i realised last night that there are only two episodes left of
The Colony. For those of you who haven't seen it, check it out. Part reality (gag) tv, mostly social experiment, a group of people are stressed out, then plonked in a cordoned off area mimicking a post-apocalyptic event. The supplies they have are what they can scavenge. There is no help from the outside world, and their task is to survive, and rebuild. It's brilliant. I fucking love it. People are chosen for their skills, over their ability to start drama-inducing arguments, a or photogenic qualities. There's a handyman, a mechanic, a doctor, a trauma nurse, an ex-military, an IBM computer engineer, a personal fitness trainer, etc, etc..... Oh I love it. They're insanely inventive.. (and Mike is a complete pissface assbag who needs to be beaten with a broom handle. Seriously. The guy may have the chops, but he panics too easily and sees it as his feifdom. )
John C - holy shit, this dude is insane. In a good way. An IBM engineer, he's like the fucking professor from Gilligan's Island. so far he's built from scratch a water filtration unit, an ozone purifier for the water, a spark-gap transmitter, a wood gasifier for fuel, a tracking system for solar panels, a flamethrower, a giant tazer...I'd be completely unsurprised if at some time in the next two episodes he built a tv out of coconuts.
Vlad. Rocks. Period. Holy shit, ex hardcore military turned engineer, speaks seven languages, tracker, hunter, realist....remind me - if ever there's an apocalyptic event, MAKE SURE I'M LIVING NEAR VLADIMIR BECK. *nods*
Check it out - well worth the watch.