Bear Grylls: Born Survivor

Heisenberg.

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EKRIUQ

The show is entertaining but I can't help but get the impression that he has a huge crew around him. Some shots have are taken from 4 differant angles. I saw him once paraglide down a mountain and they had a shot from the top from the bottom and a distance shot. He must of went and down 10 times to get the shots.

Was funny when he squeezed Elephant dung to get some water to drink:)

Ruu_Old

He also took apart the camel to get water from its insides.

po0k

It's a load of ****.
Like a couple of boy scouts faffing about in the woods pretending their Indiana Jones.
Lots of dramatic naration, whizzing camera angles and constant contradictions.
It's another Discovery pesudo-doc, scripted up the wazzoo, a step above America's Next Top Model, but not by much.

hshortt

I like this show! Can't fake eating bugs and all the crap he does. It always amazes me that shows like this tend to make you forget about the camera crew. Those guys have a tough time of it and they get no regocnition.

Cheers

jameshayes

I like it, I think he is a bit OTT at some points, and I agree with the 10 cameras around him at any one point, but it makes good telly! There was one on last night, and he jumped from a chopper into the water and the camera followed him down at face level... I'd love to see 'The Making Of'!

Vegeta

The show is supposedly fake as fook

They all go to a hotel when filming finishes etc etc

The dude is indeed a hardass for drinking the expelled water from elephant sh1t and eating bugs, raw fish and sleeping in a dead deer carcass but the show lacks any real credability

He takes un-necessary risks for the sake of the show. Overly scripted but I still watch it to see will he top drinking the sh1t water. Nothing people in Galway are not used to anyway.

meditraitor

I like the show, cant help laughing at some of the stupid **** he does, a little like jackass.

pd101

I like the show. Don't care how fake it is it's still entertainment. Did anyone see him jumping into a bog in Scotland last week. It was hilarious.:D

dodgyme

I think the lad is a tulip. Give me Ray Mears any day.

Turner

Aye he is a typical english richkid with his posh accent. Bored, so he decided to make a tv show with daddy's money.

Ray mears all the way.

Badu

Ray Mears rules.

CJhaughey

Would the real Bear Grylls please stand up?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=471510&in_page_id=1773
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1566314.0.bear_grylls_in_fake_scenes_controversy.php
He is a class 1 fake

lightening

Chief--- wrote: »

typical english richkid with his posh accent.

Youngest brit to ascent Everest after breaking his back in three places while serving with the special services? I'd say he is tough enough.

I have to laugh when he eats something "in the wild" he always leaves it hanging out of his mouth, wriggling.

Utopia Parkway

Can't take Ray Mears seriously. Telling you how to live off berries and twigs while he's a big fat bastard. He didn't get that from eating foliage. He got it from eating pies.

Born Survivor is very entertaining. Obviously they have to stage some of it and I've noticed they've started to say this now in some episodes every since the fake stories came out.

Heisenberg.

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missingtime

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Can't take Ray Mears seriously. Telling you how to live off berries and twigs while he's a big fat bastard. He didn't get that from eating foliage. He got it from eating pies.

I had this argument with my girlfriend who also thinks he's a big fat bastard. He's not that big to be fair.
He just seems to be around lots of skinny massai warriors who run all day.
He does get a bit preachy though

Im_No_Superman

I have to say i enjoy the show. Had to laugh the other day when he was out with some hunter looking for puma and they found a fresh calf kill and the hunter was skining it and Bear asked if you can eat the meat raw and the hunter handed him abit and Bear ate it, then Bear asked if he was not going to have some and the hunter said no it tastes much better cooked!

themadchef

I think he's a big fake, but Oprah loves him and really promoted the show in the U.S.

Give me Ray Mears any day, he seems so much more "real".

podge018

I like the show, but some bits get very annoying. Like the other night, he was nervously scaling crossways across some snow front, but the camera man was 4 feet below walking along fine it seems!

Also, there's always a nicely placed fallen tree across a river.

I've also noticed that he mentions now, since the controversy broke, "I won't be staying tonight, but if I was........ ".

Good show though.

herobear

i love watching this show, even though it can be seriously ridiculous and fake at times.

i have to question the whole point of him trying to teach us how to survive in these places, if i was stuck out there i'd get so freaked out i'd forget everything and probably willingly kill myself HAH.

did anyone see the patagonia show, at the end hes like half naked trying to cross an ice cold lake on a crappy raft, and he of course fails, so he has to swim back(again half naked) to the shore, and then suddenly the credits roll......yeah bear, way to show us how to survive :rolleyes:

oh and why the hell does he call himself Bear, stupid nickname...

fitzyshea

I watch this on Discovery and I love it! Some parts Im like yeh right asif thats real alot of its set up and they show a warning stating that scences are set up etc. I still think its entertaining though!

po0k

herobear wrote: »

oh and why the hell does he call himself Bear, stupid nickname...

The focus groups responded well to the name.

M0rketing dontchaknow?

Degsy

herobear wrote: »

oh and why the hell does he call himself Bear, stupid nickname...

His name is edward..Edward..Eddie..Ted..Teddy..Teddy bear..Bear.See?

Orlee

Anyone know when the repeats are on? Or if there are any?

There was one in Scotland recently but I missed it

BaZmO*

po0k wrote: »

The focus groups responded well to the name.

M0rketing dontchaknow?

Degsy wrote:

His name is edward..Edward..Eddie..Ted..Teddy..Teddy bear..Bear.See?

Ah lads, look at his username!!

Orlee wrote:

Anyone know when the repeats are on?

All the time on Discovery.

padi89

Annnnnnnnnnd ACTION!..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxsqkxHDVQ

Good man Bear!!!:D:D:D

pd101

Orlee wrote: »

Anyone know when the repeats are on? Or if there are any?

There was one in Scotland recently but I missed it

The new ones are repeated Sunday nights.

MayoForSam

The star of this show is not really Bear, it's the landscape and the spectacular scenery wherever he goes - makes you really want to get out there and take it all in (expect maybe the live snake, ant-eating, etc.).

OK, the man may be a bit of a snake oil salesman, but watching the Sierra Nevada episode the other night where he makes a raft and then uses it to get down a white water river was great TV, the guy must have a few screws loose not wearing any protective head gear though.

hshortt

Did ye see the new clip on Discovery - he filters his own wee and drinks it :eek:, to stop wasting fluids

Degsy

MayoForSam wrote: »

The star of this show is not really Bear, it's the landscape and the spectacular scenery wherever he goes - makes you really want to get out there and take it all in (expect maybe the live snake, ant-eating, etc.).

OK, the man may be a bit of a snake oil salesman, but watching the Sierra Nevada episode the other night where he makes a raft and then uses it to get down a white water river was great TV, the guy must have a few screws loose not wearing any protective head gear though.

I very much doubt he's in any danger..there's a big support crew with him.

Utopia Parkway

Degsy wrote: »

I very much doubt he's in any danger..there's a big support crew with him.

To be fair he has to be in a certain amount of danger when he's climbing up a tree or shinneying down a gully. If he falls he gets hurt even if there is a first aid kit down at the bottom.

Dave!

Chief--- wrote: »

Aye he is a typical english richkid with his posh accent. Bored, so he decided to make a tv show with daddy's money.

Ray mears all the way.

Yeah, much prefer a fat boyscout who spends the whole show preaching about the environment...

Heisenberg.

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Auvers

themadchef wrote: »

I think he's a big fake

hmmm anyone who spends month basic desert training in the Sahara with the French Foreign Legion dosn't come across as fake to me.

Morgans

Bear seems to relish eating disgusting things, even when it is unneccessary. The program is a little confused - the original concept was sound, before his fakery was outed. Now, it doesnt know what it is. Sometimes now, they end with no actual conclusion.

So, he eats spiders when he cant find anything else in the desert. Drinks the moisture from Elephant shoite, or last night drinks blood from the jugular of a yak.

How many scorpions can you find in the sahara that will provide enough protien for you to escape? How many freshly killed yaks will you come accross in siberia, that you would be so desperate to go straight for the jugular. How much longer can you live off fresh elephant shoite. Surely if there is fresh elephant shoite about there are elephants and other vegetation. It wouldnt be for the soundbytes and trailers that he does this??

I suppose its all an escape from reality, and wouldnt want to take it too seriously but he does seem to actively seek the most disgusting thing to consume, whether he needs to or not. Not most of the time, given that he stays in hotels...

EKRIUQ

What the feck was he doing jumping into the freezing water last night when all he had to do was move up 3 meters and step across??

MissHoneyBun

Look of course there are gonna be some inconsistencies in the programme. It is a TV show after all. Im sure it's a task in itself to lug about cameras etc in the sort of environments they visit. Personally I think it's a FAB show A very refreshing change from all the Desperate Housewife rubbish that's constantly showed

The Real B-man

DaveMcG wrote: »

Yeah, much prefer a fat boyscout who spends the whole show preaching about the environment...

Lmao well said

kerash

Grylls=faker http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6911748.stm
Ray Mears FTW

But theres only one Johnny Kingdom, love him!!

Nerin

DaveMcG wrote: »

Yeah, much prefer a fat boyscout who spends the whole show preaching about the environment...

:rolleyes:
wanna know why hes such a big guy? because he's so good with the survival skills he eats like a king anywhere
bear grylls my ass.

WindSock

Why does everyone complain that he sleeps in hotels some nights? Why shouldn't he? He is still doing the job on camera of showing what you may do if you ever find yourself in this situation.
I like ray mears show too, but there is too much stuff to remember. Bears' is more basic. Ray is like the Gourmet of survival.

kowloon

Theres a Canadian fellow who has some good programmes, anyone know his name?

kerash

WindSock wrote: »

Why does everyone complain that he sleeps in hotels some nights? Why shouldn't he? He is still doing the job on camera of showing what you may do if you ever find yourself in this situation.

Because he implied that he was toughin it out so he is a loser.:pac:

sweetie

kowloon wrote: »

Theres a Canadian fellow who has some good programmes, anyone know his name?

is it survivorman? taped a few off discovery but never watched them.
good name for a superhero....he cannot die, he's Survivorman!

Roar

saw a great doc with bear the other night when he flew higher than everest with nothing but a parachute and an engine strapped to his back. amazing stuff.

as for born survivor, it's popcorn tv. cant understand why people get worked up and call him a fake etc. ffs, just watching one episode you'd know there's about ten other people out there with him filming. it's entertaining though, and i quite enjoy watching it.

brennaldo

i think bear grylls is a complete ledgend, the things he does on his show is qualitiy.

if you like bear grylls post a comment

Sherifu

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055221244

Ciaran500

Coincidently I made a post about him about 10 min ago.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55737866&postcount=12

brennaldo

ok didnt know there was already one so you can just ignore this one

Indie18

plus the bear is a fake anyway:mad::mad::mad::mad: