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The Human Crouton posted:I made mine up, but the fact that you believed that it was a real topic for the show shows just how retarded this show is, and how little faith we have in it. Seriously, with some of their past ideas it wasn't implausible at all. I could see someone doing something similar in one of those smoke vortex machines and going "dude the principle's the same, just scale it up!" References to Superman IV would seal the deal.
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The Human Crouton posted:I made mine up, but the fact that you believed that it was a real topic for the show shows just how retarded this show is, and how little faith we have in it.
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Mar 6, 2008 20:44
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The Human Crouton posted:I made mine up, but the fact that you believed that it was a real topic for the show shows just how retarded this show is, and how little faith we have in it. I didn't even bat an eye, that's how dumb this show is.
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Mar 6, 2008 20:54
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The Human Crouton posted:I made mine up, but the fact that you believed that it was a real topic for the show shows just how retarded this show is, and how little faith we have in it. Next week, they are going to see if they can evolve into salamanders by going Warp 10 with a solar-powered steamboat.
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Mar 6, 2008 21:01
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McSpanky posted:Seriously, with some of their past ideas it wasn't implausible at all. I've only seen one episode and previews and I believed it was real enough. Smash Lab is loving atrocious and the fact that someone at Discovery thought it was a good idea to take everything that sucks about Mythbusters, amplify it 100x and turn it into its own show boggles the mind.
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Free Market Gravy posted:I've only seen one episode and previews and I believed it was real enough. Smash Lab is loving atrocious and the fact that someone at Discovery thought it was a good idea to take everything that sucks about Mythbusters, amplify it 100x and turn it into its own show boggles the mind. How did the pitch for Smash Lab go, I wonder? "It's Mythbusters, but with incredibly retarded ideas, completely unlikable hosts, and all under the pretense that we're helping the world somehow! Also put in a bunch of slow-motion replays."
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Mar 10, 2008 04:42
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Filthy Assistant posted:How did the pitch for Smash Lab go, I wonder? dEar DIScoveRY ChanNeL ExeCUTives, if you EVER want to sEE youR famILIes agAIN...
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Filthy Assistant posted:How did the pitch for Smash Lab go, I wonder? "Ryobi will pay us big bucks to sponsor a show similar to Myterbusters, but prominently features their tools, and our focus groups really like it."
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Mar 10, 2008 21:26
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IfYouSeeKay posted:The idea for this week was to stop bank robbers by creating huge sand pits around banks and blowing air through the sand. This will create "fluidized sand" and trap the thieves. God I can't wait to see them try to launch themselves to the moon using nothing but a giant rubber band and strap on rocket. Something like this: 
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Noghri_ViR posted:God I can't wait to see them try to launch themselves to the moon using nothing but a giant rubber band and strap on rocket. Something like this: Next week they try to lure Adam and Jamie under an anvil with some birdseed.
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Mar 11, 2008 22:01
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Filthy Assistant posted:Next week they try to lure Adam and Jamie under an anvil with some birdseed. But the Anvil will be held in place by a gigantic wad of bubblegum, because that would be a safer way than a crane to hold an anvil because the cables could snap and hurt someone, but bubblegum will stretch instead!
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AAAhah I knew a goon was working on this show admit it
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Does anyone remember that show that was basically "strap rockets to stuff"? It was kind of like smash labs, but with less helping the world and more rockets. They got a task at the start, and maybe there were two teams and they they launched cars and stuff at the end. Still pretty mediocre though. I just can't remember the name.
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smackfu posted:Does anyone remember that show that was basically "strap rockets to stuff"? It was kind of like smash labs, but with less helping the world and more rockets. They got a task at the start, and maybe there were two teams and they they launched cars and stuff at the end. Still pretty mediocre though. I just can't remember the name. I remember it. They still occasionally give it on the Science Channel I think. I don't remember the name, but your description is right on. One of the main guys is the dude that helps the Mythbusters with all of their rocket related myths.
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jm3000 posted:"Ryobi will pay us big bucks to sponsor a show similar to Myterbusters, but prominently features their tools, and our focus groups really like it." Having learned this, I'm surprised Nintendo didn't buy them off for a special tie-in episode to commemorate Super Smash Bros. Brawl last week. Setting traps at a construction site to stop a barrel-throwing ape from kidnapping your girlfriend wouldn't be the dumbest idea this show's tried.
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ToastyPotato posted:I remember it. They still occasionally give it on the Science Channel I think. I don't remember the name, but your description is right on. One of the main guys is the dude that helps the Mythbusters with all of their rocket related myths. Its Master Blasters. Its not a bad show, but all you really need is the last 5 minutes for the launch. Everything before that is a circle jerk and all I see is a scruffy goatee on the screen jabbering away.
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McSpanky posted:Having learned this, I'm surprised Nintendo didn't buy them off for a special tie-in episode to commemorate Super Smash Bros. Brawl last week. Setting traps at a construction site to stop a barrel-throwing ape from kidnapping your girlfriend wouldn't be the dumbest idea this show's tried. No, it would be about go-karts launching shells and bananas.
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[whispering]New episodes of Future Weapons start tonight at 8[/whispering] I never really found it that interesting, it's decent background filler TV if you can ignore the host.
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Why the gently caress am I watching smash lab and who in their right mind thinks bird shot is anything like shrapnel. For fucks sake unless its drat near point blank bird shot is just going to piss some one off really badly. Oh I see the problem, smash lab!
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ToastyPotato posted:I remember it. They still occasionally give it on the Science Channel I think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Blasters_%28TV_series%29
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smackfu posted:Thanks, adding Science Channel was enough to get Google working. It was Master Blasters, on Sci-fi originally, and only actually had 4 episodes. SA Forums RSS - GBS - Games - SH/SC - TV IV - SA-Mart - D&D - Ask/Tell - Coupons - Others
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CygnusTM posted:That Wikipedia entry seems to be somewhat out of date. A previously unaired episode, "Fans of Fury," was on Science last night, and, judging from the schedule, there will be new episodes for the next few weeks on Tuesdays at 10p. Well poo poo, why not just bring the show back and replace Smash Lab with it?
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jm3000 posted:"Ryobi will pay us big bucks to sponsor a show similar to Myterbusters, but prominently features their tools, and our focus groups* really like it."
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Hawkman posted:*"focus group" was a single rhesus monkey and the gauge of how much he liked it was a handful of poo poo flung at a dartboard Which subsequently became the storyboard for the first episode.
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IRQ posted:Which subsequently became the storyboard for the first episode.
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Why would you drop a wooden loving boat from a plane instead of a typical rubber life raft? 
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Is anybody watching Ax Man on the History Channel?
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These people are severely retarded. They want cavitation, and a smooth, soft impact. The energy needed to cause cavitation rules out a soft impact. These Smash Lab folks are completely brain-dead. Why can't you just drop a self-inflating raft, with a parachute if necessary? Cavitiation, launch ramps extending out of planes, aerating the water, what?
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XK posted:These people are severely retarded. They want cavitation, and a smooth, soft impact. The energy needed to cause cavitation rules out a soft impact. These Smash Lab folks are completely brain-dead. Why can't you just drop a self-inflating raft, with a parachute if necessary? Cavitiation, launch ramps extending out of planes, aerating the water, what? The whole idea is retardedly pointless anyway. Why would you need a droppable manned rescue boat? Even if you did, assuming the person on board is a doctor or some crap like that, why wouldn't you just parachute them in? I hate this show and everyone involved with it so very much.
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Hawkman posted:Next time, on DethLab: Pickles covers the tour bus in pillows in an attempt to see how many soft things it will take before it is safe to speed through a crowded crosswalk at 60MPH! This would be much more entertaining than the last few episodes of Metalocalypse, at least. Also I'm sure Nathan's response would be AWWWWWWWWE SOOOOOOOOOOME! Edit: Futureweapons has become a bit more tolerable, what with Mack not whispering all the time. poo poo, I think he even laughs now.
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The following is on the wikipedia page for Smash Lab. wikipedia posted:Despite a very negative response to the show from Discovery Viewers a second series has been comissioned from Darlow Smithson (the UK based production company). This show isn't even worth watching for the comedy anymore. Its just painful. I wonder if they use dartboards or spinning wheels to match up the "problems" and "solutions".
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Capn Beeb posted:Futureweapons has become a bit more tolerable, what with Mack not whispering all the time. poo poo, I think he even laughs now. Yeah, but based on the Israeli special I saw last night, he has this weird inflection he puts in everything he says. It sounds like he's winding up to gently caress whatever weapon he's talking about. I like the gear, but he's creeping me out.
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Capn Beeb posted:This would be much more entertaining than the last few episodes of Metalocalypse, at least. Also I'm sure Nathan's response would be AWWWWWWWWE SOOOOOOOOOOME! Now instead of whispering he lets out this little bemused laugh every time he talks about the weapon in question being so awesome. Dude still blinks and flinches when ever he fires a drat gun. Either way I would loving kill to have his job.
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IfYouSeeKay posted:The following is on the wikipedia page for Smash Lab. This is fantastically depressing news. It's nice to know time slots and money for GOOD, EDUCATIONAL or just plain entertaining shows are going to another season Smash Lab.
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CaptainCrunch posted:Yeah, but based on the Israeli special I saw last night, he has this weird inflection he puts in everything he says. It sounds like he's winding up to gently caress whatever weapon he's talking about. In the episodes I've seen, he sounds like he's getting off on the script he's narrating.
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ToastyPotato posted:This is fantastically depressing news. It's nice to know time slots and money for GOOD, EDUCATIONAL or just plain entertaining shows are going to another season Smash Lab. I can honestly say, with 100% certainty, I'd rather watch Mike Rowe read instruction manuals for heavy equipment for an hour than Smash Lab.
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Free Market Gravy posted:I can honestly say, with 100% certainty, I'd rather watch Mike Rowe read instruction manuals for heavy equipment for an hour than Smash Lab. To be honest I would just rather watch that guy do anything. Looking at tonight’s episode of Smash Lab I have to think this is nothing but an elaborate troll against Myth Busters. “hey guys remember when myth busters proved quick sand wasn’t real? Well lets take that idea, and…are you ready for this? Make poo poo sink in the sand!” Also I’m glad to know these sand traps will not also keep out robbers but wheel chairs too!
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They should make a new Mike Rowe show just called "Jobs." He's genuinely what makes Dirty Jobs as good as it is anyway, not that the jobs are dirty, so just let him do any old thing. I'd watch.
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IRQ posted:They should make a new Mike Rowe show just called "Jobs." This would only work if the first episode was a QVC special.
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IRQ posted:They should make a new Mike Rowe show just called "Jobs." I'd love to see Mike Rowe filing reports at an insurance company and being like "remember that one time I was diving in poisonous human waste? Yeah, I kind of miss that now."
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