A bizarre mix of celebs trapped on a Mars base.
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Being trapped in a small Martian habitat for months, if not years, is not a weak person. It’s a journey that requires a cool head, a quick mind and plenty of technological know-how.
In a wacky take on the concept, Fox announced that an unlikely mix of 12 celebrities – including disgraced Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and ‘Modern Family’ actor Ariel Winter – during a simulated stay at a Martian colony will compete against each other on upcoming reality TV show.
While it sounds like an empty reality TV distraction, it could still prove to be an intriguing glimpse into a future where space travelers must learn to live in confined spaces on the surface of a largely inhospitable planet. We’ll probably tune in — even if it’s just so you don’t have to.
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The show, scheduled to premiere next month, will be hosted by none other than Star Trek legend and depressed space tourist William Shatner.
“Thanks to the lighter gravity on Mars, you weigh 62 percent less,” Shatner joked during a promotional video. “Bad news: the air isn’t breathable, so if you’re from LA it will remind you of home.”
The guest list is a bizarre mix of VIPs, from UFC champion Ronda Rousey and Real Housewives of Atlanta reality star Porsha Williams Guobadia to actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse, whom you might recognize as McLovin’ from the comedy Superbad. know.
The show will vaguely mimic an analog NASA mission, with participants living and working in a replica Martian colony, though it’s unclear for how long.
According to a press release, they will also compete in several challenges set by Shatner, voting each other out of the show — “Send them back to Earth” — until a single “space invader” remains.
Whether the show will be an accurate representation of what it will actually be like to live on the Red Planet remains to be seen.
But given the show’s competitive nature, it’s probably for the best if it’s not.
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