Man, Women, Wild any one watch it

Codger_64 said:
It was a prop. The production crew carried a crate of them.
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And a posthole digger, apparently.
I made it to 2 minutes of Episode 1 part 2, after skipping most of the middle of part 1, and that was all I could take. Way too corny for me.

I think a show set up like "Alone in the Wild" was, presumably with no production crew, director, and all that stuff(see Man vs. Wild behind the scenes vids), with just the main character/s, maybe even an extra person to do the filming that has to survive with them, would be a lot more watchable.
 
OwenM said:
I think a show set up like "Alone in the Wild" was, presumably with no production crew, director, and all that stuff(see Man vs. Wild behind the scenes vids), with just the main character/s, maybe even an extra person to do the filming that has to survive with them, would be a lot more watchable.
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In my opinion the format doesn't really matter as unfortunately some people will always look for any negative aspects, instead of the positives, and beat it to a bloody death. I for one would rather watch this form of entertainment than all of the other garbage on TV nowadays.
 
KuRUpTD said:
In my opinion the format doesn't really matter as unfortunately some people will always look for any negative aspects, instead of the positives, and beat it to a bloody death. I for one would rather watch this form of entertainment than all of the other garbage on TV nowadays.
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i watch it. Any survival type show I will watch. A little cheesy with the wife crying all the time, but its survival stuff and I love survival stuff. Dual survival is nice too.
 
exodus125 said:
A little cheesy with the wife crying all the time, but its survival stuff and I love survival stuff.
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I don't know. I've seen city girls in the woods before -- much more hospitable woods than the Amazon, and it was camping, so survival stress -- and they cried as much, if not more than she did.

Just a sort of warning to the guys that think it'd be cool to play the post-apocalyptic Tarzan with their city-girl wives -- be prepared for a lot of crying, and you'll have to wait for the real hunger to set in before she'll stop whining about you killing the cute little animals.
 
The freaking out over the coatamundi sneaking into their camp was also ridicules. I've never met a SF guy who'd act so chicken s--- over a harmless animal poking around.
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Actually he had a pretty good point. Hawke made it a point to say something about it being a life saver that they had Ms. Hawke's camera with nightshot. Anyother time a person would be blind (provided he didn't have some form of light). He was going to whack it for the food aspect, IIRC and she wouldn't let him.
He also explained that having her along made what was usually something relatively smooth -- for him, at least -- twice as hard because he kept having to look out for her and felt no matter what he did it wasn't good enough to keep her safe. Which I can completely understand and agree with. Having to feed yourself in a shitstorm is hard enough, having to provide for someone you love is torture.

It was a pretty good show if you know what to look for. Just like "Dual Survival". You just have to look past the idiot candy. Those two shows are really good to show you what it can be like trying to pull of a successful self-rescue with another person -- especially if they "know what they are doing" or are-- what the Buckinghams described as -- "kind of a drag."

I'll keep watching. It beats America's Real Next Top Coked Up Dancing Whore of New Jersey Hills, or whatever the stupid shit they show on tv is these days.
 
Yes, he said several times it was so dark he couldn't see anything. Therefore, without the camera, he would have no idea what it was coming up to them.

The reason he didn't kill it is that he was afraid of hurting his wife, because he wouldn't be able to see well enough that she was out of the way, since he wouldn't be holding the camera when he went after it. Alone, he might just have gone after it (or not, as he'd still have a good amount of turtle left :p)
 
Hi all,

exodus125, I am with ya, I love this survival stuff too lol, I take the good with the bad. These shows are better than watching most of the stuff on tv.

Cpl. Punishment and KEmSAT survival, What you 2 said is so true.
Taking care of another in a survival type situation.... YUCK.
I want and like
practing survival skills , not doing them for real.
Real survival situations usally means being hurt or having someone hurt that you love. Not always, but most seem to go that way.
Now that Kathy and I take care some special needs people, the thought of taking care of them and trying to keep them safe plus kathy and then myself.... Oh crap that thought sucks.
I pray we do not have to go through anything, but if it happens, because of practice and training I feel alot better about it than if I did not have any
survival skills practice. You know the old saying
The more you train in Peace the less you Bleed in WAR.
Training does not mean that you will survive no matter what, but it sure gives you a better chance at surviving what ever befalls you. Well that is what I think lol.

Thanks again for the comments all.

Bryan
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
He was going to whack it for the food aspect, IIRC and she wouldn't let him.
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Not the impression I got from the segment. Seemed to me too be more manufactured drama. I'll rewatch it with your point of view in mind tomorrow.

You're right that he did make a couple of good points there. As I said before, I think most of the injected drama is straight from the Discovery Channel powers that be. All of these shows would be much better if they just let the hosts do what they do, and talk to the camera while they do it. Kind of like the format Ray Mears uses.
 
Brian>>
No offense, but I think you might be shooting the messenger.
They tell you in the disclaimer that some situations are presented to the participants so that they can illustrate what they would do. So injected drama is kind of a given.
There is info that can be gleened from these shows, even Bear Grylls, it may not be what is intended -- but if you look past the crap intended to draw couch commandos you can see some good stuff.
Take Man, Woman, Wild:
His wife isn't exactly a home body. She's been all over the world filming indigenous people and other things. So she has a resume`. But, she's not exactly Jane of the Jungle, either. So it can show you how hard a situation can become when you have to carry somebody skills-wise; and how stressful it can be when you no longer have just you to worry about.
I think there's the possibility for something good in these shows. Just try to remain objective and ignore what I like to call the "idiot candy".
 
The family and I sat down and watched it. Like most these show I found it entertaining. These survival shows are certainly more interesting to me than the other best offerings for the masses featuring fanciful pseudo-life dramas, innane sitcoms, and various other melodramatic shows casted with hordes of self-absorbed, vacuous, schlongjockeys. Anyway, this show almost worked as a survival skills comedy show for me. This is what it's like to go outdoors with 99.9% of the people in the world, not exclusive to women. Though I too was waiting for the porn music to start when she was chowing down on that water filled plant stem. She whined so much I was seriously put off at first and had to wonder how much she was playing that up for effect. My wife and daughter were seriously put off by her drama and felt it was a personal affront to women. Then they just had to laugh at her. Not at all saying that my wife is remotely like that lady but I did feel some empathy for Mr. Hawke since having others with you outdoors does seriously complicate your life and make for a whole lot more work and trouble, at least until they get their skill level and mindset up to speed. By the end of the show when they were on the raft and the current was drifting them near the "snake tree", I kept expecting him to accidentally poleaxe her in the side of the head with his river pole watch her tip over into the river, but sadly as in most marriages, it didn't happen. Pretty sure he thought about it though.... It would be nice to have little pop-ups of what each of them was really thinking going in the background but only the strongest of marriages would survive that level of open-ness. Anyway, I'm sure we'll sit down and watch it again. I did like the mud pattie on sticks fire platform. With all these survival shows there will be one or two little nuggets or adaptations of ideas that are new to me.
 
In her defense, i really don't think she was whining much.

I think some of that is perception based on her high-pitched voice and accent. I know a few British women that go to our congregation that sound like that all the time, and they aren't whining, it's just how they sound and emphasize words.
 
sicily02 said:
Will, I would say and I may be guessing here from your comment you have never had multiple bee stings, Getting a whole bunch of stings SUCKs. Hopefuly it never happens to you Will but if it does I think you will have a different out look on what Mike Hawk said.

Remeber these men are flesh and blood not 10 feet tall and bullet proof. Getting so many stings can slow man down.

I thought they could have done with out the mellow drama on some stuff but all these shows have it.

How about anybody else. Like or dislike?

I have been watching Duel Survival and Dave has already talked about Codys Bare feet and they have to make such a big deal over it. That is getting old.
If Cody wants to go bare foot So be it.
Again is it entertaining to watch. like the rest of the shows that are on.

At least they are getting to go places and see some neat areas of the planet.

Bryan
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I did a wasp job for a friend and as I was dusting in the wall, they broke through the paint and swarmed me before I could get out of the bedroom and close the door.

20 to 22 wasp stings to the head and neck and shoulder. My lymph nodes swelled like grapes and the muscles in my neck seized up to the point where I could not turn my head. Huge headache and a general feeling of weakness and nausea with a bit of the shakes. Took 36 hours for the swelling to reduce.
All the welts on my neck and face were a sight!!
This was 10 or 11 days before my wedding last year, the wife was freaked out but no scars or marks in time for pictures

I then had to go back in and kill about 250 with knock down spray before finishing. Picked up 2 more stings for my trouble as well.

It can affect you more than you think.

I am looking forward to watching the show, anything about the outdoors is better than 12 flavours of Law and Order ad nauseum.
 
Brad "the butcher";8449351 said:
I am looking forward to watching the show, anything about the outdoors is better than 12 flavours of Law and Order ad nauseum.
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Amen to that. How many different CSI shows can one watch. I know I am new to the forums or at least new to posting but I love watching these shows. Not everything is accurate and most of what Bear Grylls says will get you hurt or killed. But if I watch these shows and maybe pick up another idea for making fire or a different take on a shelter, then it makes the show even more entertaining. And it is way better to watch with my kids than anything on network tv. They love it and they learn some stuff too.
 
I hate to say this but Myke Hawke and his wife are fun too watch. She is cool and he is funny when it comes to dealing with her freak-outs. the show is purely entertainment, but thats why I like watching it. Unless the dude takes his shirt off, damn what is with that s**t? All in all better than other crap on the tube.
 
I didn't enjoy the characters as much as Dual Survival, but it wasn't a bad time killer. As others have said, I'd rather watch that than "which tool can sing less horribly" or "which idiot can dance most like a stripper" crap.
 
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