[UKkoXJvF]

Didnt somebody get busted for not really being in nature or something, I think the Canadian guy is the real deal isnt he?

[FourEsters]

You're thinking of Man vs Wild for getting busted. Yes, Suvivorman is real.

[alfredtaniypnx]

You're thinking of Man vs Wild for getting busted. Yes, Suvivorman is real.

if you mean "he hasn't been busted for sleeping in hotels yet" then I guess.

[Grenader]

it is a pretty good indication imo that survivorman is real in the fact that he doesn't do ridicuosly dangerous stunts in his show like bear did. Bear was always pushing things to the limits of safety, for entertainment value, since he knew there were people there to help him if he is in trouble. Les seems to avoid danger at all costs, continually reminding the audience that sweat will kill you in the cold, and lack of sweat will kill you in the heat etc. He also seems to always be on the point of starvation, which is real life for the circumstances he is in. Les does have a satelitte phone in case anything goes terribly wrong, and lets his audience know this every show. HEll, survivormans crew has even come in and stopped the show a few times when things got outta hand (the show where he was on a raft and then stayed on that little island till his producers came and got him because of political unreast... also, most recent show in canadian artic where the sea ice melted and he woulda been stranded)

IMO, Man vd Wild was the x-games of survivor skills... all show and no substance. Survivorman, imo, teaches you how to survive until you can find help, and imo is much more instructive.

Survivorman FTW.

[Avoireeideree]

yep Survivor Man is the real deal. Les Stroud rocks! Can you imagine having to carry all that camera equipment back and forth like that?

[vSzsgifP]

You guys must be smoking crack. Survivorman is almost unbearably watchable. Strous is an absolute panzy, and complains like a little girl when he's getting bitten by mosquitos. Bear was in the special forces and climbed mount everest. Strous camps out in his grandma's backyard and is seconds from crying almost every 5 minutes in the show. Surviorman blows a giant, hairy, musty donkey ****.

[Vezazvqw]

You guys must be smoking crack. Survivorman is almost unbearably watchable. Strous is an absolute panzy, and complains like a little girl when he's getting bitten by mosquitos. Bear was in the special forces and climbed mount everest. Strous camps out in his grandma's backyard and is seconds from crying almost every 5 minutes in the show. Surviorman blows a giant, hairy, musty donkey ****.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is

Who gives a crap what Bear Grylls has done in the past? His show is a phony crock of crap, and he's been caught sleeping in hotels when he's supposed to be "lost" in the wild. Real tough all right.

[no] [rolleyes]

[vSzsgifP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is

Who gives a crap what Bear Grylls has done in the past? His show is a phony crock of crap, and he's been caught sleeping in hotels when he's supposed to be "lost" in the wild. Real tough all right.

[no] [rolleyes]

Regardless of any sort of controversy (which has still has yet to be officially proven), the guy was in the goddamn british special forces. What has Strous done? He's a goddamn whiny panzy, he's litterally william shatner in star trek with his over acting. Man Vs. Wild is 100x more entertaining. If you dissagree you have tiny testicles. Period.

[Vezazvqw]

Regardless of any sort of controversy (which has still has yet to be officially proven), the guy was in the goddamn british special forces. What has Strous done? He's a goddamn whiny panzy, he's litterally william shatner in star trek with his over acting. Man Vs. Wild is 100x more entertaining. If you dissagree you have tiny testicles. Period.

Did you watch that youtube video I just linked to? It's direct, irrefutable evidence that Bear Grylls is a complete phony. In that episode, he supposedly had no idea where he was, and he was supposed to be miles from civilization. As the video shows, he was actually about 300 yards (if that) from a parking lot and highway.[cursing]

Bear Grylls: Con-man. He probably forged all his credentials for the special forces, too.

EDIT: And how in the HELL are you complaining about Les Stroud's "overacting" when stupid Bear Grylls pretends to be in danger on a lava bridge that's actually a well-known tourist attraction in Hawaii?

[vSzsgifP]

Did you watch that youtube video I just linked to? It's direct, irrefutable evidence that Bear Grylls is a complete phony. In that episode, he supposedly had no idea where he was, and he was supposed to be miles from civilization. As the video shows, he was actually about 300 yards (if that) from a parking lot and highway.[cursing]

Bear Grylls: Con-man. He probably forged all his credentials for the special forces, too.

EDIT: And how in the HELL are you complaining about Les Stroud's "overacting" when stupid Bear Grylls pretends to be in danger on a lava bridge that's actually a well-known tourist attraction in Hawaii?

Have you watched Survivorman? How can anyone on earth think that show is entertaining? Man. Vs. Wild, regardless of that retarded you-tube video (so he was near a highway, big f'n deal), is very entertaining and you can actually learn a lot from watching the show. He ate a salmon while it was still alive, and smashed a snakes head on a rock. Strous complains like a whiny bitch. Grylls > Strous

[Vezazvqw]

Have you watched Survivorman? How can anyone on earth think that show is entertaining? Man. Vs. Wild, regardless of that retarded you-tube video (so he was near a highway, big f'n deal), is very entertaining and you can actually learn a lot from watching the show. He ate a salmon while it was still alive, and smashed a snakes head on a rock. Strous complains like a whiny bitch. Grylls > Strous

Either you're trying to kill me with sarcasm, or I've entered Bizarro Futuremark.

Whatever the case may be, I feel a pain in my ass and it's not hemorrhoids.

[xmaslaugh]

[vSzsgifP]

Either you're trying to kill me with sarcasm, or I've entered Bizarro Futuremark.

Whatever the case may be, I feel a pain in my ass and it's not hemorrhoids.

[xmaslaugh]

I think it's both. I do like man vs. wild a lot, regardless of the controversy.

[FourEsters]

Have you watched Survivorman? How can anyone on earth think that show is entertaining? Man. Vs. Wild, regardless of that retarded you-tube video (so he was near a highway, big f'n deal), is very entertaining and you can actually learn a lot from watching the show. He ate a salmon while it was still alive, and smashed a snakes head on a rock. Strous complains like a whiny bitch. Grylls > Strous

I've watched Survivorman. It's entertaining because it's a real guy surviving. If I wanted holywood entertainment survival, I'd watch The Day After Tomorrow/Mad Max. Those people are not only surviving, but in a post-apocolypic world [surrender] .

Personally, I'd rather learn from the guy whose life depends on the survival techniques he's teaching too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYEx...elated&search= & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_LkdCt2P8&NR=1

Man Vs Wold, while entertaining, is almost unwatchable with all the fake stuff. You see the episode where he's walking along, and a labelless bottle floats right up to him right when he needs one?

[Grenader]

Regardless of any sort of controversy (which has still has yet to be officially proven), the guy was in the goddamn british special forces. What has Strous done?

Oh... i dunno. Seems to me he created a show that Bear mimicked. As to real vs not real... well a polar bear did walk right between the sled Les was sleeping on and the camera he had set up on one of his artic shows.

As to the overacting... i am sure you would whine too if you hadn't eaten in 4 days... i know i would. Bear doesn't whine because he is never hungry. It is hard to be hungry when his food is catered. As to eating the salmon... i never saw him eat a salmon. i saw him bite one... no eating though.


There is a definite split on these two shows though. Rarely have i met someone who likes both of these guys... it is an either-or.

[Nigeopire]

Les Stroud is the man![thumbup]

[Xtatotvk]

You guys must be smoking crack. Survivorman is almost unbearably watchable. Strous is an absolute panzy, and complains like a little girl when he's getting bitten by mosquitos. Bear was in the special forces and climbed mount everest. Strous camps out in his grandma's backyard and is seconds from crying almost every 5 minutes in the show. Surviorman blows a giant, hairy, musty donkey ****.

STROUD. His name is Les Stroud.


I'm sorry, but your constant misspelling of his name just irks me.

[Ruilnasr]

Regardless of any sort of controversy (which has still has yet to be officially proven), the guy was in the goddamn british special forces. What has Strous done? He's a goddamn whiny panzy, he's litterally william shatner in star trek with his over acting. Man Vs. Wild is 100x more entertaining. If you dissagree you have tiny testicles. Period.

Well the advantage of having small ones must be that we dont have to BS and act like an idiot like yourself.

[Green_Monkey23]

The only thing that I hate with Survivorman is that in a few of them (the more recent ones I think) he just has to make it five days before he hikes back to the crews camp or something. I want to know how to get out of the place, not just how to spend three days just setting up your base camp and finding some fire wood. Man Vs Wild almost always was about moving toward finding your way out using very little or no information on where out might be. I loved the fact that he almost always was able to find people of some sort, the whole idea of climbing down to lower areas and finding a river and then following the river out seems great and kind of like it would work; if there are people around it's going to be by water. I want him to do a special and come clean and say how much is real and how much isn't, I want to know if he really does find his way out by skill and luck every time or if they make sure to place him 20 miles from people who are living on a river bank.

[Vezazvqw]

I want to know if he really does find his way out by skill and luck every time or if they make sure to place him 20 miles from people who are living on a river bank.

Watch the youtube video I posted earler in this thread, and your question will be answered.[cursing] [cursing]