Dual Survival, Stuntman vs. Wild, Man Woman Wild, Survivorman

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For entertainment purposes, I'd love to see an episode where Dave teams up with Bear. It would be action packed! On the other hand, it'd be great to see Cody and Les work together sans crew. They seem to share a similar vibe.
For Mike and his "baby", I think she's learned enough to go solo for a show.
(I just found out the Science channel still airs Survivorman, which I have finally been able to dvr.)
 
As mentioned somewhere else, Les has a new show in a couple weeks called Beyond Survival. Guess its take Dual Survivals fall spot.
 
Sounds good Les and Cody would be really laid back but informative, Bear and Dave would be a hold my beer moment.
I would like to see all of them together including Mykel and his babe(who seem to be doing a good and interesting show).
 
Dave&bear would be a mad house! Then you have Les&Cody.It would be informative but I think it would be to calm to harmonic. And probably not be as entertaining. Now if you through les,Cody,bear,Dave,and Mike&wifey all on an island or up in the mountain. And they had a drawing for their partners and grab a random bag of gear. Then each had to make it to a randomly selected... but different point for "rescue"now that would be an interesting show..
 
How about a survival show star type of Survivor.......drop all the survival nuts off on a remote piece of land and have them do silly survival challenges!! :)
 
Hey I bet they can get some type of crazy show mostly for entertainment. But with good solid survival info. Maybe they can get more of those "survivor" types to get into the real thing.
 
We've probably talked about this before, but of all the shows listed I think Man versus Wild is the worst and I vote Bear Grylls "Most Likely to Get a Viewer Killed".
 
oruacat2 said:
I vote Bear Grylls "Most Likely to Get a Viewer Killed".
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I don't buy that at all ... yeah Bear does some outlandish stunts ( for entertainment purposes) but also remember that the man is in excellent physical shape and has tremendous athletic ability. Most people sitting at home watching his show on TV couldn't even attempt what he does on his show (that's a good thing) so I can't see how what he does will get a viewer killed.

Dave can't hang with him physically either.
 
oruacat2 said:
We've probably talked about this before, but of all the shows listed I think Man versus Wild is the worst and I vote Bear Grylls "Most Likely to Get a Viewer Killed".
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Definitely!! Did you guys see the "urban survival" show bear did? I mean its fairly entertaining, but completely ill advised I mean are you seriously going to tell the "average Joe" to jump from building to building, or walk on beams tree story's above an open wearhouse. And all the other crazy stuff he does. The saddest part is that is all the "survival" info some people have.
 
quick kill said:
Definitely!! Did you guys see the "urban survival" show bear did? I mean its fairly entertaining, but completely ill advised I mean are you seriously going to tell the "average Joe" to jump from building to building, or walk on beams tree story's above an open wearhouse. And all the other crazy stuff he does. The saddest part is that is all the "survival" info some people have.
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Jumping from building to building reminds me of that french flick District 13 with all the stunts done without cables or safety gear. Man, it is pretty amazing!
Watching all these shows has really given me a craving for alligator and snake meat, which I haven't tried yet. Frogs and snails are very yummy. Hmmm, I'd like to try those hoo hoo grubs too, albeit cooked.
 
I'm putting my vote in for Dave and Bear. They're personalities would really lead to some as you said "hold my beer" moments!:D I saw a 5 minute preview of Les' new show coming up and it really looks good, learning survival from the people who do it everyday just to survive. The idea of sticking Dave, Cody, Bear, Les, Mykle, and his wife in one location, randomly mixing them up, and setting them off in different directions would really be something I'd like to see!
 
For entertainment purposes, I say drop the survival monicker all together and do a show on adventure travel-cool places around the world that offer real genuine adventure in both society and nature. All types of sports, IE pub touring ireland via mountain bike, rafting the Middle Fork of the Salmon or the Zambezi, climbing Kilamanjaro, cross country skiing Scandinavia, ocean kayaking New Zealand, etc.
 
KuRUpTD said:
I don't buy that at all ... yeah Bear does some outlandish stunts ( for entertainment purposes) but also remember that the man is in excellent physical shape and has tremendous athletic ability. Most people sitting at home watching his show on TV couldn't even attempt what he does on his show (that's a good thing) so I can't see how what he does will get a viewer killed.

Dave can't hang with him physically either.
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Then don't call it a "survival" show, with "survival" tips - call it the "Bear Grylls is a badass" show. He does stupid things just because he can get away with it, partially because he is a former SAS soldier, and partially because no matter how "realistic" he tries to make the show (and he's had well-documented problems with that in the past), he's influenced by the fact that he has people there to save him should something go wrong.

MvW has become a running joke amongst my friends, as in "every episode he'll find a rock face to climb and a river in which to jump from a cliff top". lol
Entertaining, maybe. Informative? Not at all.
Seriously - in a real survival situation, where something as minor as twisting an ankle could become life-threatening, would anyone in their right mind do the stuff he does? I certainly hope not.
Survivorman and Dual Survivor lean towards teaching what you SHOULD do in those situations, where Man versus Wild is chock-full of things that you should NOT do - in my humble opinion, of course.
 
oruacat2 said:
We've probably talked about this before, but of all the shows listed I think Man versus Wild is the worst and I vote Bear Grylls "Most Likely to Get a Viewer Killed".
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I disagree aswell! Bear Grylls is criticized so much for what he is capable of because so many people are just jealous of him, his accomplishments and his skill set! The guy may have a camera crew there and a medic etc. but he puts it all out there in many respects.

If anyone goes out there and dies trying to copy what they see on these shows with out all of the other training that these pros have well then that is there bad.

I would love to have someone with bear grylls skill set with me if I was stuck somewhere.

I would love to see a show more about explorer travel.
 
I'm completly unknown here... and love to read more than type... but I just had to chime in here since this thread is exactly what's been going through my mind for some time now.

Like most of you, I love watching the "survival" shows on the tube... but I too have struggled with a lot of the information provided.

I have to say I'm in the "Bear will get you killed" camp.
Free climbing cliff faces or free decent down fishers in a coastal cliff is fine for tv but absolutely stupid for someone in a survival situation.

Climbing in side of a dead animal carcass is great for Fear Factor, or someone in the desert faced with suffocating in a true sand storm... but you better hope you don't have an open cut that can get bacterial infection from the already bacteria rich cadaver.

Jumping into unknown waters is darned near suicide in most survival situations... and yes Bear does it way too much.

One thing that kills me about Bear and recently Mike is the continuation of the idea that drinking your urine is a casual/common source for water:thumbdn:

At least Les attempted to distill his urine.

I know it's just "tv" and entertainment... but some people who fancy survival, at least take an interest in these shows with some sincerity.
When you say "Im a survival expert and I'll show YOU how to survive" I think TV-Entertainment or not, you own the public at least some degree of truth. God knows real survival is hard, and dramatic enough with out trying to wring water out of animal feces!

It's funny that these shows have a disclaimer that the stars have access to, and consulted by, experts and medical staffing. But do NOT have a disclaimer that "the average Joe probably shouldn't do the stunts under most, if any, realistic survival situation".

Did anyone watch "Off the Grid" with Les? Another half decent show of his... although not a survival show.
 
While we are at it, let's bring back the Battle of the Network Stars.....this time with guns and live ammo!
 
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