Survival show faces 'fake' claim

well some of the 'flak' is hard to avoid when they're trying to pull a veil
over the viewers eyes. i understand where you're coming from though. as i've
stated before i also love both shows, i just have a preference.

as far as using a flint to make fire, i wouldn't call it cheating either. i
plan on having something similar to his next time i go out hiking, just in
case.

i always had a sneaking suspicion parts of the show weren't a 100% "hardcore".
but i don't care, it's entertainment, and at least the most essential parts of
his journey are "real".

(ps: what happened to this weeks episode?)

i love how all the reality tv loving goofballs get so familiar when making
reference to someone they've never met. they're somehow on a first name basis,
sometimes on a nickname basis, with the actors and actresses in the shows,
people they will never meet.

it's psychologically interesting while at the same time intellectually numbing.

:'(

les stroud >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this guy

damn, it's just for entertainment.
we enjoy watching it and you must be dumb if you think everything is real.

don't forget that there are people who have to be explicitly told not to dry
their hair while they are in the process of actually bathing. others need to be
told that drinking drain cleaner is bad. still others need to be told not to eat
the pretty shiny rocks intended to go in fish tanks. and yet there are people
who should be fully grown capable adults who have done these things forcing such
warnings all over the packaging.

www dot daughtersoftiresias dot org slash bearwiki slash evidence

"below, you'll find an (incomplete) listing of evidence that the show's
narrative doesn't match reality -- evidence of items used by bear that he
shouldn't have, techniques not working the way that they actually do,
domesticated animals in a wild setting, the camera crew making his life easier,
scene discontinuities, and so forth."

"reality" tv, i spit at thee.

if the shows didn't misrepresent themselves (also called lying through their
teeth) they might be tolerable. as it is they pass themselves off as reality
when they're utterly faked, so any flak they get is well deserved.