It's not that it was "bad". It was certainly entertaining and I watched the whole thing. It was just that I did a lot of eye rolling. Had they explained things more, cut it differently... perhaps it would have been better technically. It's just that they went for the "I can't believe I survived" drama factor without much thought as to how safe any of those stunts were. Any person in a real survival situation without any training could very well kill themselves following some of the advice given.

After reading more commentary on this show, I tend to believe that most folks here would probably still watch this simply because we are sick and can't get enough (just like gear, knives, guns, or pictures of other people's gear). <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Perhaps we are being too harsh. I'm fairly sure the principal and advisors had the best of intentions. As Les Stroud pointed out in a recent thread, their ability to make those intentions reality were stymied. I'd give the show another chance, but if it's much the same, I can watch a lot of fabricated drama elsewhere.