Survivorman or Man Vs. Wild

[brettville]

No holds barred cage match: Edge goes to Bear.

Unstoppable force of Raditude: Les, hands down.

Your opinions. Go.

[seNoj1]

Bear is such a better host. I think he is getting a bad rap though. He climbed Everest. Why would he want to be fake c'mon. Les is cool but not interesting but i watch both.
If they are both on TV i will watch Man vs Wild.

[gillsterhill]

ever since all that fake shit was released about Man vs Wild ive been watching SurvivorMan alot more

[sparks]

If you are out in the middle of the desert and magically a Motel 6 appeared, would you stay it?

I know Bear got some bad press with 'cheating', but the stuff he does it still way more than anything I could, and even if some parts are 'fake' it's still more real than 24 (which I also love)

Man vs Wild > SurvivorMan

[samureye]

Man Vs. Wild, hands down. I don't care about the fake stuff people talk about. I mean, it's not like it was totally real to begin with. Neither of them are "REALLY" real in any case. Man Vs. Wild is more authentic to me because Baer is on the move. Some things may take away from the experience like aerial shots but whatever, he's not really lost, this is an example. It's like you want to see the guy die or something. I honestly don't think he's doing anything that when you watch the show you think it's not done well enough.

Survivorman is a dude sitting in front of cameras. I watched it recently and it's OK-ish, but I really like Man V Wild more. I was watching an episode today where he was in the snow and said he had to walk back to the guys to get tape. What the hell is that? It's still 2 different shows though. Baer could theoretically do a show in a few hours while Survivorman is 7 days, unless he gives up, which he has done.

[SgtKabukiman]

yeah its a tough battle--- Bear has the resume of awesomenes...I mean the stuff he has done is incredible...however, in terms of the shows-- Les goes out and actually does everything AND he freaking films it himself....

I mean...he films it HIMSELF. in one episode there was a wide-shot of him walking up this giant mountain/glacier thing and then in the next shot he is like "I go through a lot of work to give you guys those wide shots"...since he has to set up the camera...go walk...then walk back...get the camera...then actually go up. I mean-- that is badass..

so, if the question is Survivorman vs. Man vs. Wild-- i'm going with Survivorman...but if the question is bear vs. les--- I have to go with Bear since outside the TV realm he is more of a badass...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Grylls

vs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Stroud

Bear FTW (but survivorman FTW)

[samureye]

Doing the cameras yourself is STUPID. That's why it's a guy sitting around. In the episode in the snow I saw today he talked about if a bear attacked him. Well, I wonder what would happen if a Polar Bear woke him up. He'd either be mauled in the dark or get up and run...out of shot. This is ridiculous. To get a more engaging experience, get a camera man. As I stated before, he still goes back to get more film from people, so what's the point of this really? To get awkwardly edited stuff? Lame.

[acidburn]

I just read that article about Bear Grylls staying in hotels while he was supposed to be filming the show.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

i liked both shows for a while, but I always thought Bear was a bit too dramatic in his descriptions of the things he was doing. Les is better as a host of a survival show.

[SgtKabukiman]

Originally Posted by samureye

Doing the cameras yourself is STUPID. That's why it's a guy sitting around. In the episode in the snow I saw today he talked about if a bear attacked him. Well, I wonder what would happen if a Polar Bear woke him up. He'd either be mauled in the dark or get up and run...out of shot. This is ridiculous. To get a more engaging experience, get a camera man. As I stated before, he still goes back to get more film from people, so what's the point of this really? To get awkwardly edited stuff? Lame.

im pretty sure he just brings the DV tapes with himmm....?

Also, thats why I dont like bear's show...since there is like a crew following him around it becomes pretty apparent that he isnt alone and that he isn't really roughing it...I would sacrifice quality for reality any day for a show like this...

[filch]

Originally Posted by samureye

Doing the cameras yourself is STUPID. That's why it's a guy sitting around. In the episode in the snow I saw today he talked about if a bear attacked him. Well, I wonder what would happen if a Polar Bear woke him up. He'd either be mauled in the dark or get up and run...out of shot. This is ridiculous. To get a more engaging experience, get a camera man. As I stated before, he still goes back to get more film from people, so what's the point of this really? To get awkwardly edited stuff? Lame.

No way, totally disagree. Survivorman is just a single man, nature, and the elements. No film crew etc.... That is way more engaging to me in regards to survival than some guy with a crew, working out the best shots, get lots of production work... it's just that much less convincing.

I don't care for the guy w/ the crew, I don't feel his pain or his struggle, b/c he has his boys right there to help out. It's no different to me than what the show Survivor is... hardly survival, which is what the show is supposed to be about. THAT is stupid and lame to me.