UNan1mous: Official thread
 

Wow... so far its pretty cool to me.....

I just don't get these lazy game shows... this one and Deal or No Deal.... how soon will it be til we see Rock, Paper Scissors on TV?

My wife is watching it and said that it "isn't that bad."

That must mean it sucks.

At the end of Idol tonight, Ryan Seacrest said that there was going to be something "shocking" in the first 10 minutes... 20 minutes later and I'm still not shocked.

I think they are just making up new rules as they go

plus jd roth trying to act serious is just too funny

The balls remind me of Minority Report.

I reacted the same way. I really don't want to threadcrap, but am i allowed to say the show was crap, from what i saw.

The only good thing about this show was that it was on for only 30 minutes.

the dancer is hot

So, is it unan1mous, this show sucks?

It's unam1mous, it's :crap:

Wont be watching again....

Guess I'm glad I missed it while I watched Lost.

I think I'll be tuning in next week. Seems interesting enough to pass 30 minutes. The black woman annoys the balls off of me. It's not Unan1mous, I will be watching...sorry guys.

Man, I really hope the fat guy Steve wins. The "minister" lady and the gay guy going back and forth made me cringe.

Man How does JD Roth still get gigs? Last thing I remember him doing was that video game/funhouse show.

I recognize I'm in the minority, but I really liked it. I'm always up for a good human experiment! I think it will get funnier as the show progresses. For instance, once you lose eligability to get the money, what's to keep you from walking out the door and cutting the money in half?

I absolutely love hte idea of the show, but so far i'm not impressed. That said, i'll give it a couple more weeks, them i'm out if it doesn't improve.

I thought it was kind of interesting. I'll probably watch again because I'm a sucker for just about any 'reality' show or game show.

My first observation was that the name of the show doesn't make sense. A unanimous vote of 9 would be 9, not 8 to 1.

Kelly, the minister/internet business owner/bigot is annoying as hell. I would have knocked her on her arrogant ass. (Or I might have pointed out the fact that people have used the Bible to condone slavery in the past, or any other crazy idea for that matter.)

As soon as they revealed that one of the secrects was that someone had filed for bankruptcy when they actually had $100,000 in assets, I just KNEW it was Kelly. NEVER trust the wholier-than-thou types. I wonder how she reconciles that with God's commandment that says 'thou shalt not steal'? CLASSIC! rotfl

Thank Kelly's God that was only half an hour. First off, it's nowhere near as interesting if it's not actually ... ya know ... unanimous; and secondly, if I wanted to watch obnoxious self-righteous simpletons argue, I'd be watching reruns of <i>Springer</i>. It's like the producers intentionally sought out people too stupid to keep their traps shut for a few days to win $1.5 million. "Hey, I'm a minister ... and btw, I hate gays." "Well fuuuuck Hugh. I'm gay!!!" Gee ... real brainiacs here. Finally, it looks like they're just going to narrow it down until there's only one person (or a couple of people) who actually <i>can</i> win the money, negating the premise. Silly.

I say just give it to the girl with the big tits. :shrug:

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rotfl rotfl rotfl You are so right!

Interesting idea, but too much cheese. The idea of kicking people off over their dirty secrets might be the single dumbest thing I've ever seen on a reality show. Who the hell is actually going to write down that they molested their neighbor or murdered their paper boy? Seriously, in the pregame interviews I doubt these people really did air out their worst past actions (although I'm surprised someone offered up they had $100k and filed for bankruptcy).

Actually, the Rock, Paper, Scissors championships are televised every year on ESPN (or maybe its ESPN 2)

I think they are showed on ESPN the Ocho!

The Question I keep hearing is: Why don't they all agree to split the money? This was they would all leave with over $100,000. What do you guys think of this? I didn't hear any rules saying they couldn't do this? The only problem I can see is...someone's gotta be voted to win the money and whose to stop that person from saying "F you" I'm not splitting it now.

It's probably written into the contract that the winner is forbidden to split the money.

The best part of the show is that it is only 28 minutes long. I actually liked thefact that they aren't dragging it out and it is not much of a time commitment to watch. I think I'll continue to tune in, if anythin to hear some of the rest of the people's secrets. That was kind of funny watching their faces when their secrets were read.

I'm ashamed I actually watched this. No more for me. Totally dislikeable participants for the most part.

I see nothing redeeming or interesting about this show. Hey let's put a bunch of people in a room together that we've already screened and determined will all get on each others nerves and if they can all agree who should get the money we'll give it to them - but of course they won't agree and they'll just bicker until the money goes down to almost nothing.

No talent required. No point. No nothing.

Can't wait till next week.

Wasn't great, but it still beats the AI results show that precedes it.

Pretty much all these type reality shows have it written in the contract that you cannot split the money. I'm sure this one is the same way.

I liked it, and it has the potential to get even better.

I liked: Keeping elimintated contestants in the game.
I disliked: The stupid idea of eliminating them based on their "secrets." A random drawing would have been better than that.

I thought of this too, but it could be that this information was gathered by investigators for the show. I mean it wouldn't be that hard to dig up an applicant's past regarding bankruptcy, mental heath, or arrest records.


I thought the show was pretty crappy, I was interested until they said they'd eliminate someone. I don't think they should eliminate anyone at all. keep them all around.

And the whole idea of putting people together who the producers knew would conflict has been around since the beginning of reality TV. from Survivor the The Real World. Although this show seemed more obvious about it than most.

Keeping them all would ensure that no one would ever unanimously agree to one person. If you eliminate the possibility for someone to win, you eventually will get enough people who are motivated enough to leave that they may be willing to agree to give it to one person.

I thought it was ridiculous for the minister woman to go on and on about the evils of homosexuality and that the gay guy was going to hell when here secret was declaring bankruptcy despite owning hundreds of thousands of dollars. I'm pretty sure lying, cheating, and stealing are frowned upon in the Bible.

the commercials made this show look very interesting but somehow my tivo just didnt tape it even though i programmed it to.

can someone explain how the show works - all i know is that someone gets paid if they all agree to it (which i find to be impossible) and the longer they take the less money it is. what are the actual rules?

Just like the guy told everyone he had cancer, I don't believe the minister woman is a minister at all. She certainly doesn't act like one. I think it's all a bunch of phoney stories people chose to try and give themselves a better chance to win. Maybe not, but it's the first impression I got.

I'm not trying to defend her, but I thought they said something like 'despite having a combined income of 100,000 dollars'. Which is quite different than "owning hundres of thousands of dollars".

A judge in Federal Bankruptcy court has to approve all bankruptcy proceedings.

I didn't think her secret was necessarily all that big. I mean bankruptcy isn't about how much money you earn. It's about your earnings to dept ratio.

Sometimes a bankruptcy is forced on someone due to circumstances beyond their control. Loss of employment with inability to match previous earning potential, for example. The way familiy law is structured in this country, a divorce can easily trigger a bankruptcy, too.

K-Mart has been bankrupt at least twice yet they have earnings in the millions.

I don't think that "minister" is pretending - it's hard to fake that kind of intolerance. When did religous people become such assholes? The bible has been used to justify slavery, and the subjugation of women as well, is that god's word, too?

They seem to be making up new rules as they go..
New rules:

- If 1 person leaves the money gets reduced in half

as soon as I saw JD Roth was involved I knew it was going to suck, and alas it did IMHO!

However, shouldn't someone in that situation learn some humility and not be so quick to judge others who may be just as imperfect as she is.