I never realized that House Hunters International is pure fiction

[FoBoT]

i used to think cartoons were real



when i was eleven

 

[KeithP]

...it turns out that they:

1) Moved to Ecuador TWO YEARS before filming, and HHI found their blog and asked them to re-enact the apartment-searching process
2) Don't even live in one of the three apartments they "chose". I knew that with house hunters sometimes a house that somebody had chosen but not yet closed on would be "one of the three", but in this case the purchasing couple were 100% acting, pretending to buy a place they never would end up living in, and weren't even in the price range of where they do live currently.

Nonetheless the "two months later" showed them happily living in one of the apartments (which they don't live in).

So basically what you are saying is the content of the show doesn't matter. The important thing is if it "really" happened or not.

I don't watch the show regularly although I have seem short segments of it from time to time. From a viewers perspective, I would think the most important thing would be that they reasonably represent the properties and their prices while pointing out some of the issues someone might face moving to a particular location.

If this sort of misrepresentation is upsetting, you might want to also stay away from the evening news.

-KeithP

 

[kage69]

One of the episodes had a girl I went to junior high with. She was setting up a surfing school for women. Almost flipped out when I saw her, heh. She still looked pretty darn good.

Was her name Christa by any chance?

 

[911paramedic]

Well that sucks, I kind of liked that show. I'll still watch it for the houses and prices, I usually ff through the rest anyways.

 

[darkswordsman17]

heh, that is surprisingly shady. I always assumed that for HHI and HH, the couple had already chosen the place and the producers wanted to narrow it down to top 3 choices.

It's heavily scripted, anyway--and essentially some sort of "Home design lobbying propaganda"--"Oh! Granite Counter tops! Hmm, I need stainless steal appliances! "

Every fucking time.

This. The show would be cool if it was realistic at all, but there's just too many tip offs that there's something just off about everything. Them mentioning stuff like the counters and appliances is definitely part of it. Some of the stuff people would cite as deal breakers was pretty ridiculous. It'd be like, one place was perfect except it didn't have a certain shower head and then they'd end up picking one where they'd have to demolish practically the whole house to make it like they wanted. And they were similarly priced. Yes I'm exaggerating but still.

I remember one episode, this retired couple looked at 3 different places. One was practically an apartment building. One looked like a private "cabana" at an upscale resort (it was near the ocean and had its own pool), and then another was exactly the type of duplex you'd expect in one of the Caribbean countries in like the 70s. They wanted an extra space they could rent out to offset the cost. Oh, and actually I think the apartment building was like 3 stories, and only had one kitchen, which was in the part of the building they'd be renting out.

 

[paperfist]

I think the most absurd part of that show is the costs. What do these people do for a living to afford such crazy places?

 

[BornStar]

In general I don't watch reality shows, but I have watched Sons of Guns because it was kind of about guns. Read this story. http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2011/07/24/playing-with-guns/

I finally gave up on Sons of Guns because it just got too absurd. I realize they might not be happy with how things play out the first time so they'll need to shoot something again but the situations Will was put in were ridiculous. Nobody could watch that show and think it wasn't staged.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think the most absurd part of that show is the costs. What do these people do for a living to afford such crazy places?

LOL yeah so true.

"This one is a little small, being only 900 square feet, but it's less than a million and very well within our budget" as they display the price of $980,000 on the screen.

 

[thegimp03]

Wow that's pretty shady. I've watched it and the regular House Hunters a couple times but got bored with it. Plus, I look at the size of houses these people can buy for $150k and I get annoyed because around here you have to put more than $150k down if you want to buy anything that's more than 1,500 sq. ft.

 

[disappoint]

i used to think cartoons were real



when i was eleven

Tweety bird is real. He's just a bit older...than eleven...

 

[BladeVenom]

I finally gave up on Sons of Guns because it just got too absurd. I realize they might not be happy with how things play out the first time so they'll need to shoot something again but the situations Will was put in were ridiculous. Nobody could watch that show and think it wasn't staged.

I don't blame you. Going from half an hour to an hour made it even worse.

I found it funny how they rush to build a gun, when the customer will have a 3 to 5 month wait for BATF approval before they can receive the gun.

Who would even let Kris near a gun? I can't believe after watching that show, that anyone would let them touch their guns.

 

[Doppel]

So basically what you are saying is the content of the show doesn't matter. The important thing is if it "really" happened or not.

I don't watch the show regularly although I have seem short segments of it from time to time. From a viewers perspective, I would think the most important thing would be that they reasonably represent the properties and their prices while pointing out some of the issues someone might face moving to a particular location.

If this sort of misrepresentation is upsetting, you might want to also stay away from the evening news.

-KeithP

Thankfully most people responding to this thread don't agree with your perspective and expect better of what they watch.

I have no idea if the prices are real now, either.

I used to watch sons of guns, I even saw that episode with the tooth. How fvcking stupid.