- Netflix’s new reality game show, Floor Is Lava, features obstacle courses above “lava.”
- Fans are curious about what happens to contestants after they fall in the “lava.”
- While the show makes it look like they never re-surface, it’s likely just crafty editing.
Netflix’s latest streaming success is the unexpected reality game show Floor Is Lava, a competition that pits teams of three against each other to make it through various obstacle courses—without falling into the red, steaming “lava.” The grand prize for surviving? Oh, just $10,000 (and a lava lamp—because, of course).
Netflix officially describes the 10-episode series as: “Teams compete to navigate rooms flooded with lava by leaping from chairs, hanging from curtains and swinging from chandeliers. Yes, really.” And yes, fans are already obsessed.
Unfortunately, despite their best curtain-hanging and chandelier-swinging efforts, many contestants do fall into the lava. And the show does makes it seem like they truly are lost in the lava forever, failing to re-surface.
But where do Floor is Lava contestants actually go when they fall in lava?
The most likely answer is that it’s some reality TV editing magic. The cameras probably stay focused on the contestant as they fall into the lava, but the footage cuts to a different scene before they submerge. (The slow-motion action replay of the falls also helps them make the editing seem less jarring to viewers.) IRL, it’s probable that the production crew stops the clock and helps the fallen teammate get out of the lava before the other two resume the obstacle course.
While that’s the most realistic explanation, it’s obviously not the most fun, as one fan on Twitter points out: “Watching #FloorIsLavaNetflix and the adult in me is aware these people are probably falling into the ‘lava’ and getting fished out between cuts. But the child in me is hoping they get sucked up into a tube Augustus Gloop style.”
Watching #FloorIsLavaNetflix and the adult in me is aware these people are probably falling into the “lava” and getting fished out between cuts. But the child in me is hoping they get sucked up into a tube Augustus Gloop style. #FloorIsLava pic.twitter.com/CmorqDUDIP
Another simply appreciated the crafty camerawork: “I really like how #FloorIsLava on Netflix is edited to make it look like people disappear forever once they enter the lava.”
I really like how #FloorIsLava on Netflix is edited to make it look like people disappear forever once they enter the lava.
So, sly TV editing or Willy Wonka-esque wonders? Well, it’s pretty much definitely the former, but ultimately, that’s up for you to decide.
Women’s Health has reached out to Netflix for comment.
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