Man Vs Wild

petrocs
petrocs Posts: 4,342
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone watch this show? Bear Grylls is my hero! I could NEVER eat half the shit he eats
Shows:
9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,650
    I used to LOVE this show...then I found out he's a fraud. I used to give Survivorman a raw deal. But his shows MUCH better.
  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    I used to LOVE this show...then I found out he's a fraud. I used to give Survivorman a raw deal. But his shows MUCH better.

    Survivorman is the best show on television. Man vs Wild is ok, its kind of interesting and fun to watch but it has nothing on Survivorman.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    I used to LOVE this show...then I found out he's a fraud. I used to give Survivorman a raw deal. But his shows MUCH better.

    I agree.

    Man v. Wild is OK, but Survivorman kicks its butt royally. I haven't seen a new one in a long time, though.
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    you dont find survivorman boring? one camera and a guy eat some food? Man Vs Wild might be in some ways staged but for informative purposes theres no better
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,650
    petrocs wrote:
    you dont find survivorman boring? one camera and a guy eat some food? Man Vs Wild might be in some ways staged but for informative purposes theres no better

    That's the thing. I want the real deal and not something staged.
  • edwho
    edwho Posts: 811
    Man vs. Wild was good for about two episodes.

    Read the disclaimers at beginning of show…if you can read that fast!

    Man vs. Wild every show checklist:

    Bear freefalls from something in the sky and parachutes to safety…check
    Bear traverse harsh rugged terrain…check
    Bear climbs up something…check
    Bear climbs down something…check
    Bear eats something raw but never swallows…check
    Bear drinks own urine…check
    Bear drinks moisture from something disgusting…check
    Bear strips down to black underwear…check
    Bear starts fire…check
    Bear builds bed and shelter…check
    Bear can’t sleep because dangerous or annoying lurks…check

    Bear finds way home…check

    YAWN!

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  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    I think Bear is a douche.

    :p
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,437
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    I used to LOVE this show...then I found out he's a fraud. I used to give Survivorman a raw deal. But his shows MUCH better.
    As someone who backpacks and travels quite a bit, Survivorman is a much better show to watch. I take tips from that show and actually apply them in the field and store little nuggets of info away in my noggin in case I do get into a bad situation. Plus Les has to lug all of his gear with him and is completely alone.

    The moment I find myself being chased by pumas, flying down waterfalls, and eating raw dead carcasses on a regular basis I will switch my allegiance to Man vs. Wild.
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  • redmosquito10
    redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    Jason P wrote:

    The moment I find myself being chased by pumas, flying down waterfalls, and eating raw dead carcasses on a regular basis I will switch my allegiance to Man vs. Wild.

    As someone who also backpacks quite a bit, you mean you don't find yourself in these situations all the time? Maybe one of us is doing something wrong. My allegiance is with Bear, because he taught me how to climb down into the inside of a glacier pretty much just to look around, and that's my kind of adventure
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,248
    the locations are cool, I watch it when nothing else is on
    but its totally staged
  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    know1 wrote:
    I agree.

    Man v. Wild is OK, but Survivorman kicks its butt royally. I haven't seen a new one in a long time, though.

    I'm pretty sure Les is finishing up a new season and new episodes are supposed to start in the next month or two.
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
  • Lostdoggie
    Lostdoggie Posts: 257
    I think girlfriend wants to bang Bear.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    I used to LOVE this show...then I found out he's a fraud. I used to give Survivorman a raw deal. But his shows MUCH better.
    Yeah, but Bear does crazier things. Sure he has back-up, but it makes him take crazier chances.. Survivorman gets boring. He has to be conservative because he doesn't have the back-up. Bear's show is much more entertaining.

    Do you want to see Survivor man pick berries or Bear Gryllis climb into a camel corpse to keep warm?
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,352
    edwho wrote:
    Man vs. Wild was good for about two episodes.

    Read the disclaimers at beginning of show…if you can read that fast!

    Man vs. Wild every show checklist:

    Bear freefalls from something in the sky and parachutes to safety…check
    Bear traverse harsh rugged terrain…check
    Bear climbs up something…check
    Bear climbs down something…check
    Bear eats something raw but never swallows…check
    Bear drinks own urine…check
    Bear drinks moisture from something disgusting…check
    Bear strips down to black underwear…check
    Bear starts fire…check
    Bear builds bed and shelter…check
    Bear can’t sleep because dangerous or annoying lurks…check

    Bear finds way home…check

    YAWN!

    As opposed to sitting around in a makeshift shelter for a week until someone comes and gets you.
    I like Survivorman, but I find Man vs Wild to be more entertaining.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,650
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Yeah, but Bear does crazier things. Sure he has back-up, but it makes him take crazier chances.. Survivorman gets boring. He has to be conservative because he doesn't have the back-up. Bear's show is much more entertaining.

    Do you want to see Survivor man pick berries or Bear Gryllis climb into a camel corpse to keep warm?

    I wanna see a show that is educating. I'm never in my life going to kill something and use it's skin as a sleeping bag. But I could end up stranded somewhere and need to know the basics.

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