Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Marks on June 24, 2013, 04:12:35 pm
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Wasn't really impressed. They didn't really do a whole lot. Basically they built a shelter, killed a snake and turtle, and burnt the shelter down.
And that guy complained about the girl the whole time. Hope future episodes are more educational and entertaining. If she was uncensored it might be a little better but since it wasn't I a little disappointed What did yall think?
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It was different than all the other shows on survival. I thought it was ok, but felt like they didn't make much effort to make tools to gather food in such a wildlife thriving environment. Heck they didn't kill anything in the first five days! Maybe the editing process left a lot out. I'll watch more and see if they get better. With the first episode and clips from others, it seems like the men view the women as inferior and incompetent :-\
Tracy
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I thought sky wire live was much more interesting! Yeah, that guy was a mega weenie.
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These "survival shows" are like so-called "reality tv". Totally staged situations.
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It was different than all the other shows on survival. I thought it was ok, but felt like they didn't make much effort to make tools to gather food in such a wildlife thriving environment. Heck they didn't kill anything in the first five days! Maybe the editing process left a lot out. I'll watch more and see if they get better. With the first episode and clips from others, it seems like the men view the women as inferior and incompetent :-\
Tracy
That's what I meant. It didn't seem like they tried very hard. They weren't surviving. They were basically waiting it out for 21 days. The guy lost over 40 lbs in 21 days. That doesn't tell me it was the editing. I'll for sure keep watching it but I hope it gets much better.
And yes, the skywire was very impressive.
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I'll bet the camera crew had food and beer:) I'm not a TV person.
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I thought it was pretty lame. I watched it a little bit, got bored and went to bed. I couldn't figure out if they are trying to survive why they didn't eat the first snake and, they made me look at "man butt".
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they made me look at "man butt".
EWWWWWW >:D
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I haven't watched it yet,but Miss Joanie watched it and taped it for me,she said it was about as silly as it gets,I will watch and see for myself,maybe Billy's part will be better. :-\
Pappy
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My wife and I watched it last night. We didn’t really need to see a man rear. I was disappointed in the show. They waited it out sort of speak and then made it out. I think that guy was a horrible example of a man the manner in which he spoke to the lady. He complained about everything and blamed everything on her. That aspect was very disappointing. I don’t think they did enough to find or hunt for food. I think their abilities to make a shelter and weave clothes were excellent. Cheesy, and the guys behavior toward his partner bordered on the abusive.
Cipriano
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I recorded and watched it. The show has possibilities, but to run this one first was a mistake. The guy was a complete jerk. Yea, he had a terrible childhood, but that is no reason to stay pissed off at the world for the rest of your life. I hope the future shows are better.
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thumbs down from me too... seems that they just hung out waiting to get paid and go home.... they were barely surviving...more like starving to death.. the guy was a jerk and pissed me off from the word go. After 21 days with him I might have thrown a poisonous snake in his bed and let fate run it's course.
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Also... In my opinion... covering 21 days inside a 1 hour tv show......pretty lame. there wasn't a single thing to be learned in the show... makes you wonder if they maybe did more for "survival" but it didnt make the show because confrontation is what the producers were looking for... if I wanted to hear a couple argue I'd watch that annoying Hagen Dazs commercial with those arguing Italians. Looks like the next couple in the previews only argues too....and the woman in the next one doesnt have nearly the backside that this last one did..... I am hoping Billy does better on his episode..and praying that his partner is better looking and less argumentative.
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All that and they up the guys survival rating to +8/10. And the biggest ridiculousness of the whole show........What 40 something year old man complains about getting paired up with a pretty 20 something yr old naked chick. MAKES NO SENSE! I'm only 27 now but I hope I don't lose all libido by my 40s. I realize they are there to survive but why complain about the scenery.
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Got rid of the TV over 16 years ago and haven't looked back. But I saw a DVD episode of Ice Road Truckers World's Most Dangerous Roads where American truckers had to drive this road in the Himalayas. Now THAT was a survival show. People passing two at a time on blind curves on what we call a one lane road here, including buses loaded with passengers. Lots of near-miss head-ons almost happening and all in a day's travel for them. These American truckers were totally freaked out and their Indian co-drivers riding with them are just catching up on sleep.
As far as the dude on that survival show, should have made him a real survival situation. Parachute him into Iran with CIA credentials hidden on him somewhere he don't know about. >:D
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for some reason now a days people do not like to learn anything they just want to see drama. so many of these reality shows start off with potential and then they go right down the tubes, American Chopper great example. if I wanted to listen to people argue all I have to do is go to work. when going on strenuous outdoor trips for long times sometimes the hardest thing to do is get along with your partner. but I will guarantee Discovery Channel paired them up for the drama. if it wasn't for having little kids and being stuck inside I would never watch TV. very disappointing
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Didn't watch it. From what I'm reading, I didn't miss much. :-\
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Yea I didn't like it that much. I like Survivorman and dual survivor much better
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Didn't watch it. From what I'm reading, I didn't miss much. :-\
+1 I don't watch TV anyway. Reddit is more than enough.
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Recorded it and the wife n I finally watched it after the kids went to bed last night...I think those two would've died or had to have been evacuated if thrown into a desert environment...they were put in a lush thriving ecosystem and they def weren't "surviving".. they just barely existed and waited it out...and what the heck is a "survivor rating",and who came up with that,and who are these experts rating these people?...they were more like a 2 on a scale of ten to me...where's Les Stroud when ya need him..he's the man... 8)
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Watched it last night with my cousin. She thought it was entertaining but I had to explain to her that survival ratings are something that this show completely made up. My cousin said she was going to sign me up for the next season. lol
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TV is just bad, and getting worse....too much staged/fake reality. I do like Survivorman though. Les Stroud is the man, but he can't catch a fish for #%$!.
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I stumbled across this show the other night and watched it. I thought it was pretty lame, especially that guy. He was pretty worthless in those conditions and quite a whiney jerk. They should have left him out there to really survive. He would have failed miserably.
I do hope Billy's episode is better.
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Don't watch TV. Always wondered why anyone would rather watch than do... now Por-- excuse me, Sorry.
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I caught the replay, What a waste of time. ???
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IF ALL THEY KILLED AND EAT IN 21 DAYS WAS A SNAKE AND TURTLE. No wanded they were so down and out by the end of their 21 days. Did you notice that the turtle she caught was a lot smaller the the one they eat.
I did a hole lot of survile camping growing up. One thing that makes it really hard is to stay in one place that long. You had thought once he saw that snake under the log he's went on a log hunting trip or 3.
They must not have been to nature (survile) related They were beside a stream. Not to hard to make a fish trap. Pile up rocks on the sides and force the fish down steam to it. We never did a camping trip that we did do this if we were at a small stream.
I'd come out in better shape that they did. They'ed have dieded in cold weather.
I'm sure next week has to go better that they did.
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The only reason i watched it was because I heard someone on the forum was going to be in one of the episodes, but it was just way to much drama for me, especially the guy. I ended up turning it off and going to bed after they passed up the first snake and didn't eat it. How can you pass up food that plops into your lap like that. All you have to do is take a forked stick pin its head and then whack it with the machete. If from what i gather the guy lost 40 lbs over 21 days i bet he wouldn't have made it to 35 days.
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Hard to find a reality show that is'nt filled in with people arguing and fighting most of the time.Sickening if you ask me.At the beginning of the show they claimed each person had this certain degree of survival experience under their belt.That guy may have been 40 in this world on the earth years but in his mind emotoionally he was a child.Both of them just waited out the 21 days.They showed very very little survival skills whatsoever.Kuddos to the girl for surviving is all I've got to say.The only thing appropriate about the show was the title.
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Always remember boys and girls the key is in where you watch this ,, TV,,tells you there how real the "reality" is.
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The only reason i watched it was because I heard someone on the forum was going to be in one of the episodes, but it was just way to much drama for me, especially the guy. I ended up turning it off and going to bed after they passed up the first snake and didn't eat it. How can you pass up food that plops into your lap like that. All you have to do is take a forked stick pin its head and then whack it with the machete. If from what i gather the guy lost 40 lbs over 21 days i bet he wouldn't have made it to 35 days.
Darwin your right, as much pissin' and moanin' and crying that guy did I'm surprised that girl didn't pin his head with a forked stick and put him out of her misery >:D
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Turn off the TV and read a book. It's called "thinking outside the box". :)
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Yeah im prolly not going to watch the whole show il just watch billy's episode and forget the others atleast we know billy will actually do something :)
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Turn off the TV and read a book. It's called "thinking outside the box". :)
Ya know, what did people do for the couple centuries before the TV was invented?
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C'mon guys,,TV isnt bad its what you take from it,and what you watch. I like it so ill watch what I want. Its to hot outside or in the shop for lots of us guys to get out in it.Got to have something to do,besides what we do already.
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Turn off the TV and read a book. It's called "thinking outside the box". :)
Ya know, what did people do for the couple centuries before the TV was invented?
They stayed in the Tepee and made babies.
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Well which bloody episode is Billy gonna be in?
I scanned through the first two and so far find No redeeming qualities...
Didn't notice the belly aching and drama running it muted while listening to Dark Side of The Moon.
Doing some leather sewing...
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Well which bloody episode is Billy gonna be in?
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Seems like I heard it was Episode 6
On an annoying side note, Did anyone watch the replay of the first episode last night? I missed the New Episode because we went to watch some fireworks but I got home in time for the replay of the first episode with 'Bonus Footage'. I only watched about 15 minutes before I went to bed and most of it was replay but the 'Bonus Footage' was pretty good. It showed the girl trying to get food. She wove a fish trap from limbs and reeds and tried to make a fish hook and line from some scrap metal and a tshirt she found. Why did they leave that stuff out??? It was much more interesting footage. Turns out it was just crappy editing I guess.
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Yeah, had they shown the bonus footage in the first episode, it would have been a little better.
Episode 2 was a little better, but I still get the idea that this is a waiting game for day 21. There was more effort to hunt this time and the bonus footage in the replay may show more as well. Not sure I'm going to make it to episode 6 which won't air until later in July or early August.
Tracy
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Last nights episode was as lame or more so than the first episode. The woman went out to hunt and stayed until after dark. They were on the plains of Africa and she walked back to camp in the dark with hyenas making racket in the back ground. They said the camera crew went home at dark so the two participants were left out in the wilds of Africa to fend for themselves. They each had their own night vision camera. Her fishing skills were unorthadox but she did catch fish with her "personal" fish wier. I guess catfish will eat anything. ::)
They seemed more like predator bait than survivors...naked and scared. sheeesh!
So far I am not impressed. I hope Billy's episode is better.
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Billys episode airs july 28 im waiting to watch that one :)
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Hey, thats my birthday. I hope I won't be disappointed.
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I missed this episode.I'll probably watch the Billy episode.A couple more grays hairs on the face Pat B........Happy Birthday man.
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I didn't make an effort to record or watch the next episode after seeing the first...from pats description sounds like all I needed to know...thanks for sparing us pat ;) ...
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They seem to pick folks least likely to survive and give them a good survival rating so they can use them on the show. ::)
Chris, I'm glad I saved you from this. ;)
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Might as well make this the thread for the whole series since it is leaning that way anyway. While the show seems poorly edited, I'm sure I'll keep watching it because it is still better than what my wife would want to watch instead. I look forward to the bonus footage on the other episodes too because it was actually pretty good. She failed in all her attempts but I'd rather watch them try and fail than just sit there whining.
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Oh c'mon, you guys have to give them some credit. The dude did make a primitive fire and they made sandals. I'd wear those sandals if I needed to. They boiled water and caught some fish. Did y'all expect them to bring down a wildebeest? They foraged some as well. They did over dramatize some stuff but that's for all the folks that aren't into survival stuff.
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I just can't imagine them wondering around the plains of Africa at night and still being around to see sunrise.
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I just can't imagine them wondering around the plains of Africa at night and still being around to see sunrise.
then it's a good thing they recorded it for you. It may be that things are not as harsh in that area as we have seen on national geographic or discovery. Africa is a big country.
I think it would be fun to scout locations for this show.
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I just can't imagine them wondering around the plains of Africa at night and still being around to see sunrise.
I would imagine the show would take some precautions to keep them from being eaten as far as knowing what predators are in the area. That's a pretty big liability. Not to mention they might not get their little hand held cameras back. The hyena noises you said were on there were probably sound effects added in later kinda like when they put bleeps in Duck Dynesty during the football episode. Brother Phil had to set em straight after that.
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I just can't imagine them wondering around the plains of Africa at night and still being around to see sunrise.
I would imagine the show would take some precautions to keep them from being eaten as far as knowing what predators are in the area. That's a pretty big liability. Not to mention they might not get their little hand held cameras back. The hyena noises you said were on there were probably sound effects added in later kinda like when they put bleeps in Duck Dynesty during the football episode. Brother Phil had to set em straight after that.
Many sounds are added afterwards.
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Oh yeah, REALITY! ::)
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Still haven't watched it yet,I may but kind of doubt it,don't care much for so called reality shows,I watch TV,what little I watch for fiction, entertainment and laughs,I live reality in my own life. ;) :)
Pappy
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Well I got to watch it last night. I liked this one much better than the last one. While they do seem to mismatch the contestants on purpose, these were respectful and settled their differences like adults. They still seem to be editing out too much of the actual survival stuff but it was better. The biggest thing I disagreed with was the guy from the first show ended up with a final survival rating of mid 8s while these 2 only got 8.1 and 8.2. I thought they were better.
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Episode 3 looked like more of the same of episode 1. The guy complained most of the time even though he was worthless. What were the producers thinking when they put a fair skinned guy on a tropical island. That girl did pretty well though. She seemed to at least know kinda what she was doing. Its always nice to see a pretty girl on there. She also had a nice caboose which was certainly a plus to the show.
Had anyone seen the Naked Castaway show before? Now that guy seems legit. It was neat to hear him talk about how just the little things made so much difference to his moral. The Naked and Afraid show seemed to be a wannabe version of that show. I watched it a good bit back when it first aired and enjoyed watching his commentary after Naked and Afraid went off. Apparently I'm into naked shows. haha. I watched the Mountain Men episode too.
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Dude, that chick in the 3rd episode rocked it! The guy was almost worthless. The only thing he contributed to was getting that clam and possibly helping with the shelter. If I was on that island with her I wouldn't have wanted to leave. lol
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I've got an idea for a more realistic "survival" show. I call it "Living Paycheck To Paycheck". How to survive on the ever-famous "transitional job". Some highlights from what would be my first episode:
1.) Buy the 115 stick pack of Gorton's fish sticks. When they're on sale for $10, they're cheaper than the packs of lesser quantities. You can eat for a long time on this and they're relatively healthy.
2.) You can find some pretty decent food at low prices (some of it actually pricey gourmet food that got overstock dumped) at Big Lots.
3.) In areas where rabbit hunting is year-round, you can get a lot of mileage out of a rabbit if you reduce the carcass (along with vegetable cuttings) to soup stock after you eat most of the meat. A shotgun guarantees the meat, but you can save more money using a bow. No shotgun pellets to spit out and the arrow can be reused, lowering your cost-per-pound of meat to the price of the gas to get to your hunting spot.
4.) Super WalMart is not cheaper for meat in most cases. People just think it is because it's WalMart.
5.) Rice is your friend! Most of the world lives on it. The bigger the bag, the cheaper it costs. Rice, some leftover pork, an egg, chinkiang vinegar, and soy sauce, and you got fried rice just as good as any at a Chinese restaurant.
6.) No need to buy storage containers for the kitchen. That's what coffee cans are for, especially the new plastic ones with handles.
7.) A wok, cast iron skillet, and stainless steel stock pot are essential economic survival equipment. Throwing away a roast chicken or turkey carcass is throwing away money. With the stock pot, you can reduce them to broth of a quality you can't get in the store, plus it's basically free.
8.) Save your vegetable parings in the freezer. Add them to your stock pot when reducing carcasses to broth.
9.) Don't weed your yard. Eat your dandelions.
10.) Natural food stores are expensive, but the bulk bins have some great deals.
Just sayin'...
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Episode 3 was better. Not sure why the guy complained about getting sunburned but wouldn't seek shade when it was available. Her survival skills were very adequate for the situation and she carried the guy the whole time.
The show after with the guy on an island for two months was,a lot better and realistic.
Tracy
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Episode 3 was better. Not sure why the guy complained about getting sunburned but wouldn't seek shade when it was available. Her survival skills were very adequate for the situation and she carried the guy the whole time.
The show after with the guy on an island for two months was,a lot better and realistic.
Tracy
Tracy that 2nd show was a whole series. Last night they just showed his commentary on the whole experience. You should check it out if you haven't already. It was good.
And I agree, I never could figure out why he wouldn't seek anything better than partial shade. I would have curled up under one of those bushes.......with that girl >:D
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finally a girl with a nice rear end, a pretty good attitude and some skills, the guy was a d.b
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I finally watched the first two episodes but had to leave before the third one aired. Has anyone else noticed the pattern in this crappy excuse for entertainment? In the first two, the man starts out talking smack about how weak and incapable the woman is and then the rest of the show all he does is whine, complain and cry while the woman keeps on keepin on as rocksteady and stoic as can be. Do you reckon these guys are really that lame? Or is it just that the producer and editors are purposely making them look like they are? I'm thinking they should have called the show nekid and nutored! If the same pattern holds for Billy's episode, I don't think I would have been so eager to invite everybody to watch. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Josh
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I watched the Naked Castaway over the weekend. That guy gets my vote for all of the "survivor" shows I've seen on Realty TV. He stayed on an island for 60 days by hisself and actually killed stuff and ate it on TV. It looked like he did most of the filming hisself with a remote camera and I don't think there was another camera crew. It was a lot more realistic.
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the all time best "survivor" has to be Les Stroud , just a man and a camera, he even wrote the music for the theme
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I have watched them all so far. I agree with the previous observations... So far the guys have all turned out to be wimps and the ladies end up carrying them. Billy, I sure hope your outing goes a lot better. And I hope dragon flies aren't the only protein around are you will starve. :) :) ;)
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Episode 3 looked like more of the same of episode 1. The guy complained most of the time even though he was worthless. What were the producers thinking when they put a fair skinned guy on a tropical island. That girl did pretty well though. She seemed to at least know kinda what she was doing. Its always nice to see a pretty girl on there. She also had a nice caboose which was certainly a plus to the show.
Had anyone seen the Naked Castaway show before? Now that guy seems legit. It was neat to hear him talk about how just the little things made so much difference to his moral. The Naked and Afraid show seemed to be a wannabe version of that show. I watched it a good bit back when it first aired and enjoyed watching his commentary after Naked and Afraid went off. Apparently I'm into naked shows. haha. I watched the Mountain Men episode too.
I saw the three episodes of naked castaway I really enjoyed tht show it was much more legit. It reminded me of survivor man with les stroud where he has to record the show him self
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I have watched them all so far. I agree with the previous observations... So far the guys have all turned out to be wimps and the ladies end up carrying them. Billy, I sure hope your outing goes a lot better. And I hope dragon flies aren't the only protein around are you will starve. :) :) ;)
This is still how I see it after last night's episode. I don't understand why the guys are hesitant to hunt on land or especially in the ocean and go a week or more without fresh meat of some sort ??? The guy brought swim goggles as his one item? How about something he might use like a fire starter? What am I missing in the editing process here? I will say that I'm truly impressed with the skills and perseverance that the women have displayed!
The only reason I watched the whole thing last night was because the guy was from Indiana. I heard the name Clint and he was from SE Indiana- I immediately thought Osage Outlaw >:D :o. Different Clint. ;D
This guy does survival skills just north of Indy at some place I've never heard of. They are having a big survival skills day this Saturday at the property with a big screen of that episode.
Not sure if I'm going to make it to the episode that Billy is in unless I tape it to watch some other time.
Tracy
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Wasn't me Tracy. Nobody would want to see that ;)
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Heck if I knew I was gonna be on an Island I think I would bring a Wasabi-Soi Sauce mixture! >:D
-gus
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I've only seen parts of the two episodes in the tropical areas but did see the whole show on the African location. I was thinking at the beginning that my one item would have been shoes or boots. My feet are tender and wouldn't be toughened up inside of 21 days! Everything else is easier to do if you can walk without worrying too much about stepping on thorns, hot sand, sharp rocks, and stubbing your toe.
Kelly did pretty well, I think. I noticed they did show her making cordage a couple of times and to have the forethought of bringing a water carrying vessel was useful. She also made a comment about her being on her "cycle", what a tough thing to have to deal with during the time in the wild.
I was really expecting to see the guy grab a good stick and use it early on for a walking stick then later a spear. It took quite awhile for him to get around to making a spear. Also, a throwing stick for birds and small game would've been fairly easy to find or fashion with minimum time involved.
I'll for sure watch Billy's episode, I hope the editors don't make him look like a dope.
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I thought naked castaway was horrible. and definitely the girls on naked an afraid have been way better than the guys.... the guys whine and cry about every little thing so far.. but yeah I though naked castaway was horrible... he really didn't do much of anything..just sat around and waited for his time to be done. he didn't even catch or kill the goat... it was tangled in briers which I am afraid was conveniently left there for him to find so he didn't starve to death AND HE WAS SOOOOO excited that HE killed a goat. his cave on the exterior was way better than that low lying spot in the jungle. he woulda been way better off to make his cave better. he just barely survived the ordeal it seemed... yeah he was out there a long time but he was slowely dying.... the following 60 days would have made or break the situation for him... basically the same story for all the people shown thus far. I mean seriously he took a dull shell to cut out his fireboard and it took him 4 hours... chip a little edge on the shell and you'd have a sharp tool and would have done the same job in less than 4 minutes.... He did well just surviving... but for being an expert he sure didn't do much productive. I was really disappointed. At least naked and afraid has had some decently skilled women in it.. but the guys have been a waste of space and water so far... I got higher hopes for billy tho
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hmm, now what would YOU bring with you?
for me, either a kukri knife or a fire starter sparker.
btw, check out Billy's facebook page... apparently he lost 41 lbs in the three weeks... Ouch...
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this weeks gal had the best rear end yet, and I don't think i'd take survival training from a guy that is afraid of his own shadow
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Just watched Billy's episode and they did the best by far. Well done man!
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Sadly I missed Billy's episode wish I woulda seen it I'm sure they'll play it a few more times anyways
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Billy did good,but I didnt expect that much whining. I dont think he would have made it with any of the girls I have seen on there so far,that one kept him going. She was easy on the eyes to!
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Just turned on the boob tube to see Billy on this show Naked and Afraid. Had no idea of the show as we just got TV hooked up for the first time in ten years (want to watch UofO ducks football at home this year). ;). It was allright. Seemed their hunger was authentic if nothing else. Felt like that nutria was planted but maybe not...."Kayla get me club"
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I noticed at the end the only thing Billy took with him was his spear. lol That was a pretty nice point on that thing.
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Out of all of them, Billy and his TV mate did the best and were provided the worst of the environments. I have a feeling that was why Billy was so frustrated. You have all those skills you worked so hard to learn and then have to spend more than half your time on a 4 foot wide half-dry piece of ground! Given the conditions, Ole Bill made me proud.
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When they first got on the island and had all those snakes I thought it was gonna be a cake walk. It was like an all you can eat moccasin buffet but when the rain storm flooded everything it got rough. I still have to wonder how much film was edited out so they could show him complaining. I think they pick an angle and run with it. I'd like to hear Billy's take on the situation and editing. They were for sure tougher than I could have been. I need to go on there just so I can lose 40lbs.
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I was suprised at the whining, too. Looked like a camping trip in a Florida Swamp to me ::) Or the way the rain has been for the last three months, hunting season this year.
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Do you camp in the raw, Eddie?? ??? ::) ;D
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I enjoyed the show and thought Billy and his companion did better than all the others. I was a little surprised at how much complaining Billy was doing, but then again Ive never gone more than 8 hours or so without food so I imagine anybody would get a little grouchy going that amount of time without eating. I did think the conditions they were given in the swamp were by far the worst of the series.
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I agree with what has been said so far. The conditions they were given was the pits. One little strip of dry land in the middle of the swamp. And the first good rain and it was underwater. At least the lady was by far the best looking lady, so Billy had some good eye candy. I was very disappointed they didn't drop them in a place that Billy could use some of his napping skills. But as far as the shows go, I think this was the best one so far.
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I am also a bit skeptical of the editing process. Given that 21 days are condensed into around 40 minutes of show, it would be pretty easy to take every gripe and complaint and give the impression of whining all the time. Billy and Ky did better than the others by far. I know I would be complaining my ass off given those conditions. Actually, I would probably just be dead :)
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I think Billy did a great job. All of the shows showed the guys as whinners. Producers must edit this way, thinking it good for ratings. :o
I was disappointed that his knapping wasn't shown. They just showed him hafting a beautiful point on to the end of a spear.
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I have spent some time hungry in the woods and to say the least it sucks
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Oh Billy there a snake! Oh Billy there another snake! Oh Billy!! :laugh: Why could she not have killed it? I guess all women need men as much as men need women. Hey she did find a pot to cook water in. All in all I think it's been the best one that I have watched, team Billy did a great job and worked very well together and I think that is the point of the program. Working together is a winning combation of succeeding and they did. :)
Tina
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Do you camp in the raw, Eddie?? ??? ::) ;D
only with a Thermocell. :D It had t suck with those skeeters biting the tender spots. And my wife said Billy had the best a$$ out of all of them.
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By far the best episode of all of them and the most challenging environment. I think Billy did a great job and was pleased to see him knap some glass and put it to good use on the nutria! Too bad all the other episodes weren't like this one. This team had water and food on day 1 and not day 8. I wonder what Billy did with the snake skins from all those cottonmouths ?
Tracy
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I bet he wished he knew how to make a crawfish rake.Could have been eating good. My wife said the same thing Eddie!! ;D
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Hey Billy, now that the show has aired, fill us in on the real stuff behind the show. Did the camera people get in your way, do you think they put the pot on the on the little island they dropped you on to help you out, were did you get the glass shard, etc... I would love to get your take on the show provided they haven't had you sign something preventing you from talking about it.
You did really good and ain't no way in heck I would try something like that, not even if they did drop a nice looking naked lady in the deal.
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Quality programming? Sorry Billy, chalk it up to another show fitting for the "rot box". Some are satisfied with the simple life of hunting and shooting handmade bows and arrows. Others do just about anything to get their name out there and their face on the "rot box". Me, I'll be down by the river or out in the woods living, not watching some naked guy on the "rot box" make a fool of himself. Everyone has an opinion, this is just mine, sorry Billy boy.
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I suspect the cooking pot was a plant, why would a usable pot be found alone in the middle of a vast swamp. Without it there would have been no way the couple could have had drinkable water. Yep, a little help from the producers.
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I suspect the cooking pot was a plant, why would a usable pot be found alone in the middle of a vast swamp. Without it there would have been no way the couple could have had drinkable water. Yep, a little help from the producers.
definitely planted there. they got the worse location by far.
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I suspect the cooking pot was a plant, why would a usable pot be found alone in the middle of a vast swamp. Without it there would have been no way the couple could have had drinkable water. Yep, a little help from the producers.
After Katrina blew through Louisiana, I wouldn't have been surprised to find a Cadillac El Dorado, an electric range, and a radial arm saw 10 miles out in the middle of the swamp, much less an aluminum pot.
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From my experience duck hunting down there, lots of stuff scattered about by hurricanes and flooding. Just like all the stuff others found washed up on the beaches.
If it wasn't for this episode, I would have changed the channel after the first one. Hopefully they don't continue it next season.
Tracy
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Everytime I fish the river in the swamp down here I load up on fishing bobbers and white plastic chairs.
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I was right proud of Billy. He was far and away the best of the guys in this series. The gals were awesome. I bet he wished that he would have waded upstream and found that hogback of dry land a lot earlier! The land I hunt has swamps that flood a few times a year when the Tombigbee River rises after the rains. You can find anything laying around after a flood. The pot didn't seem too out of the ordinary. We found a TELEVISION that showed up in one of our sloughs, aluminum boats, bottles, cans.... People are messy animals. Mostly this series looked like an excercise in suffering. Neighbors young one asked me "why are they afraid"? Mom answered because they are naked and might get a sticker in their bottom.
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I thought at the beginning of the show they were allowed two items. if I remember Billy took a knife and Ky took a fire starter. I noticed Billy hafting what looked to be a glass arrowhead on a stick. Where did that come from? It was all water and very little land to find a piece of glass and a rock to knap a point.
Wife and I thought it was a little out there. There was another Naked and Afraid show on after Billy's. We got thru 10 minutes and flipped the channel. Think it's another reality show that is going to bite the dust.
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It may be interesting to hear what ideas folks have on "what they would have done in that situation". Without a found pot for boiling, could a pot be made from mud and fire dried to boil water in. Could shoes be made from local vegetation. I saw a show once that the bedding was made above ground by lashing poles to two trees, rather than on snake level. I also liked the second half shelter much better than the first "A" frame shelter they made. What weapons or hunting tools could have been made. I supect that the clear glass point came from the camera lens that Billy and Ky were given to video with. I think Billy sacrificed his camera lens (good job).
The crawfish rake mentioned earlier sounds interesting. How are those made in that situation.
We can and should learn from what we saw or we can all whine about poor television...:-)
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I just can't imagine them wondering around the plains of Africa at night and still being around to see sunrise.
I know people from Africa - if you walk about by yourself outside of camp at night you are basically commiting suicide - fact.
The long and short of it is - don't believe anything editted. Don't believe anything on telly and don't believe anything in the media. Believe what you see with your own eyes.
These sorts of programmes don't just 'turn out' terribly they are made that way on purpose. Nothing happens by chance when it will be on TV. Think about it.
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I admit, the reason I started watching it was when I found out Billy was going to be on it and I was curious. The reason I have have continued to watch, though it is not the best tv, is it does make me think and motivates me to educate myself on "need to know" stuff in case I am ever in a similar situation.
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It may be fake as they come but it is still better than Keeping up with the Kardashians. A lot of yall are real critical but you've got to look at it for what it is....a TV show. Ask Billy, he might tell you how real it is. He might not can though. He lost 42lbs in 21 days. Sounds pretty real to me.
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It may be fake as they come but it is still better than Keeping up with the Kardashians. A lot of yall are real critical but you've got to look at it for what it is....a TV show. Ask Billy, he might tell you how real it is. He might not can though. He lost 42lbs in 21 days. Sounds pretty real to me.
Plus ONE! I agree completely. I wouldn't want to try a crash diet like that!! I could have been stuck watching real housewives from somewhere or one of my wife's interior decorating shows..... It was a damn site better than that. It is rare that I find anything on any one of our 700 channels that appeals to me in the least.
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Quality programming? Sorry Billy, chalk it up to another show fitting for the "rot box". Some are satisfied with the simple life of hunting and shooting handmade bows and arrows. Others do just about anything to get their name out there and their face on the "rot box". Me, I'll be down by the river or out in the woods living, not watching some naked guy on the "rot box" make a fool of himself. Everyone has an opinion, this is just mine, sorry Billy boy.
I've always been told if you don't have something nice to say then it's best to shut your mouth. I think you should not have even commented
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If nothing else these shows make you think. I saw a longbow on TV a couple years ago,wonderd about them,started looking up on line and found you guys. That led to arrows,all the cool things you fellows do and make.Never would have known how to make a bow without that "rot box" as the guy put it.
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Dido to Joe's comment.
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I'm a heck of a lot smarter from watching that rot box. I learn all kinds of stuff. And isn't the computer just a rot box with a mouse and keyboard??
Of course everyone is entitled to there opinion. It is of my opinion that the 'sorry Billy boy' didn't sound very sincere. ;)
You can't blame a guy for getting his name out there. That's the best way to open opportunities and possibly feed your family. A lot of the people on that show teach survival classes. The show is great advertising and a door opener.
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Not much of a TV guy, very little do I watch, but out of curiousity I caught sevral episodes back to back & have to say still not a fan of TV, I guess thers things to be learned from N&A but its mostly for city dwellers who realy dont know any better (if ya ask me).
Maybe the produceres planned it out before hand but the guys seems to do a lotta whine'n in instead of take'n care of business, but a couple of those gals I wouldnt mind spend'n some time on an island with ;).