Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
xxxNomadicxxx
Survivor CBS is were the weak votes off the some what strong, this show, is the only the strong Survive. ALONE!
Seth_Rogue_One
Although TV series like SURVIVOR can be quite entertaining they are for the more part very much manipulated in multiple ways, the producers put up challenges that they think will benefit certain more interesting characters and conflicts are at times nothing more than a production.Here we get none of that, no votes or backstabbings or alliances, no competitions to get immunity or extra nurishments etc. Not even any contact with any outside human sources such as a camera crew or anything because they have to film their experience themselves.The rules are really simple, 10 people are taken to isolated places in the wilderness miles apart from each other. They then have to try to survive off the land, build shelter and find food sources to last them as long as possible. All while surrounded by packs of wolves, bears and cougars and dealing with often extreme weather conditions.The person who stays the longest wins, 500 000 dollars.So there are no gimmicks or game twists merely survival of the fittest and that is why this is a reality series that is definitely well worth checking out.
saltpieter
Yet another show where the environment is secondary to entertainment and greed is more important than conservation. How much of our dwindling wilderness is being trashed by endless reality TV shows in order to make money and entertain couch potatoes?Drop them in the middle of the ocean and let them survive that or become fish food! That would let the wildlife have the upper-hand for onceI see these are being tagged as documentaries, how are these shows documentaries? Attenborough does documentaries, reality TV doesn't even come close to fitting the description of a documentary.
Sophia Aragon
Finally a proper survival show. Mind you, it has many flaws. But it is a monumental step forward for this type of shows.There is no need for you to know this but I consistently write negative reviews about survival shows. There are a handful of reasons for this but, essentially, they let me down.Not this time. From producers and crew to the "contestants", everyone has tried to do the show the way it should be done.The heart of 'Alone' are the folk competing. As time goes on and their situation evolves, viewers are presented with a soulful, tearful at times, rendering of woes and struggles.Some people get "in their own heads", eventually freaking themselves out into an exit. Their rationalizations are poignant, and cruel, and humbling,... and only become more so as the days pass.Some people endure and the ones that do, do it on a shoestring. Literally. They gradually devolve into physical and psychological miserable existences, bringing to the fore the inherent, real difficulties involved in true survival situations.This is not Bear Grylls on a weekend adventure... although, I will say, that's a guy that I would like to see competing on this show.Anyway.Some of these guys put their very heart (and then some) on the line. Here is a shout-out to their courage and my appreciation for taking us there, to the edge, with them.Respect.
