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Gorilla Salad posted:By now, they probably get a massive discount on buying them to the point where it's just cheaper to use them rather than deal with Buster constantly falling apart.
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nmfree posted:It's Mythbusters, they don't really pay for a lot of things they use. (I even wouldn't be surprised to find out that they don't pay for the cars they smash up.) I bet if one were to watch the end credits carefully every week there'd be a "Special Thanks" to some crash testing company or other in at least a few episodes. I think in a few episodes they have shown people donating cars to them. The old black caddy and some old smaller car were definitely given to them for free.
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badjohny posted:I think in a few episodes they have shown people donating cars to them. The old black caddy and some old smaller car were definitely given to them for free. I love that they named the Caddy Earl. I love when people name cars in general. I also liked a behind the scenes video I saw where Jamie introduced us to his forklift, Raymond.
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koruptid posted:Man vs. Wild isn't done, is it? Yeah, his last episode was Papua New Guinea, a place so inhospitable that even the natives who've been living there for thousands of years are farmers because you literally can't live off the land there 
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McSpanky posted:Yeah, his last episode was Papua New Guinea, a place so inhospitable that even the natives who've been living there for thousands of years are farmers because you literally can't live off the land there I thought that was the Survivorman finale.  E: Yeah, that was Survivorman. The last MvW episode was in North Africa which aired in February. iastudent fucked around with this message at 17:37 on May 27, 2010 |
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iastudent posted:I thought that was the Survivorman finale. God drat, I always flip those two show titles in my head.
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muscles like this? posted:Also something I was wondering, a while back (like a year or two) they made a big point about doing a complete redesign of Buster however it seems like they've moved back to just a regular crash test dummy in recent episodes. I liked how they made the one with wooden bones to be more realistic and they would just snap in any kind of impact.
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Yeah, because they did their initial strength tests on old, dry and brittle bones rather than living, flexible bones. Plus, although the wood might be able to handle simple compression and flexion, any strain involving torsion and they snap like, well, twigs. i.e. Bend and stretch = okay. So every time Buster fell and one of his limbs twisted even slightly, the wooden bits broke. Every. Time.  You could see they slowly started using Buster only as a human analogue, ignoring his 'broken bones' and just slapping G-meters on him. Finally they realised, "Hey, if we're using him as a human analogue, why not just use an actual one? And, as nmfree pointed out above, they probably get those for free at this point.For the surprising amount I bitch about this show, I still really do enjoy watching it.
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So I'm guessing they never came out and said "we wasted a lot of money on redesigning Buster" and just quietly switched to the simuloids?
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Hey, they got to fill an episode with it, so no loss there. And it was a fun episode to watch. I love watching Adam and Jamie pissfart about in the shop.
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Tonight's episode was mostly okay but saved by Jamie breaking out the goddamn flamethrower to send that dummy to hell. I have to say I was also pretty surprised that they actually got the unmodified pepper spray to catch on fire like that.
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muscles like this? posted:Tonight's episode was mostly okay but saved by Jamie breaking out the goddamn flamethrower to send that dummy to hell. I have to say I was also pretty surprised that they actually got the unmodified pepper spray to catch on fire like that. Yeah that was a huge surprise. I thought there wasn't anything you could put through a zippo that was more flammable than hair spray. Guess I was wrong.
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Well I wasn't too surprised when the sprayed version caught on fire. It was the stuff that was just sitting on the shirt burning that was shocking.
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I'm going to guess that the Morgan Freeman special will probably be much better than the Stephen Hawking one just on voice alone
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iastudent posted:Yeah that was a huge surprise. I thought there wasn't anything you could put through a zippo that was more flammable than hair spray. Guess I was wrong. They mentioned before they did the flammability tests that some of the pepper sprays they were using were not what the California police use. Once they tested them, they never mentioned if the super-flammable sprays were a type the police normally use. I wonder if what the police actually use is one of the flammable ones and they didn't want to say it on the show (or were told not to).
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Was there a new Deadliest Catch last week? I think my tv guide lied to me if that was the case, I didn't see anything because it said it was all reruns. Either way, new one on now. Goddammit, another "ominous" Phil quote in the intro.
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iastudent posted:Was there a new Deadliest Catch last week? I think my tv guide lied to me if that was the case, I didn't see anything because it said it was all reruns. Last week was new but not a whole lot happened. Jake cut himself. Edgar complained about his back. Edgar has really spent a lot of time this season focusing on his injuries.
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Jun 9, 2010 02:16
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Strange Matter posted:"I'm not going to be around much longer" I'm sure there are some people out there who don't know what's actually going to happen, but this really seems to be heavy-handed editing at this point. Jake getting antsy at that emergency call, Phil talking about all that, it's starting to be a little much.
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I wish they stop showing Cash Cab and Deadliest Catch all the loving time. Cash Cab is a loving game show that has no business being on the Discovery Channel and the host is a giant douchebag, and Deadliest Catch is just.....boring. What's so exciting about crab fishing anyway? At least Mythbusters is entertaining so I don't mind them filling their timeslots with it, but Cash Cab and Deadliest Catch need to just loving die. poo poo like this is the reason I don't watch TV much anymore. Much easier to download the shows off the internet.
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Starhawk64 posted:What's so exciting about crab fishing anyway? The interaction between the ships captains, the crew and just the general conflict of working a job that can potentially kill you. But hey poo poo isn't blowing up so god drat what a boring piece of poo poo.
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I agree with him. I'd rather see more shows like the Hawking one that apparently only ran for three or four episodes instead of some people that couldn't get a better job risking their lives to supply all you can eat casino crab buffets.
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I was surprised to see they are showing 5-year-old Deadliest Catch in syndication. My dad with no cable is really into it.
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This season of Deadliest Catch really hasn't been that great. The first couple seasons though were a lot more interesting. Also what's up with no After the Catch this season? Holding off until they reveal Phil's death I guess.
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Eh, its been OK. The Kodiak has been a great addition because the poor fishing has made for awesome altercations. Keith getting shoved was good drama; Edgar and Sig are real close to boiling over as well. Greenhorns seem to be a big point of entertainment and there's just not much this year. Most of the crews are established and the only roll over really seems to be The Wizard(because Keith is poo poo as a captain). Everyone who follows the show is basically waiting for the Phil episode anyways. Its going to make for some crazy TV because the buildup to it will have existed for 6 months. I think its going to tug on the heart strings pretty heavy, too.
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LordOfThePants posted:They mentioned before they did the flammability tests that some of the pepper sprays they were using were not what the California police use. No, we don't use flammable pepper spray. Some of the older sprays and non-LE issue stuff has an alcohol-based vehicle for the capsaicin (open up the pores and really get that pepper in there to BURN), but the LE stuff is non-flammable since the rising increase in tazer adoption/usage has caused a more than a few people to go up in flames after being sprayed then shocked. The can I'm carrying now is actually 100% edible.  Edit: I ended up getting a can of our issue mace for my wife after I demonstrated that her crappy keychain mace both doesn't do poo poo (sprayed myself with it) and is flammable (sprayed it on my fingers and lit it on fire, it's alcohol based so it doesn't burn very hot). CommanderApaul fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jun 9, 2010 |
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My mom doesn't know that Phil buys it this year. I don't think I want to be in the room when that episode airs. Phil, you were too awesome for this world 
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McSpanky posted:My mom doesn't know that Phil buys it this year. I don't think I want to be in the room when that episode airs. I thought this was odd at first but really, it got a day of coverage and that was it and if you didn't really read a news site online or anything that day, you missed it. I can see a ton of people being floored when that episode airs.
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Crotch Bat posted:I thought this was odd at first but really, it got a day of coverage and that was it and if you didn't really read a news site online or anything that day, you missed it. I can see a ton of people being floored when that episode airs. Yeah, I wouldn't have known at all if I hadn't read about it in this very thread, although I think there was an ad banner a few episodes back talking about some sort of online memorial event too. But my mom doesn't pay attention to those things either, so... I like Wild Bill as a captain, but his crew has to be the most merry fuckups in the whole fleet. Unless he's actually a bad captain, all I really watch for when Bill's onscreen is how pissed off he gets before flying into a holy rage.
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Crotch Bat posted:Greenhorns seem to be a big point of entertainment and there's just not much this year. Most of the crews are established and the only roll over really seems to be The Wizard(because Keith is poo poo as a captain). Seriously he is just loving terrible. Reason why they go through so many drat greenhorns is because they set the bar way too high for them. Then they treat them like poo poo so drat much its no wonder the greenhorns do so horribly and either dont want to return or their performance is so poo poo they arent asked back.
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DurosKlav posted:Seriously he is just loving terrible. Reason why they go through so many drat greenhorns is because they set the bar way too high for them. Then they treat them like poo poo so drat much its no wonder the greenhorns do so horribly and either dont want to return or their performance is so poo poo they arent asked back. yeah I mean the greenhorn on the Time Bandit hasn't done anything but sleep yet and they still say he has a chance. They would have made up some injury and got the coast guard to evacuate him if he was on Keiths boat. I always liked the Northwestern, but it seems they are going a little overboard with Jake this year, they give him so much crap for wanting to learn more, its kind of strange, then he injuries himself and they act like he is easy to replace. I know they are all into tough love on that ship, but they really are treating him poorly also there is no reason to get rid of Deadliest Catch because even if you don't like it there are obviously fans for it, unlike 80% of Discovery channel programming
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Guy Compton posted:Jesus, Neck Man could cause quite a few nightmares. Neck Man looks like something from good old KirkJ's xtube videos.
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MrDingleDangle posted:I always liked the Northwestern, but it seems they are going a little overboard with Jake this year, they give him so much crap for wanting to learn more, its kind of strange, then he injuries himself and they act like he is easy to replace. I know they are all into tough love on that ship, but they really are treating him poorly The whole fake machismo bullshit that runs rampant in jobs like this really hurts more than it helps. I understand not getting attached to greenhorns and coddling them but a veteran of a crew should be looked after as family and yes, it sucks Jake can't do more but the cut-and-run garbage they flaunt in his face is ridiculous. I'm also thoroughly unimpressed with how his uncle seems to be doing virtually nothing(at least that's shown) to comfort Jake whereas Jake has gone out of his way when his uncle had issues. The fact he has real flesh and blood that isn't stepping in and telling Edgar or that convict fuckup Matt to back off is amazing. Jake has exactly the right attitude. Tell Sig and Edgar to go gently caress themselves and dare those guys to fire him. They can have fun breaking in a greenhorn meanwhile Jake, whose clearly shown his work ethic and yearn for the business on TV, will easily pick up another spot on another crew. Makes me wonder if those guys watch the episodes because if they do, Sig's going to be seriously disappointed to find out that the Cornelia Marie crew really did like having Jake and Jake seemed to like it just as much. e: happened upon this video of Larry King interviewing the captains about the oil spill. Apparently all the captains(shots of Bill from the Kodiak are shown, he's just not at the interview) and Mike Rowe took a trip to the Gulf to film part of their tribute show to Phil and this stuff just happened to end up right at the same time. video Crotch Bat fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Jun 11, 2010 |
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Neck Man reminded me of Oocoo from the last Zelda game: 
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Did anyone else catch the new show Dual Survival? It's basically Survivor Man with two guys crossed with some of the manufactured drama of Man VS Wild. You got your Hippy guy  and Military guy  who are both survivalists butting heads over stupid poo poo. If they cut out the drama I think the show might work.
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This week Discovery is doing a bunch of shows for their 25th anniversary, so there's a new Dirty Jobs (clip show) this week. Mythbusters is two hours, but it's also a clip show. After The Catch starts this week too, looks like they might be focusing on one crew per episode this year rather than have everyone around one table. This week's episode is titled "F/V Time Bandit".
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If you watched the 25 Years of Discovery special, apparently there was about five hours of programming on the entire network before the turn of the millenium, and most of that was Shark Week. 
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