The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
03-09-16, 07:17 AM
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The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
Syfy's new unscripted six-episode series THE INTERNET RUINED MY LIFE premieres Wednesday, March 9 at 10PM ET/PT, exposing the perils of living in a social media obsessed world. Each half-hour episode takes viewers behind the headlines with two gripping first-person accounts of how real people ruined their lives with the stroke of one key. Knowledgeable experts, including a former NYPD Lieutenant and a criminal justice professor and one of the country's leading advocates for victims of cyberbullying and online crime, offer new insights into these cases as well as information on how to navigate the unregulated world of the internet.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Davis as EP
· Banks Tarver as EP
· Jerry Kolber as EP
· Ken Druckerman as EP
This will run for 6 weeks.
It kind of looks interesting, but I'm not sure if I will check it out.
03-09-16, 12:05 PM
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Re: The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
I think I'll check this out once. SyFy is competing ID's Web of Lies and Oxygen's Killerpost. But, I like that SyFy is throwing in a preventive angle to this show.
03-09-16, 12:22 PM
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Re: The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
Yeah, I don't know that I'm interested enough to try it, but the advice and information definitely makes me think better of the show.
03-10-16, 01:12 PM
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Re: The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
I watched the first half of episode one about the Korean girl that claims her life was threatened after she pushed #CancelColbert on Twitter. He made some silly joke about Asians. I did find it funny when she claimed her boyfriend dumped her because of the situation.
I found it more a parable on a social justice warrior overstepping her bounds by attacking a beloved television show to her own target audience of social justice warriors.
I doubt I'll tune in again.
I found it more a parable on a social justice warrior overstepping her bounds by attacking a beloved television show to her own target audience of social justice warriors.
I doubt I'll tune in again.
03-10-16, 02:22 PM
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Re: The Internet Ruined My Life (SyFy) - premieres 3/9/16
With the Colbert thing, the TV show gave context for an over-the-top offensive statement that it lacked in the Tweet. Colbert himself said the joke didn't work in the context of a tweet.
My guess is some social media intern saw it got a big laugh and pulled out the line for a tweet, stupidly thinking what made the joke work on TV could be boiled down to 140 characters.
My guess is some social media intern saw it got a big laugh and pulled out the line for a tweet, stupidly thinking what made the joke work on TV could be boiled down to 140 characters.
