Bear Grylls: Born Survivor WOW

trescodrucey said:
What a stupid thing to say.
Fair enough, it bores you, it probably is over the top, and the shock factor is a big part of it.

But it got commissioned because a great deal more people think the opposite, it's a good entertaining show and worth a watch.
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wooooooooo, wooooooooooooo, wooooooooooo, Thought Police!!!!!!!

Sorry for having an opinion that doesnt match your own. I really dont see how it got on telly (maybe could believe it if it was on Channel 5).
 
Dyson said:
wooooooooo, wooooooooooooo, wooooooooooo, Thought Police!!!!!!!

Sorry for having an opinion that doesnt match your own. I really dont see how it got on telly (maybe could believe it if it was on Channel 5).
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Because it's entertaining. And considering how well Bear Gryll's programmes have been sold worldwide to companies in the USA etc, it's a fair shout that quite a few people find it entertaining whether you do or not. ;)

And WTF has this got to do with 1984-esque thought police. :confused:
 
tem07 said:
Don't really like Bear Grylls, don't trust him - the look on his face on the shows.........
Ray Mears and any of the SAS Survival ones are good.
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I thought Bear Grylls was ex-SAS?

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Seems he was an instructor. My mistake.
 
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The man is entertaining so why does it matter if he's a fake? When are any of us going to have to survive in the middle of a desert or fight a bear?
 
Sinque said:
The man is entertaining so why does it matter if he's a fake?
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It matters because he claims to be genuine, and the programme presents him as genuine. In interviews, he claims that he is dumped in the middle of nowhere, surviving without assistance, using only his wits and a couple of basic tools. All of which is patently false.

In one episode, he was filmed approaching a bunch of "wild horses". But when he finally reached one, you could tell it was domesticated; it had been recently groomed, and when it lifted its hooves you could see it was wearing horseshoes. That's just pathetic.

When are any of us going to have to survive in the middle of a desert or fight a bear?
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Hopefully, never.

And if we've got half a brain, we won't pretend that we did it and lie about it aftewards.
 
Had enjoyed Bears series, but after reading how much he fakes it , totally went off it. In the sahara travelling by day and drinking muddy water through his urine soaked tee-shirt, travelling straight up a sand dune and not diagonally.
 
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