Why would they take such a revolutionary show idea and make it about boring as fuck 9 to 5 office worker

That's ridiculous user. btw what do you think about McDonalds new loose change menu? Me, I love it.

I haven't had McDonald's in a while because I'm doing the keto thing.
I miss junk food.

Big Brother was a group of people in a house who knew they were being filmed and given dumb shit to do to remain entertaining. Truman was an endgame parody of the concept, someone who doesn't know they're filmed and does basically nothing all day, yet people would still watch it.

big brother is the closest thing you'll ever get because no country in the world would green light something like truman.

Didnt someone in japan do that for like a year while locked in their house?

Dont worry user I promise nobody gives a shit about you

This is my father's favourite film. He was a very religious guy when he was a kid and a teen, but then became a hard atheist. When Truman Show came out I was a kid, but I've seen it multiple times because of him and he usually says he felt the same way as Truman when he realized he didn't believe in God. That he would confront people and they would just reply as if they were faking it and he felt tricked by his parents and priest. I'm not as fedora as he is, though I never got into any religion because of his influence and I'm thankful for it.

We are watching you, user, you know it.

OP confirmed for retard status

Because it was accurately predicting the future
Every boring as fuck bitch with a small dog and an office job basically spends all their free time turning their instagram/snapchat into their own personal The Truman Show

It didnt predict shit
All those things were already there when the movie came out

It did predict it, because none of it was as fleshed out at that time, it's like a Black Mirror episode of the 90s or something. Or just like the movie Her handles hearing UX and IA development, everything is kind of here, but not in the way it is in the movie and with Truman Show works the same. It's not that they guessed and got it right, they were paying attention to what was already going on and were a bit visionary.

nasubi. or whatever the fuck eggplant is in nihon

Big brother show

Did America get big brother much earlier than Australia?

Big brother was a bunch of nobodies doing nothing.

How young are you?

Well big corporations, google especially, do "watch" you. The State also obviously monitors as much as they can so you're never really off the hook.
But they're more of a passive spectator. collecting data. There isn't an active interest in you, or me. Unless you say certain things that might blacklist you forever.

Reality TV is built on having someone to feel superior to.

>big brother is the closest thing you'll ever get because no country in the world would green light something like truman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi
so basically in 1998 a japanese guy was challenged to stay alone, naked in an apartment for a reality tv show. he had to enter mail in sweepstake competitions until he won 1 million yen which was about $10k. He had no clothes and had no outside communication. he knew he was being recorded daily but was told it would be re-broadcasted at a later date, but in reality it was livestreamed and he had an eggplant graphic covering his genitals. he won drinks and some food like a bag of rice. when he won they took him to a surprise location blindfolded but it was just another apartment but it was in south korea and he had to do the mail in thing again for like another year until he earned enough to go back to japan. he finally got back and was taken to another location, he undressed, ready for another half a year in the apartment mailing in, but it was a studio and the apartment walls dropped away and he was in front of a massive audience. he used this to try to become a comedian

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>its a truman commits workplace sexual harassment episode

I can think of a few reasons. First, it was relatable and comforting, which basically gave it the mass appeal of a regular sitcom. Second, it was already an absurdly expensive endeavor, and anything more complex or adventurous might've strained even their massive budget.