Kid Nation better be awesome.

[Los Feliz Slim]

I know the last thing anyone wants is to debate the ethics of this show, but the release they had the parents of the kids sign is really unbelievable. You can read it here. And honestly, I don't personally care what other people do with their kids so I guess it's their deal, but signing that release in the hope that your kid might somehow end up on TELEVISION ZOMG! amazes me.

[Mike Gallo]

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I know the last thing anyone wants is to debate the ethics of this show, but the release they had the parents of the kids sign is really unbelievable. You can read it here. And honestly, I don't personally care what other people do with their kids so I guess it's their deal, but signing that release in the hope that your kid might somehow end up on TELEVISION ZOMG! amazes me.

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Amazing what people will do to get on the TV.

[Quicksilvre]

LFS,

Anyone who watched "Showbiz Moms and Dads" would not be shocked at all by that. The things some parents do to live vicariously through their children is absolutely insane.

[JasonK]

You sure they're not licking vicariously through their children?

[Quicksilvre]

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You sure they're not licking vicariously through their children?

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I mean "live," of course. Duly edited.

[JasonK]

Now my joke makes no sense.

[jstnrgrs]

This show was pretty good for the first 15 minutes. Then they divided them into teams, and had a challange, and it was just another reality show. It would have been better if they just took 40 kids, and dumped them in a ghost town with no instructions, then filmed what happens.

I also don't like the way the host talks down to the kids.

[People_Mover]

The only thing that would have been cool about this show is if the oldest kid 15(wtf, he looks 22) with braces from the blue team punched the 10 year old in the mouth.

[MegaFossil]

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The only thing that would have been cool about this show is if the oldest kid 15(wtf, he looks 22) with braces from the blue team punched the 10 year old in the mouth.

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This is what I'm saying. I guarantee that 10 year old kid has practically no friends in real life. So now that he has some "power" he's on a complete power trip, but I'm betting he's voted off the council soon and he'll start crying.

[Soncy]

Re: funny one liners...how about the waiting in line for 3 hours for the toilet could hurt your colon. Perhaps not funny if you or I say it, but fairly amusing coming from 8/9 year old. I also thought the Jimmy/Greg exchange was mildly amusing. Greg: "Want to be my wingman?" Jimmy: "Who?" "Greg." immediately..."No!"

I felt slightly bad for Greg because he was actually trying to be helpful, but his bullying and vandalism had really lowered his value in Jimmy's eyes.

I'm kind of reserving judgement on both Greg and Mike. So far there have been some things about each that I've liked and disliked. Mike seems to have some power trip and insecurity issues, but also seems to be trying to figure out what's right and think of the town's interests. I was impressed with Mike's team beating the blue in the challenge which seemed a lock for the bigger kids.

At the meeting, Greg seemed to be trying to help before Mike went all psycho on him. Even though I think Mike was out of line in how he reacted, I don't get a warm fuzzy about an older kid using his size to intimidate, and then laying his hands on a puny guy like Mike. Not too cool really. Same with the vandalism.

Does that Michael kid have a speech writer?

The crazy bicycle dancer was funny and she did work hard, but what kind of psycho just dumps the pasta on the ground because there is too much in the pan? There were other pans. Redistribute. Crimeny.

I didn't realize 'they' would be imposing structure on the kids, but it still should be fairly interesting to see how things pan out. The division of kids into disticts immediately caused some rivalry and the classes will most likely cause more.