The Colony - May Contain Spoilers

[Mr. Nice Guy]

If they took away the worthless girl from my colony I would tell the outsiders they could keep her cuz it's one less mouth to feed and she didn't do anything anyway.

IDK man, she might be the most important one.

Isn't the underlying (biological) purpose of all of our lives to find the highest quality mate and pass on our genes to the next generation?

We have adapted attractions for those things that signal fertility, health, etc.

So a hot girl is really just a high quality receptacle for the continuation of our genes.

 

[EverReadyT9X]

Are you saying better looking people are more healthy?

 

[MysticOracle]

that bitch is useless....if she was in my group and was kidnapped...she fucked, im not giving any supplies/rations to get her back...lets be honest she has no skills accept for whining about the situation, she is there for re-population purposes only...if that was real life scenario i dont think it would be everyone dumpin loads in just her....if that scenario was real life...they would all be dead probably not the females though and there would be a lot of rape situations

im still blown away that they have very little security and there defenses are pretty much sticks and one machete

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Are you saying better looking people are more healthy?

Not necessarily, but as a species we have adapted to become attracted to characteristics that signify health, fertility, security, etc.

This is Anthro 101 stuff.

Big round eyes and coke bottle bodies aren't intrinsically "hot". There is a reason why over millions of years we have evolved attraction to those characteristics.

 

[kane916]

Big round areolas and coke bottle bodies are intrinsically "hot". There is a reason why over millions of years we have evolved attraction to those characteristics.

Fixed

 

[ColdBlooded]

Not necessarily, but as a species we have adapted to become attracted to characteristics that signify health, fertility, security, etc.

This is Anthro 101 stuff.

Big round eyes and coke bottle bodies aren't intrinsically "hot". There is a reason why over millions of years we have evolved attraction to those characteristics.

I disagree with this. The current standards of attraction are not necessarily based on signs of health or fertility. I'd say current standards of attraction are probably signs of the opposite.

Most importantly her worth in the experiment is zero.

 

[rising_tied]

still have yet to see this show but i really want to.... not for the fake fights and shit because I know they can be really duking it out even though thatd be sick, but for like how people think together as a gathered mind

 

[rmillerpacers31]

I only saw the first 3 episodes. I seem to almost never be home when it's on and also always forget to record it.

 

[ColdBlooded]

Their security situation is terrible. I can’t believe how much stuff they leave outside. You can’t tell me they couldn’t have built that water cistern(or two) inside their residence and collected just as much if not more water.

Their division of labor is a joke.

And I still can’t believe how little area within the cordoned off space for this show they have actually explored. They’ve been there for 30+ days now and are just finding places a few blocks away? Pshhh

 

[Cheaptimes]

Their security situation is terrible. I can’t believe how much stuff they leave outside. You can’t tell me they couldn’t have built that water cistern(or two) inside their residence and collected just as much if not more water.

Their division of labor is a joke.

And I still can’t believe how little area within the cordoned off space for this show they have actually explored. They’ve been there for 30+ days now and are just finding places a few blocks away? Pshhh

Cant agree more.
After being invaded, assaulted, arson'd, abducted, and now the new failed break in, they still havent figured this shit out. That "man-grabber" thing is ridiculous.
The fat guy shouldnt have thought he was going to stay up all night, he should have also woken someone up to relieve him.
Theres only -20 days left, what else could they do wrong? preview of next week shows EVERYTHING.

 

[ColdBlooded]

I don't know why you'd pick one person to keep watch ALL NIGHT. That’s just straight stupid. This picking a “president” thing is going to fail big time.

Reno is starting to show some serious signs of mental fatigue/depression. If they weren’t already half way through I’d say don’t be surprised to see him break away and try to split the colony or just try to live on his own.

Plus I don’t get how you have fishing gear and a decent frog spear/trident and you go into a bayou and can’t get ANY food? You’re eating berries and dandelion greens and the same rations you came in with? Come on now.

And that gator. They’ve never shown this pool they found it in before so I’m assuming they haven’t been there before? That just goes back to thoroughly exploring your surroundings which they haven’t done. Although it is pretty obvious, in my opinion, it was planted there by the show.

How are they not going to see that guy watching them crouching behind some grass all the time too? “Oh here’s 50 yards of pavement with some grass in the middle of it. These morons are so stupid I bet I can crouch behind it and they won’t even notice me. . . . . Yup, I was right.”

I still wanna know how I can get up on this show. Then the siccness could talk shit about how useless I am in this kinda situation.

 

[Cheaptimes]

I still wanna know how I can get up on this show. Then the siccness could talk shit about how useless I am in this kinda situation.

Dont think you could do any worse than these folks.

 

[DVS ONE]

I agree they're failing on so many levels......you think the gator was really planted?

 

[Deathrow916]

I still wanna know how I can get up on this show. Then the siccness could talk shit about how useless I am in this kinda situation.

gotta go to the discovery site(the colony section) on the forums they'll announce when their talking applications.

from the forums. posted by a mod

Posted 08-23-10 11:14 AM
No application information for next season's The Colony is currently available so we are unable to accept any applications at this time.

Please check back in the spring when we'll have an update on the new season.

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

I disagree with this. The current standards of attraction are not necessarily based on signs of health or fertility. I'd say current standards of attraction are probably signs of the opposite.

What are you talking about? This is so wrong I'm not sure even where to start.

Almost all the things we find attractive and women and what they find attractive in us have origins in evolutionary adaptations to sexual selection and survival.

Unless your are gonna argue that;

Thin coarse hair > Thick smooth hair
Narrow red shot eyes > Wide clear eyes
Small saggy breasts > Large perky breasts
Patchy skin > Smooth skin
Waist much larger than hips > Hips slightly smaller than waist
Asymmetrical features > Symmetrical features
Short legs > Long legs

I don't know about you, but all the things on the right of that column that signify health, fertility, youth, etc are all much more attractive to me then the things on the left that don't.

Most importantly her worth in the experiment is zero.

In the experiment I vehemently agree.

In real life post apocalyptic world I would try to breed with her over any of the other women on that show.

 

[Cheaptimes]

Thought it was a pretty awesome ending. Things got better when the sniper finally reveled himself

 

[ColdBlooded]

I think it is pathetic they were doing so bad the producers had to send in Tick – the military guy - to save them from starving.

I know they say on the show it isn’t a contest and there is no prize or winner, but I’d say the black lady won – right? I mean given what happened to them when they left on the air boat I’d say she was the loan survivor.

I thought it was stupid of them to raid the other compound and how long it took them to pack up and GTFO after doing it.

Jim really went off the deep end. I thought it was going to be Reno. I thought it was cool they started to hate on the young little useless girl towards the end of the show. They should have made her go with the black chick because of how useless she was.

 

[UCDgreek]

i thought that when the black lady left and the car was driving away there was some muffled screaming. i was confused at that point

 

[Cheaptimes]

i thought that when the black lady left and the car was driving away there was some muffled screaming. i was confused at that point

so after the episode, the cast and producers did an online chat thing on discovery channels website, (yes Im a geek) that was brought up. The producers said it was left open to speculation.

She was:
1) cheering that she was getting out of the colony or
2) screaming because the guys in the VOPA truck kidnapped her

 

[UCDgreek]

so after the episode, the cast and producers did an online chat thing on discovery channels website, (yes Im a geek) that was brought up. The producers said it was left open to speculation.

She was:
1) cheering that she was getting out of the colony or
2) screaming because the guys in the VOPA truck kidnapped her

ha thanks for sharing. definitely didnt sound like cheering to me. this was the first season that ive ever watched and i enjoyed it.