The Island -Bear Grylls
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I keep yelling at the TV "Tell us how that water supply is working out, FFS!!".
Since finding the stagnant pool in the first episode, they haven't said anything at all about how they're managing their water supply - and yet they must have got something sorted, because they've been there for a week and they're all going "Gawd I'm hungry", but nobody is complaining about thirst. If they really do need minimum 2 litres each per day they must have boiled up 40 odd gallons of the stuff by now - that's a lot of boiling, but we've seen nothing of it.
Since finding the stagnant pool in the first episode, they haven't said anything at all about how they're managing their water supply - and yet they must have got something sorted, because they've been there for a week and they're all going "Gawd I'm hungry", but nobody is complaining about thirst. If they really do need minimum 2 litres each per day they must have boiled up 40 odd gallons of the stuff by now - that's a lot of boiling, but we've seen nothing of it.
RealSquirrels said:
i understood that most catfish were quite unpleasant to eat anyway - the programme said that theirs tasted nasty because they didn't gut it quickly enough.
i was impressed at the cayman catching but did wonder why they didn't kill it right after they caught it? seemed a bit cruel to carry it across the island alive but tied up. maybe the weather is so warm its better to slaughter and cook stuff immediately?
It could have gone off if they killed upon site. Nobody knows how far that trek back to base is, even though the island is not massive, travelling across mangrove swamp with unpredictable tides means journey times are not reliable.i was impressed at the cayman catching but did wonder why they didn't kill it right after they caught it? seemed a bit cruel to carry it across the island alive but tied up. maybe the weather is so warm its better to slaughter and cook stuff immediately?
They did the right thing IMO.
slipstream 1985 said:
bear isnt on the island and hardly has to prove he could do it. hes somewhere with his feet up and doing the commentary.
infact the program would be great if bear was on the other side of the island managing everything on his own.
Yeah, that would be a much better idea. They might as well get Paxman to do that.infact the program would be great if bear was on the other side of the island managing everything on his own.
Tony2or4 said:
I keep yelling at the TV "Tell us how that water supply is working out, FFS!!".
Since finding the stagnant pool in the first episode, they haven't said anything at all about how they're managing their water supply - and yet they must have got something sorted, because they've been there for a week and they're all going "Gawd I'm hungry", but nobody is complaining about thirst. If they really do need minimum 2 litres each per day they must have boiled up 40 odd gallons of the stuff by now - that's a lot of boiling, but we've seen nothing of it.
Like I said, there's definitely a whiff of the edit. Every week we get a different theme, water, food and next week, conflict and it's presented to us that these things happen one after the other. Since finding the stagnant pool in the first episode, they haven't said anything at all about how they're managing their water supply - and yet they must have got something sorted, because they've been there for a week and they're all going "Gawd I'm hungry", but nobody is complaining about thirst. If they really do need minimum 2 litres each per day they must have boiled up 40 odd gallons of the stuff by now - that's a lot of boiling, but we've seen nothing of it.
But watch the length of facial hair, the dirtiness of clothes and the size of the camp change and it seems things may not be as they look. Bit of a shame really as I would have liked to have seen it unfold more as it happened. I think a few of them are being made to look a bit a more incompetent then they actually are.
Except for the long haired one with the tattoo. He's just a bellend.
I find it hard to believe that it's taken them nigh on a week to catch some proper food.
I'd have thought 1st day priority source water and start on a shelter (which there is no sign of yet), 2nd day seperate into groups some maintaing fire, others fishing/hunting and others working on shelter. Surely they were told that in their days survival training.
It's perfectly sunny from what we;ve seen so far but what about when rain hits? i'd also be dragging that net along the beach arcing back to the shore for fishing rather than leaving it out over night, and they've seen stingrays in the shallows so i'd be keeping a close eye there, also seen plenty of tiddlers in the shallows then they were doing that too.
Either they're completely stupid or partially stupid and it's been edited to show them go from struggling in wk 1 to thriving in wk 4.
The Doctor, the black fella, the big guy who caught the caymen seem to be the only ones who would cope on their own
I'd have thought 1st day priority source water and start on a shelter (which there is no sign of yet), 2nd day seperate into groups some maintaing fire, others fishing/hunting and others working on shelter. Surely they were told that in their days survival training.
It's perfectly sunny from what we;ve seen so far but what about when rain hits? i'd also be dragging that net along the beach arcing back to the shore for fishing rather than leaving it out over night, and they've seen stingrays in the shallows so i'd be keeping a close eye there, also seen plenty of tiddlers in the shallows then they were doing that too.
Either they're completely stupid or partially stupid and it's been edited to show them go from struggling in wk 1 to thriving in wk 4.
The Doctor, the black fella, the big guy who caught the caymen seem to be the only ones who would cope on their own
briangriffin said:
'd have thought 1st day priority source water and start on a shelter (which there is no sign of yet), 2nd day seperate into groups some maintaing fire, others fishing/hunting and others working on shelter. Surely they were told that in their days survival training.
Except there is.Looking in the background this week at some points it looks like they've got several fires on the go with decent a-frames hanging over them and some fairly sturdy looking palm tree "walls" around the camp too. The beginnings of shelter but we haven't heard or seen a thing about it. The rest of them must be doing something all day.
Given the amount of time they're on the island I'd have thought they could have pushed a few more shows out from all that footage in all honesty. I'd certainly watch a 0.5-1 hr show every few nights but I guess getting hold of, and editing, the footage into some semblance of a story means that we're limited to a 1 hr show once a week.
mund7362 said:
Given the amount of time they're on the island I'd have thought they could have pushed a few more shows out from all that footage in all honesty. I'd certainly watch a 0.5-1 hr show every few nights but I guess getting hold of, and editing, the footage into some semblance of a story means that we're limited to a 1 hr show once a week.
Just what I was thinking whilst watching it. A far more interesting Big Brother concept than watching people slob around a house all dayI'm enjoying this.
Next week it looks like anarchy in the camp (going from the preview). Call centre nobody wants out, and I guess the ex-policeman will be there to re-establish order (when he isn't sleeping, or walking around naked).
I wonder if any of them do give up and leave? I mean there must be a panic button if they do want out or get into real trouble.
Call centre nobody, and the hairdresser, who I'm fairly sure might be gay? will be the first to perish.
I was pretty annoyed they didn't use a bit of glass, or the 'possibly' gay blokes glasses to start the fire - I mean, that's school boy stuff surely?
Next week it looks like anarchy in the camp (going from the preview). Call centre nobody wants out, and I guess the ex-policeman will be there to re-establish order (when he isn't sleeping, or walking around naked).
I wonder if any of them do give up and leave? I mean there must be a panic button if they do want out or get into real trouble.
Call centre nobody, and the hairdresser, who I'm fairly sure might be gay? will be the first to perish.
I was pretty annoyed they didn't use a bit of glass, or the 'possibly' gay blokes glasses to start the fire - I mean, that's school boy stuff surely?
Made me chuckle when the dohnut it from Stockport was running down the beach at a flock of birds after shouting I'm gonna kill one. That ended just about as well as I thought it would, then he hurt his hand punching the sand. Well played son..
Personally I'd have left the birds to it, because they had been in the background shots for quite some time.. I'd have been looking for the two longest straightest lightest sticks I could find, like 10, 20m territory, I'd have tied the fishing net between the two making the biggest looking butterfly net known to man, then I'd have grabbed a non idiot, taken a stick each and been stalking the feeding birds with my newly patented bird catcher..
Personally I'd have left the birds to it, because they had been in the background shots for quite some time.. I'd have been looking for the two longest straightest lightest sticks I could find, like 10, 20m territory, I'd have tied the fishing net between the two making the biggest looking butterfly net known to man, then I'd have grabbed a non idiot, taken a stick each and been stalking the feeding birds with my newly patented bird catcher..
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