The Rebel Billionaire on FOX thread

[BroadwayBomber55]

Hey Everyone,

Have u seen this show called the Rebel Billionaire on Fox? If you guys get a chance to watch it, it's crazy.

It's a combination of the Apprentice with the business skills, the around the world locales of the Amazing Race, and the risky stunts of fear factor all rolled into one.

What's your guys thoughts on the show if you watched it?

I'll post the recaps.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

Richard Branson is a sick bastard. If I had a few billion, I would NEVER be at a Tea Party on top of a hot air balloon. That guy is wacked out. I find the premise of the show hilarious: win your challenge or risk death in a challenge

[Buckeye Yank]

I thought it was too bad that blonde bailed. They need to keep the hottie factor up and she was def a hottie!!!!

[BroadwayBomber55]

Originally posted by RhodeyYankee2638
Richard Branson is a sick bastard. If I had a few billion, I would NEVER be at a Tea Party on top of a hot air balloon. That guy is wacked out. I find the premise of the show hilarious: win your challenge or risk death in a challenge

I like the funny premise. Sir Richard Branson is one crazy risk-taker. He uses extreme stunts as business tasks. Totally crazy.

The one problem, or one of the problems, for the Rebel Billionaire show however, is that some Americans have never heard of this guy.

[expectTHEunexpected]

Richard Branson looks like my freshman year English teacher.

[Hayzel94]

IT’S A PAPER JAM! IT’S A PAPER JAM!

Oops, sorry. Wrong show. It's getting impossible to tell the difference between the reality shows these days. Especially with all the f***ing commercials we had to sit through during the ALCS.

[Luciano]

Originally posted by Buckeye Yank
I thought it was too bad that blonde bailed. They need to keep the hottie factor up and she was def a hottie!!!!

I thought she looked like what Donatella Versace was trying to go for through all her plastic surgery operations. Donatella obviously failed. Jennifer did nothing before bailing out.

Taken from the other thread:

Originally posted by BroadwayBomber55
Luciano, that hot air balloon task takes a lot of guts to accomplish. The walk on the balance beam between 2 Hot Air balloons was crazy. The climb to the top of the Hot Air Balloon was mindboggling risky.

I wanted Shawn to go home, he put Sara last instead of himself. Tim, even though he was eliminated, he showed some courage of doin' this task. Props to both Tim and Sara in Episode 1.

But the one problems with The Rebel Billionaire, is that some American TV viewers don't know much about Sir Richard Branson.

The beam thing would have freaked me out, especially since there were two things sticking out. Knowing me, I would do all right until reaching the second one and then trip over it, which really isn't a good thing to do when you're up there.

I wish Tim could have stayed [if only Jennifer would have bailed out sooner!], although I could see why Branson chose Sara. In addition to the whole conquering her fear thing, she's also the CEO of her own company, which puts a huge check in her column.

As far as Shawn is concerned, I understood why he did that. He had to get all of the team across. If not that, at least the majority of them. There was a huge chance that Sara would freak out and stall or something and that would create a jam if there are folks still waiting to get across. I also understood why Sara wanted to go first. I guess that's why he chose him as leader - to see if he could balance all of that, like a leader has to.

However, I also wanted Shawn gone, if only because he rubs me the wrong way, starting from his behavior in the cab to his stupid company name. Lovesac?! That sounds like a porn name - Randy Lovesac. Feh.

Richard Branson looks like my freshman year English teacher.

Heh. In my review, I put down that he looked like the love child of Billy Bob Thornton, the Cheshire Cat, and the hair of Harry Hamlin, circe CotT. With the personality of Hank Scorpio.

[WashingtonYankee]

I saw a brief 20 minutes of it. Great show.

[BroadwayBomber55]

The Hot Air Balloon balance beam task was crazy. Climbing to the top of the Hot Air balloon for a tea party was totally radical.

Episode 2's passing the baton while one person flipped upside down makes your heart pump. Very entertaining show.

[Luciano]

Originally posted by BroadwayBomber55
The Hot Air Balloon balance beam task was crazy. Climbing to the top of the Hot Air balloon for a tea party was totally radical.

You know - I actually really wanted to do that. I don't know how I would since I have a fear of ladders and having one dangling in the air like that isn't going to help, but I so wanted to be on top of that balloon. It looked so cool and, well, comfortable. The feeling must have been spectacular.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Wow, The Rebel Billionaire is a very dangerous show. Did any1 see the episode where one contestant and Richard Branson almost dropped 300 feet from Victoria Falls inside a NASA capsule? That's crazy. Folks, if you watch the show, don't even dare to try this stunts anywhere, anytime.

Just imagine if Donald Trump and his cronies see this, they might have heart attacks.

[Luciano]

I saw it - Nicole should have gone. Yeah, I know Sam took the risk but he saw that Branson, a person who does this sort of stuff all the time and is seen as sort of an expert on it, was going to do it. It's not like Sam blindly followed Joe Schmoe from down the street. He followed the lead of someone who, although he is sort of crazy, isn't stupid/suicidal.

At least the guy learned from his mistakes. Nicole was just so boorish, in Branson's words, afterwards. A good leader shouldn't make the rest of the folks want to strangle her. Her team lost, she ignored the suggestions of the team afterwards, and started bragging about her choice even in the face of her competition. Shut up, Nicole.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

Originally posted by Luciano
I saw it - Nicole should have gone. Yeah, I know Sam took the risk but he saw that Branson, a person who does this sort of stuff all the time and is seen as sort of an expert on it, was going to do it. It's not like Sam blindly followed Joe Schmoe from down the street. He followed the lead of someone who, although he is sort of crazy, isn't stupid/suicidal.

At least the guy learned from his mistakes. Nicole was just so boorish, in Branson's words, afterwards. A good leader shouldn't make the rest of the folks want to strangle her. Her team lost, she ignored the suggestions of the team afterwards, and started bragging about her choice even in the face of her competition. Shut up, Nicole.

You know what else I was pissed off about, both teams (in that jumping event) ended in a tie, technically, because they each completed 5 jumps. It was stupid that the ladies cleared .5 inches more that the men to win. I'm sure if given the chance, the men couldve cleared an extra inch or two

[BroadwayBomber55]

Originally posted by Luciano
I saw it - Nicole should have gone. Yeah, I know Sam took the risk but he saw that Branson, a person who does this sort of stuff all the time and is seen as sort of an expert on it, was going to do it. It's not like Sam blindly followed Joe Schmoe from down the street. He followed the lead of someone who, although he is sort of crazy, isn't stupid/suicidal.

At least the guy learned from his mistakes. Nicole was just so boorish, in Branson's words, afterwards. A good leader shouldn't make the rest of the folks want to strangle her. Her team lost, she ignored the suggestions of the team afterwards, and started bragging about her choice even in the face of her competition. Shut up, Nicole.

Nicole needs to shut her trap. I mean, what happens if she has this boolish behavior and someone like Candida gets in her face?

[BroadwayBomber55]

I just saw this week's episode in Africa. The men were confident...and cocky that their plan to revamp a local South African village was better than the girls, but Nicole heard everything and the girls won the task. The losing team had to sit out in the African wild all night long without any sleep...crazy ................!

Highlights include: two contestants visiting Nelson Mandela.

[Buckeye Yank]

Originally posted by BroadwayBomber55
The losing team had to sit out in the African wild all night long without any sleep...crazy ................!

I missed the very end. What happened?

[BroadwayBomber55]

Originally posted by Buckeye Yank


I missed the very end. What happened?

Jermaine was left behind after he slept for an hour in the dark and team leader Michael advances.

[yanksphan]

I can't believe I can't find an uncensored pic of Jessica flashing at the VFest on the internet anywhere!!!

That was a weird way to censor her - instead of just blurring out some body parts, they put that big black box over her entire body. I guess the recent backlash over the MNF thing had something to do with that. I did read that the show is kind of bombing as far as ratings go, so it seems like some gratuitous flesh would help

(admit it, some of you thought about searching too )

[Buckeye Yank]

Originally posted by yanksphan

(admit it, some of you thought about searching too )

That's too funny. I actually was thinking about it last night but forgot all about it until you just mentioned it.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Originally posted by yanksphan
I can't believe I can't find an uncensored pic of Jessica flashing at the VFest on the internet anywhere!!!

That was a weird way to censor her - instead of just blurring out some body parts, they put that big black box over her entire body. I guess the recent backlash over the MNF thing had something to do with that. I did read that the show is kind of bombing as far as ratings go, so it seems like some gratuitous flesh would help

(admit it, some of you thought about searching too )

I'm searchin' it too. Man, Shawn was one horrible singer.

And this show has fumbled for some reasons:

1. The winner gets to be president of the whole Virgin industry with $1,000,000. What happens if the whole industry flops? I perfer doin' one of the companies than an entire industry.

2. Sir Richard Branson is well-known internationally, especially in England and Australia, not in the U.S. The is the first time we get a glimpse of him.

3. The stunts that he has on this show is very dangerous. If someone dies tryin' these stunts on TV, Fox may not show the rest of the season.

[Buckeye Yank]

Originally posted by BroadwayBomber55

3. The stunts that he has on this show is very dangerous. If someone dies tryin' these stunts on TV, Fox may not show the rest of the season.

Considering they taped this over the summer, if somebody had died, we wouldn't be seeing it now.

[BroadwayBomber55]

This stunt was even more crazy...creating a slogan while lowering yourself down 700 feet from Britain's tallest buildings are u kiddin' me with wind gusts?

That's mega-insane.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

Im starting to enjoy this show less and less. The stunts aren't as flashy, and I don't like the rules of the show, its not as solid as other shows like Survivor or the Apprentice. Basically, for the "stunt" competition, both can do equally well, but one still has to go home. Its just very awkward

[BroadwayBomber55]

Originally posted by RhodeyYankee2638
Im starting to enjoy this show less and less. The stunts aren't as flashy, and I don't like the rules of the show, its not as solid as other shows like Survivor or the Apprentice. Basically, for the "stunt" competition, both can do equally well, but one still has to go home. Its just very awkward

I agree. The stunts are gettin' weaker and weaker. Sure, it is good for dessert in my reality TV diet, but this show is not up to par with the Apprentice.

And the prize, $1,000,000 and president of the entire Virgin Industry, is way too much. I'll rather take a $1,000,000 and run one of the companies instead of an entire industry.

[Luciano]

They're probably going to have the winner sit at Richard's desk for a day while his minions smack his/her hand with a ruler if she/he so much as attempts to move a pen. Then the winner would get an regular job there.

And it has been sucking. Bleh.