Settling in Bonanza City, New Mexico, once a thriving mining town but now deserted, these Kids, ages 8 to 15 and from all walks of life, will build their own new world, pioneer-style. They will confront grown-up issues while coping with the classic childhood emotions of homesickness, peer pressure and the urge to break every rule. Episodes end with a town meeting in which the kids award one child a gold star worth $20,000, all leading to the grand finale, with an unimaginable test, the biggest awards and a special surprise for every child.
That’s the hustle from CBS’s PR department. The series debuts tonight.
The reality? I can drive from the biggest mall on the South Side of Santa Fe to the Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch in about a half-hour. Here’s an article about a local mining history buff who did some consulting on the series.
It’s right next door to the Eaves Movie Ranch. You’ve seen a number of movies filmed in these “authentic” locations. Wyatt Earp and Silverado are among my favorite.
Do you think everything you see on YouTube is authentic and unstaged, too.
Soft porn for pedophiles I say.
Expect a flurry of fanerotica of that show popping in places web sites like the Nifty Archives.
Well, I figure if I ignore it then it will go away.
#11 – I agree with you Mr. Mustard. It confirms my theory of inverse Tv programming. As the visual technology improves, the actual quality of programming degrades. Can you image what it will end up being like when he get 3DTv? Well if the Star Trek TNG prediction about Tv comes true, there would be anymore Tv after the 21th century. I guess because we’ll all have our own holodecks, running Shakespear’s plays, or whatever else isn’t still copyrighted by then.
Since I watch no network t.v……I could care less….what bothers me about this show is what I read on several news sites. This comes very close to violating several laws, child labour among them. I understand that AFTER the show was filmed and New Mexico started getting complaints they changed some laws that would now make the show illegal to produce in that state. The reason for New Mexico being used in the first place was because it didn’t have or had very lax child labour laws and contractual laws(for children) in place.
I’m becoming more and more convinced that this country(and others as well) are already on the down hill side of greatness, quickly heading for disaster. The stupidity and crassness of society here just mind boggling.
#15 – OFTLO
“There is nothing on TV that is improved with higher resolution…”
I can see you’ve never watched Veronica Mars.
“…and the important channels (C-Span, news networks, and The Daily Show) are not impacted at all by increased resolution.”
Those are new ones on me – what kind of movies do they show? Oh, I got you now – anything not factually informative is unimportant “entertainment”, something smart people have no interest in, right?
You need a little more Felliini and Ridley Scott in your life – and a tad less Brian Lamb…
#18 – Since you haven’t a clue about anything else, this shouldn’t be too hard for you to accomplish.
#25 – “You need a little more Felliini and Ridley Scott in your life – and a tad less Brian Lamb…”
You are barking up the wrong tree.
Jean Luc Goddard said, “Cinema is something you look up to and television is something you look down to.”
I took that to heart. Neither Scott nor Fellini have ever shot a frame I haven’t seen, but I see it on the screen or on DVD. TV is crap (except The West Wing, which I have on DVD).
#26 – With a gaping headwound and two tabs of LSD, I’m still smarter than you…
But now that I’ve wasted my time to learn that Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chef, I’ll have two less brain cells to cure cancer with. Thanks dude. Cancer victims everywhere are going to curse your name.
ow5kf0 Cool, bro!