It's supposed to be a a guide to inexperienced people getting lost, but there's so much staged stuff it's not very usefull. I watched a few episodes, but after a while I found the too disgusting. A man drinking elephant crap is not something I want to watch.

If people actually followed his advice they would find themselves in worse situations than they started. He takes to many risks and acts as though its always the only option. He always seems to want to cross rivers at the most dangerous point, or eating things alive. What is the benifit to teaching an audience to use your teeth to remove the head of a live snake when you have a knife on your hip. He himself might do well in the wild but his tactics are blown way out of proportion.

hehe, there are so many youtube videos of the dangerous and wild places where he was, and other's are following his footsteps. of course when they're bored they go to the neatly photoshopped out taco bell, or find some nice stream in the hottest and most dangerous part of death valley for a swim.

apparently when he was supposed to be in the Sahara he was actually on a Hawaiian beach.

  I got a season of it from the library and could not even finish watching it.  Survivor man is interesting as he does some neat things sometimes, but he is a total sap and basically relies on his metabolism to starve nearly to death for one week and then get rescued.  Like the time mr. strewd made a slingshot out of an elastic from a coat or something he had...man that was so sad, he actually thought he could kill a grouse or a squirrel with it...no...no that would not work, I could throw a pebble faster.  The worst part was that he was right beside a nice river, he could have spearfished, net fished, line fished, etc. or at least he could have made some deadfall traps, snares, etc. and if he had to hunt he should have mad an atlatl, amentum or used the rabbit stick that he had made...but that's getting fancy.
  I found man v.s. wild to be more of a survival guide but it is mostly the guy prancing around in the wild showing athletic prowess rather than survival prowess.  The last episode I managed to watch was when he made a rabbit stick intending to hunt with it and then gave up when he couldn't hit a stump with it that was only about 20ft or so away after about 10 throws.  I thought this guy was ex-S.A.S or something, he sure isn't any rambo.

  What I really wish is for a show just to come on with a guy who really knows what he is doing and goes out, (perhaps with a local tribesman or tribesmen?) and lives off the land for a week or less, but actually LIVES.  All these shows are just extreme stuff, like pushing yourself to the limit and eating gross stuff and barely surviving, when it would be much better to just pick less harsh circumstances and show people how they can actually survive.  Head out for a bit with some amazonian, dani or masai tribesmen on a hunting trip for a few nights and live like they live and hunt only with traditional weapons, and forage for wild edibles along the way, it would be GREAT!

I think that Les Stroud sometimes deliberately screws up just to get your attention, like forgetting to bait a dead fall trap until after it's set or partially burning down his shelter.  I don't think that Les always makes the best choices, but he's an expert compared to Bear, who is really just a clown.  His only real asset is that he seems to be in great shape.  If I was ever in a survival situation with Bear I'd tell him "You go your way, I'll go mine.  Bye!"  Though I don't consider myself an expert, I do know some things and I think I'd stand a much better chance on my own.  From what I've seen of Ray Mears it's all good stuff.
   Try watching Man vs Wild with it in mind that it's a comedy.  I think that you find that it makes a lot more sense that way.

xxkid123 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:47pm:


So true.... both shows have their audience

Woonilsra wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 12:29am:


the photoshopped out city in the background will save him