Fans Of Reality TV  
SirLinksaLot - RealityTVLinks

Go Back   Fans Of Reality TV > Off the Air & Current Shows We Aren't Covering > Other Completed Shows/Shows We No Longer Cover > Rebel Billionaire

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 11-10-2004, 02:54 PM   #1
Insane Squirrel
 
free2b_a_skwerl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 102
A Lot of Dangerous Stunts

Those stunts that he has them do are crazy! When I was watching the second stunt (the airplane/baton pass) I was sitting there wondering what kind of safety there was to that one! It kind of makes you wonder.......................
free2b_a_skwerl is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Sponsored links

 
Old 11-10-2004, 03:10 PM   #2
FORT Fogey
 
did_it_again's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,079
All I have to say is Branson is out of his mind. I would have told him "Look dude,I'm an American I don't drink tea....I drink coffee so unless you got some Starbucks up there man you can (bleep )your tea 'cuz I ain't going up there"

Digg this Post!
Last edited by did_it_again; 11-10-2004 at 03:35 PM.
did_it_again is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2004, 05:05 PM   #3
Care for a jelly baby?
 
TheDoctor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 23
Works for me. Fear Factor straps their contestants in six ways to Sunday, then marvels how "fear isn't a factor for you". Well, no... not when there are safety lines, backup safety lines, failsafe systems, etc...

I daresay the stunts on Billionaire are pretty safe too (the contestants were tethered to the balloon as they climbed the ladder), but they certainly look scarier. Like I say, it works for me. And at least they have the comfort of knowing that Richard's doing the stunts along side them. He may be adventurous and a little nuts, but he doesn't have a death wish.
TheDoctor is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2004, 05:26 PM   #4
Caged
 
Maveno's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,768
With the baton pass, I was cringing so hard.. cuz whatshername who was upside down could have let go of the baton and it would have impaled whatshername's face!

They are really risky stunts.. but I'd do'm!

Also, I didn't see that they were tethered to the plane while climbing up to the wing.
__________________
All things beautiful do not have to be full of color to be noticed; in
life that which is unnoticed has the most power.
Maveno is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2004, 08:15 PM   #5
FORT Newbie
 
QuiXotic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 13
yeh

Really though, It didn't look like the 2 contestants had any wires or other safety equipment on them when they climbed out of the cockpit and onto the wing.. Maybe there was but it was probably a single wire and that wouldn't have done much.

Also when Jessica almost FELL through the ballon, it was just like wOw! she could of died right there. Im not surprised that that other chick quit the show on the 2nd episode.
QuiXotic is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2004, 09:44 PM   #6
Insane Squirrel
 
free2b_a_skwerl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 102
Quote:
Originally Posted by QuiXotic
Really though, It didn't look like the 2 contestants had any wires or other safety equipment on them when they climbed out of the cockpit and onto the wing.. Maybe there was but it was probably a single wire and that wouldn't have done much.
That's exactly what I thought!
free2b_a_skwerl is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2004, 10:25 PM   #7
JR. Male
Drummer / Model
 
JR.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 42° 22' N 71° 2' W
Age: 37
Posts: 6,930
There has to be safety equipment for legal reasons. It was there even if it wasn't shown.
__________________
Please follow the RULES
JR. is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-2004, 09:34 AM   #8
FORT Fan
 
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 212
Quote:
Originally Posted by JR.
There has to be safety equipment for legal reasons. It was there even if it wasn't shown.
The show is produced outside the US so the safety standards are different. I am not sure if for the better or the worse, but most places don't have a team of lawyers waiting on Branson or a contestant to stump their toe.
rssrara is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-2004, 12:11 PM   #9
FORT Newbie
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 5
during the plane task, one of the contestants said that she had to unhook her safety harness to climb up onto the plane's wings.
SurvivorStefan is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-2004, 04:02 PM   #10
FORT Fanatic
 
Danger Bunny's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 660
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maveno
With the baton pass, I was cringing so hard.. cuz whatshername who was upside down could have let go of the baton and it would have impaled whatshername's face!
The physics for that don't work, the wind (110 mhp) would have dragged the baton almost straight back.

What I was picturing was a little turbulence pushing the two planes together and the propeller of one taking out the wing-walker of the other...
Danger Bunny is offline  
Digg this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

  Fans Of Reality TV > Off the Air & Current Shows We Aren't Covering > Other Completed Shows/Shows We No Longer Cover > Rebel Billionaire

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:39 AM.


©2002-2008 by FORTV Holdings, Inc.
Page generated in 0.22284 seconds with 10 queries

SEO by vBSEO 3.1.0 ©2007, Crawlability, Inc.