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Ax Men: The Complete Season 2 by The History Channel
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DVD detailsActor: Darrell Holthusen, Jay Browning, Melvin Lardy, Mike Pihl Director: The History Channel Brand: A&E DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 611 minutes DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: A&E Entertainment Product features: - AX MEN: THE COMPLETE SEASON 2 (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of Ax Men: The Complete Season 2DVD Review: Would be better as documentary rather than reality TV Summary: 3 Stars
I'm watching this series for the first time, and it unfortunately comes off as somewhat silly, because it tries too hard to be reality TV -- i.e., "docu-tainment." Within minutes of the first segment, I'm tired of the constant bleeping of foul language. (Just film the damn thing; rate it R; let the subjects be real! -- Or offer more than one version of the show on the same DVD, with one version censored for the kiddies!)
The material and info could have been handled with more respect, rather than milked for dramatic sound bytes. As it is, the series often reeks of sensationalism, which is one more reason why I seldom watch TV these days. The stories could have told themselves without the sportscaster voiceovers and the pumped-up music score. The series oversells its subject, and it comes off cartoonish despite the EXCELLENT photography. It lessens the real impact of the job and the lives of real men, almost turning them into caricatures.
Too bad. This could have been so much better. As is, it just comes across as one more form of hyped-up entertainment.
Men (especially the men profiled here) deserve better.
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Description of Ax Men: The Complete Season 2The AX MEN are back, and they re bigger, badder, and tougher than ever.
For more than a hundred years, larger-than-life characters, many of whom are members of logging families that go back to the time when the West was being settled, have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. Snapped cables, runaway logs, and treacherous machinery are among the many dangers that threaten their lives and safety today.
Going deeper into the forest, high into the sky, and even down into the sea, SEASON TWO of AX MEN follows two of last season s leading teams along with three new companies including a team of diving loggers and another that uses helicopters to maximize its output as they race to fall the most timber during logging s most dangerous season. A series of fighting mechanical failures, relentless weather, and unpredictable terrain ensues witness with HISTORYTM how these brave men battle the elements, picking up where their fathers and grandfathers left off, to conquer America s final frontier.
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