively frustrated that it didn’t live up to that potential. Clearly, some channel needs to hire you to design a better version.
I recently finished watching Outlast S2 and I hated it. But I only hated it towards the last stretch of the show - a couple of Texan men (Team Bravo) versus a team of five (Team Delta) people were finally ready to embark to complete their final task and win $1M. After being able to Outlast for some weeks, both teams had to do hike for a couple of hours on hard terrain and at the end light a fire. This is already slightly controversial to me as it changed the whole gameplay. But that's not even my issue.
When you heard the stories of Delta and what they were going to do with the money, they spoke about helping with the care of a mother with Alzheimer, having a knee replacement and a lot of very valid reasons for which you would compete for the prize. Bravo's plans were buying a second house, a second car, a second boat. None of their goals felt as genuine or as urgent as most of the other team's.
I understand that the prize money is not all for everyone, and being able to succeed in such a game is what's desirable for a lot of these survivalists. But this perception I had of them and their real needs made the ending of the show feel empty. This could be seen as the "underdog" team losing, but I feel there is more to this, potentially related to this social strata differences that are amplified in this context.
Rise and Fall sounds like a fascinating premise, and I’m retroactively frustrated that it didn’t live up to that potential. Clearly, some channel needs to hire you to design a better version.