Rank the Musical Hotties of MTV's "The Real World" (First Four Seasons Only)

they have had THREE seasons in NYC now (OG, Back To NYC, Brooklyn)

watching the series in retrospect becky just kinda feels like the embodiment of the early 90s pretentious alternative bohemian thing. its like finding a time capsule idk

also her clothes omg just

there is no new york but heather b's new york to me

norman also showed remarkable restraint in not socking powell in the mouth if i recall correctly

Norman was the gay one? I thought he might have been. W totally S though if he weren't. Handsome!

Anyone who interacted with her showed restraint in that regard tbh. xp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_Miami

ha no wonder i tuned out

This was the first season in which the housemates were given a season-long assignment or task, an aspect of the series that would continue in almost all subsequent seasons (the Brooklyn season dispensed with it). This season the cast was given $50,000 startup money to begin a business of their choosing. The cast's efforts were marked by much disorganization and conflict, and while ideas such as a dessert delivery service and a fashion line were floated about, they were ultimately not able to start the business.

i hate this. why did they do this. i hate reality tv, because of this.

yeah this is when it all started to get bad

powell was kevin, though! did julie say something horrible to norman? she was so young! i don't know guys she was probably an idiot but i love her for some reason.

i thought kevin had a problem with norman being gay? maybe i invented that.

everyone in the first season was charming to me except eric

^^^

He represented every faux-alternative douchebro that existed back then

I was 15. Faux-alterna douchbros were probably my thing at that point.

haha the failed business was the best thing about the Miami season

their hopelessness at actually starting a business was hilarious to watch

also Cynthia was hot

i think kevin said some ill-advised stuff to several roommates but i still like him.

cynthia from miami was such a doll! nicest real world cast member ever?

mostly i hate eric for depriving us of downtown julie brown

Wasn't saying ill-advised stuff to his roommates Kevin's raison d'être on the show? That's all they ever show in highlight reels.

well he was "politicized"

which in fairness is more than i can say about anyone else on s1

i know, it's true. he seemed much more like a real person than the later real world iterations of the shit-starter, though.

xp

I am pretty sure the last season of The Real World to have actual human beings on it was New Orleans

after new orleans is when i checked out, yeah

Julie & Eric both annoyed me so much, I think my eye muscles still hurt from rmde at them during the first season.

no wait, actually Coral from Back to NYC was hilarious

from what i can tell now the show is basically jersey shore minus the hilarity

no wait, actually Coral from Back to NYC was hilarious

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oh i fucking loved her. i forgot that was in new york.

wait

Wasn't saying ill-advised stuff to his roommates Kevin's raison d'être on the show? That's all they ever show in highlight reels.

he also wrote them hilarious letters! & threatened to quit the show because they made fun of him...

again watching in retrospect i found it totally charming how earnest & sincere they all seemed to take kevin + his racial politics + just gender/race stuff generally

there are still new ones being made?

yeah that was part of what made that season great

xp

YES

to erica

and julie was an integral part of that because she was an idiot about all of it at the beginning, but she learned!

guys i just love her i'm sorry!

yeah, the 90s viacom liberal brainwashing stuff was all rad and i miss it.

what was their sex show called? not real sex but whatever it was.

xp to lamp i think

I had no idea!

To be clear - I'm not above reality tv or anything - I'm all over 16 and preg and teen mom I just honestly didn't realize that RW was still going.

this is essentially what you'll get on a more recent season

Despite growing up in a small town, Dustin considers himself "a city boy at heart".[9] Characterized by what MTV describes as a "boyish charm and southern gentleman demeanor", Dustin grew up with a bi-polar, drug addicted mom and an abusive stepfather. Although he was constantly shuttled between parents, relatives and various friends' houses, he worked hard to maintain relationships with his family,[14] though his brother Quay visits in Episode 8.[15] He worries as to whether he will develop bipolar disorder, which his mother suffers from.[5] He attended Lamar University,[13] and once lived in the house featured on Frat Pad, a live webcam site in which he and other men engage in sexual activities with one another,[16][17] though he stresses that he is straight and did this purely for a living, and he hopes to put that past behind him.[9] He further explains that his mother's Pentecostal beliefs precluded him from playing sports, and that not wanting to work in oil fields or sell drugs, he chose that line of work because of limited options.[15][18] An avid fan of racing,[10] his friends see him as a highly competitive young man whose good looks help him socialize with women.[14][13] Although he initially expresses an aversion to romance with his housemates in the premiere, he later begins a romantic relationship with Heather in that same episode,[9][16] which later becomes sexual,[5] but when she and the rest of the cast learn he has concealed a past in gay porn, Heather breaks up with him, and the others feel betrayed.[15]

erica have we talked about sixteen and pregnant? that show is amazing!

basically the real world's new method follows the basic method of modern reality shows, i.e. find the most damaged people you possibly can and stick them in a house together

also goole that was SEX IN THE 90S

based on this thread can i assume that there would be strong ilx support for the 'mtv news anchors past & present' poll i've been marinating on

omg sex in the 90s. also, yes, ade, would vote.

which i swear to god there's a guy named "lou" on that sex in the 90s show and if it's not lou barlow i will eat this chair cushion

lol I guess everyone glossed over my post on the other thread about the dude on this season's Real World (Las Vegas II) who was a homophobic gay porn star

xp: strongo with the deets

HS we have not but we should. I have a lot of ideas about that show.

IT WAS LOU BARLOW!!

SERENA ALTSCHUL

HE WAS WEARING A JOY DIVISION T SHIRT

YESSSS THE JOY DIV SHIRT