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Holyshoot posted:Do people hate on them? I always enjoyed there side projects they did. But I also wasn't a hardcore loyal watcher of the show. I loathed them. Their dialog was written by a robot alien who saw a high school play and thought that's how humans talk.
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Was that human feces he was using in the rocket?
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# ? Jan 4, 2016 23:42 |
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haveblue posted:Some people thought their banter was really forced and annoying, I never minded them that much. It wasn't too bad in the early goings but in the final years it was just ridiculous. Guess what, guys. I just read about this crazy story, where a guy managed to actually shoot himself into the air, by a whole fifteen feet, with nothing but a dildo and a model rocket engine. You know, that's crazy, I was just getting ready to launch a model rocket later this week, and I just so happen to have a dildo! Should we head to the lab and start thinking of some tests?
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# ? Jan 4, 2016 23:51 |
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Yeah, but who on earth watches Mythbusters for the pre-test setup banter?
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 00:44 |
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thexerox123 posted:Yeah, but who on earth watches Mythbusters for the pre-test setup banter? Probably the same people who watch gold rush for the hope of them making it big.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 00:46 |
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haveblue posted:Some people thought their banter was really forced and annoying, I never minded them that much. It got worse as the years went on. It seemed natural at first.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 01:36 |
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The problem was they were three Adams without a Jaime.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 02:37 |
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MisterBibs posted:I like the unspoken narrative that they cut those guys in an attempt to shake up the show/return to its roots/improve ratings, but it didn't work and the show was killed regardless.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 02:53 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:It got worse as the years went on. It seemed natural at first. Ya i vaguely remember them acting really dumb when presenting a new idea. Like it wasn't casual at all.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 02:58 |
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thexerox123 posted:Yeah, but who on earth watches Mythbusters for the pre-test setup banter? Anyone who cared about what they were doing, why, and how. Which was the whole point of the show...? The B Team got shafted with the even shittier "myths" the producers could come up with, and got scripted like they were shaved apes with the power of speech but that doesn't excuse how horrible they were.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 03:22 |
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Don't forget that CBS is working on a procedural drama based on Adam and Jamie: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-mythbusters-cia-drama-816440
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 07:47 |
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CBS is literally pitching 'FX' without realizing it. The movie from 1986, with a sequel in 1991, and then a syndication television series in the 90s. lol
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 07:50 |
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quote:The untitled drama, which has received a script commitment from the network, revolves around two Hollywood special effects artists who are recruited by the CIA to complete seemingly impossible covert ops missions by creatively using the most basic tools from their craft.
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# ? Jan 5, 2016 10:38 |
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I liked Grant and Kari more than Adam & Jamie. Come at me, thread.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 01:18 |
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TheRationalRedditor posted:The show has never been struggling in ratings due to poor production choices, Adam & Jamie simply decided to end it to do other less annoying things It wasn't Adam and Jamie's decision to end the show. Plus, you don't can three hosts and rejigger the show if the ratings aren't going soft to some degree.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 08:16 |
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The build team was easily the worst part of the show that did stupid poo poo.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 22:55 |
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The worst part was when Kari and Tory had to make an appearance on the child molester's show.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:27 |
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howe_sam posted:The worst part was when Kari and Tory had to make an appearance on the child molester's show. That was one time and Jamie was really sorry
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:29 |
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Wait, what show are you talking about?
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:40 |
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Sons of Guns. I mean the episode they appeared on was fine, but given what we eventually learned about Will Hayden, the whole thing is retroactively icky.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 23:54 |
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Sons of Guns was awful. This is a bracelet I made for my daughter.
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 00:38 |
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Tenzarin posted:Sons of Guns was awful. This is a bracelet I made for my daughter.
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 01:16 |
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MisterBibs posted:It wasn't Adam and Jamie's decision to end the show.
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 20:26 |
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MadScientistWorking posted:Mythbusters was one of the shows I can see ratings remaining stable and yet not being profitable because of costs. Insurance probably skyrocketed especially since they nearly killed people numerous times. I never thought of it that way. Getting rid of the team that put a cannonball through someone's house makes a lot more sense in that context.
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# ? Jan 9, 2016 20:08 |
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Is this thread for the History channel too? I couldn't find a history channel thread. They changed American Restoration to something that doesn't involve Rick Dale and it makes me sad
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 11:39 |
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Ross Angeles posted:They changed American Restoration to something that doesn't involve Rick Dale and it makes me sad I had to google the show to make sure I wasn't having a brain fart and was remembering the wrong title.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 14:05 |
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I was disappointed by the latest MythBusters episode. I mean, they didn't even bother to explode an actual landmine just for demonstration purposes. And I'm trying to think of other explosive devices that they won't get to play with after the show ends and I really can't think of any.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:02 |
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anotherone posted:Don't forget that CBS is working on a procedural drama based on Adam and Jamie: This just confirms my suspicions that Jamie worked for the CIA. I knew all this stuff already: quote:Hyneman is a special effects expert with a degree in Russian linguistics who has worked as a certified dive master, wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, animal wrangler and chef. But a TV show "based on their lives" that makes them CIA agents? A little on the nose, there.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 15:50 |
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So this gold rush episode someone leaves parker's team just because he didnt shake someones hand? what is happening on this show?
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 21:02 |
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Parker is a dumb kid and bad manager.
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 21:15 |
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Man, I really wanted that cement truck trick to work. That misfire was the biggest sense of false hope generated by an experiment that I can recall. The hovercraft discovery was super interesting, that's a good chance that's the first time traversing a minefield scenario with one has ever been attempted
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# ? Jan 10, 2016 23:16 |
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Have we heard anything about what Jake Harris from Deadliest Catch is doing these days?
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# ? Jan 11, 2016 02:30 |
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Ross Angeles posted:Have we heard anything about what Jake Harris from Deadliest Catch is doing these days? Probably Xanax and Percoset
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# ? Jan 11, 2016 02:40 |
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TheRationalRedditor posted:Man, I really wanted that cement truck trick to work. That misfire was the biggest sense of false hope generated by an experiment that I can recall. I know the myth they were testing was if the cement would stop the full blast of the explosion, but they seemed to actually prove that flooding rigged explosives with wet cement will probably deactivate/ruin most of the explosives. So technically MacGuyver was right, just not in the way it seemed to be implying in the episode (i.e. that the cement itself would contain the blast).
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# ? Jan 11, 2016 02:49 |
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Also, it seemed like the final setup with the box around the explosives just made sure there was no concrete under the dynamite, and not much over it. And the explosion made that pretty clear, since it went up and down for the most part.
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# ? Jan 11, 2016 04:11 |
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King Vidiot posted:I know the myth they were testing was if the cement would stop the full blast of the explosion, but they seemed to actually prove that flooding rigged explosives with wet cement will probably deactivate/ruin most of the explosives. So technically MacGuyver was right, just not in the way it seemed to be implying in the episode (i.e. that the cement itself would contain the blast).
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# ? Jan 11, 2016 04:16 |
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This implosion poo poo on Mythbusters is loving awesome.
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# ? Jan 17, 2016 02:35 |
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This is a weird move. Kind of weird that they've gone this long and not mentioned that Youtube/animated gif of this very thing happening.
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# ? Jan 17, 2016 02:45 |
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Holy poo poo, that final crush
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# ? Jan 17, 2016 03:00 |
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muscles like this? posted:This is a weird move. Yeah, I also instantly called bullshit on Adam saying it had never been filmed. Although now I wonder how that other video was made since it was so much harder than they expected.
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