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Gorilla Salad posted:They're incredible builders and it's a sheer joy watching them work their way through a problem. But too much in the last few seasons, they just cut all that out and wnet with them as merely talking heads. I think that's what I miss most about previous seasons. It really didn't feel like any other TV show back then, just a camera crew following a couple of crazy scientists around.
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DJExile posted:Just popping in to say I miss the hell out of "It Takes a Thief" This was an excellent show. Excellent. Also the frat house episode was hilarious. BRO HE SMASHED YOUR poo poo BRO OHHHH BRAH I'M SO MAD RIGHT NOW BRAAAH OOOOH 
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CommanderApaul posted:It's possible, but only on firearms that lack modern safety measures (modern as in late-1800s/early 1900s), or on firearms that have intentionally had their safety mechanisms broken or removed. The Type 94 Nambu is the most recent example I can think of, but that's a case of really poor design.
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Party Plane Jones posted:The Type 94 Nambu is the most recent example I can think of, but that's a case of really poor design. What can possibly go wrong with having an exposed sear? 
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Capn Beeb posted:This was an excellent show. Excellent. HE BROKE MY FUCKIN' LEPRECHAUN! For some reason the one I remember the most was the auto garage where he stole the guy's dog along with everything else. Because multiple Mercedes weren't enough, somehow.
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Sep 30, 2011 22:38
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Man Woman Wild sucking on water vines is funny because it reminds me of something else.
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Capn Beeb posted:This was an excellent show. Excellent. I never missed an episode of that show, i loved it. Even when they switched it out of prime time i still managed to catch it. I can see why it isn't on anymore but it really needs a comeback.
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Oct 1, 2011 03:17
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muscles like this? posted:I still kind of wish they did that shot anyway just to see what happened. I guess the RPG would have just smashed into the dummy and not exploded. Which would probably have been fatal, but not vey exciting to watch. Whereas I wish they had realigned and seen what would happen if the jet of molten copper actually hit the dummy.
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Bit late, but this week's Storm Chasers took a step backwards, and I mean that literally. They covered the St Louis tornado that occurred on 4/22, which is a full three days before the last episode.
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Oct 4, 2011 23:56
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There was a show on 2 weeks back in a similar vein to 'It Takes a Thief.' Host basically tags along with criminals. In an hour long episode he joins up with a guy doing credit card fraud (on the host's card), stole the host's car, and then robbed a drug dealer. It was one of the more intense shows I've ever seen, and have no idea what it was called, or even the channel it aired.
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Oct 5, 2011 01:01
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I saw some show on one of these channels about drug dealers, at one point they had a camera crew following a bicycle courier in New York who casually talked about how he delivers "everything but crack, you gotta go to the ghetto for that poo poo" straight to your house on the Upper East Side while cycling down a busy street. 
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Oct 5, 2011 05:13
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New Mythbusters tonight - I would have never known about it if I didn't see this story over at Wired: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/penn-teller-tell-a-lie-is-mythbusters-turned-sideways-and-it-works/ Discovery also has a new series starting tonight after Mythbusters called "Penn & Teller Tell A Lie" that's sort of "Mythbusters-esque". The format is they cover 6 or 7 stories that sound too crazy to be true. The "catch" is with the exception of one of them, they are all true and you're supposed to figure out which one is the "lie". I'm pretty sure that article spoils which story is the lie in tonight's episode, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I like Penn & Teller, so it should be fun to watch. Plus it's nice to see a new show that isn't "storage auction hunting kings".
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Asmodai_00 posted:Bit late, but this week's Storm Chasers took a step backwards, and I mean that literally. They covered the St Louis tornado that occurred on 4/22, which is a full three days before the last episode. I was preparing for Reed to blow up or cry missing those storms, but nothing. Very disappointed. At the very least we saw the Dominator team nearly choke to death on brake dust.
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Asmodai_00 posted:Bit late, but this week's Storm Chasers took a step backwards, and I mean that literally. They covered the St Louis tornado that occurred on 4/22, which is a full three days before the last episode. They aired the second or third episode first because they wanted a more exciting season premiere. Hence TIV celebrating their first 3D tornado shot in the premiere and then building the 3D camera rig and failing their first attempts in the next episode. Also, looks like the network wasn't down for paying the licensing fee for Bon Jovi this season. 
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ToastyPotato posted:They aired the second or third episode first because they wanted a more exciting season premiere. Hence TIV celebrating their first 3D tornado shot in the premiere and then building the 3D camera rig and failing their first attempts in the next episode. I get the reasoning behind the premiere, but to be honest, it wasn't that exciting. It was more exciting watching the web streams of the local news channels than it was watching the three teams fail and suddenly turn into 'first responders.' And to be fair to Bon Jovi, I don't think "Blaze of Glory" is an appropriate theme for storm chasing anyway.
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Radio Nowhere posted:I was preparing for Reed to blow up or cry missing those storms, but nothing. Very disappointed. At the very least we saw the Dominator team nearly choke to death on brake dust. I believe you mean Dr. Timmer 
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Asmodai_00 posted:I get the reasoning behind the premiere, but to be honest, it wasn't that exciting. It was more exciting watching the web streams of the local news channels than it was watching the three teams fail and suddenly turn into 'first responders.' It's about as exciting as this show gets. And I'm guessing we are going to see the first responder angle a lot this year after the Yazoo footage from last year.
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Oct 6, 2011 01:21
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LordOfThePants posted:Discovery also has a new series starting tonight after Mythbusters called "Penn & Teller Tell A Lie" that's sort of "Mythbusters-esque". The format is they cover 6 or 7 stories that sound too crazy to be true. The "catch" is with the exception of one of them, they are all true and you're supposed to figure out which one is the "lie". 
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Ha ha ha they're even doing the swearing to increase pain tolerance myth. I don't have high hopes for this.
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I really enjoyed the new Penn and Teller show. I may be biased, as I loved Bullshit, and when I saw their stage performance in Vegas they pulled me on stage for a trick, but I thought it was a lot of fun. I loved that they stuck a couple clues in to give you a hint to the lie, even though it didn't help me guess right. Also, I just loving love their sense of humor. I definitely recommend it if you can catch it.
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I could have sworn it was the plane thing, because two shots that had the tail in view showed the rudder actually being used. I guess those were additional shots.
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If you are a fan of Penn and Teller's act you should download their UK show Fool Us.
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magiccarpet posted:There was a show on 2 weeks back in a similar vein to 'It Takes a Thief.' It's a Discovery show. I can't remember the name, but it follows some journalist guy who follows criminals as they do their thing. He also did a really good one on drug deals. -edit- Haha, turns out the credit card fraud episode is on right now. It's called "American Underworld". Garbo fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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Awesome, thanks for the heads up on the title. The show really is beyond awesome. While the style isn't as extreme, it has a very Vice sensibility to what its covering, and how far the host goes to keep up with the story.
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Oct 9, 2011 23:38
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This week on Mythbusters: Myth 1 confirmed in opening test, and I knew Myth 2 wouldn't work thanks to the team using the rocket sled test, so I skipped to the end where they actually busted the myth.  I wish I could enjoy this show still.
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Asmodai_00 posted:This week on Mythbusters: They really need to go to one of the bigger rocket sled tracks around the country. If they really want to do some crazy poo poo, take it to the pros. 300mph? How about 2,000mph?
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I liked the Adam and Jamie part of this week's episode just for how massively they failed to travel in a straight line.
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muscles like this? posted:I liked the Adam and Jamie part of this week's episode just for how massively they failed to travel in a straight line. Usually when a myth is busted right from the start they try to go to some improbable length to make it work. In other words, to get him to travel in a straight line blindfolded, they should've strapped Adam to the rocket sled.
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Who's ready for GOLD RUSH  this Friday? Also, did we have our own topic last year?
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scanlonman posted:Who's ready for GOLD RUSH I can't wait. Also Flying Wild Alaska, but watching people be competent is for squares! I don't think we did a thread last year. Are we allowed to even with a megathread?
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Nothing's stopping you from making one if you think there will be enough viewers for it. They did one with Deadliest Catch awhile back.
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scanlonman posted:Who's ready for GOLD RUSH The Gold-tards are back! The show is my winter Whale Wars. So will the Hoffman's strike it big? Or will someone die of something completely preventable like unfiltered water?
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scanlonman posted:Who's ready for GOLD RUSH You mean the show that exists solely to allow Discovery to air the term "glory hole" as often as possible?
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Welp, don't see this on your way to work every day  The inside of the TIV is ridiculously small and cramped.
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Radio Nowhere posted:The Gold-tards are back! The show is my winter Whale Wars. So will the Hoffman's strike it big? Or will someone die of something completely preventable like unfiltered water? Will everyone gang-up on the one reasonable person and kick him out of camp?
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FogHelmut posted:Will everyone gang-up on the one reasonable person and kick him out of camp? No, because Dakota Fred is too great to kick 
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Welp, don't see this on your way to work every day Is that a DOW truck next to it? Have they made amends? Assuming they had the falling out the show portrayed to begin with.
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ToastyPotato posted:Is that a DOW truck next to it? Have they made amends? Assuming they had the falling out the show portrayed to begin with. Well Sean and crew are going to be in Raleigh tomorrow (an hour away from me) promoting Tornado Alley, which was made while they were working with the DOW, so presumably that's why it's tagging along. Sean was there, but was probably inside the elementary school whenever I pulled up (they were at Ben Martin Elementary School, which was half-leveled by an F3 during April's outbreak; the buildings on either side are still more or less totaled and not cleaned up). I did point out to the one guy tending the DOW that there was a McDonalds cup in the TIV, and asked him if they took it through the drive-thru. He said yes. 
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