Discovery Channel Kills Bear

[this_is_nascar 162]

Thank God, this idiot is finally off the air. It wasn't the fact that he drank his own piss for no reason that got to me, but more so the fact he'd put himself up in a hotel while he was supposed to be staying in the wilderness all night. It's about time the Discovery channel took this moron off the air.

 

 

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/tv/blogs/tv-buzz-blogpost.aspx?post=1f98f988-1be5-44c1-8873-324884ba9fd4

[Sandy 44]

It was the WAY he said urine that got to me.

[diamondd817 828]

Idiot.

[Malsua 1,422]

I like Les Stroud/Survivorman better.

[DirtyDigz 1,812]

Hopefully this will end the parade of catalogs full of ludicrously priced outdoor gear with his name on them that I've been getting.

[BigAl 10]

It wasn't the fact that he drank his own piss for no reason that got to me

 

guess you missed the episode where he squeezed water out of elephant dung

[Vlad G 345]

Hopefully this will end the parade of catalogs full of ludicrously priced outdoor gear with his name on them that I've been getting.

 

To be fair the Gerber knife is garish but decent.

[AnthonyG 36]

There were numerous times he almost died I have alot of respect for the guy, he was basically demonstrating what people should know to survive. He put himself through alot, if after the cameras stopped rolling he went to a hotel thats ok. He still drank piss, ate bugs and climbed mountain sides with nothing but his hands more bad a** then most people here I am sure.

[siderman 1,139]

That other widerness roughing it show-man,woman,wlid(?)- is fun to watch. She's very easy on the eyes even coverd in mud

[dgstinner 11]

I liked Les Stroud better. I sensed a bit of arrogance coming from Bear.

 

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[SpacemanFry 51]

I like Les Stroud/Survivorman better.

 

Me too. I enjoyed Survivorman 1000x more, too bad he stopped doing the show. Les Stroud went out there alone and carried his own video gear and shot all the video. Plus he's so much nicer and not douchey.

[Underdog 1,593]

Me too. I enjoyed Survivorman 1000x more, too bad he stopped doing the show. Les Stroud went out there alone and carried his own video gear and shot all the video. Plus he's so much nicer and not douchey.

 

Les is also an accomplished musician and author. The main reason he stopped doing Survivorman is because he almost died during one of the episodes and the show was truly taking a a toll on his body.

[DevsAdvocate 112]

I like Les Stroud/Survivorman better.

 

Problem with that is it made for poor TV. Not having a camera crew makes it quite boring when he's off doing stuff.

[DevsAdvocate 112]

Thank God, this idiot is finally off the air. It wasn't the fact that he drank his own piss for no reason that got to me, but more so the fact he'd put himself up in a hotel while he was supposed to be staying in the wilderness all night. It's about time the Discovery channel took this moron off the air.

 

 

http://social.entert...73-324884ba9fd4

 

I don't think he ever had to stay in the wilderness to do his show. His show was about teaching techniques in realistic situations. I liked it because it was well-done, and learned a thing or two there.

[johnp 45]

Les Stroud showed people how to safely survive in the wild. Bear just made an action packed tv show, if a normal person were lost in the woods jumping off a cliff is usually not the best method. He did some very dangerous stunts that made for exciting tv but bad survival awareness.

[Vlad G 345]

You guys do know that Surviorman is coming back, right? This time with 10 days trips, cause apparently he didn't get sick enough with the shorter ones: http://lesstroud.ca/news/survivorman-returns

[this_is_nascar 162]

There were numerous times he almost died I have alot of respect for the guy, he was basically demonstrating what people should know to survive. He put himself through alot, if after the cameras stopped rolling he went to a hotel thats ok. He still drank piss, ate bugs and climbed mountain sides with nothing but his hands more bad a** then most people here I am sure.

 

 

Oh please. You want to have respect for anyone, have respect for the cameramen that followed him while he was doing all his dumb-a** stuff. The cameramen did every stunt that this idiot did and they were carrying................................... well, a camera and gear.

[Soju 153]

I think of the comparison of Man vs. Wild/Bear Grylls and Survivorman/Les Stroud similar to how I would think of Mindfreak/Criss Angel and say, Fool Us/Penn and Teller, or the original Street Magic/David Blaine (not his more recent stuff).

 

The first group had some exciting stuff but relied on both camera editing and in some cases, complete fabrication. I'm talking stuff like where Grylls would say the only way out was across this gorge, and jump it, yet actually, if the camera were to just pan out you could see he could walk around the thing. It was cool to watch, but totally untruthful. That is similar to Criss Angel making a claim and doing something that looks neat, but is a camera trick and the 'audience' are paid extras/actors.

 

On the other hand, Survivorman was some cool stuff, and Les Stroud was upfront about what he was doing and what was going on, similar to how Penn and Teller would straight up tell you (and sometimes show you) what they are doing, and do honest tricks (no paid audience, no camera tricks). Sometimes it doesn't translate to a TV show as well.

 

This:

is like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7tazXp2Pfo

 

where this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeR3hHnEVoY

is like this:

[Ronald Silver 2]

I like man, woman, wild better.

that english lady is hot

the more you listen to her accent, the more you want to watch

[Caine 147]

Survivorman was infinitely better. Glad to hear it's coming back.

 

Dual Survival is pretty good IMHO, altho I'm slightly biased because I was a fan of both Dave Cantebury and Cody Lundin before the show came out.

[blksheep 466]

Dual survival I like. I also like another show that I cant think the name of it. They taught you how to survive in an urban setting with things to look for etc. I remember one episode that he hooked up a CB in a building and made bio-diesel and got out of dodge in a surburban. Cant think of the name though.

[dgstinner 11]

I also like another show that I cant think the name of it. They taught you how to survive in an urban setting with things to look for etc. I remember one episode that he hooked up a CB in a building and made bio-diesel and got out of dodge in a surburban. Cant think of the name though.

MacGyver?

[raz-0 1,259]

Dual survival I like. I also like another show that I cant think the name of it. They taught you how to survive in an urban setting with things to look for etc. I remember one episode that he hooked up a CB in a building and made bio-diesel and got out of dodge in a surburban. Cant think of the name though.

Stuck with hacket maybe? Although I don't remember that one, so it might not be.

[alowerlevel 77]

Dual survival I like. I also like another show that I cant think the name of it. They taught you how to survive in an urban setting with things to look for etc. I remember one episode that he hooked up a CB in a building and made bio-diesel and got out of dodge in a surburban. Cant think of the name though.

 

Apocalypse Man

 

 

[EchoMirage 137]

apocalypse man was a single show special. it was interesting, but he did alot of things you of course shouldnt. throwing a crowbar across an open drawbridge and swinging across? running everywhere? its not so easy to simply wander around, find a CB, hook it up to a recorded loop and broadcast forever.

 

he also didnt make bio-diesel. he poured pure used cooking oil into an old diesel suburban. he at least made the remark that its NOT real bio-diesel, and while it MAY actually run, it wont run well or for long. he made the caveat of saying it may be good enough to get him the 50 miles to the 'evac zone' or wherever it was he was going to.

 

it would have been just as informative and more realistic if he explained how any home heating oil IS diesel, and can be siphoned out of a tank and poured directly into any diesel engine, and have it run just as good as if it came from the pump.

[Sivl32 27]

its entertainment. I don't care that he is really doing it, I never believed he or anyone actually does. It's tv and something to kill 30 minutes to an hour.

[checko 180]

Bear Grylls sucks. Les Shroud is the man.

 

Survivorman at least gave you REAL information and tips if SHTF. Bear was an idiot who did stupid things for us to laugh at him. I don't know anyone that takes him seriously