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Well, since nobody else did I went ahead and made us all a Gold Rush thread for all of our dumb miner needs.
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Dammit. How did I end up here.
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Oct 29, 2011 03:25
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You know, this is actually a really interesting episode of Mythbusters. I thought it was going to be one of those garbage clip shows and instead we're getting some interesting behind the scenes stuff. Edit: For example, them talking about how the only reason they did elephant vs mouse was because they were already in Africa doing the shark stuff and had some time to kill because of a hurricane. muscles like this! fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Nov 10, 2011 |
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Nov 10, 2011 03:25
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Is this the thread where people will care about Vietnam in HD on History channel, because holy loving poo poo ep2 was on tonight and oh my god...
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Nov 10, 2011 04:43
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muscles like this? posted:You know, this is actually a really interesting episode of Mythbusters. I found it interesting too. I didn't even realize that Jamie and Adam shot at a completely different location than Kari, Grant and Tory, which makes a lot more sense in hindsight.
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Nov 10, 2011 06:05
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Aw, the TiVo didn't grab this. Is it ever going to be rerun, or was it a one-off special?
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Nov 10, 2011 08:36
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:Aw, the TiVo didn't grab this. Is it ever going to be rerun, or was it a one-off special? It's Discovery, it's going to reair 900 times, the first of which is probably right about now. And this was the first episode of Mythbusters I have found truly interesting in years.
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Nov 10, 2011 08:57
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Cygni posted:Is this the thread where people will care about Vietnam in HD on History channel, because holy loving poo poo ep2 was on tonight and oh my god... Do we have a History Channel thread? We should have one. The shows are similar enough to Discovery, I don't see why they shouldn't be the same thread.
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Nov 10, 2011 13:52
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Teek posted:I found it interesting too. I didn't even realize that Jamie and Adam shot at a completely different location than Kari, Grant and Tory, which makes a lot more sense in hindsight. Yeah, that was kind of weird how they've never really mentioned that before. I also thought the reveal of why it was called "M5" was pretty funny. Another shocking thing was seeing all those old clips and how skinny Jamie used to be.
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Nov 10, 2011 17:22
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I also liked hearing about how they kept getting kicked out of the various industrial parks they rented space in.
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Nov 10, 2011 20:08
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My favorite part was the 3 or so scenes of entire parts of old Myths that they never put into the actual episodes. I bet they've got tons of those lying around for various reasons. Also, I saw this this past Sunday on Canadian Discovery when it was brand new, apparently they might not be inexplicably arriving 2 months late anymore! That said, the remixed music is a downgrade! Stupid atonal Dandy Warhols
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Nov 10, 2011 22:27
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Glen Goobersmooches posted:My favorite part was the 3 or so scenes of entire parts of old Myths that they never put into the actual episodes. I bet they've got tons of those lying around for various reasons. Especially goofy was the "real" ending to Dump truck dynamite.
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Nov 10, 2011 22:56
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Teek posted:I found it interesting too. I didn't even realize that Jamie and Adam shot at a completely different location than Kari, Grant and Tory, which makes a lot more sense in hindsight. I can't believe that I never noticed how the M5 seemed to get progressively bigger. M5 is always narrow and I amazed how I didn't pick up on the fact that the build team was always in a gigantic space in comparison.
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Nov 11, 2011 16:17
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Not surprised they gave the build team their own building - even Jamie and Adam can't stand being around them  I've always said that the best mythbusters episodes were the behind the scenes one, and the latest episode just continued the trend. More behind the scenes, less crappy youtube video myths 
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Nov 12, 2011 02:58
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Gorilla Salad posted:Not surprised they gave the build team their own building - even Jamie and Adam can't stand being around them You know, I never really payed much attention but I just realized that you very rarely see the entire team in the same room anymore. It's usually just Jamie and Adam or just the Build Team. But the few times you see them all together they seem to get along same as ever, but that could just be because they hardly see each other. Also, I like Grant but watching the latest behind the scenes special made me nostalgic for the days when they still had good myths and the Build Team was still Tory, Scottie and Kari. Not knocking Grant, I think he just had the rotten luck of joining the show right around the time it started getting stale.
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Nov 12, 2011 03:14
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FogHelmut posted:Do we have a History Channel thread? We should have one. The shows are similar enough to Discovery, I don't see why they shouldn't be the same thread. There is one somewhere. They could be easily combined. Between the three people still watching Mythbusters, and you, me and maybe some other guy randomly watching Ice Road Truckers, we might see 5 posts a week.
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Nov 12, 2011 08:32
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Tewratomeh posted:You know, I never really payed much attention but I just realized that you very rarely see the entire team in the same room anymore. It's usually just Jamie and Adam or just the Build Team. But the few times you see them all together they seem to get along same as ever, but that could just be because they hardly see each other. I think Grant got tasked and forced into the role of "build a ridiculous contraption" guy. Initially when he came around I was always amazed at his knowledge and capabilities at rigging electronics, etc. It was the perfect pairing with Jamie and Adam's skill set (common sense building and design). It seemed like as time went on, they just took Grant and said "put blades on this thing and make them spin" or "go blow this thing up". Disappointing because he was always my fav build team member until Bad Mythbusters started rearing its head about 2-3 seasons ago.
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Nov 12, 2011 14:13
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I hope you're all watching this show on National Geographic about some fat douchebag who takes medieval fair jousting way too seriously. 2 hours of rooting for people to get mangled on your TV. It's a show about this group in Texas who joust at the medieval fair circuit and want to become the world champions of jousting or something.
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Nov 16, 2011 03:13
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Luigi Thirty posted:I hope you're all watching this show on National Geographic about some fat douchebag who takes medieval fair jousting way too seriously. 2 hours of rooting for people to get mangled on your TV. I saw bits and pieces of it. The one guy reminded me of a young version of the tweeked out dude who runs Micro Championship Wrestling.
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Nov 16, 2011 13:46
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Luigi Thirty posted:I hope you're all watching this show on National Geographic about some fat douchebag who takes medieval fair jousting way too seriously. 2 hours of rooting for people to get mangled on your TV. That show is loving awesome if you skip everything but the jousting parts. I've see every episode for some reason and it's definitely pretty hardcore. It would be cooler if they used period correct lances but either way i dvr it every week.
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Dec 1, 2011 06:19
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Just saw a promo for the new season of Dirty Jobs. It starts this coming Tuesday at 9. Also, the latest season of Deadliest Catch is up on Nextflix Watch Instantly too.
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Dec 3, 2011 16:08
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Did anybody catch Weed Wars this week? I just saw a commercial for it, looks interesting but I wonder whether they'll portray it as a legitimate business or "Haha these people are soo high!"
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Dec 3, 2011 17:18
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explosivo posted:Did anybody catch Weed Wars this week? I just saw a commercial for it, looks interesting but I wonder whether they'll portray it as a legitimate business or "Haha these people are soo high!" Didn't catch that but caught a promo for "Moonshiners". So is Discovery getting all reality shows on illegal substances out of the way this month?
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Dec 5, 2011 03:21
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Just heard on local Sacramento news that a cannon ball being used by Mythbusters was somehow fired into a residential home in Dublin CA, which I believe is near one of the ranges they used to test their dangerous stuff.
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Dec 7, 2011 03:16
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cheese posted:Just heard on local Sacramento news that a cannon ball being used by Mythbusters was somehow fired into a residential home in Dublin CA, which I believe is near one of the ranges they used to test their dangerous stuff.
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Dec 7, 2011 03:57
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I feel like a lot of the WACKY JOB or REDNECKS ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW shows on the Discovery family of channels would make legitimately interesting specials or mini-series, but trying to milk an entire series out of these single concepts makes them less entertaining in addition to crowding out programming that's actually educational.
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Dec 7, 2011 06:42
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Crisco Kid posted:I feel like a lot of the WACKY JOB or REDNECKS ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW shows on the Discovery family of channels would make legitimately interesting specials or mini-series, but trying to milk an entire series out of these single concepts makes them less interesting in addition to crowding out programming that's actually educational. Yeah, the Discovery special on crab fisherman that aired years ago was a million times better than any reality show, though I believe a goon pointed out the same production company ended up making "Deadliest Catch".
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Dec 7, 2011 06:44
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Crisco Kid posted:I feel like a lot of the WACKY JOB or REDNECKS ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW shows on the Discovery family of channels would make legitimately interesting specials or mini-series, but trying to milk an entire series out of these single concepts makes them less entertaining in addition to crowding out programming that's actually educational. History Channel produced a pretty good 2-hour special on moonshiners a couple years ago.
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Dec 7, 2011 07:24
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Loretta Trampface posted:Uh-oh. I wonder which crew that was with. I hope to god we get to see Jamie's reaction if he was there. I think about the only time you see him on the show having a fit is when something goes wrong in the safety division. Hmm, I wonder which crew  Betting we never see that myth hit the air. Although in fairness if I were them I would be deathly afraid that I just murdered someone.
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Dec 7, 2011 07:28
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cheese posted:Just heard on local Sacramento news that a cannon ball being used by Mythbusters was somehow fired into a residential home in Dublin CA, which I believe is near one of the ranges they used to test their dangerous stuff.
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Dec 7, 2011 09:20
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You know, if a cannonball put a perfect six inch hole in my wall, I wouldn't fix it, I'd make it into a tiny window and put a picture frame around it and tell everyone. Gawker has a few more details on what went happened: quote:The cannonball was supposed to blast through an array of water barrels and a cinderblock wall. Supposed to. Instead it hit the wall, a hill, a house, and Jasbir Gill's Toyota Sienna. Now do you see why they tell you not to try this at home?
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Dec 7, 2011 13:54
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Gorilla Salad posted:You know, if a cannonball put a perfect six inch hole in my wall, I wouldn't fix it, I'd make it into a tiny window and put a picture frame around it and tell everyone. Holy gently caress that's terrifying. I love the Mythbusters, and I'm sure they had experts that guided this experiment, but holy poo poo it's terribly irresponsible to fire a cannon within a kilometer of residences.
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Dec 7, 2011 14:05
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Ferret Faucet posted:Holy gently caress that's terrifying. I love the Mythbusters, and I'm sure they had experts that guided this experiment, but holy poo poo it's terribly irresponsible to fire a cannon within a kilometer of residences. I'm pretty sure they've done it a dozen times at this point.
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Dec 7, 2011 14:27
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ToastyPotato posted:I'm pretty sure they've done it a dozen times at this point. You see I fired the revolver at my head five times. HOW WAS I TO KNOW?!
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Dec 7, 2011 14:39
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For some reason I thought a bomb range wouldn't be right next to a bunch of houses and a major roadway but I guess not. Shame we won't ever get to see the idiot build team's "oh poo poo" faces when the cannonball goes flying off the bomb range.
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Dec 7, 2011 15:21
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Ferret Faucet posted:Holy gently caress that's terrifying. I love the Mythbusters, and I'm sure they had experts that guided this experiment, but holy poo poo it's terribly irresponsible to fire a cannon within a kilometer of residences. It sounds like they *were* more than a kilometer from the residences (it doesn't say the distance to the barrels or to the hill) and this happened thanks to a freak ricochet.
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Dec 7, 2011 16:21
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Seriously just end that show. Once you somehow manage to put a goddamn cannonball through someone's home and across 4 lanes of traffic (amazingly without hurting anyone), you need to shut things down. IRQ posted:For some reason I thought a bomb range wouldn't be right next to a bunch of houses and a major roadway but I guess not. A lot of ranges like that are often just old quarries and such. It's usually not so much their distance from anything as it is their depth.
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Dec 7, 2011 20:30
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ToastyPotato posted:I'm pretty sure they've done it a dozen times at this point.
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Dec 7, 2011 20:41
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DJExile posted:Seriously just end that show. Once you somehow manage to put a goddamn cannonball through someone's home and across 4 lanes of traffic (amazingly without hurting anyone), you need to shut things down. TheRationalRedditor fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Dec 7, 2011 |
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It's a revitalizing throwback to the old days, before the show got stuck doing "Is this movie stunt real?" and "Hey guys make your own version of this youtube meme."
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