Mipcom: NBC Orders Bear Grylls Adventure Competition Reality Series For Summer 2013

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• Grylls’ “survival” comes across as a manufactured hybrid of Fear Factor, the Amazing Race, and Wipeout where he’s forever running and jumping in staged examples of how to look cool while trying to almost break your neck. While much more understated, Les Stroud’s Surivorman is realistic and compelling for that reason. You actually believe Les is in danger because he is. He’s out there alone, now doing ten day excursions where he used to do seven.

  If I were ever in a survival situation and followed Bear’s advice I’d probably jump a gorge and tackle a cougar while drink my own piss…and die in the first eight hours.

  Comment by elfrunner — Monday, 8 October 2012 14:19 UK  Reply to this post

  • Really!Les stroud is the biggest chump of them all.He carrys everything with him.He has so much survival gear with him.I mean come on.You would be lucky if you were carrying half the stuff he was carrying.For example,les went to the norwegian moutains and he had it all.He had a car with gas ,an orange,deer jerky,jar of penut butter,jummper cabbles,snow scraper,6 pack of beer,and a car survival kit.In that car survival kit was first aid tape,duct tape,a knife,ski mask,reflective vest survival paracord braclet,a cooking pot,emergency blanket,orange trash bag,rubber hose, flares,rope,maches,portable mini stove,folding saw,candel,recargeble flash light,and a hachet.yeah I know.The funny thing is that he said he had “some advantages” for what lies ahead.Then he spends half the episode in a car.Witch half the episode is an hour long. then the other half of the episode he actually leaves the car and follows the road, finds a trail and follows it and ends up at a village of cabins. but apparently he just missed some people that were there because of a deer carcus that was left. then he leaves the cabins, goes down the mountain and gets to the coast. and on the coast he finds another cabin even bigger and nicer. its was locked but finds the key in less than 15 seconds. when he gets inside he finds a bed with clean blankets, a furnace, tons of firewood, and there is a potato field out back. and you said Bear Grylls was fake.

    Comment by x — Friday, 19 April 2013 19:59 UK  Reply to this post

• sick of this brit clown and his fake situations/shows.

  Comment by Kabbe — Monday, 8 October 2012 14:36 UK  Reply to this post

• Bear is the man! Les is an eater of wild edibles and urine flakes. He’s left everywhere for five or six days because he’s completely inept and would die if left in the wild a moment longer. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an episode where Les has trapped or killed anything… I’ve watched seasons of him curled up in a ball talking to the camera about how hard it is to survive and I’ve seen him pick seeds and weeds out of the ground and eat them… Why would you think he’s a more qualified survivalist?

  Yes, Les is in danger because HE CAN’T.

  But, Bear can, and does… I don’t care what kind of crew is off camera…

  Comment by speed racer — Monday, 8 October 2012 17:30 UK  Reply to this post

• I love Bear Grylls, he’s the best.

  Comment by Elizabeth — Tuesday, 9 October 2012 02:19 UK  Reply to this post

• what a joke. this fits him perfectly, a show not REALITY….

  Comment by the real deal — Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:43 UK  Reply to this post

• GLAD TO SEE BEAR BACK ON TV! NBC SHOULD LET LES STROUD HAVE HIS OWN PROGRAM TOO

  Comment by DAVE SHINALY — Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:33 UK  Reply to this post