Man vs. Wild don't think so.

viva la said:
well...it IS scripted...all tv shows are.
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jimh0220 said:
Scripted for sure, but so are all of the survival shows. And they all have a first aid backup team to keep them safe.
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I can't help but think that some people here have NOT seen Survivorman.


Hawkings said:
Richard Code was not dumb enough to take Bear at face value.
But it seem he did mistake Survivor man for a "How to do" video, and not recognize it for being the entertainment show that it is.
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As mentioned in the article, had Richard Code paid closer attention to Survivorman he might have fared much better. What he did was to poorly imitate Les Stroud.
I regard Survivorman as a bit more than just entertainment as there is a lot of good information on that show and you can learn a lot from watching it. However - you won't learn EVERYTHING that you need to know from what has been edited for 1 hour of TV from a week in a harsh survival situation. They can't show everything on the show and the certainly can't show several years experience prior to making these shows.

I regard people that do what Richard Code did as rather foolish - if you want to emulate people like Les Stroud then you should do it properly! Like Les Stroud you should do some survival courses and study up on what to do. Being prepared with the right clothing & equipment & skills and being able to get a decent fire going to ward off hypothermia would be a damn good start (that would most likely have saved Richard Code's life).

Just remember people - whether a survival show is pure entertainment (like Bear Vs Wild) or reasonably eduational (like Survivorman, Dual Survival or Man, Woman, Wild) they are all edited to show us the more interesting bits. To do what they do you will need to know much more than is shown on a 1 hour episode!
 
I watched Survivorman last night. Not bad, actually liked it. A bit higher on the "reality" scale than Man Vs Wild. Too bad Survivorman is cancelled.
 
Gadgetaholic said:
I can't help but think that some people here have NOT seen Survivorman.




As mentioned in the article, had Richard Code paid closer attention to Survivorman he might have fared much better. What he did was to poorly imitate Les Stroud.
I regard Survivorman as a bit more than just entertainment as there is a lot of good information on that show and you can learn a lot from watching it. However - you won't learn EVERYTHING that you need to know from what has been edited for 1 hour of TV from a week in a harsh survival situation. They can't show everything on the show and the certainly can't show several years experience prior to making these shows.

I regard people that do what Richard Code did as rather foolish - if you want to emulate people like Les Stroud then you should do it properly! Like Les Stroud you should do some survival courses and study up on what to do. Being prepared with the right clothing & equipment & skills and being able to get a decent fire going to ward off hypothermia would be a damn good start (that would most likely have saved Richard Code's life).

Just remember people - whether a survival show is pure entertainment (like Bear Vs Wild) or reasonably eduational (like Survivorman, Dual Survival or Man, Woman, Wild) they are all edited to show us the more interesting bits. To do what they do you will need to know much more than is shown on a 1 hour episode!
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It's not reasonably educational, if it were, you should be reasonably prepare fore surviving the wild by watching it.
Just because Les films him self for a week in a bad situation, it's not reasonably to think a person is prepare with in reason to do the same just by watching the show.
Reasonably.
 
Hawkings said:
It's not reasonably educational, if it were, you should be reasonably prepare fore surviving the wild by watching it.
Just because Les films him self for a week in a bad situation, it's not reasonably to think a person is prepare with in reason to do the same just by watching the show.
Reasonably.
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Sorry dude, you've misunderstood what I have said. I meant educational in that you can learn stuff from it - i.e. become better educated from having seen the show. I watch the show and learn stuff, therefore I consider it educational.

I didn't even know that there were people that believed that the term 'educational' meant 'teaching you EVERYTHING you need to know'. It seems that you are reading my post thinking that I am saying something that I definitely am not.
It's kinda like if there was a show that showed how to do some basic maintenance on your car so you would think that after watching an episode of that show you could strip down your engine or get a job as a mechanic - learning some stuff doesn't make you fully qualified to do everything.
 
DocBurN said:
for me, the worst part was throwing a rock with a makeshift bow then hang myself on it to cross the gap.. unless incredibly lucky.. how can a rock become a super strong ancor point that can hold a man weight.
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Not to mention that his knot around the rock could have easily untied. This "stunt" has got to be the cheesiest and stupidest thing he has ever done. :rolleyes:
 
jaymeister99 said:
I watched Survivorman last night. Not bad, actually liked it. A bit higher on the "reality" scale than Man Vs Wild. Too bad Survivorman is cancelled.
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I think Les said that he had to spend about 3 month or maybe even more recuperating after filming a season. He would get run down and sometimes very sick.

Les also did a good job letting people know that things weren't as easy as they appear to be on TV.

Chad
 
95% of the stuff Bear does on that show is for ratings, 5% is survival information. You could learn more in 20 minutes of youtube videos from the established names than you could watching a marathon of all the seasons of MVW.
 
TAH said:
Not to mention that his knot around the rock could have easily untied. This "stunt" has got to be the cheesiest and stupidest thing he has ever done. :rolleyes:
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I don't know - there have been so many very stupid things on his show, it's kinda hard to pick what is the stupidest.
 
Isn't a new episode on tonight in the states? I got to admit, I might watch it just to see how rediculous it gets!
 
Regardless or not, take a look at the guy's resume. If I were stuck in a survival situation, I would want this guy by my side. Just my two cents.
 
Didn't read all of the post...... but all I could think while watching the "AZ" episode was.... this show should be called "how to kill yourself out in the desert doing stupid things"..... or ..... "If the desert doesn't kill you, you can".
I had to watch because I wanted to see "survival" in my home state.... when I told a buddy what I typed above he said "You've seen Man vs Wild before haven't you". I told him I guess I have but I must've forgotten how crazy/stupid that guy is or maybe he's just gotten crazier. Anyhoo..... now I'm ranting, sorry.
 
Hanslollick said:
Regardless or not, take a look at the guy's resume. If I were stuck in a survival situation, I would want this guy by my side. Just my two cents.
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I can kind of see your point... but is he really the "first choice"? There's a bunch of other people I'd rather have on my side in that situation.. and some of them are just members here. There is some survival "stuff" strewn about the show... but...... the rest isn't Sparta...... it's madness!
 
Good News!

While strolling the beach last night I lost track of the time and missed the last Ferry. I just happened to find a freshly killed seal. So I cut it up and made a wetsuit out of it! Then I found an old beat up raft which I fashioned into a life vest with a rope I found laying on the beach too! Then I swam across the bay to safety.

Sounds almost as rediculous as the 10 minutes I saw last night!
 
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What? You people don’t make a wet suit out of a dead seal using a knife shown like his packs and everything else for product placement.
 
I think the show is complete BS. I like Survivorman and some of the others, but they are all at least a bit scripted, and they all have access to emergency services if they need.

The thing that really pisses me off about Man v Wild is how reckless the guy is. He seems to exemplify everything NOT to do in a survival situation. How are you going to follow a river to civilization or find your way off a mountain peak with a broken leg or a deadly snake bite? I just fear people emulating his ridiculous antics.
 
I tried liking Bear but like was already said, he just does too much reckless stuff,
especially when selling the show as how to survive.
I like how Stroud seems to be showing people how important it is to be prepared, and how tough it can be if you aren't.
 
True, he does a lot of stuff the average person that has just been subjected to come out of a survival scenario just won't be able to do, after all he is british special forces, the average joe well isn't. If he toned it down a bit it might just be pretty good.
 
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