I never knew this show even existed.  There was nothing else that looked interesting, so I tried watching a mini-marathon of it.  Absolutely awful...

I guess I thought it'd be similar to Searching For Bigfoot(?), which is pretty okay because they treat the audience like it has a brain.  And I've never seen a 'bad' Alaskan outdoors-show.

I have now. 

I've never seen 'wilderness men' act so wimpy... and unconvincing.  Everybody walks around in the woods with both hands on their rifles in shooting-position.  That's ridiculous.  Every kid with their first rifle is taught how to carry it properly before they even learn how to fire it.

And it's all so grimly serious.  We're implored to believe the rifles are loaded because Alaska is 'dangerous', yet the show's camera-operators are constantly ahead of them, filming back... directly at the rifles.  Hell, they even gesture the rifles at each-other when simply talking.

They're supposed to be God-loving and abidingly traditional, then in one of the episodes they follow some pagan ritual in pointless detail, out of 'respect' for paganism... to lure some creature-that-doesn't-exist to enter a sacred circle, climb a ladder, and grab a dead fish from a tubular altar.  -Which electronically ignites a circle of fire around the altar.  The whole point originally, was to just take some pictures.

Another incident has them hunting for a shape-shifting creature, who can turn into a bear.  Somebody screams, the camera follows one of stars, the screen gets fuzzy, and camera turns back and shows the guy claiming the creature changed-into him.  Then they just run blindly into the night.

The 3 episodes I saw parts-of were preposterous in their attempts to portray the scientific seriousness of it all... preaching about the environment, then driving an airboat crazily close to shore for no reason, etc.  They even have a 'scientist' on their team... who acts like a 5-year-old. 

Even for unintentional howls of laughter, I wouldn't recommend this slice of message-baked Alaskan ham to my worst enemy.   

Did it have any aerial shots from helicopters? You know, those noisemakers driving away all the game? 

Me, I'd like to see Todd Palin star in FIRST DUDE.

Speaking of Alaskan outdoorsmen.

Quote from: kit saginaw on November 07, 2014, 09:00:37 PM
I never knew this show even existed.  There was nothing else that looked interesting, so I tried watching a mini-marathon of it.  Absolutely awful...

I guess I thought it'd be similar to Searching For Bigfoot(?), which is pretty okay because they treat the audience like it has a brain.  And I've never seen a 'bad' Alaskan outdoors-show.

I have now. 

I've never seen 'wilderness men' act so wimpy... and unconvincing.  Everybody walks around in the woods with both hands on their rifles in shooting-position.  That's ridiculous.  Every kid with their first rifle is taught how to carry it properly before they even learn how to fire it.

And it's all so grimly serious.  We're implored to believe the rifles are loaded because Alaska is 'dangerous', yet the show's camera-operators are constantly ahead of them, filming back... directly at the rifles.  Hell, they even gesture the rifles at each-other when simply talking.

They're supposed to be God-loving and abidingly traditional, then in one of the episodes they follow some pagan ritual in pointless detail, out of 'respect' for paganism... to lure some creature-that-doesn't-exist to enter a sacred circle, climb a ladder, and grab a dead fish from a tubular altar.  -Which electronically ignites a circle of fire around the altar.  The whole point originally, was to just take some pictures.

Another incident has them hunting for a shape-shifting creature, who can turn into a bear.  Somebody screams, the camera follows one of stars, the screen gets fuzzy, and camera turns back and shows the guy claiming the creature changed-into him.  Then they just run blindly into the night.

The 3 episodes I saw parts-of were preposterous in their attempts to portray the scientific seriousness of it all... preaching about the environment, then driving an airboat crazily close to shore for no reason, etc.  They even have a 'scientist' on their team... who acts like a 5-year-old. 

Even for unintentional howls of laughter, I wouldn't recommend this slice of message-baked Alaskan ham to my worst enemy.

Now that's funny!
Some train wrecks you simply have to stop and look at in disbelief.

The shows are made to appeal to people who consider the city park "outdoors".

Quote from: mdgiles on February 15, 2015, 01:57:33 PM
The shows are made to appeal to people who consider the city park "outdoors".

-Or appeal to bored college-kids hanging out in the student-union TV-room with a smuggled-in fifth of Smirnoff's... every time a mountain-man emits a panicky bleeped-expletive, someone has to down a swig...

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