Hunted

[gl20]

Crossflow Kid said:

gl20 said:

Just watched this for the first time but from 10mins in. What constitutes actual capture? I'm confused, as in the restaurant scene I thought the hunters were clear they'd found their guy but just hovered around, pretending to reserve a table etc l, rather than just walking up to him. What am I missing here?!

I think they triangulated them to the restaurant but hadn't actually spotted them. Maybe the hair thing did have a benefit?
Last series, "capture" seemed to be a sort of pre-agreed point at which it's clear the hunted could be physically restrained by the hunter force if it were real.

Fair enough, although couldn't they restrain him at the table? As you say, may be they weren't certain. I'll stick with it...

[egor110]

Issi said:

I'd stop there if I were you.

Moving from cave system to cave system - fantastic.

Go on ?

You could start in the north yorkshire dales then jump ship and head to the peak district then either over to wales and the brecons or down to somerset and cheddar.

Obviously above ground would be most dangerous so you'd try and keep that to the minimum amount of time.

[fiatpower]

Mr. H said:

I was only half watching but did I really see the same man crawl through a field in a ghillie suit then decide to bleach his hair peroxide blonde and go for an all you can eat lunch?me

that ghillie suit crawl across the field was ridiculous, would have stood out less simply walking across as you'd expect to see people walking around a country house! And I thought the idea of dying your hair as a disguise is to blend in and not stand out. Can't say you see many blokes with peroxide blonde hair around.

[anonymous-user]

egor110 said:

Issi said:

I'd stop there if I were you.

Moving from cave system to cave system - fantastic.

Go on ?

You could start in the north yorkshire dales then jump ship and head to the peak district then either over to wales and the brecons or down to somerset and cheddar.

Obviously above ground would be most dangerous so you'd try and keep that to the minimum amount of time.

Presumably caving involves a fair bit of kit and preparation, and has a community all of its own so once they start scratching beneath the surface of your personal profile, and figure out your Amazon purchases are mostly high powered head torches and all your friends on FB are in photos of caves, they'd soon be on to you.

Must admit the two military guys' activities do seem to be a little odd and staged at times. I'm surprised they agreed to the made up bits.

[hairykrishna]

I think I'd find it more entertaining if I knew what the actual rules are. Obviously there's some rule that they have to keep moving and they can't just lay up in a forest somewhere with a months worth of food. But how far do they have to move? Do they have to go to built up areas as part of the movement?
I also don't get what counts as 'being caught'. The two blokes in the restaurant were obviously spotted. Yet the two spotters didn't just walk over and tell them the game was over?

[KTF]

Mr. H said:

I was only half watching but did I really see the same man crawl through a field in a ghillie suit then decide to bleach his hair peroxide blonde and go for an all you can eat lunch?

I did think that was a bit weird as it was one extreme to the other. If you wanted to 'hide' then why go to Blackpool and have an all you can eat Indian rather than, I dont know, stay miles away from anything like that?

Also when will people learn that they can be tracked by their phones. They are meant to be hiding!

[Shakermaker]

Mr. H said:

There's a bit of a description on the channel 4 website that says contestants must keep moving during the 'hunting hours' (9 - 5 presumably).

I was only half watching but did I really see the same man crawl through a field in a ghillie suit then decide to bleach his hair peroxide blonde and go for an all you can eat lunch?

There were quite a few farfetched moments but I guess this is always to be expected on TV. The two girls with no plan other than hitchhiking are a complete joke along with the guys who didn't think to practice putting a tent up before they left home.

OK, with that comment, I think I am going to give this series a miss now.

S1 didn't seem to have these "rules" in place, as far as I could tell, and I personally was quite happy to know if anyone could indeed spend 28 days just hiding somewhere and therefore likely becoming "the winner" and watching the mistakes of the other contestants leading to their capture.

Telling them they have to be "on the move" is slightly against the ethos of going undetected.

[Quickmoose]

I think the narration said "They are 'encouraged' to keep moving' or something.
I feel the same, but will still watch it... but now for comedy value.
2 pretty serious ex-army types with all their 'knowledge'...one of whom decided to crawl across an open field in full camo gear...one of the funniest bits of telly I've seen for a while.
And as others have pointed out... "we can see you!" should really mean they're done...but I guess if they were dangerous escaped convicts (who fancied a curry in the town centre) then the potential to make a run for it is OK...

We haven't learnt much about the others, other than so far they've been lucky and the girls' parents are little on the simple side

[KTF]

Assuming they have to be accompanied by someone with a camera all the time, what do they then do with the guy who decides to jump in the lake and make a swim for it when the Hunters catch up with him?

The guy with the camera will (I assume have to go after him) so do they also jump in the lake and make a swim for it or do they start walking alongside followed by the Hunters who then just follow the camera guy?

[SystemParanoia]

The software developers disapointed me.
they should know how easily data networks can be compromised and subverted, yet they're there filming and taking selfies endlessly

if i really HAD to communicate with my family.. i'd use a burner phone and send a single text before ditching it.

it would have the link generated by https://cyph.ws/

or just use https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat on a digital ocean droplet

[KTF]

Also, if their phones can be tracked, why not buy a burner before the show then throw it in the back of a passing truck or whatever whilst heading off in the opposite direction? Seems to work in the films anyway

[egor110]

KTF said:

Also, if their phones can be tracked, why not buy a burner before the show then throw it in the back of a passing truck or whatever whilst heading off in the opposite direction? Seems to work in the films anyway

If you've applied to be on the show and you only have to go missing for 4 weeks ? surely the best thing is to have no mobile phone.

Surely people can survive for 4 weeks without talking to there families especially as they've applied to take part.

[Northern_Monkey]

Setting everyone off from the same place in the centre of a major town was just handing an early advantage straight to the Hunters (not that they used it).

One of the good things in the original series to me was the fact that they were given short notice that they would be hunted and had to drop everything and leave - kind of feel that should have been the same here.

It's a bit like series one ending with them all being instructed to reach the same place.

[SystemParanoia]

Northern_Monkey said:

Setting everyone off from the same place in the centre of a major townCITY was just handing an early advantage straight to the Hunters (not that they used it).

One of the good things in the original series to me was the fact that they were given short notice that they would be hunted and had to drop everything and leave - kind of feel that should have been the same here.

It's a bit like series one ending with them all being instructed to reach the same place.

[lemmingjames]

Given the reach of TFL in london, how easy would it to just ride the train system all day?

[KTF]

lemmingjames said:

Given the reach of TFL in london, how easy would it to just ride the train system all day?

There is CCTV all over the tube (not sure about in the trains themselves) so I guess you could get on the train, change attire (assuming the other people on the train dont freak out) then switch to another line and rinse and repeat.

The backpack could be dumped in a locker at one of the stations to make you stand out less but again you would have to avoid the CCTV and then are tied to going back for whatever is in it (assuming you need whats in it) at periodic intervals.

You would have to get to London first though.

[Bluedot]

fiatpower said:

Mr. H said:

I was only half watching but did I really see the same man crawl through a field in a ghillie suit then decide to bleach his hair peroxide blonde and go for an all you can eat lunch?me

that ghillie suit crawl across the field was ridiculous, would have stood out less simply walking across as you'd expect to see people walking around a country house! And I thought the idea of dying your hair as a disguise is to blend in and not stand out. Can't say you see many blokes with peroxide blonde hair around.

What was funny was when one of the army guys picked out the hunters as they 'clearly didn't look like they were from round these parts, they didn't fit in...'
The phrase pot and kettle came to mind

I think it was more the fact that the hunters were gawping round the restaurant that gave them away.

[Bluedot]

KTF said:

poing said:

stuartmmcfc said:

Thanks Dad.

Those parents were shocking. I'd love to do this and have them visit my parents, they'd be great at giving away nothing and generally being bloody awkward, I was taught by the best

They must have known they would get a visit so why spill the beans or just say anything other than the truth.

Plus leaving notes around of the plans. Amateurs

We thought it was a double bluff when they started spilling the beans and having those notes conveniently to hand.
Apparently not though

[AndrewEH1]

I've always wanted to walk Land's End to John O'Groats. Think it's possible to do in 28 days? Or maybe one or two of the long distance walks in Scotland.

Small rucksack, easy to carry food and then stopping off occasionally in little villages to re-supply. No cameras there.

Unless one of the rules was to visit a major city every couple of days...

[Iva Barchetta]

I was very disappointed the military pair got away,when the hunters could've just walked in and said "you're out" or whatever.

I noticed one of the investigators saying Jez looks a bit angry,on next week's clip it showed him being a bit rage sweary in a vehicle,which seems unnecessary.