Skulls and Roses

Didn't expected this from amazon prime. It is a bad mix of roadies and splitsvilla.

Sure, it's a show that's worth all the cringe. You can even have a drinking game based on it. But, around the third episode, the show got better and from the fourth, it became an alternative to your Khatron Ka Khiladi, Fear Factor, Roadies, Splitsvilla, etc. And since this is on Amazon, the cusses weren't censored; matlab you didn't have to find an uncensored clip on YT to find out what the hosts or the contestants said (which was bleeped). The contestants are so full of it and the hosts have their dialogues written by granddads (it's so worse than dad jokes).

It seems to be a cocktail of roadies and Splitsvilla. But this show is not upto mark to either of them.

Baisness and quite redundant episodes. Baisedness in almost all rose island events except one or two. Most events in both rose and skull island based on luck factor which makes it quite uninteresting. Biasness makes u believe as if the outcome of event is scripted and favourable for one contestant than other however it may not be so. Redundancy in episodes makes it quite boring. U only want to see what is the result of voteout.

For a reality show, this show feels the least real, everything in this show feels scripted from the way the people talk to the way the people walk. I have never watched a worse show, filled with this level of crap in my life. Save your time, and skip this one.

The first episode of Skulls and Roses begins with a montage of what's to come on the entire show. In this montage, one of the contestants admits "I was going through multi-sexual feelings." I paused and had a good laugh. I knew very well that I have to sit through this show to find the context for that little gem of a clip.

Like most new shows, Skulls and Roses attempts to lure you in with a lot of skin. So, I was worried that the show may lose steam halfway through. Surprisingly, it became better. After the fourth episode, I began to really enjoy the show (while the intellectual part of my brain hated me for it). It's entertaining and the cast of characters are brilliant. It does feel scripted at times but nevertheless it's entertaining. For instance, Amazon's own The Grand Tour is a scripted program but it is wildly amusing to watch.

Rajiv and Raghu deliver deadpan performances. But, as the show goes on, they get better. The men are talented and good. The women are perfect eye candy and the chemistry tests bring out their naughty side. After the "fakegasm" test, even I was going through multi-sexual feelings. :)

The problem is that while a majority of Indian youths love this kind of stuff, they also want to show off their conservative face and pretend to hate on it. So, I guess that explains why there may be no Season 2.