WTF Is it me or Survivorman is garbage now? So disappointed.

[Zeze]

He claimed to have heard a large creature banging a branch against a tree and making ape like noise in the middle of BFE Canada. So that's why they spent the season looking for bigfoot. But, they didn't find jack shit and now it's time to end that adventure and go back to the original format.

Too late. I caught an episode of season 5- it's gone garbage of no return.

It was an episode where he and his son were dropped off in a beautiful beach in Pacific Northwest.

I'm a casual viewer and even I was put off by blatant fake staged stuff:

1. They caught a huge ass flounder in a shallow fresh water rapids using the son's makeshift spear. LOL. Flounder of that size in a shallow water rapids. How convenient for the show to portray how veteran father can still learn something from his son.

2. Adding random ass drama- Les starts whining about how he stepped on the campfire and the pain is tremendously excruciating- the camera shows his feet and it looks COMPLETELY fine.

3. Absolutely AWFUL reality show-esque camera interviews. His son talked about how mad he was he couldn't start the fire for a solid 10 mins. So did Les.

Oh noesss it's blissful 80 degrees in day, maybe dips down to 40 at night.

This show is done for.

 

[Ns1]

mus more reality that that faker Bear.

I'm pretty sure that shit he squeezed to extract water from was 100% real.

 

[Zeze]

I'm pretty sure that shit he squeezed to get water in his mouth was 100% real.

And none of the stuff he demonstrates is practical, if not adding further danger by real survivalists. Such as:

1. Drinking squeezed dung water (real yes, practical no. It's all theater/for ratings)

2. Tumble down a steep hill because it's a shortcut (BIG no-no)

etc.

 

[Ns1]

And none of the stuff he demonstrates is practical, if not adding further danger by real survivalists. Such as:

1. Drinking squeezed dung water (real yes, practical no. It's all theater/for ratings)

2. Tumble down a steep hill because it's a shortcut (BIG no-no)

etc.

I don't watch Bear Grylls because I have any belief that I'll use that stuff in real life. I watch Bear Grylls because he does amazing/ridiculous shit, in equal proportions.

 

[Zeze]

I don't watch Bear Grylls because I have any belief that I'll use that stuff in real life. I watch Bear Grylls because he does amazing/ridiculous shit, in equal proportions.

Yea I don't dislike him, although I did prefer Les.

Both are certified badasses. I'm just disappointed in excessive theatrics.

 

[DrPizza]

He can't continue to make survivor-man episodes because of the toll that takes on his body. He was the real deal. I'm sure at times he went weeks without eating. His weight yo-yo'ing around. All for one episode.

that's because without food, you can last for quite a while. All Les had to do was find water to "survive." The show should be called "Barely survivorman." Hell, I could walk out my back door into the woods, spend a month out there, and find enough food to gain weight, and not build a leaky shelter to complain about when it rains. Indigenous people in many of the areas he's gone to would be able to thrive - not just simply start slowly dying of hunger. Les a badass? I would argue he's a dumbass when it comes to survival. The smart thing he did was capitalizing on it.