Stars.......OnMars!

Tuckerfan · Apr 14, 2023

Or, the Shat has a new reality show.

William Shatner Guides Celebs Through Simulated Mars Survival in New Reality Show

A group of celebrities will soon have to leave the cozy confines of Earth and get transported to another world, competing against one another in a simulated Martian environment for a new reality TV series.

The show, Stars on Mars, is in the works by Fremantle-owned Eureka Productions and is set to premiere in June on Fox, according to Variety. Star Trek’s William Shatner will be at the helm of the new series, acting as mission control for the show’s contestants as they navigate their way through a Mars habitat.

The celebrity contestants will be forced to live in a Martian colony that simulates what life would be like for humans on the Red Planet. A distant dream, perhaps, but one that has dominated the conversation around humanity’s spacefaring future and become an obsession for the likes of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

We may not get to Mars anytime soon, but at least for now we can send a group of our most incompetent representatives to a Mars-like environment. The celebrities, whose identities haven’t been revealed yet, will compete in a series of challenges and have to make alliances with each other in an effort to become the last person standing on fake Martian ground, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The reality show sounds like Survivor, but Survivor on Mars.

It’s a good thing Shatner will be taking the lead in guiding the Stars on Mars contestants, as the actor has had some experience with spaceflight. In October 2021, Shatner flew to space aboard a capsule from Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin. But Shatner hasn’t been the same since he got back, revealing in his memoir, titled Boldly Go, that his quick 10-minute trip filled him with great sadness. “I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness. It was unlike any blackness you can see or feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing,” Shatner wrote in his memoir.

Err, hopefully the actor won’t pass on his existential thoughts to the celebrity contestants in the simulated Mars colony, otherwise this is going to turn out to be a completely different show than Fox is expecting.

NASA has its own Mars mock-up at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. Called Mars Dune Alpha, the simulation is designed to host volunteers who will live in the simulated Martian habitat for a year as part of the space agency’s research into the possibility of humans living on Mars.
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Shirogayne · Apr 15, 2023

Slightly related but as a kid growing up, my first exposure to Shatner was that 90s show he hosted called Rescue 911 about real life crazy emergencies. I didn't even know he was famous for anything else until I was like ten (when I found out why TNG was called TNG

Tuckerfan · May 10, 2023

A Real Housewife, UFC Champion, and McLovin Are Competing in Mars Simulation Reality Show

Jenee · May 10, 2023

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A Real Housewife, UFC Champion, and McLovin Are Competing in Mars Simulation Reality Show
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didn't they already do that? Does someone at the studio have Alzheimer's?

Spaceturkey · May 10, 2023

Shirogayne said: ↑

Slightly related but as a kid growing up, my first exposure to Shatner was that 90s show he hosted called Rescue 911 about real life crazy emergencies. I didn't even know he was famous for anything else until I was like ten (when I found out why TNG was called TNG
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he had some low years between Trek, TJ Hooker, and Rescue...

not too mention, the bronze age console wars

Tererune · May 10, 2023

Any bets on whether lance gets tossed for doping?

Oh, and I am waiting for the love scene where Rowsey pegs The Motherfucker.

Diacanu · May 10, 2023

Spaceturkey said: ↑

Shirogayne said: ↑

Slightly related but as a kid growing up, my first exposure to Shatner was that 90s show he hosted called Rescue 911 about real life crazy emergencies. I didn't even know he was famous for anything else until I was like ten (when I found out why TNG was called TNG
Click to expand...

he had some low years between Trek, TJ Hooker, and Rescue...

not too mention, the bronze age console wars

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Way back when Cracked was a paper parody magazine, they threw the Promise ad into their TMP parody.

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