Yes this movie is next on my list. But you did make an interesting point about how survival is being shown in the media. Term survival is used very loosely now and usually carries a negative meaning (kidnaper of E. Smart was surviving in the teepee in the mountains). Even our host’s site “Equipped to Survive” may strike a negative cord if you didn’t know any better. Equipped to survive? Survive what? Equipped how? Say it to somebody on the street and they will picture you in the camo outfit with m16 and anti gov’t feelings. But than again if you try to explain it, all of the sudden it becomes cool and ok to be equipped to survive. The question that is asked the most is: why do you need all those survival skills if you live in the US which is relatively civilized country and you are not a soldier going on a special mission (another movie cliché). Movies in general portray ex Special Forces guys as experts in survival but that usually goes hand to hand with some kind of violent or equally retarded plot. Remember Rambo? Well he was a good guy and clever as hell but still body count was pretty high there. Like a Pavlov’s dog public in general associates survival with violence. And also there is good type of violence and there is bad type of violence. In good type of violence character actually uses his survival skills to get bad guys. In bad type of violence character uses his skill to kill good people. But at the end violence is still violence no matter what caused it. Now because of the twisted image that survival has (thanks to Hollywood) if you know how to start a fire with one match and can use your knife for more than spreading mayo on your bread you are potentially dangerous. On this board there were already remarks how PSK should be called PAK (Personal Adventure Kit) just to avoid raised eyebrows. So in conclusion I’m waiting for MacGyver to come up on video so I can watch every episode and make notes.

Matt