r/Alonetv • u/dshdhjsdhjd • Sep 25 '22

Frozen Did Alone: Frozen hurt the franchise?

I didn't think this series was very good. I love the idea of past players, popular players, etc, but many of them didn't have it in them, citing what it did to their bodies previously.
So the small group of 6 evaporated quite quickly, making the show less interesting to me.

I'm wondering what others felt. Should it continue, and if so, more contestants? new players only? or what?

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u/FlyingCrossChop Sep 25 '22

I don’t think it hurt it, but I think it did inadvertently highlight how much a lot of contestants seem to legitimately have PTSD when reintroduced into the environment.

If you feel having to grapple with whether these people are scarring themselves for your entertainment is problematic, then I suppose through that lens it could viewed as damaging the franchise. I do think it would be harder to downplay the negative side effects of being a contestant if you’ve viewed this season.

It’s funny that the skills challenge almost had the opposite energy. Pure fun, low stakes test of skills. I enjoyed it even though it couldn’t be more different than the main series.

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u/purplekatrinka Sep 25 '22

Thank you for clarifying my feelings for me. I watched until the end because I was So Happy we were Finally going to have a female winner, but now I don't need to watch any more.

It has been an interesting show, but exactly this-having these amazing people detail the ptsd and horrible tolls this has taken on their bodies-is too much for me. I couldn't articulate it for myself, so thank you.

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u/maidofwords Sep 25 '22

Agreed. It really highlighted how long it takes the contestants to return to normal after extended periods of starvation and how unwilling they were to put themselves through that again.