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Old 01-04-12, 09:34 PM
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Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

http://lesstroud.ca/news/survivorman-returns

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Re: Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

Who was the other guy who did these shows? Stroud's better. Much more genuine I thought.
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Who was the other guy who did these shows? Stroud's better. Much more genuine I thought.
I'm assuming you're referring to Man vs. Wild.

I preferred Survivorman, too. There was one episode I had seen awhile back that threw me off though. They were doing a time lapse shot with the sun setting and there was 3 distinct shadows holding cameras.. I had always thought he carried his own camera and did his own thing. I was disappointed.
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Bear Grylis. He's got a cool name at least.
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Re: Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

Bear Grylls is more entertaining but Les seems like the better survivalist.
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Re: Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

Cool. Loved his show.
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Re: Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

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I'm assuming you're referring to Man vs. Wild.

I preferred Survivorman, too. There was one episode I had seen awhile back that threw me off though. They were doing a time lapse shot with the sun setting and there was 3 distinct shadows holding cameras.. I had always thought he carried his own camera and did his own thing. I was disappointed.
He is known to carry several cameras and tripods. He mentioned this in one episode where all the equipment to film the show weighed in about 50 lbs. that he had to carry.
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Glad to hear this. I loved Survivorman!
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I'm glad that he's back. I missed his harmonica tooting.
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Anybody knocking Bear Grylls and Man vs Wild is just ignorant. The guy has climbed Everest and been part of the SAS (arguably the most elite military unit in the world). Bottom line he's a badass and as good a survivalist as you'll know. I'd sure like to have him around if I were lost somewhere.

As the disclaimer before his show says, it's not about seeing if Bear can survive in hostile environments and reach civilization, it's about demonstrating what you should do if you're caught in the situations that he presents.

They are two different shows.
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Anybody knocking Bear Grylls and Man vs Wild is just ignorant. The guy has climbed Everest and been part of the SAS (arguably the most elite military unit in the world). Bottom line he's a badass and as good a survivalist as you'll know. I'd sure like to have him around if I were lost somewhere.

As the disclaimer before his show says, it's not about seeing if Bear can survive in hostile environments and reach civilization, it's about demonstrating what you should do if you're caught in the situations that he presents.

They are two different shows.
What are you talking about? No one has knocked anyone.
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He is known to carry several cameras and tripods. He mentioned this in one episode where all the equipment to film the show weighed in about 50 lbs. that he had to carry.
Is he known to carry an additional 3 guys in his backpack, too?
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Anybody knocking Bear Grylls and Man vs Wild is just ignorant. The guy has climbed Everest and been part of the SAS (arguably the most elite military unit in the world). Bottom line he's a badass and as good a survivalist as you'll know. I'd sure like to have him around if I were lost somewhere.

As the disclaimer before his show says, it's not about seeing if Bear can survive in hostile environments and reach civilization, it's about demonstrating what you should do if you're caught in the situations that he presents.

They are two different shows.
Got a bit of a mancrush?
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Originally Posted by Osiris3657
Anybody knocking Bear Grylls and Man vs Wild is just ignorant. The guy has climbed Everest and been part of the SAS (arguably the most elite military unit in the world). Bottom line he's a badass and as good a survivalist as you'll know. I'd sure like to have him around if I were lost somewhere.

As the disclaimer before his show says, it's not about seeing if Bear can survive in hostile environments and reach civilization, it's about demonstrating what you should do if you're caught in the situations that he presents.

They are two different shows.

During the original broadcast of the first two seasons, he specifically said that he had nothing but a knife, a flint, and a water bottle, and that the camera crew was there only to film him. That was the show that I enjoyed.

When I later found out that he had been lying, I was terribly disappointed. It is for this this reason - his lying - that I don't like the show. He betrayed his audience.
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During the original broadcast of the first two seasons, he specifically said that he had nothing but a knife, a flint, and a water bottle, and that the camera crew was there only to film him. That was the show that I enjoyed.

When I later found out that he had been lying, I was terribly disappointed. It is for this this reason - his lying - that I don't like the show. He betrayed his audience.
Youre talking about Bear Grylis
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Yeah, that was Bear. There are some pretty funny YouTube videos of people at some of the supposed "dangerous" locales that are featured on the show. Of course, it does kinda ruin the show after seeing them.
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Re: Survivorman Les Stroud is making new episodes

Saw a promo for the upcoming season of Survivorman. New episodes start airing August 19 on Discovery.
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Sweet. Need someone to bump this in a week or so most can put it on their season pass.
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Starts tomorrow!
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Hmmm. I can't seem to find this on DirecTV's schedule. Is it on a channel they don't carry?

Ok, I figured out the problem. Sort of. It's called Survivorman: Ten Days on Discovery. For some reason, it is not showing up in the seach, but if you search by day/time in the guide, it shows up.
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Anyone watch these? Pretty good. He's doing 10 days now and breaking them up into 2 episode. In the Mexican island one, he basically called Man vs. Wild and Bear Grylls nonsense.
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I watched that but missed what he said, can you be more specific?
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I've been watching (and enjoying) the new season. I do get a little bummed when the episode wraps up and I remember that they are two-parters now.
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Originally Posted by whotony
I watched that but missed what he said, can you be more specific?
He was talking about wilderness and how it is not for or against you, and how the Man vs. Wild concept was non-sense. It's not an adversarial relationship.
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Originally Posted by whotony
I watched that but missed what he said, can you be more specific?
I think he mentioned at one point something like "Some experts will tell you to..." and then Les said do the opposite. I assume by "some experts" he must have meant Grylls? I don't remember the specifics off hand.


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