TV Shows / Catfish: The TV Show

Catfish was originally a great documentary film that followed Nev as he set off on a journey to find the truth about the woman that he was falling in love with. I won't spoil the ending in case you haven't watched it (which you should!) but given the premise of "Catfish the TV Show" and the meaning behind the term "catfish" in current popular vocabulary, you should have a pretty good idea of what happens.

The series was a good idea, and I can see how it's so successful. Nev and Max are the perfect co-hosts and everyone digs their bromance. But the level of skill involved in hunting down a "catfish" isn't too high. It takes common sense and a basic understanding of how the internet and social media websites work. I feel like most of the people who appear on this show are either computer illiterate (fair enough) or just don't want to pull the trigger themselves; they want someone else to be the one who says, "Look, you're getting screwed. This person doesn't exist" because they're so in denial yet secretly they know how it all ends for them. (Also, they need their 15 minutes of good ol' fashioned MTV fame.) Unfortunately this show makes my teenage little sister feel like a 1337 hax0rz because she knows how to use Google reverse image search. And the word "catfish" is becoming so loosely defined since it became a popular term, and telling someone you're a year younger than you actually are is now CATFISHING LOL. But yeah, awesome show.

16/01/2016 (20:18)