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Defamer First Look: The 'Kid Nation' Preview

Mr._Eac — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:04:41 PDT

No parental supervision ... except for the buzzards.

Mr._Eac

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colbertnationalist — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:44:03 PDT

More like, "Which one is the CEO of Kid Walmart?", Scout, because as we history buffs with no lives know, social darwinism was used as a justification of extreme capitalism, and not communism.

*curls into fetal position waiting for the beatings*

colbertnationalist

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Scout — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:48:25 PDT

@nick_r:

The kids are forming their own rules and society.

Darwin's rules and society - Survival of the fittest. Which one is Lenin?

(Dear God, Please let it be true.)

Scout

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Sweet Panda Love — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:09:25 PDT

So ABC got the GEICO commercial turned sit-com. Isn't this basically Survivor meets a collection of Precious Moments statues?

Sweet Panda Love

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Arken — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:12:43 PDT

@nick_r: Not only that, but I'm guessing the camera crew aren't kids and that host that was interacting with them sure isn't... and wouldn't it be illegal to leave an eight-year-old kid without adult supervision? Good thing TV never lies.

Arken

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nick_r — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:05:58 PDT

Well, yeah, looks fun. Actually looks more PBS than CBS, which is nice for a change.

But, um... isn't the idea supposed to be kids forming their own government, their own rules, their own society? Because the trailer kind of makes it look like all that stuff has already been set up for them... by adults, presumably. (Inasmuch as you can call the CBS Alternative Programming department "adults.")

nick_r

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Magister — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:05 PDT

Don't get me wrong; I'll most likely sample the show and maybe my oldest kid will add it to her reality line-up, but as someone who is living in NM, I had to do a little websurfing for background.

According to ghosttowns.com, there's not much left of Bonanza City except for foundation outlines and though I can't see any exact matches, the set looks suspiciously like the town on the Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch.

Of course, the host doesn't say anything blatantly untrue and it is a television program, but in his intro, I don't hear him mention that terraserver puts the location of Bonanza City at 21 miles south of Santa Fe and that the movie ranch says they're eight from town.

I mean, there's a lot of real ghost towns in New Mexico and there's plenty of places, where you could be over a hundred miles from a paved road; Maybe it's just me, but I'd halfway rather they be someplace, where there might be a chance, the kids would eat the crew.

Magister

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Oxycontinmoron — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:22:17 PDT

"What is this, some sort of Lord of the Flies preschool?" - Hook (1991)

"We'll have rules! Lots and lots of rules!" - LOTF (1963)

Oxycontinmoron

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Sycophanticide — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:55:22 PDT

The best CBS idea since "Survivor: Eugenics Edition".

Sycophanticide

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Scout — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:53:15 PDT

Waiting for the severed horse's head to appear in the snitch's bed. (Network)

Or is it the severed snitch's head appearing in the horse's bed? (Cable)

Scout

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KarenUhOh — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:02:07 PDT

What the hell's with the fucking adult hosting? Couldn't they at least get Emmanuel Lewis?

And: $20,000 is the prize? "That'll pay for a lot of college"? A lot of community college? Jeez, CBS, can you afford it?

KarenUhOh

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s00p3rm4n — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:15:29 PDT

Workers of the town unite! Down with the elite! Up with M&Ms and delicious, affordable root beer!

"This hunk of gold will pay for your college - it's worth $20,000." Yes, they're totally set... if these kids' idea of college is an Associate's 2 year KidPix diploma from the University of Phoenix.

That video makes me want to get raped, just so I can confirm my suspicion that that video was worse.

s00p3rm4n

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BoHan — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:35:49 PDT

I had to watch again:
1. Let's get those girls cooking at a young age. Yeah!!!
2. I am personally gonna run out of town any asshat who votes for a library over a video arcade.

BoHan

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nojo — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:33:49 PDT

That is hands-down the best SNL Digital Short yet. Congrats to the Lonely Island crew.

nojo

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Little Mintz Sunshine — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:25:03 PDT

Sure they can build a society, Nina, but just wait until they get their hands on your Spring line-up.

Little Mintz Sunshine

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BoHan — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:05:41 PDT

Who can now dispute the genius of our Les?

BoHan

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Victor Ward — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:54:32 PDT

We should start a pool on how many of the girls get knocked up by the season finale.

Victor Ward

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Sweet Panda Love — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:26:19 PDT

It's Lord of the Flies meets Deadwood meets The Terror of Tiny Town.

Sweet Panda Love

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Mark — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:07:47 PDT

It's "Lord of the Flies" meets Deadwood.

And it is fucking spectacular.

Mark

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Sweet Panda Love — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:57:52 PDT

It's not Lord of the Flies. It's fucking Deadwood!

Sweet Panda Love