The Island - Bear Grylls Series 3 tonight Ch4 @ 9pm

[AshVX220]

nicanary said:

Nobody has mentioned it yet, but the girls had to swim to shore with bags of supplies, yet when the camera-person was taken off the boat came in to within a couple of yards of the beach.

The whole "you must swim to the beach, we can't get any closer" scenario was just to make good TV. Poor beggars. Maybe Riz was a poor swimmer, in which case it would have been a bit frightening.

He did say he thought he was going to die when swimming to shore, when you start to get those thoughts for whatever reason it can really shake you.

[nicanary]

madbadger said:

nicanary said:

Nobody has mentioned it yet, but the girls had to swim to shore with bags of supplies, yet when the camera-person was taken off the boat came in to within a couple of yards of the beach.

The whole "you must swim to the beach, we can't get any closer" scenario was just to make good TV. Poor beggars. Maybe Riz was a poor swimmer, in which case it would have been a bit frightening.

That was a different beach.

Shows how much attention I was paying.......

[daddy cool]

My sisters friend is in the show (the male doctor) so i was persuaded to watch it. My god, what an abhorrent bunch of cretins (in general). The women were the worst, especially the gobby saaaaaaf lundan tart. I did laugh at one of the old women:
"i want to do this to show women can be strong"
[5 minutes later]
"ive had enough, i want to go"

I only watched half (up until the point the muslim guy*) finally stopped rocking backwards and forwards and helped with the fire-starting. Maybe i will watch the rest of that episode, but my blood-pressure was rising too much from watching the various forms of idiocy that i thought i would be in need of medical attention. Perhaps i could ask one one of the female doctors colleagues from medical school, and they could prescribe me a pint of ditch water to cure all ills.

I generally avoid Bear's tv shows, and any TV show involving members of the public that are carefully selected to tick every box (muslim/gay/disabled/old). For balance, i really enjoyed the recent SAS selection series, and thought there were some genuinely impressive contestants in that.
Based on the opening 30 mins of this, im not sure i can watch any more and root for any of these lot.


'* i know hes muslim, because he kept fking banging on about it, as if that counts for anything.

[nicanary]

daddy cool said:

My sisters friend is in the show (the male doctor) so i was persuaded to watch it. My god, what an abhorrent bunch of cretins (in general). The women were the worst, especially the gobby saaaaaaf lundan tart. I did laugh at one of the old women:
"i want to do this to show women can be strong"
[5 minutes later]
"ive had enough, i want to go"

I only watched half (up until the point the muslim guy*) finally stopped rocking backwards and forwards and helped with the fire-starting. Maybe i will watch the rest of that episode, but my blood-pressure was rising too much from watching the various forms of idiocy that i thought i would be in need of medical attention. Perhaps i could ask one one of the female doctors colleagues from medical school, and they could prescribe me a pint of ditch water to cure all ills.

I generally avoid Bear's tv shows, and any TV show involving members of the public that are carefully selected to tick every box (muslim/gay/disabled/old). For balance, i really enjoyed the recent SAS selection series, and thought there were some genuinely impressive contestants in that.
Based on the opening 30 mins of this, im not sure i can watch any more and root for any of these lot.


'* i know hes muslim, because he kept fking banging on about it, as if that counts for anything.

We've said before during previous series, they're selected for their ability to make good TV. I'm sure there are ex-military who apply to take part, and they don't stand a chance of being picked (the disabled woman is clearly there to represent that part of society), but can you imagine the show if the group consisted of 8 ex-SAS? Personally I'd watch it, just to see how good they are at coping, but I think most casual viewers would want more errors to laugh at.

[addey]

I read the other week that this is one of the most over-subscribed reality TV shows - more than twice as many people apply to do this than Big Brother I think it said. So they have a vast pool of morons to select from

[Ayahuasca]

I live quite close to the island where this is filmed.

I could take some food to them. Would this spoil the show?

[Mcphisto]

Ayahuasca said:

I live quite close to the island where this is filmed.

I could take some food to them. Would this spoil the show?

Did that not happen last series, a local fisherman "gave"the women a fish just as they were all about to die of thirst/starvation. This lot will have to go some to be as bad as the women last year!

[Lucas Ayde]

nicanary said:

We've said before during previous series, they're selected for their ability to make good TV. I'm sure there are ex-military who apply to take part, and they don't stand a chance of being picked (the disabled woman is clearly there to represent that part of society), but can you imagine the show if the group consisted of 8 ex-SAS? Personally I'd watch it, just to see how good they are at coping, but I think most casual viewers would want more errors to laugh at.

Yeah, all 'reality' TV is stuffed with people who have been cast to create drama with each other. Being good at surviving and getting on well with your team would not make for entertaining TV for the masses.

Anyone remember 'Space Cadets' where they basically faked a space launch and orbital flight? They openly made a point of discarding any applicants who had any interest in space, physics, science, technology or were in any way intelligent. It was just an enormous piss-take of the participants. We need more of that sort of attitude IMO.

[anonymous-user]

So why did the intros need to go....
"I'm a doctor"
"I'm a carpenter"
"I work in insurance"
"I'm a Muslim"
?

[Jonesy23]

Set up reality TV gets a bit same-ish after a while.

Wake me up when they decide it's time to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside.

[nicanary]

Crossflow Kid said:

So why did the intros need to go....
"I'm a doctor"
"I'm a carpenter"
"I work in insurance"
"I'm a Muslim"
?

WTF are they going to do if the crew "set up" a wild pig to catch, like last year? It'll be an awkward situation, especially if they've made no alternative arrangements.

(I'm not laughing or being racist - it could turn out to be a bit of an iffy moment.)

[anonymous-user]

nicanary said:

Crossflow Kid said:

So why did the intros need to go....
"I'm a doctor"
"I'm a carpenter"
"I work in insurance"
"I'm a Muslim"
?

WTF are they going to do if the crew "set up" a wild pig to catch, like last year? It'll be an awkward situation, especially if they've made no alternative arrangements.

(I'm not laughing or being racist - it could turn out to be a bit of an iffy moment.)

Religion is make-believe.
Hunger is real.

[nicanary]

Crossflow Kid said:

nicanary said:

Crossflow Kid said:

So why did the intros need to go....
"I'm a doctor"
"I'm a carpenter"
"I work in insurance"
"I'm a Muslim"
?

WTF are they going to do if the crew "set up" a wild pig to catch, like last year? It'll be an awkward situation, especially if they've made no alternative arrangements.

(I'm not laughing or being racist - it could turn out to be a bit of an iffy moment.)

Religion is make-believe.
Hunger is real.

I'm an atheist, but I respect other people's right to a belief. Having said that, I know a Muslim kebab-shop owner who can't refuse a bacon buttie. He just says "don't tell anyone".

[anonymous-user]

nicanary said:

Crossflow Kid said:

nicanary said:

Crossflow Kid said:

So why did the intros need to go....
"I'm a doctor"
"I'm a carpenter"
"I work in insurance"
"I'm a Muslim"
?

WTF are they going to do if the crew "set up" a wild pig to catch, like last year? It'll be an awkward situation, especially if they've made no alternative arrangements.

(I'm not laughing or being racist - it could turn out to be a bit of an iffy moment.)

Religion is make-believe.
Hunger is real.

I'm an atheist, but I respect other people's right to a belief. Having said that, I know a Muslim kebab-shop owner who can't refuse a bacon buttie. He just says "don't tell anyone".

Surviving on a barren island isn't about beliefs.
It's about getting as many calories down your neck for as little effort as possible.

[Frik]

threespires said:

How do they recharge the camera batteries?

IIRC they have regular swaps arranged.

The early episodes are all about the weak participants. It'll settle down.

[lemmingjames]

If a deserted island has no laws, what happens if you murder someone?

[227bhp]

I'm surprised everyone is still discussing this as it hasn't been on for days, meanwhile last night Mr Grylls and his band of celebs were laid on the sand pushing hoses up each others bottoms

[Lucas Ayde]

Just watched this on catch-up ... the women weren't as bad as everyone seems to think as they had friction fire going impressively quickly (by first night I think). Also they seem to be reasonably well organised already. Really stupid mistake with the stagnant water but that seems to be because their 'doctor' has messed up by declaring it safe to drink and the rest are trusting her. The older camerawoman threw in the towel incredibly quickly but by the looks of things she was recruited in to do the job rather than being an applicant and bit off more than she could handle in terms of putting up with hardship.

The men on the other hand look like a complete bunch of idiots so far. The Muslim guy is a wuss and the group as a whole is completely rudderless with the people who are inclined to try to take a leadership role so far looking like they are totally clueless and very poor candidates to lead.

[Ayahuasca]

lemmingjames said:

If a deserted island has no laws, what happens if you murder someone?

This island does have laws. Including not killing animals like American crocodiles (last series).

An interesting question is, what happens in country with normal laws, where there are indigenous tribes who might murder someone.

In that case they are not prosecuted.

So, if you want to murder someone and get away with it, a poisoned dart from a blowpipe is the way to go.

[slipstream 1985]

Would be good as said above if 8 sas ex soldiers went on. Se what awesome pad they can come up with.