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Stupid premise, but it is a reality show

posted 8 years ago by darkavenger77
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I missed the first few minutes but of course have been inundated with the ads so I had an idea how this works.

I have to wonder about the liability here? I asked this in another thread, and can apply something I just saw:
Two guys with no badges or uniforms entering an apartment and taking stuff away. Looks like a burglary. Did any of the neighbors call the police? They mentioned getting a search warrant, but you can't get a warrant if there is no crime.

Two of the participants were involved in a hit and run crash. They never went back to where the other car was to see if it stopped- it was going down a side road, so they don't know if it stopped.

I'm presuming they signed over access to all of their accounts such as cell phones, but those could be easily overcome by use of a prepaid phone.

How are surveillance cameras (both government and private) accessed for a non-law enforcement purpose? I saw a picture from an ATM camera. Info such as this is only privy to law enforcement via a court order or subpoena. If it is being hacked, that's a felony.

I watched two of the contestants being "apprehended", in this case via a foot chase (the "hunters" were dumb by not being right outside the bus, this is similar to the stupid "Hey you! TV cops use to initiate a foot chase). This could cause huge problems w/o any uniformed police being there. Similar to the burglary above, it may look like an assault or worse yet a kidnapping, which would result in more wasted actual police time, or worse yet an armed citizen could intervene.

I also saw a lot of former military as "hunters". I can see the former US Marshal service people and other former law enforcement, but military and law enforcement are two very different things.

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[–] blust2 8 years ago

More a scripted show than a reality show. In the end of a reality show episode, the typical disclosure is that the show was edited without affecting the outcome. But this show's disclosure is "Only the investigation techniques are real. The rest of the show is not." CBS is telling the viewers that the show is totally scripted. It won't surprise all contestants are actors and instructed what to say in advance.

[–] tydawley 8 years ago

You keep posting that CBS has a fake disclosure at the end, which it doesn't. Stop making crap up.

[–] darkavenger77 8 years ago

You keep posting that CBS has a fake disclosure at the end, which it doesn't. Stop making crap up.

He's not the only one:
https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2017/01/cbs-hunted-first-impressions/

And ugh, the command center. All of the footage from the command center felt like a recreation from an Investigation Discovery true-crime show, with everyone playing to the cameras in cloying ways. I tweeted during the episode that I didn’t think they were actors, but it felt like they were just going through the motions, but the show ended with a disclaimer that made me wonder:

“While the investigative techniques shown in Hunted are real, some procedures have been replicated for broadcast.”

Even that disclaimer is opaque. Does replicated mean recreated? Is that referring to scenes from the command center? If not, what else has been faked, and why?

To settle the question, you can watch it online here from the source:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/hunted/episodes/215978/

Ignoring politics doesn't mean politics will ignore you.
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[–] neerood 8 years ago

Everything you saw was faked recreations. Once you realize that, it all makes sense.

ATM footage is garbage, it's not full high definition video and sound. But you need players who are willing to play along with producers who request tons of reshoot in order to collect your stipend, along with the dream you might get picked for big brother.

The bus scenes were no doubt fully permitted shoots. The apartment raiding too. The calendar was obviously a prop, as were so many of the fake scenes.