Survivor Outback - Where do these people come from??

thatmguy

thatmguy

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One would think that the contestants would represent a cross-section of America. It is pretty scary to think that those people would starve without the assistance of the tv crew.
There is a stream there, with fish. Plenty of wood. They can simply build a flow-trap, and have all the fish they want, everyday.
Just what do these people do all day?? Last night was day 4, and they are still whining about lumpy beds.
This show is just so stinkin frustrating.....



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Whooooooooaaaaaa....

Don't tell me... they have another survivor show on. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Guess, I need to get a TV.

hmmmmmmmmm maybe not. I heard from a friend that there is a show called seduction or something like that. Where couples go to different islands and get tempted by good lookers of the opposite sex.

Sounds like I am not missing anything.
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Greg Davenport
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Greg, pretty sad show. Makes me contemplate sellin the boob tube...

Guess it would make sense to have a group (you and others), leaders in the field, for a week-long "here's-what-it-should-look-like" show. Keep it high level enough to not give away "ancient Chinese secrets" of your respective business ventures, but enough of a tease to pique interest.

Oh well, maybe in the next life...

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Shows like that are why its so scary every time that Spark announces a SW upgrade for the Forums. We might actually have to turn the dumb thing on.

 
when i heard about the first survivor show I was all excited because i thought they'd be showing genuine survival skills. Instead we get crap like "make a smiley face help sign to win a night on a luxury boat."

this second edition is particularly annoying. It took them HOW long to get fire? Cripes, I could've started 30 fires in the time it took them to make that stupid bow! Lumpy beds? It's a friggin "survival" show out in the austrailian outback! I'd EXPECT the beds to be lumpy! Frankly, in the country that has the 10 deadliest snakes in the world crawling all over it, I'd be worried about bigger things than a lumpy bed.

Ya know, if I were gonna audition for survivor and I had as little outdoors experience as these people do, I'd probably at least read a book about what to do in the wilderness. These guys all seem to have thought the outback would be like their living room, only with funny accents :P

 
Worst thing that gets me is the food situation. "All we have is rice, there are no fish." What?!?!? You're in the freakin' outback! There are more sources of food there than you can shake a stick at! Oh wait, wait, I forgot - Australia doesn't have any wild tofu or burgers, which is apparently all these guys consider to be food.
 
No Greg! Don't give in. Actually, I had to get one for my girlfriend recently so she could watch some instructional videos for work. The great thing is that we get no reception at all where we live
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by shadowfax:
Ya know, if I were gonna audition for survivor and I had as little outdoors experience as these people do, I'd probably at least read a book about what to do in the wilderness.</font>
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But that would make for worse TV, so people they think'd do that won't get on the show. (OK, I haven't seen, won't and can't because I live in the land of the original. But I didn't watch the Swedish either, but I've seen the headlines in newspapers about the characters (which is how I think of them, not as contestants).)

 
Just what are these people expected to survive anyway? It certainly is not the outback or the desert island. The only thing that leaves to survive is each other!

Jeff is right, that is what the off button is for, or perhaps the history channel.


Mike
 
Although I don't watch TV... I have to admit that I hear all about the shows... to tell you the truth... I get fairly upset about the results of this process.

The contestants all make a fair amount of money and are offered commercials, tv shows, etc. as a result. If they had any past survival experience or did well (managed to stay on the show) they are now considered experts (not by us, but by others). I FIND THIS MORE DISTASTEFUL THEN THE SHOW ITSELF!!!!!

I haven't seen it yet but have the tapes from the first series which I plan to watch ... looking for lessons regarding interpersonal relationships and the impact perceived stress had upon them. Not looking for survival related information.

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Simply Survival's Wilderness Survival Forum
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OK, I just watched this week's episode. Why would the women be concerned about shaving their legs? Who cares if there's hair on them. It's supposed to be a survival situation. I WILL give them credit for eating that weird stuff. Most of what they ate should have been cooked in my opinion. Brain and tripe not cooked? Not too smart, in my opinion. I hope it was tested for disease or the could be pretty sick for a while. Now here's my question: Why aren't they trying to catch snakes, dingos, kangaroos, birds, etc. Or is the area they are in void of these food sources?


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Its a game show guys.You know like The Wheel or The Price is Right.Its not a survival situation and Gilligan wasn't marrooned on an island for all those years either.
 
Really! You've got to take this thing in context or just shut it off! These people know very little about actually surviving, that's one of the reasons they got picked as contestants! There were 50,000 applications for Survivor2. The producers could have floated a company of people with real survival skills if they had wanted to, but that wasn't the idea. Its all about winning the contests (simulated survival-related high-adrenaline situations), and ultimately the million bucks!

The show doesn't hold a candle to ABC's "The Mole" for sheer adventure though!

Still, as someone else mentioned above, I would dearly love to see a two hour simulation of a similar situation done by a group of people (say 4 to 8 of them) who are really trained and experienced. That would indeed be interesting! At least you'd sell a video to the several million people here in the U.S. alone who are into these skills.
 
The thing that absolutely kills me is how clueless these people are. I've spent some time learning some basic survival skills (how to make a fire without matches, fishing, finding food, building shelter) just on the off chance that I would be in a survival situation. Even given my lifestyle (lots of camping, backpacking, skiing, and outdoor fun) my chances of needing these skills are fairly low, but I know them.

These people knew that, for instance, there would be a *100% CHANCE* that knowing how to build a fire without matches would be useful to them in the *IMMEDIATE FUTURE*. I mean they had to have been told at least a week or so in advance that they were on the show right?!? I'd be practicing fire-making in the back yard EVERY DARN DAY untill I got on the plane. SHEESH!

Best wishes,
Todd (edgedance)
 
Matt, that is what I responded back to Greg. Have some of the pro's out there, show us the way it should look like.
I could even see 2 camps, one with random selection of people. The second, pro's. Show the difference of what just a bit of training can do for you at the end of just one day, then 2, then 3.
Might spark interest in various classes. Heck, may even wake up a few people.

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Take the Test...
 
Ok, here's my two cents worth that I hope I don't get skinned for.

I think we should keep a little bit more open mind about this show. Survival situations are not all single individuals vs. nature. Although this show is a little more than somewhat sterilized as to the real physical aspects and skills of survival, the group dynamics have kept my interest.

Humans are social animals. Whenever you put a group of humans together in a situation such as this show, in a work place, in a jail, in a church, etc., there's going to be some jockeying for the rungs on the social ladder.

I find it interesting to see who becomes the bottom feeders, who become the workers, who become the leaders and how all of that is played out. This show teaches a lot about how someone in such a group becomes "expendable" and the measures/behaviors a group or individuals will engage in to acheive their goals.

For any students of psych, Maslow may have been right on the money.
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There may be something to be learned here.

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It's not the pace of life that concerns me, It's the sudden stop at the end.
 
I haven't seen the new show but based on what you said and I have seen in the first show it is rather a 'socio-survival' than wilderness survival in all aspects. It is set up in a way that most every-day people can associate with it and form some sort of opinion despite the 'survival' coating.
IMHO it has nothing to do with the skills I am interested in.
Take it as any other show: if interested fine, if not flip the channel.
My two cents,

HM
 
Hi All,
Lighten up.... Sgt.M88 is right on the money. This is about entertainment for the masses. And I will admit that I'm entertained by the tomfoolery. This is "low-brow" TV at it's best. It's amazing what people will do for money and a little "safe" adventure.
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Dan
 
Funny thing is, I found out that a girl from my high school is one of the cast members on the outback show: Alicia Calaway. She was a sophmore when I was a senior. I don't remember her from those days, but I looked up her pic in the yearbook. She looks a lot different now than she did then...LOL

Hey, if I'd known her I woulda been happy to give her some lessons before she hit the outback...

hee Hee Hee...

Brian.
 
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