the island series two
Discussion
I'd imagine he's had a fair few smacks in the pub with his attitude.
I'm surprised someone hasn't lost their temper properly with him though.
tbf to him though he's the only one making a decent effort on food. If a few others could fish like him they'd probably thrive on the island rather than just survive.
I'm surprised someone hasn't lost their temper properly with him though.
tbf to him though he's the only one making a decent effort on food. If a few others could fish like him they'd probably thrive on the island rather than just survive.
briangriffin said:
I'd imagine he's had a fair few smacks in the pub with his attitude.
I'm surprised someone hasn't lost their temper properly with him though.
tbf to him though he's the only one making a decent effort on food. If a few others could fish like him they'd probably thrive on the island rather than just survive.
He annoys me, but at the same time I admire him. He's a natural survivor. You need inner strength - he must feel just as bad as the others, but he picks himself up and forces himself to get things done. He certainly knows how to angle.I'm surprised someone hasn't lost their temper properly with him though.
tbf to him though he's the only one making a decent effort on food. If a few others could fish like him they'd probably thrive on the island rather than just survive.
Those fish looked very large for "off the rocks" fishing, and it made me wonder how much of this show is "set up". The piglets on the women's island were certainly planted. I can't see how you could "plant" fish though - there seem to be more close to the shore than there are in the lagoon.
He certainly had a change of heart after the near-death experience. Never happened to me, but it must make you think a bit more about priorities.
The women are a disaster. Three weeks in and they're still sleeping rough and barely surviving. There appears to be no-one in the camp who can drive the basic needs of food, water and shelter. They dont appear to have allocated tasks / a rota to maximise their situation and the opportunities presented by their environment - something that the men appear to be doing on the strength of last night's show (despite not having established a hierarchy). The cut to the producer at the end of the wonmen's show wasn't a massive surprise.
And, I'm convinced that piggy had been drugged.
And, I'm convinced that piggy had been drugged.
Quhet said:
What was all that b
ks with the pig and them starving? I thought they'd got a pig last week.
I guess it's edited with footage from all over but it is a bit of a shame it isn't shown in chronological order
Different pig, the drugged one last night was much bigger than last week's two.ks with the pig and them starving? I thought they'd got a pig last week. I guess it's edited with footage from all over but it is a bit of a shame it isn't shown in chronological order
IanMorewood said:
Over two weeks in and they haven't worked out how to fish or hunt. Good job the four of them stumbled over the sleeping pig. Did think eating the two piglets at the same time in last weeks program was a bit daft.
Nothing that's been killed keeps more than a few hours due to the heat, they showed that on the men's programme that whatever it was they kept back was already unsafe to eat the next day.No chance of the women keeping a piglet live to kill and eat later, they would just get even more attached to its cuteness and wouldn't ever be able to off it.
I think she had a reprieve. She appear to be living a good 200m away on the Northern beach, so it would take the ladies a good 3 - 4 days to find their way through the jungle to find her again. by that time, they would be dead through any combination of:
Crying too much
Drinking far, far too little
Not eating anything, as there are no limpets left anywhere
Generally being useless
I think it's safe to say that mummy piggy doesn't have too much to worry about (unless the producers drug her as well)
Crying too much
Drinking far, far too little
Not eating anything, as there are no limpets left anywhere
Generally being useless
I think it's safe to say that mummy piggy doesn't have too much to worry about (unless the producers drug her as well)
Juicetin1 said:
Considering they are getting bitten to death every night from lying on the sand, why havent they built any sort of beds yet !
Women can't multitask 
.This year's lot are really completely useless. They seem to have no initiative whatsoever - I wonder if Grylls will bother with a women's island next year, someone's going to die if they don't watch out.
I saw the trailer for next week with the insinuation that they might be airlifted out, but will it be because of ill-health, or some sort of multiple bust-up?
nicanary said:
Women can't multitask .
This year's lot are really completely useless. They seem to have no initiative whatsoever - I wonder if Grylls will bother with a women's island next year, someone's going to die if they don't watch out.
I saw the trailer for next week with the insinuation that they might be airlifted out, but will it be because of ill-health, or some sort of multiple bust-up?
wouldn't be very entertaining if they did well and didn't have problems.This year's lot are really completely useless. They seem to have no initiative whatsoever - I wonder if Grylls will bother with a women's island next year, someone's going to die if they don't watch out.
I saw the trailer for next week with the insinuation that they might be airlifted out, but will it be because of ill-health, or some sort of multiple bust-up?
Juicetin1 said:
Considering they are getting bitten to death every night from lying on the sand, why havent they built any sort of beds yet !
It is odd... 3 whole weeks of 'living' and only now have the guys thought, 'we need to sleep off the ground'Personally I would've thought 14 grown men/women could've/should've found a spot, made a shelter, made a fire wood shelter, started a fire and set up a rain catching thingy within 2-3 days.
I apreciate its all new and the storms are immense but even so...
It seems the social/personlaity stuff is getting right in the way....
and why the super fisherman can't teach the others I don't know
Quickmoose said:
It is odd... 3 whole weeks of 'living' and only now have the guys thought, 'we need to sleep off the ground'
Personally I would've thought 14 grown men/women could've/should've found a spot, made a shelter, made a fire wood shelter, started a fire and set up a rain catching thingy within 2-3 days.
I apreciate its all new and the storms are immense but even so...
It seems the social/personlaity stuff is getting right in the way....
and why the super fisherman can't teach the others I don't know
It's the drama created by the deliberately engineered clash of personalities that is the main draw for a show like this, just like any so-called 'Reality' TV show.Personally I would've thought 14 grown men/women could've/should've found a spot, made a shelter, made a fire wood shelter, started a fire and set up a rain catching thingy within 2-3 days.
I apreciate its all new and the storms are immense but even so...
It seems the social/personlaity stuff is getting right in the way....
and why the super fisherman can't teach the others I don't know
Other stuff like the 'surviving' and incidents like the 'near death boat wreck' (puh-lease) is just there to add a bit of additional excitement and differentiate it from the raft of reality TV peers.
At least the producers haven't gone for totally over-the-top personalities, which has wrecked many a show. There was a short-lived Yank reality TV show called 'Utopia' (nothing to do with the excellent C4 drama) which featured a bunch of people trying to be mostly self-sufficient on a ranch, but which pretty much insta-failed due to the fact that the show's producers pulled together almost the most ludicrously outrageous set of idiots that you could find in the US with the express purpose of creating maximum drama. The result was a total mess.
I'm sure I've read that the people with survivalist skills were weeded out during the selection process.
There was that reality show about sending a bunch of muppets into space.
The selection process made sure that the finalists were really thick and had no interest in space or scifi. Made it easier to fool them.
Would like to see an obviously shorter series where they send squaddies to an island so we can see how quickly they adapt to the situation.
There was that reality show about sending a bunch of muppets into space.
The selection process made sure that the finalists were really thick and had no interest in space or scifi. Made it easier to fool them.
Would like to see an obviously shorter series where they send squaddies to an island so we can see how quickly they adapt to the situation.
Edited by croyde on Saturday 2nd May 03:39
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