Wipeout
Wipeout
| 28 June 2008 (USA)

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    Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
    Micitype Pretty Good
    WiseRatFlames An unexpected masterpiece
    Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
    user-543-975655 Boy! Is this a good show! I like to watch it when I'm sick, have had a tough day, or just when it's on. I don't know where to start, uhhhh... How about John Henson, huh? He's an interesting character. Really makes me wonder, is he really like that? I hope not. He's been on Austin and Ally on Disney Channel as Austin's dad and I think his performance on this show smashes the one on Disney. But that's just me. John Anderson, however, he seems like Henson's opposite, but they work like a specially crafted team on Wipeout. You guys probably know this, but why did Jill Wagner take a break on the show? I haven't heard about that. Personally, I like Jill more than Vanessa Lachey, even though she only had a short time as host. Anyway... They have come up with interesting nicknames for the contestants, and they made me crack up sometimes. The show starts with 24 contestants, and you don't see all of them attempt the course, but you are able to see the best performances. Just as funny and ridiculous as some of the contestants are some of the obstacles along the way. People get hurt, but not really, and it seems the body shouldn't bend that way in some instances. This was a short review compared to my recent reviews, but thanks for reading!
    ShelbyTMItchell Really for those that participate on this show you had to be really brave or really stupid in order to appear and try to make a fool of yourself despite it playing for money.You have to be really strong and really have the guts to make it through the obstacle course of all the shows that are given. As it not just involves strength but it also involves you being really movable and avoiding being slipping.As hard as it is to slip off the balls. But still, really it is so funny to see these people. Make a fool of themselves while they are having fun. Still I would not do that myself. As I do feel sorry for them.
    cshep Instead of a show dedicated to having fun, watching people self-destruct in compromising situations is the lack of heart of this program. Where most shows used to have a "fair" contest to determine a winner, this show relies on diminishing the value of being human, and sacrificing what is left of their dignity to acquire a small purse.The dimwitted hosts John Anderson and John Henderson banter endless drivel designed to be humorous, becomes humorless in short time.Watching people run into hidden hydraulic false walls, bouncing off of giant red balls ,dripping in mud, and compromising what is left of their identity is the hallmark of this current version of entertainment.Sad commentary on sad people and a less than quality network, which Disney owns. This show is mean spirited and really has no place in todays society. Jill Wagner is the female stooge of the show, who gives a lame attempt to do colorful interviews with the contestants. Her limited talent is always on display.1 star out of 10 for being garbage.
    BlazeFox I guess I probably shouldn't be too annoyed at a show that rips off another show, which is basically a comedic American re-dubbing of a Japanese show (Takeshi's Castle), but I can't watch "Wipeout" without immediately thinking of Spike's "MXC: Most Extreme Challenge." The obstacle course names, the way the announcers try to crack visual pun jokes and call all the contestants by nicknames, its all borrowing from MXC, but the show seems to lose something without the whole "people ad-libbing over Japanese stock footage" part. It's like if MST3K were re-made, but done "seriously," and with new actors trying to replace the old B-movies that were being mocked."Wipeout" tries to be "MXC" like "Repo: The Genetic Opera" desperately tries to be "The Next Rocky Horror Picture Show," and like Repo, Wipeout is barely as good as what it attempts to copy. I've even read on Wikipedia that ABC tried to buy up the search term "MXC" through Google to try to re-direct traffic to their official Wipeout website. If "MXC" hadn't come first (and been made 5 years prior, 17 if you count the age of the source material for the re-dub), maybe I could watch this show and just take it for what it is; people competing in a crazy foam prop obstacle course for money.Oh and btw, contrary to the belief of some, you didn't have to be an anime-obsessed "weeaboo" to enjoy the hilarity of MXC.