Extreme Engagement

The tribes are fascinating, kind, caring and very open to let two strangers into their homes. The two people coming into their homes, however... PJ especially was very rude of their way of life and would be very blatant and disrespectful towards the things they were doing. Tim would give the whole thing a go and would get told off by PJ constantly, once saying something along the lines of 'if you loved me you wouldn't'. Their relationship is terrible and it's made even more terrible with very little effect for the camera, which is all they care about. It's uncomfortable to watch. But the tribes people are cool.

I decided to watch this because I grew up loving shows like Lonely Planet and I have a soft spot for *good* reality TV. It's entertaining enough to watch as filler if you are doing chores or don't really need to pay attention deeply. It's a lesson in what NOT to do cross culturally...I spent a large chunk of time being embarrassed. I also found the dialogue and plot points a bit to obvious and scripted versus supposed reality TV. However, it is still really interesting to see different cultures and places and how they treat marriage and love.

I really cringed watching this... How they talk against each other, how he tells her not to do something and then she does it to show she's a strong, independent woman... so acted.

This is the most strangely acted 'reality show' I've seen. There wasn't a moment where they were just being real. Every sentence was forced or scripted. I question if this is even a real relationship, if it is I've got no insight from this as to what their relationships truly like

The premise of this reality show is crazy. The couple supposedly have been engaged for FOUR years, but have only spent a total of 4 months together, so they want to get more "we time" under their belts as a couple before tying the knot. They want to accomplish this while traveling to various other countries and participating (often with pretty obviously forced consequences) in the lifestyles of groups in the places they go. They figure this will help them get to know each other better. But: Oh no! Sometimes the woman finds the man annoying because he is too attached to his camera! And: Oh yikes! The guy is driven crazy by how long his fiancée takes to find just the right place to go to the loo, in plain sight. But here's the thing: if you like scenic and unusual places, and you can handle two good looking Aussies chatting at your face in not terribly droll but fairly obvious asides, try this show. I would say it's sort of 30 day Fiancé meets Naked and Afraid. Kind of irritating, kind of interesting. What do you think? Grade: C