Kevin McCloud's Escape to the Wild
Discussion
Weirdly my YouView recorder got episode 2 again (Chile) last Sunday and even when I scrolled back through the EPG the episode broadcast was the Chile one.
Anyhow, I watched on demand and boy was that bloke a nutter.
He just fired his gun in the general direction of some noise
Could have been his kids or wife. The wife looked brain-washed.
Anyhow, I watched on demand and boy was that bloke a nutter.
He just fired his gun in the general direction of some noise
Could have been his kids or wife. The wife looked brain-washed.Guffy said:
I thought there was something unhinged about the bloke last night. he said they were living in Belize for the kids, what a crock of shoite, it's all about him!
He reminded me of Big Vern from Viz. All very nice but if his wife raised the prospect of going back to live in a city he'd bury the whole family. An odd man. I thought he'd wipe them all out when the marmite appeared and his family were too happy at the invasion.
Why are the kids in a remote building? That aerial plan looked plain odd.
Why didn't he know the projected yield of his future crop? That suggested to me a possible reason as to why he couldn't earn a decent living in London and has ended up in an absolute s
t tip of a country with no assets. Re the island family, they have the huge benefit of being able to monetize their home via specialist holidays. Their set up struck me as the wisest of the four as it had the ability to leave a commercial legacy to the children as opposed to just leaving them with the remnants of a London property sale to try and exist on.
I got the feeling that Jungle Man in Belize was enjoying the hunter gatherer existence, and wo be tide anyone that suggested otherwise !
To me the 'come and try it for 6 months' was more of a statement of 'lets see how you get on' rather than, come and enjoy the party, its great.
Having to buy your meat at 4:30 in the morning gives the suggestion that all is done outside the law and im not so sure that that side of life is something that wholly offsets the positive experience his resourceful and practical kids are getting.
still, he is enjoying himself, and fair play to that
To me the 'come and try it for 6 months' was more of a statement of 'lets see how you get on' rather than, come and enjoy the party, its great.
Having to buy your meat at 4:30 in the morning gives the suggestion that all is done outside the law and im not so sure that that side of life is something that wholly offsets the positive experience his resourceful and practical kids are getting.
still, he is enjoying himself, and fair play to that
Edited by benters on Wednesday 24th June 12:38
http://www.workaway.info/951327524882-en.html
Seems more logical. People come and stay with them and help with the construction etc.
Plus, they are building a school for the local village.
Seems more logical. People come and stay with them and help with the construction etc.
Plus, they are building a school for the local village.
This program gets you with a certain inevitability that will doubtless come to human existence in time (unless an infinite energy source is found!) but we're not there yet.
How is what they were doing and how they were living idyllic? Collecting others rubbish from an ever growing filth ridden pile. Doing illegal meat details in the street. Armed patrolling of the grounds to ward off threats. What future is that for his daughters? what happens if the family are attacked? What will those girls grow up to become? The guy annoyed me and needed a royal kick up the backside if he thinks for one minute that he's created an idyllic environment for his family.
Agree with all the points regarding the all the TV pre-amble. When will TV stop treating us like idiots and deliver meaningful content? The amount of different cut shots as the bus departed necessitated several takes and several bus departures. You were not on that path alone Kevin so why pretend you were?
How is what they were doing and how they were living idyllic? Collecting others rubbish from an ever growing filth ridden pile. Doing illegal meat details in the street. Armed patrolling of the grounds to ward off threats. What future is that for his daughters? what happens if the family are attacked? What will those girls grow up to become? The guy annoyed me and needed a royal kick up the backside if he thinks for one minute that he's created an idyllic environment for his family.
Agree with all the points regarding the all the TV pre-amble. When will TV stop treating us like idiots and deliver meaningful content? The amount of different cut shots as the bus departed necessitated several takes and several bus departures. You were not on that path alone Kevin so why pretend you were?
R4PID said:
Collecting others rubbish from an ever growing filth ridden pile. Doing illegal meat details in the street. Armed patrolling of the grounds to ward off threats. What future is that for his daughters? what happens if the family are attacked? What will those girls grow up to become? The guy annoyed me and needed a royal kick up the backside if he thinks for one minute that he's created an idyllic environment for his family.
but enough about the North. 
BoRED S2upid said:
Where do they find these nutjobs? I like the way they have all had a breakdown in London and just done one and Kevin asks why didn't you just move to Scotland? 
Kevin certainly seems to be of the opinion that if you are an antisocial whack job then Scotland is the place for you. The husband definitely had a screw loose. The wife probably made one careless, off-hand remark (when they lived in Notting Hill or somewhere) about how much she loved the local "authentic" butchers and that was it - off to Belize to get some warm sliced carcass in a bucket at 4 a.m.
Although I'm obviously biaised in favour of the "normal" life of civilisation that the parents gave up, I felt sorry for the kids - being made to scavenge barefoot on a pile of discarded refuse (hazardous?) like urchins Slumdog-style etc, exposed needlessly to danger, deprived of a normal education - for what? To fulfil the Dad's dream of living like the first man, staking out and pissing on his territory to make his mark, building an odd-ball house (and beacon for nutters), etc etc. It's all like some pointless, narcissistic experiment.
All that said, I'd love to see the "Escape to the Wild Revisited"
Although I'm obviously biaised in favour of the "normal" life of civilisation that the parents gave up, I felt sorry for the kids - being made to scavenge barefoot on a pile of discarded refuse (hazardous?) like urchins Slumdog-style etc, exposed needlessly to danger, deprived of a normal education - for what? To fulfil the Dad's dream of living like the first man, staking out and pissing on his territory to make his mark, building an odd-ball house (and beacon for nutters), etc etc. It's all like some pointless, narcissistic experiment.
All that said, I'd love to see the "Escape to the Wild Revisited"
Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff