New Spike TV Show "1000 Ways to Die" May Stir Up Huge Controversy with Death Topics

"1000 Ways to Die" Premieres on Spike TV at 11:00 PM

Rodney Southern
Tonight on Spike TV at 11:00 the new show "1000 Ways to Die" will premiere amid a storm rush of hoopla and controversy. "1000 Ways to Die" seems to be stirring up a good bit of Internet buzz due obviously to the material and the way it is being presented. One of the reasons that it has been so controversial is because of the way "1000 Ways to Die" is packaged as exploitation television.

"1000 Ways to Die" is a show about what the real effects on the body are when one is killed in a variety of gruesome and variable ways. Some of the ways to die featured on this new Spike TV television show will be a lesbian electrocution, a mechanic cut in half by a semi truck, and even the effects of a deadly rattlesnake encounter. "1000 Ways to Die" will feature forensic scientists, as well as other experts to relate what the science of dying would be like for each of these horrific deaths.

Spike TV has always been a channel to push the envelope so "1000 Ways to Die" is nothing new. While controversial, the show will rise or fall largely on how they handle the delivery of this sordid subject matter. If history is any indication, Spike TV will push the envelope.

"1000 Ways to Die" could be a huge hit among the morbid crowd. If they make the show interesting and scientific rather than exploitative drivel, it could be a sleeper hit. When your feature commercial for a show is labeled as "Lesbocution" however, you should not expect to be taken seriously. "1000 Ways to Die" seems destined to go down the road of exploitation television. This will certainly be well received among that crowd, but it is sure to draw the ire of virtually every censor on the market.

Oddly, the show "1000 Ways to Die" could possibly end up being no different than the long line of "CSI" and "Law and Order" type shows that are all over the place. While these more streamlined shows are packaged under the umbrella of crime, they do many of the same things that "1000 Ways to Die" purports itself to do. To show death and dying through CGI effects, and explore what it may be like. If "1000 Ways to Die" is filled with enough actual facts, and less gore, then the show may end up being one of the sleeper hits among the huge crowd that loves the genre. Only time will tell.

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My name is Rodney Southern and I have a lovely wife, Julie, and two beautiful twin daughters, Brooke and Valerie. Also, I was the 2008 Ultimate Call for Content Winner, and awarded a Top 100 badge for Associ...   View profile

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  • markus hountington 2/3/2010

    dude i am beast

  • martin 10/27/2009

    do you not know basic math? a bullet "falling" reaches a terminal velocity of about 200-230mph that's around 300-350fps. That's the speed of a paintball gun!

  • Culture of Death 6/30/2009

    I have no issue with your freedom to choose what you watch, but this evil should not be on regular cable during the daytime. God forbid our children watch it. I used to doubt when people referred to this time as "culture of death". More and more I am starting to believe it.

  • Tom 5/17/2009

    Man people have to relax! Why should things be band, because you do not like them? Who are you? Who are you to tell me or anyone what to watch? Its simple. If you do not like it turn the TV to something differant. I know that means that some people may have to get up off their fat butts but it will do them some good.

  • Frankie Jonez 4/3/2009

    lolwut the WoW player knows his material is was so well presented

  • steve 4/3/2009

    i agree with the WoW player, he plays WoW so hes automatically cool, i want to bare his children!!!

  • adampaul99 3/22/2009

    the scenes where they were alone,how could anyone know what truly happened?like the scene of the guy who was shot by his own rifle after he sat it down and supposedly a rattlesnake coiled around n then squeezed the trigger....come on!

  • jsw 3/3/2009

    for real people? this show is great, im sorry your to damn lame to enjoy it. get a sense of humor, damn....

  • dawn 3/2/2009

    its asume and funny eleshily chippin dale

  • donisue 2/18/2009

    i was watching this 1000 ways to die tonite, first time& last time, what in the world is this country doing? this is sad, just knowing stuppid people put this crap on here. its no wonder our country is going down hill, this just shows the ones out here that are killing these kids or babys or just anyone they can kill & murder, i believe god is telling us all something here, this is just wrong what is being showed on tv, were elderly folks here,& i dont know who filmed this horrible show, but this needs to be taken off, its just pure sickness. hope others feel the same way, i cant even think that anyone would wanna watch such awful stuff like this, i sure hope someone is listening to me here, take this awful show off& ban this.

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