I know this ain't music-related but I was just wondering what people's opinions were in regard to the TV3 series "School Rules" (airs around 8-ish, Tuesday night). Is it at all representative of NZ's youth? Again, is this show the closest we're going to get to a NZ "Big Brother"?
I've got some opinions of my own, which I'll share in due course.


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I think it's boring. I watch Russell ...
I think it's boring. I watch Russell Coights all aussie adventures which is on at the same time, and much more entertaining
All Aussie adventures.... Time to hit ...
All Aussie adventures.... Time to hit the road...
lmao
I haven't seen School Rules yet, but I imagine it'll just re-inforce stereotypical (sp?) views on teenagers. Hate shows, when they try to show 'normal' teenagers doing 'normal' stuff
oh i was just waiting for someone to ...
oh i was just waiting for someone to say something about this so i could let ripp....its one of those love/hate programmes...i hate it but when its on i cant stop myself from wtaching it....i was excatly like that with big brother too but in the end i couldnt miss an episode of that....so i try not to watch "school rules" for that reason....but man do they piss me off something shocking!!! that amber chick....she just trys too hard to be out-going...some people may disagree but i think its so obvious!! and she cant dance for shit...poor girl...up on a platform at the hero parade....i couldnt help but laugh,she really made a fool of herself on public tv...and did anyone here her on channel z one morning with jon? she made herself sound like such a friggin dumbarse!...or maybe she just is one...who knows...but i was just shaking my head...and i think jon was trying hard not to laugh at her sometimes...well thats what it sounded like....
and then theres that american girl who is such a fuckin drama queen!! shes the one that went on that date and wore a black bra with a pink halter neck....poor girl, no wonder he ditched her at the second date....;)
the only one i kinda like is that head girl one.....see this is why i dont like watching things like this...cus i get to involved no matter how ridiculous they are....argh!
I think now is an ideal time to pitch ...
I think now is an ideal time to pitch in my 2 cents:
I don't like the show, although it is entertaining in a perverse kind of way - we get to see these kids make fools of themselves on national TV! It's a bit like Big Brother in that sense. Ah, voyeurism - mwahahahahaha!
What's the deal with Amber? Her goal is to be a go-go girl in Australia? And what was with that Hero parade scene anyway? Or how about that guy who wants to become a dancer on a cruise ship? Jeez, am I envious. I wish I could've modelled my school career on such preposterous ambitions.
The producers could only have done this kind of show at Selwyn College - where else would they have found such an "interesting" bunch of people. The show would be a regular borefest had they picked a school like Auckland Grammar. I can just picture it:
ADAM: Hi, my name is Adam and I aspire to become a neurosurgeon. I'm working hard at bursary and hope to get my 400+ points so that I'll be able to attend the University of Auckland Med school.
NARRATOR - And over the next few months we'll follow Adam around as he swats for Bursary, takes his dog for walks, has dinner, washes dishes and organises the annual school raffle.
Anyone?
NARRATOR - And on next week's show ...
NARRATOR - And on next week's show we'll introduce SoldierBoy, a sexy lad hailing from the dreary suburbs of Auckland. You'll get to see him do amazing things like contribute to nzmusic.com and obsess over his Smiths albums. And the following week, SoldierBoy watches TV!
mmm- mmm! it is quite easy to obsess ...
mmm- mmm! it is quite easy to obsess over smiths albums.... me knowing from personal experience. being from melbourne i haven't heard of this show.... but what was with big brother... i thought there would've been an nz one but apparently there wasnt..... instead theyy just put on nzer in with spikes on the side of his head or some such.
i agree with BuTeRfLY .... i vowed never to watch big brother but became hooked while waiting for the simpsons.... sara marie was just all too funny...
Bum Dance! Bum Dance! I was in ...
Bum Dance! Bum Dance!
I was in Melbourne recently, and it amazes me how people there still go on about Big Brother, over six months after it's demise. Sara-Marie is almost considered a national figure of some sort. The rest of the cast (possibly minus Shana - sp?) still feature on TV and in magazines - all this for living your life in a studio-disguised-as-a-house for weeks on end doing zilch? Well, except maybe talk about "innies and outties", making the douvets "dance" and bum dancing.
I only ever watched the uncut edition of the show - it's the boy in me ;). I still think they let Andy go too soon - who knows what she might've come up with!
oh i luv sarah marie!!!!! HERCULES ...
oh i luv sarah marie!!!!! HERCULES HERCULES!! oh MY LITTLE MUNI MUNI!! my friends say that she reminds them of me......:)
actually i probably should'nt have ...
actually i probably should'nt have said that last bit....im cant wait for the responses from those "anti-sarah marie" people.....
I have to agree with the whole ...
I have to agree with the whole love/hate thing - its like when you see a car accident and you cant help but look around to see if theres a body or something on the road - even though you really DONT want to see one!
What is with that American chick? I have to admit she irritates the hell outta me - how old is she? - 17 right? " I'd never let a boy kiss me on the first date" - wasn't that her first date EVER?
Either shes a prude, or us NZers are a little more open (excuse the pun) to the idea of.....mmmm... a little fun?
ahaha!! excatly!! tight arse american ...
ahaha!! excatly!! tight arse american prudes....no wonder he dumped her!! ;) me and my friends pissed ourself when she was dissed and dismissed.....she really fucks me off....and first dates?? i didnt even know that nz teenagers went on dates....maybe its just my friends....but if any of us like a guy....screw dates! just go hook up with him.....not that i do that....the guys where i live are all fucken meat heads.....:P
actually maybe its just teenage boys in ...
actually maybe its just teenage boys in general....too much testostorone (spelling...)
//but if any of us like a guy....screw ...
//but if any of us like a guy....screw dates! just go hook up with him.....not that i do that....the guys where i live are all fucken meat heads.....:P
Oh please carry on. This is most interesting.
what? about the meatheads or my slutty ...
what? about the meatheads or my slutty friends???
No, about hooking up with guys instead ...
No, about hooking up with guys instead of "dating" them.
'Dates' like 'Chores' are American ...
'Dates' like 'Chores' are American terms which are trying to weasel there ways into the kiwi language. I havn't watched the program myself, I'm not a mascochist.
Do Tell Butterfly....
oh you know....girl goes to party, girl ...
oh you know....girl goes to party, girl doesnt know how much she can handle and as a result consumes far too much alcohol, girl leeches onto the first boy she can find and hey presto, she wakes up in the morning with a hangover and a std!!! of course im only generalising here....no, but seriously, judging by my friends, if two people or should i say teenagers get together you'll usually find that it all started in a drunken mess at someones party.....
see, im not really into this method of ...
see, im not really into this method of match making....i cant say its never happened to me before though.... i cringe when i remember how we used to see how much vodka we could skull....XP
//girl goes to party, girl doesnt know ...
//girl goes to party, girl doesnt know how much she can handle and as a result consumes far too much alcohol, girl leeches onto the first boy she can find and hey presto, she wakes up in the morning with a hangover and a std!!!
Sorry I asked.
"I'd never let a boy kiss me on the ...
"I'd never let a boy kiss me on the first date" and being labelled a "tight arse american prudes"
VS
//girl goes to party, girl doesnt know how much she can handle and as a result consumes far too much alcohol, girl leeches onto the first boy she can find and hey presto, she wakes up in the morning with a hangover and a std!!!
Hehe, damn drunken teenagers! it's a ...
Hehe, damn drunken teenagers!
it's a bit off topic but anyone in Christchurch check out the thing about "drunken Teenagers" using Elmwood Park as a party area (pg 5, Press) Funny, it says about how terrified residents call the police, the last 2 Friday nights, I have sat watching the police chase them around, as I live in that area. I tell you, there is nothing more amusing than watching cops run in little lines, like army men or something.
PS, if any of the party attendees read this, STAY THE HELL OUTTA MY YARD!!
I'm pretty sure NZ teens dont do ...
I'm pretty sure NZ teens dont do "dating" , As sad as it is Butterfly is right about the whole drunken/party thing - seems that that the way most couples hook up - you meet someone, you like them, you see them at a party or other social gathering and things go from there, this way you avoid having to spend an evening bowling with someone who bores you to the point of suicide - I say, us NZers have got the right idea when it comes to the whole boy/girl thing! Americans turn every little thing into a complete Drama! - just the other day I saw on Rikki or sally or one of those other educational programmes, and we had the whole crowd shocked and discusted at a 18yo who had tried a little weed..... Are Americans that thick to think that this is the worst thing that could happen in thier fucked up society? I personally would have been thankful that it was only that!
Anyway - *deep breath* I feel better.
The old drunken pashing scenario...rock ...
The old drunken pashing scenario...rock on being 16/17 etc...yeah that programme is def. not a true depiction of NZ's youth..at all. They obviously needed a space filler...its ridiculous.. the munt model girl...hair model girl...yeah that episode. She is just whack...she amazed me, she portrays her self as being quite conceited...& in angst of concealing her humiliation, by saying something along the lines of..." i think i may get rid of so & so...etc" when he obviously wasnt even interested in her intially, fuk we saw his reaction & heard his lame excuse after she had waited at the 'mall' for like an hour. She just needed to tell him to rack off & shack up with some other meat axe & drown her woes ina few glasses of Kristov Vodka ...HA! Fucking melodramatic really...verging on being pathetic. I just had to watch it though, because some people @ work were taking the piss out of it...But TVNZ or whatever that programme(or rather poor excuse) is a fukking shambles, it puts us fellow youth to a crying shame. I shake my head at it, it makes me want to curl up like a petrified hedgehog & fukking hibernate.
Oh..and it just keeps getting better! ...
Oh..and it just keeps getting better! Yes I have just finished watching the latest episode - and my GOD, this yank is seriously fu*ked up!
If she waits to find her perfect guy, so she can have her perfect first kiss - shes gonna DIE a virgin! Its cringe worthy that she actually wrote a perfect guy list that started with ' blonde hair that sparkles in the sun and skin as white as paper' I say..... beggars can't be choosers!
Another lil thing I noticed - does it seem to you that most of the guys on the show are either outwardly gay - or gay and havn't noticed yet?
I dont know about anyone else but i have NEVER in my near 20 years of life heard a STRAIGHT male complain that an outfit made his butt look big....... But who knows huh?
oh jesus yes..i watching half of it but ...
oh jesus yes..i watching half of it but i was babysitting so i had to run around after these little shits i was looking after...but i did catch the bit where it showed the american sitting in the toilets, on the floor by herself.........AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! did i laugh my arse off something shocking! i think i scared the kids i was looking after...what a frikkin dick!! seriously...the last time i remember sitting on the floor in the toilets was when i was like 5!! she seriously needs to stop living her life as if its a fucking soap opera....cus shes just making herself look like a fool and getting herself disappointed...cus if she ever does finally meet her man of her dreams (when shes like 50!), he'll probably be a gorgeously toned prike, whos favourite activity is looking at himself in the mirror......life isnt meant to be perfect....
She ain't a bad looker, though... ;)...
She ain't a bad looker, though... ;)
oh my godness you can not be serious?! ...
oh my godness you can not be serious?! shes like 5"1', so that makes her as tall as my hip!! but theres nothing wrong with a bit of shortness i suppose.....but still theres her face...now that strikes a problem if shes aiming to be attractive..;) no srry that was harsh...but seriously yew!! thats like me saying " i think the gay guy is spunky!! "....Lt. i thought you had some taste...i shouldve guessed when you said k'lee was hot....;)
oh i just read that through and ...
oh i just read that through and realised how harsh it sounded.....srry no offence intended Lt...all in the name of fun...:)
//...i shouldve guessed when you said ...
//...i shouldve guessed when you said k'lee was hot
Yeah, well...
//' blonde hair that sparkles in the ...
//' blonde hair that sparkles in the sun and skin as white as paper'
Hmm, how 'bout chocolate-brown hair that smells of old fudge and skin as yellowy-tan as a banana smoothie?
//' blonde hair that sparkles in the ...
//' blonde hair that sparkles in the sun and skin as white as paper'
AAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH DEAR LORD! attack of the cheesiness.... oh dear. how about "i am incredibly superficial and cheesy to bout, and i would like a partner much like myself" oh dear lord.
Maybe she realised that the show is ...
Maybe she realised that the show is absolutely hopless and thought up that line to get a few laughs out of the audience.
Or then again, maybe not.
~/ blonde hair that sparkles in the sun ...
~/ blonde hair that sparkles in the sun and skin as white as paper/~
yes i did wonder if that was a pathetic attempt at poetry...dont forget 'and soft as silk', how fukking amature.
Did you also see there 'party'...hmmm raging those kids are really racey & hardcore man it puts my simple & safe life to shame...(pls note a very small hint of sarcasm).