Morgan Rogue 08.25.22
After I noticed Snowflake Mountain pop up as a brand new launch on Netflix, I used to be instantly skeptical. Oh, boy, one other tacky survival present.
However I used to be intrigued, what can I say, I wish to attempt new issues. And let simply say, the primary episode had me hooked.
Earlier than going any additional:
I’m going to do my greatest to not share any spoilers. Nevertheless, since I’m speaking concerning the present, chances are you’ll be spoiled by some issues and have a unique perspective getting into.
When you don’t wish to be spoiled, I’ll simply say this:
Watch it.
Now, onto my evaluation.
My expectations going into the present weren’t truly what the present was about. I assumed the hosts, Joel Graves and Matt Tate, have been going to take some spoiled snowflakes and throw them into the wilderness and train them survival abilities. I genuinely thought the contestants have been going to must construct their very own shelter, hunt their very own meals, I imply, the entire surviving-out-in-the-wild shebang.
This was not the case, and truly, I’m sort of glad it wasn’t.
The premise of the present is to take a bunch of younger children from all walks of life who don’t have any ambition, they don’t consider in themselves, they’re spoiled, they consider the world revolves round them, and many others. They’re, properly, snowflakes.
I’m truthfully shocked Netflix allowed the time period ‘snowflakes’ to even be used inside speech, not to mention because the title of a present.
However that’s neither right here nor there.
When the contestants first seem on the present, they consider they’re headed to some spa for some kind of actuality present. I’ve a tough time believing this situation. Like, they actually didn’t know what they have been signing up for?
A number of the contestants felt like they have been drive performing and it was laborious to take them critically generally.
However, I actually believed that they have been spoiled past perception and easily wanted a little bit confidence increase.
That is what Matt and Joel gave them. It wasn’t a present about throwing individuals who had completely no survival abilities, into the wild to fend for themselves.
It was about boosting their confidence by instructing them survival abilities. Understanding you’ll be able to carrying out these difficult survival abilities, will increase your morale. You notice that you’re really able to a lot extra. Perhaps they received’t go on to be survival consultants, however this journey led them to lastly consider in themselves and accomplish that far more.
Just a few of the missions are a little bit foolish, at the very least from my viewpoint, however from somebody who has by no means, ever, ever, ever fended for themselves for nothing ever of their life; the missions have been proper on level.
I used to be actually thrilled to see Cat Bigney as a visitor instructor. She was a ray of positivity and actually dug down deep to assist the contestants push via and discover deeper which means behind why they could not have needed to do one thing. She was completely superb, knowledgable and I hope to see extra of her sooner or later.
In saying that, I felt just like the contestants have been sort of on trip because the missions couldn’t have lasts greater than half a day typically, so it appeared like that they had a whole lot of ‘off’ time to do no matter they needed.
Matt and Joel weren’t round an excessive amount of, aside from the missions and generally popping up of their camp. I felt there might have been a stronger presence, perhaps they may have been close by? Perhaps there might have been extra main by instance? After we’re speaking about individuals whose function fashions are all dancing on TikTok, perhaps a little bit extra steering and assist would have been useful. However perhaps that was all completed for TV, I’m undecided.
Okay, I’ve to say this, what was up with that random new contestant in the course of the present? I didn’t assume it enhanced something, she didn’t stand out in any respect, she didn’t battle, wasn’t complaining, nothing, there was completely no cause to usher in a brand new contestant in the course of it.
I don’t even know if that was actually a spoiler, however I figured I’d add the large phrases in there anyway in case you needed to skip that paragraph.
There was a money prize on the finish and I used to be truthfully glad with the one who received it. I’ll allow you to watch to see who it’s.
Regardless of my nitpicking of the present, lots of the contestants really modified their mindset concerning the world, about themselves, about how succesful they are surely. Although after all there’s at all times just a few who refuse to alter, even when there’s an enormous chunk of cash to be received on the finish or for self-improvement or what-have-you. However that’s how it’s in life, some individuals select to alter, some don’t.
I hope there are extra seasons as a result of I believe some lives can actually be modified right here.
Would I like to recommend that you simply watch it?
Give it a shot. It’s not what you’d count on, nevertheless it’s a unique sort of show-all-together.
