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    The Colony Season 2

    Anybody else watching this?

    Last season, they were in a warehouse in LA, this time it's a neighborhood in New Orleans. It seems to me they're less equipped in that setting, and they also don't have any engineers in the group this season, so my expectations of them building cool things are a bit lower.

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    I still havn't watched the 1st, I think I have a few Eps. recorded though, commercials seemed great.

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    I didn't know they were doing a 2nd season. I watched the 1st season, and I liked the concept, but I think the execution was a bit wrong. I didn't like how they tried to add drama with the actors coming in and stealing shit. I'd like to see it a bit more scientific, by having them meet certain requirements. Like make a water purifier that has to purify a set amount of water in a set amount of time, then have the water tested in a lab to see exactly how well their contraption works. I would have loved to see the gasifier from the 1st season tested to see how much energy it puts out and if it was really feasible to use for any length of time.

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    Fallout status n shit.

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    I know its just a show but they don't portray them as surviving really well especially when dealing with outsiders who, just come take their stuff and they don't really fight back much at all.

    Survivor guy1: "Hey! You can't just come into our camp and take our stuff!"

    Outsider guy: -Pushes him to the ground-

    Survivor guy1: "......ok you can take our stuff...but not our medical supplies!"

    Outsider guy: -Kicks him on the ground-

    Survivor guy1: ".......ok you can take the medical supplies...."


    I did laugh when the one guy brought back two snakes he had killed for food and the one girl was like "Is that an alligator???!"

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    I watched the first episode, and liked the basic concept, but it seems to have some innate flaws. The actors coming in and stealing stuff is interesting, but tough to do, because there's really nothing they can actually do to stop them. In a "real" situation, someone would have a gun (or guns), and deadly violence would (or at least could) occur. On the show, there's no threat of any real violence here; it basically boils down to either the mob having enough people to hold them down until they steal the loot, or giving up because there aren't enough people. I had my DVR record the first episode, but haven't made a point of setting it up again; I'm not opposed to watching it again, but doubt I'll go out of my way to do it.

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    Yeah, they do hold back the violence because they all know it's just a show, but even then, these guys don't seem particularly good at securing their belongings.

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