Comments on: Dutch Reality Series Crosses the Line http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: bert belgium http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-362 bert belgium Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:58:52 +0000 http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-362 I just finished watching it!! And I must say, that was incredible!! I mean, they did everything they said they would do, they had three people in need of a transplant and one who was willing to donate one! they had some short clips about those people, the audience could textmessage in their favorites, then ... at the very end when they were gonna announce who won the kidney, everything stopped, the presentor looked at the camera and said: "what are we doing?" and went on to give the explanation that all this was just a big hoax to put the long waiting list for organ transplants on the political agenda with a big bang!!! and sure they did!! the person who was donating the kidney turned out to be an actress, but the three "contestants" were real people who WILL die if they don't receive a kidney anytime soon! Now the joke is on the politicians in holland who were all up in arms to say that this program was immoral and sick!! those politicians themselves, when asked the question, turned out not to be on the donor list for organs!! now who was immoral, and who was the hypocryte!! incredible television if i may say so!! this is gonna be big in the news over here i tell you!! again i tip my hat!! I just finished watching it!! And I must say, that was incredible!!
I mean, they did everything they said they would do, they had three people in need of a transplant and one who was willing to donate one! they had some short clips about those people, the audience could textmessage in their favorites, then … at the very end when they were gonna announce who won the kidney, everything stopped, the presentor looked at the camera and said: “what are we doing?” and went on to give the explanation that all this was just a big hoax to put the long waiting list for organ transplants on the political agenda with a big bang!!! and sure they did!! the person who was donating the kidney turned out to be an actress, but the three “contestants” were real people who WILL die if they don’t receive a kidney anytime soon!

Now the joke is on the politicians in holland who were all up in arms to say that this program was immoral and sick!! those politicians themselves, when asked the question, turned out not to be on the donor list for organs!! now who was immoral, and who was the hypocryte!!

incredible television if i may say so!! this is gonna be big in the news over here i tell you!!

again i tip my hat!!

]]> By: bert belgium http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-361 bert belgium Wed, 30 May 2007 16:20:22 +0000 http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-361 No Rodney, it's not like they are NEVER going to get a kidney, just not THAT kidney!! The two people that end up not getting the one from that terminally ill woman are still on the dutch o"rgan-transplant waiting list", or what they call it. So they are still up for a transplant, they are not denied of a normal transplant if somebody else is willing to donate! Who knows they may end up getting it before the actual winner does!! No Rodney, it’s not like they are NEVER going to get a kidney, just not THAT kidney!! The two people that end up not getting the one from that terminally ill woman are still on the dutch o”rgan-transplant waiting list”, or what they call it. So they are still up for a transplant, they are not denied of a normal transplant if somebody else is willing to donate! Who knows they may end up getting it before the actual winner does!!

]]> By: Rodney http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-360 Rodney Wed, 30 May 2007 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-360 Bert, I understand that this might raise awareness, but at the same time ONLY the winner is going to get the kidney. The rest of them will die slow horrible deaths. This isn't a money reward show. These people will die if they lose. That's inhumane. Bert, I understand that this might raise awareness, but at the same time ONLY the winner is going to get the kidney. The rest of them will die slow horrible deaths.

This isn’t a money reward show. These people will die if they lose.

That’s inhumane.

]]> By: bert belgium http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-359 bert belgium Tue, 29 May 2007 18:45:46 +0000 http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-359 no, no, no!! it's not endemol that makes this show!! the station is called BNN, and the founder of that station died as a result of not having a kidney available for him before it was too late, and in Holland the number of people that are willing to donate their organs after death has been on the decrease for a couple of years now!! The only reason they are doing that show now, is because their founder passed away five years ago this week!!so they are trying to raise more awareness on the fact that people shouldn't be so damn selfish when it comes to donating organs!! And BNN is a more youth orientated tv station that has always had a way of causing controversy and made it somewhat of their unique trademark, I for one am a big fan of their shows!! So they are merely trying to cause a big shock to make people aware of the problem!! I tip my hat to those guys!! no, no, no!! it’s not endemol that makes this show!! the station is called BNN, and the founder of that station died as a result of not having a kidney available for him before it was too late, and in Holland the number of people that are willing to donate their organs after death has been on the decrease for a couple of years now!! The only reason they are doing that show now, is because their founder passed away five years ago this week!!so they are trying to raise more awareness on the fact that people shouldn’t be so damn selfish when it comes to donating organs!! And BNN is a more youth orientated tv station that has always had a way of causing controversy and made it somewhat of their unique trademark, I for one am a big fan of their shows!!

So they are merely trying to cause a big shock to make people aware of the problem!!

I tip my hat to those guys!!

]]> By: Varun Lella http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-358 Varun Lella Tue, 29 May 2007 17:44:18 +0000 http://www.thetvshowblog.com/2007/05/29/dutch-reality-series-crosses-the-line/#comment-358 Ahhh! Here we are on the verge of bold new media! The next step is the exciting reality show "My Favorite Child." The executor from a large catholic family decides that only one of his children should recieve the benefits of the family estate, but which one? That is right folks! Watch as the siblings Outwit, Outlast eachother as audiences text-in their choice for The Favorite Child. I understand the desire to make the faceless process of organ donation a little more personal, but somethings are too personal for tv. Ahhh! Here we are on the verge of bold new media! The next step is the exciting reality show “My Favorite Child.” The executor from a large catholic family decides that only one of his children should recieve the benefits of the family estate, but which one?

That is right folks! Watch as the siblings Outwit, Outlast eachother as audiences text-in their choice for The Favorite Child.

I understand the desire to make the faceless process of organ donation a little more personal, but somethings are too personal for tv.

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