The Island - Bear Grylls Series 3 tonight Ch4 @ 9pm
Discussion
slipstream 1985 said:
Would be good as said above if 8 sas ex soldiers went on. Se what awesome pad they can come up with.
One thing's for sure, they'd have comfortable accommodation, a fire, food and drinking water, all in the first day. No petty squabbles, no infighting for "rank", all pulling their weight and working together for the benefit of the team.Like I said, personally I would find that interesting and entertaining TV, but the TV companies seem to think we want dross.
slipstream 1985 said:
Would be good as said above if 8 sas ex soldiers went on. Se what awesome pad they can come up with.
Probably nothing special.Bear in mind the maxim for Them is to operate undetected, travel light/move fast, leave no trace etc I doubt very much that Them would go to anything more than "adequate" lengths. They might do it faster than the average civvy and stick it out longer but if you're expecting a Disney Swiss Family Robinson tree house you'd be disappointed.
Fleegle said:
The Insurance salesman is going to find himself being alienating by the women if he carries on talking to them like they are appliance cleaners
When he talked about building the beds in a few hours, I assumed they'd been shown by the production company how to do it. Clearly he hadn't got much of a clue.Erica (I remember her streak at Twickenham) made what looked like a quite serviceable bed in a short time, and seemed to get a relatively good nights sleep.
Shame about the female ex-squaddie. She was an asset to the group - I didn't catch any explanation but I assume the storm set off some sort of reaction in her nervous system which created phantom pain. Poor b*gger.
nicanary said:
Shame about the female ex-squaddie. She was an asset to the group - I didn't catch any explanation but I assume the storm set off some sort of reaction in her nervous system which created phantom pain. Poor b*gger.
It set off her PTSD it seems. As said above it was hard to watch, the poor woman. You hear about PTSD but I think that's the first time I've seen it in action, and it was horrible.slybynight said:
Just watched this on c4. If the story of that woman soldier was true... and I dont see why not..... that was hard to watch. I hardly ever watch TV and not ashamed to say.... it got dustier in here than it has in a long time.
I agree. I was genuinely touched by that. It was clear she was in so much pain that nobody could do a thing about. Very sad and a brief insight into what some ex-service personnel are going through.Edited by slybynight on Monday 4th April 22:13
Re Hannah Campbell (female iraq veteran)... it gets a bit wierder... further research reveals a variety of reasons from PTSD, through bursitis .. and to her claiming in "the Sun" that it was nothing to do with the thunderstorm triggering her... rather it was a scorpion bit... Im not sure which truth I would dislike less... the show faking a PTSD event, or her trying to put a brave face on it by claiming it was just a sting.
Lucas Ayde said:
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.
Pretty muchThe 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.
That Simon seems borderline retard
edit.
Watched it all now.
Very funny how SImon kept wanting to help Erica to carry the water can. She by far looked the most capable of anyone there, she's a farmer, she's probably the strongest! Then there was the farce over the bed, the bumbles arse around for who knows how long and ultimately fail, Erica rocks up and sorts herself a bed. The juxtaposition between the groups was amusing.
Nice budding lil romance there...which was quashed because the young lad didn't say he had a gf.
Edited by Halb on Tuesday 5th April 09:32
dazwalsh said:
Call centre w
ker, as he is now called in the Walsh mansion, is really getting on my goat. So too is that gobby little cow on the girls team. Suppose they were thrown in just to wind me up but i hope they throw a hissy fit and leave sometime soon.
I previously worked with a bell end like that even down to the "aww maaaate" sound every sentence. ker, as he is now called in the Walsh mansion, is really getting on my goat. So too is that gobby little cow on the girls team. Suppose they were thrown in just to wind me up but i hope they throw a hissy fit and leave sometime soon.No comments this week?
Like how the producers had to leave another net handy for them to find, after the muppets lost the first one.
The moment when that bloke fainted and collapsed was a touch gruesome. He looked positively green for a moment.
Was a bit confused with the chap who got swept out to sea. Who was filming him then, when he washed up in the cove and was swimming back? Some of it could have been a go pro that he was holding on the end a long stick (which somehow disappeared in time for his triumphant wander back into the camp), but if you really were at the mercy of the sea and then about to be smashed against rocks I'm not sure looking after my camera would be top of my priority list.
Muslim boy apparently unable to control himself in the face of severely weather beaten leather skinned women, dear me, was that some sort of ham fisted attempt to draw parallels with behaviour of immigrants in swimming pools and town squares in Sweden and Cologne etc?
Like how the producers had to leave another net handy for them to find, after the muppets lost the first one.
The moment when that bloke fainted and collapsed was a touch gruesome. He looked positively green for a moment.
Was a bit confused with the chap who got swept out to sea. Who was filming him then, when he washed up in the cove and was swimming back? Some of it could have been a go pro that he was holding on the end a long stick (which somehow disappeared in time for his triumphant wander back into the camp), but if you really were at the mercy of the sea and then about to be smashed against rocks I'm not sure looking after my camera would be top of my priority list.
Muslim boy apparently unable to control himself in the face of severely weather beaten leather skinned women, dear me, was that some sort of ham fisted attempt to draw parallels with behaviour of immigrants in swimming pools and town squares in Sweden and Cologne etc?
I noticed the lack of comments, but assumed that everyone else felt the same as myself, and it appears you as well.
It's so stage-managed and edited that it can't be taken seriously. Mind you, that guy who passed out was in a bad state - I don't think that was faked in any way. Everything else about the programme suggests that Grylls and his cohorts manipulate the daily events from behind the scenes.
It's so stage-managed and edited that it can't be taken seriously. Mind you, that guy who passed out was in a bad state - I don't think that was faked in any way. Everything else about the programme suggests that Grylls and his cohorts manipulate the daily events from behind the scenes.
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