Guilty Pleasure du jour
May. 20th, 2007 08:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaG4 channel's "Ninja Warrior". It's actually a Japanese competition/sporting event/game show: a four-stage obstacle course and test of strength and stamina. It's showing on marathon today. (Until end of programming tonight.)
I could claim the excuse that I'm watching it to practice my Japanese, and while it's true, it's really not the fascination. These guys--the ones who are really in it for the victory--are very impressively strong. There's a lot of amazing upper arm strength. Your heart goes out to them when their muscles fail at the last, just inches from the end, and they fall into the muddy water many feet below.
And then you have the minor celebrities in Japan doing it for the exposure or the laughs, and failing on the first obstacle. But even they earn credit for trying.
The frightening part is that we've been watching this long enough today to have fan favorites and remember the history of many of the competitors from one tournament to the next.
I could claim the excuse that I'm watching it to practice my Japanese, and while it's true, it's really not the fascination. These guys--the ones who are really in it for the victory--are very impressively strong. There's a lot of amazing upper arm strength. Your heart goes out to them when their muscles fail at the last, just inches from the end, and they fall into the muddy water many feet below.
And then you have the minor celebrities in Japan doing it for the exposure or the laughs, and failing on the first obstacle. But even they earn credit for trying.
The frightening part is that we've been watching this long enough today to have fan favorites and remember the history of many of the competitors from one tournament to the next.
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Date: 2007-05-21 03:08 am (UTC)