Man vs. Wild - Season 1 (6 DVD set)

Man vs. Wild - Season 1 (6 DVD set)
by Dominic Stobart, Mark Westcott, Mike Warner, Scott Tankard

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Actor: Bear Grylls
Director: Dominic Stobart, Mark Westcott, Mike Warner, Scott Tankard
Cinematographer: Simon Reay
Producer: Mike Warner
Editor: Kieran Smyth
Editor: Nico Bee
Producer: Belinda Kirk
Producer: Chrissy Barnett
Producer: Mary Donahue
Producer: Rob MacIver
Producer: Rob Parker
DVD: Region Code 0
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-20
Studio: Discovery Channel

DVD Reviews of Man vs. Wild - Season 1 (6 DVD set)

DVD Review: Either way its good
Summary: 5 Stars

Despite what anyone says about either Survivorman or Man Vs Wild, both have different qualities, both are great shows that I love. They have both changed throughout the seasons. You can't say that Man vs Wild is fake. Maybe they put him in staged things here and there to show you how to survive, but that's half the point of the show, to inform the viewer. But he is really jumping off waterfalls, eating bugs, getting sick, taking risks. To think that either of them are really alone in the wilderness is dumb. If there were a real emergency in either case, (even with survivorman, where most people like the fact that he is "alone") you can bet the producers of the show would be sending in the lifelines, while the camera men jumped in and helped. If they didn't, and something happened to either of the shows stars, it would be their butts on the line. The reality of it is, they are both t.v. shows! However much you want to believe is real or not, depends on your personal opinion. Survivor man is a good show. Man vs. Wild is a good show. Bear Grills is a good guy with high spirits that takes real risks while teaching you things that could literally save your life. What's not to like? Either way, it's entertaining.

DVD Review: awesome show!
Summary: 5 Stars

this is a great show. i cant stop watching it. he goes to the desert ,to frozen iceland. he eats unbelievable things. anything from snakes to goats eyeballs. keep up the good work!

DVD Review: This show is fake--here's proof
Summary: 1 Stars

Do not confuse Man vs. Wild with Les Stroud's Survivorman, which is the real deal. In Survivorman, Stroud really is by himself in a survival situation, with nothing but the clothes on his back, limited supplies and his camera equipment so that he can film himself. Man vs. Wild, on the other hand, has become an embarrassment for the Discovery Channel, which now claims that all episodes of the show will be more honestly edited to show the viewer what is really happening (i.e., that the show is fake).

This is not to say that Bear Grylls is not a survival expert, but merely reflects the fact that much of the show is completely phony. For one thing, Bear is followed by a camera crew, who, contrary to the show's initial claims, regularly helps him out. For another, Bear is regularly aided by survival consultants. He did not, for example, build the raft that the show depicted him building. Most embarrassing of all to the Discovery Channel was the discovery that many of the situations that Bear finds himself in are entirely staged; they are not incidents that he just happens upon while surviving in the wild.

The Discovery Channel always prided itself on the accuracy and honesty of its shows (unlike, say, the History Channel), and so, because of this revelation, and after momentarily dumping unaired episodes of Man vs. Wild, now will only air the show with text disclaimers at the bottom of the screen explaining to the viewer what is actually happening, but in a positive light of course. So, instead of reading, "This scene was entirely staged," text will appear saying something like, "On some occasions situations are presented to Bear so he can demonstrate survival techniques."

After a huge controversy erupted when it came to light that Bear was not always sleeping in the campsites the show depicted him constructing (but was instead sleeping cozily in a nearby hotel room!), the Discovery Channel now requires Bear to admit such things. In one episode, after lighting a fire, he said, "I'm not staying the night, but this would make a good place to camp." Another fake part of the show was the success of Bear's traps. What would really happen is that the trap would catch nothing but an animal was brought to him by the crew so that he could act like he was successful. He now must admit (at least some of the time) when the crew is helping him.

People who actually know about real survival techniques often laugh at how Bear Grylls conducts himself, leaping about and running and unnecessarily risking injury at every turn. Les Stroud would be ashamed of him. In the end, Man vs. Wild can be entertaining, but it should be viewed as a staged show depicting somewhat useful survival techniques. It should NOT be viewed as a documentary depicting real survival techniques in action. If you still don't believe that Man vs. Wild is fake, go to Youtube and watch the clip entitled Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls is a fake. It depicts good old Bear Grylls acting like he is trying to cross a "dangerous lava bridge" in the middle of nowhere. If you keep watching, the camera pans back and reveals that Bear is in fact just walking on some rocks immediately to the right of a busy highway! Deception at its finest.

Also check out the website Bearwiki. It shows that in most episodes in season two, he actually slept indoors. It shows that a lot of the animals that appear on the show are actually domesticated. The "bear" that he encountered in season one was--lo and behold--a man in a bear suit (I kid you not). The "dangerous volcanic gasses" that he encountered was actually smoke from a fog machine. The "dead badger" that he ate was actually a piece of steak that the crew gave him. Usually when he "catches an animal" it's a dead animal that the crew gave him. Most of his leaps and bounds are overdramatized and fake, as evidenced by the fact that the crew is already ahead of him, as well as by numerous discontinuities (such as leaping off a boulder and, when landing, not having the same clothes on that he had on in the previous shot!).

In fact the whole shtick about being "dropped off" by the chopper is fake--the camera crew, with food and supplies, is already there waiting for him. In one episode you can see him holding the edges of his parachute and not the brake toggles, suggesting that the "rough landing" was faked. Often when he is climbing something--tree, chimney, ice, etc.--there is a rope that he is using that the camera doesn't show and/or pre-dug hand holds arranged to make it look like he can just climb up a natural surface. Episodes that Discovery has reedited do not claim that "Bear" (his real name is Ed) actually caught the food the original episodes claimed. All scenes of "Bear" using a bow/drill for fire are fake. The list just goes on and on and on. My favorite is when Bear "caught" a fish that was already boiled and then tried to act like it was still alive by twitching his fingers!

I personally also just don't like a lot of the things Bear does. For instance--and just to make a comparison--in Survivorman Stroud does not like killing things unless he really has to. Sometimes he does because he--unlike "Bear"--is in a real survival situation and needs to eat. Bear, on the other hand, is not in a survival situation and is not even hungry (the crew feeds him), and yet he and the crew run around killing animals right and left. In the South Dakota episode Bear makes a torch. He doesn't really need it because he doesn't need to go into the mine in the first place--but that's neither here nor there. So what's he do? He goes to a birch tree THAT HAS TINDER FUNGUS RIGHT ON THE TRUNK and then, of course, he doesn't use it but instead cuts a ring of living bark from around the trunk, not telling the viewer that he just killed that tree for no apparent reason.

Where does this info come from? From Bear's film crew! Bear's film crew must not like him very much. They are always more than willing to expose him to ANYONE who asks.

DVD Review: A perfect show for the true man
Summary: 5 Stars

This season is full of great knowledge and Bear is an expert at educating in a extremely enjoyable way.. this show will inspire you to visit the true outdoors! while keeping you truly entertained.

DVD Review: Man vs. Hotel
Summary: 1 Stars

Bear Grylls has a somewhat entertaining show but it is completely worthless from a survival standpoint. I do not like the Title "Man vs. Wild"? There are enough people going against the natural world already. That title gives nature a bad name, like it is something you must fight against. The man has admitted to staging scenes of the show and staying in hotel rooms, to me, that discredits almost anything he has to say about natural living. If you are only interested in entertainment, then this show deserves about three stars. However, if you are interested in learning survival information, or not interested in seeing a fool run around in the woods, I would highly recommend Survivor Man. Also, any of Tom Brown's field guides are great for a person who is truly interested in survival and not just cheap entertainment.

Description of Man vs. Wild - Season 1 (6 DVD set)

Man vs. Wild Season 1 (6 DVD Set): Learn life-saving survival skills in some of the toughest, most treacherous environments on the Earth with a man no stranger to extremes, Bear Grylls. Drawing upon all his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer and seasoned adventurer, watch as Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations. Armed with a few supplies and the clothes on his back, see how he claws his way back to civilization while demonstrating survival techniques along the way. The following 10 Episodes are included: 1. Alaskan Mountain Range 2. Sierra Nevada 3. African Savannah 4. European Alps 5. Everglades 6. Iceland 7. Mexico 8. Kimberly Australia 9. Ecuador 10. Scotland

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