It’s about 2 am and I’m hanging out with Max at his place in Brooklyn. Great to see him and his wonderful friends. Long day getting down here.. then a wonderful dinner with Ruchir , Rashi and their kids..
It’s too late to write much tonight.. but I do want to share with folks that toady Discovery Channel officially announced the second Seasnn of the Colony. It’ll be on July 27th. I was a technical consultant during the seasons planning.. and I can’t wait to see how it all came out. They had a great group of colonists this time.. different folks, different skills. I think it’s going to be awesome. Here’s the press release
http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/programs/colony/
What would you do in the wake of a global catastrophe? Even if you
survived it, could you survive the aftermath? Discovery Channel puts
these questions to the test in THE COLONY, returning Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT beginning July 27 for an all-new season filled with high stakes, incredible emotion and extraordinary challenges. THE COLONY
is not a competition, but a controlled experiment that places ordinary
people from all walks of life in a simulated post-catastrophic
environment and pushes them to their limits, in an ultimate test of
personal will and survival skills.
Season two of THE COLONY introduces viewers to a
new group of volunteers with differing backgrounds, skills and
personalities, to bear witness to how these colonists will survive and
rebuild in a world without electricity, running water, government or
outside communication. Over the course of 10 episodes, the colonists –
who include a construction foreman, teacher, carpenter and auto
mechanic – must work to utilize and strengthen their exploration,
technology and survival skills in ways they’ve never had to before. THE COLONY
features on-going commentary and input from experts in homeland
security, engineering, psychology and the medical community, with
expertise and insight into what the future could look like after a
biological disaster.
Filmed on 10 acres of abandoned neighborhood on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, THE COLONY’S
simulated environment had been left decimated by Hurricane Katrina, a
naturally occurring disaster zone that was slated to be bulldozed and
turned into a public park. Empty buildings, weedy streets and the
backwoods are all the colonists have to work with as they scavenge
essentials for survival from their surroundings while fending off
threats such as wild animals and malicious outsiders. Throughout this
season, the colonists face daunting physical and emotional challenges
as they attempt to survive in a world void of all the niceties they’ve
ever known, including environmental dangers such as disastrous weather
and indigenous wildlife.
THE COLONY begins with the volunteers facing a 72
hour isolation period to psychologically shift their perspective from
our modern world to the end of the world. Shortly after the
integration into the colony, the threat of survival becomes imminent as
hostile outsiders push them into a physical confrontation. How do the
colonists respond and will their newfound skills be enough to protect
their supplies and lives?
THE COLONY was created and produced for Discovery
Channel by Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company. For
Original Productions, executive producers are Thom Beers and Philip D.
Segal; co-executive producers are Jeff Conroy and Jarrod Harlow. For
Discovery Channel, Chris Rantamaki is executive producer.
aLL FOR TONIGHT..
NITE ALL, NITE SAM
-me
