It has all the trappings of everything terrible and unwatchable about the genre. Yet there’s something intangibly riveting about it. It’s all so random, yet the stakes really do feel legitimate.

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test does its best to really show that the celebrities who are going through this extraordinarily difficult training aren’t getting any special treatment, from either the staff or the producers. We give credit for the celebs for participating, and many giving honest reasons why, and it’ll be interesting to see who makes it until the end of the ten-day training stretch.

It’s not hard, seeing these big stunts, to put oneself in the participants’ shoes, which coupled with the celebrity angle could be a source of initial curiosity and media attention. But given how familiar “Special Forces” feels, it’s frankly hard to see that lasting more than a few Scaramuccis.