Talk:The Colony (American TV series) season 1

GeoHack

Does anyone know how to add the GeoHack tag? I know the coordinates should be 34.040461, -118.2242 but I don't know how to have it added to the page. Thanks! BT14 (talk) 04:58, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Answered it halfway, now hopefully it shows up in google earth correctly! BT14 (talk) 05:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I believe you use this template.Falcon8765 (talk) 20:37, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

John C.'s Nickname "The Professor"

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't John Cohn at least twice referred to as "The Professor"? In "A Stranger Among Us", one of the ladies mentioned him to the two strangers, and then Michael talked about him in his video diary in "A Test of Faith", referring to the nickname. Perhaps that could be added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.113.135.12 (talk) 17:02, 3 September 2009 (UTC) He was definitely referred to as 'The professor', I will add it as a note in his profile paragraph. Blacksmith (talk) 08:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Diane Cohn

We need to add some information for Diane Cohn. So far I have: Age, 49 Occupation, Electronics Engineer (from the show). Any other info been scavenged yet? I checked the Discovery site, no luck. Blacksmith (talk) 05:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problem

A lot of the Cast section is very similar to content from Reality TV World. For example:

• RTV: In 2006, John and his wife Diane's 14 year old son, Sam, was killed in a traffic accident. Since then, John has dedicated all of his education outreach work to Sam's memory.
• Wiki: In 2006, John's 14 year old son, Sam, was killed in a traffic accident. Since then, John has dedicated all of his education outreach work to Sam's memory.

This content should be rephrased and property cited where applicable. tktktk 17:31, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Production

Perhaps we should add some details on production, there is a Q&A here http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/q-and-a/thom-beers.html Blacksmith (talk) 20:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

End?

Does anyone know if they are doing a new season in a new area with a new cast, or is it over for good?

Copyright problem removed

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The episode summaries which were blanked will need to be rewritten in original language, as these were copied from the official source. This material is not public domain and is not licensed compatibly for reuse on Wikipedia. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Real or not?

There seems to be considerable controversy around the internet over to what extent the show was scripted and/or staged. Many seem convinced that it was entirely scripted with nothing but actors and staged scenes plus a minimum of "improv" by the cast. One frequent criticism is that the show often seems to depict the "survivors" doing incredibly dangerous, potentially life-threatening things that the show's producers would surely never allow for liability reasons. There's also the fact that the show employed stunt coordinators, which some people take as evidence that at least some of the things depicted in the series were scripted and staged. The Discovery Channel maintains that it was mostly unscripted. Maybe some mention of the controversy belongs in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.127.138 (talk) 18:16, 13 October 2009 (UTC) I think there is some answers in the Q+A I linked to, it was mentioned that the cast were advised of potential hazards at all time, ie, they told them if they thought something bad would happen, the stunt coordinatators were probably for the stunts performed by outsiders, ie, the marauders etc. My understanding from the Q+A is that it is as realistic as possible while being in a controlled environment. 125.238.162.226 (talk) 10:51, 17 October 2009 (UTC)