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TETENAL · Jan 26, 2005, 03:35 PM

The Castle in Austria

There is a new tv-show in Germany called "The Castle � Celebrities in Mail Shirts". It works like this: 10 celebrities move into a castle in Austria where they have to live in -15� Celsius winter (5� Fahrenheit) like in the middle ages. 5 of them are assigned to the nobility, 5 others are populace. The nobility is giving orders to the populace which they have to follow (like preparing the meals, emptying the toilet etc.)

There are duels where one of the nobility and the populace have to fight against each other and might swap roles.

Because of the different roles there are differences of opinion, arguing, and enviousness between the celebrities (in other words the "nobel" celebrities behave badly even though that's just an arbitrary assignment � even those who were populace before and switched to nobility behave badly). Interestingly there is a prince of Anhalt (by marriage) and a princess of Saxony (real princess) in the populace group.

The hosts of the show

Is this a great show concept, or reality TV-crap? Discuss.

entrox · Jan 26, 2005, 05:36 PM

Volksverdummung.

TheBadgerHunter · Jan 26, 2005, 06:32 PM

I would watch it:

If it were authentic.

If there were lots of hot women.

kenazo · Jan 26, 2005, 06:48 PM

I don't know it's all kind of the same to me. Lock them in a room, an island or a castle it's all the same crap. Put them in the stadium with lions and then we're talking.

brapper · Jan 26, 2005, 07:02 PM

meh, I'd sit through it.

Sherwin · Jan 26, 2005, 07:03 PM

Waste of a nice castle if you ask me.

fhoubi · Jan 26, 2005, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by entrox:
Volksverdummung.

TETENAL · Jan 26, 2005, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
If there were lots of hot women.

Unfortunately they couldn't cast hot women for the show.

I think you all miss the point. The celebrities are split into nobility and populace. And those who became nobility instantly behaved badly towards the populace celebrities. One was nicknamed "Queen Artemis" because she commanded a lot and was not nice. Yesterday she lost the duel and became populace and then she cried because the nobility was so harsh to her. So why was she like that when she was nobility? And why are the others of nobility now harsh to her? She's still the same person after all.

This show has some unique psychological aspect that is totally new.

Demonhood · Jan 26, 2005, 07:51 PM

sounds like a mild version of the Stanford prison experiment to me.

Mafia · Jan 26, 2005, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
I would watch it:
If there were lots of hot women.

TETENAL · Feb 3, 2005, 03:26 PM

After the tension between the celebrities released to a punch-up where one celebrity (Kader Loth) was injured and had to go to a hospital, they unmade the split in nobility and populace. Now the show is totally boring.

"We are all equal and one castle community."

Germany's top celebrities are incapable to play middle-ages for two weeks. It's embarrassing.

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 03:28 PM

Originally posted by entrox:
Volksverdummung.

So erreichen wir US Niveau noch schneller !

-t

entrox · Feb 4, 2005, 06:54 AM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
Germany's top celebrities are incapable to play middle-ages for two weeks. It's embarrassing.

It's a sad state of affairs if those dunces are considered "Germany's top celebrities".

nredman · Feb 4, 2005, 07:24 AM

nice castle, i'd live there

nice rack, i'd hit it

badidea · Feb 4, 2005, 09:00 AM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
Germany's top celebrities

Who?? Qui?? Wer?? Chi?? Quem??

Spheric Harlot · Feb 4, 2005, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
It's embarrassing.

It took you two weeks to figure that out?

Just watching the 15-second trailer made that much obvious.

You seriously watch all those crap B-celebrity/has-been shows you post about? As in, actually take an interest?

-s*

P.S.: All the while linking to spiegel.de in your sig - talk about contrast!

badidea · Feb 4, 2005, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
P.S.: All the while linking to spiegel.de in your sig - talk about contrast!

If you want to appreciate quality, then you'll have to know crap!

TETENAL · Feb 4, 2005, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
P.S.: All the while linking to spiegel.de in your sig - talk about contrast!

Firstly did you follow the link to Kader Loth's web-site I posted above? This is indeed an exquisit little person, that is very enjoyable to look at.

Secondly, DER SPIEGEL has a very good reputation, but that is mainly based on the print edition that used to be very notable. The online edition is mostly just the regular 08/15 journalism we know these days including yellow press. They're not ashamed to quote BILD without checking the facts.
It's somewhat left leaning, so it's the right news source for me as proletarian. I don't see any contrast.

Spheric Harlot · Feb 4, 2005, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
Firstly did you follow the link to Kader Loth's web-site I posted above? This is indeed an exquisit little person, that is very enjoyable to look at.

Lemme guess:

You're the guy that keeps Jamba in business and has also downloaded that "Sweety Bird" ringtone, right?

I'm sorry: I have no sympathy.

-s*

effgee · Feb 4, 2005, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Lemme guess: You're the guy that keeps Jamba in business and has also downloaded that "Sweety Bird" ringtone, right? I'm sorry: I have no sympathy.

Hey! Leave "Sweety Bird" out of this! Now if you want to rag on "Tweety Bird", then we're in business!

Btw, does anyone actually watch crap like this? I mean, seriously ...

Spheric Harlot · Feb 4, 2005, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by effgee:
Hey! Leave "Sweety Bird" out of this! Now if you want to rag on "Tweety Bird", then we're in business!

Hold on - *Tweety* is the li'l bird from the Warner Bros. cartoons.

Nothing against the Looney Tunes - God forbid.

Sweety Bird is that godawful "I may be small, I may be sweet - but baby, iknowhowtomovemyfeet" ringtone atrocity.

TETENAL · Feb 4, 2005, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
LYou're the guy that keeps Jamba in business and has also downloaded that "Sweety Bird" ringtone, right?

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, comparing an exquisit woman like Kader Loth to a fat Jamba-rhinoceros, other than trying to insult her. She would laugh at you. You are not worthy.

One day maybe you too will understand and become an admirer of Queen Kader.

Spheric Harlot · Feb 4, 2005, 07:33 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, comparing an exquisit woman like Kader Loth to a fat Jamba-rhinoceros, other than trying to insult her. She would laugh at you. You are not worthy.

One day maybe you too will understand and become an admirer of Queen Kader.

Probably a bigger chance of that happening than of you understanding th point I was making, but okay.

no.

in the meantime, keep watching RTL II.

TETENAL · Feb 4, 2005, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
in the meantime, keep watching RTL II.

It's on Pro7.

Queen Kader

effgee · Feb 4, 2005, 07:59 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
It's on Pro7.

[IMG] http://www.kader-loth.de/pics/gallery18/burg_2.jpg [/IMG]
Queen Kader

Who's the science experiment? Frankenstein's bride?

Spheric Harlot · Feb 4, 2005, 08:02 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
Queen Kader

Yes, I saw the link.

Remove the silicone and airbrushing, and you're left with an empty, used shell worthy of RTL II.

Come to think of it, that pretty much epitomizes the only difference between Pro 7 and RTL II.

entrox · Feb 5, 2005, 06:53 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Remove the silicone and airbrushing, and you're left with an empty, used shell worthy of RTL II.

Hey! Don't rag on RTL2! They're airing Stargate SG:1, one of the last reasons why I'm still paying The Fee. Steve Irwin is also entertaining from time to time

badidea · Feb 5, 2005, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by entrox:
Stargate SG:1

"MacGyver in the future"

sorry

sorry again

...

entrox · Feb 5, 2005, 07:49 AM

Originally posted by badidea:
"MacGyver in the future"

sorry

sorry again

...

Yeah, yeah

I also keep a ball of MacGyver's hair in my purse.

effgee · Feb 5, 2005, 07:50 AM

Originally posted by entrox:
Yeah, yeah. I also keep a ball of MacGyver's hair in my purse.

Purse? As in "man-purse" or in "wallet"?

roberto blanco · Feb 5, 2005, 07:51 AM

OMFG that show sux ass!

and kader? are kidding me? not only is she a total hag, she's got an iq in the single digits.

sonya kraus (the blond chick in the first post) is hot though. (not only) because of her looks, but because she's a total "freak"...i'd hit it (and not just once).

// and don't rag on rtl II, at least they are airing spongebob squarepants!

entrox · Feb 5, 2005, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by effgee:
Purse? As in "man-purse" or in "wallet"?

A mere wallet cannot contain the awesomeness that is Richard Dean Anderson's ball-o-hair.

effgee · Feb 5, 2005, 08:35 AM

Originally posted by entrox:
A mere wallet cannot contain the awesomeness that is Richard Dean Anderson's ball-o-hair.