The Man himself

[geordienemisis]

I have just watched the last 30 so minuets of Bear Grylls where he is in Vietnam. Wow this guy is mint he has just eaten a scorpion which he cooked? over an open flame for about 30-45 seconds (he cut the poison end off). Then when going through a rail tunnel he came across a large frog and without grace smacked it against the wall then eat some of the meat from the legs I guess. All this was with in 5 mins of being picked up by heli and taken back to civilisation. Well tell me I'm not alone what an absolute pile of S*it, I have never been a fan and now after seeing this trumped up tv crap he will never enter my list. People should not watch this as it gives the wrong impression to anyone who finds themselves waiting for the plane or chopper. Crazy Fool..................

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Well tell me I'm not alone what an absolute pile of S*it, .................

No, you're far from being alone

 

[Samon]

Yep he's a douche bag.

Killing, mutilating and eating everything in sight is not cool. It's crap aimed at Americans and kids who want to play Rambo.

The sad thing is, he's actually capable of impressive feats of endurance and skill but chooses to sell out and make a tit of himself.

 

[Kepis]

oh not again please

 

[nuggets]

a think he should market his programmes more to today`s `survival` situations !! Running out of the train tunnel with a length of copper cable is more like it !!!

 

[Eric_Methven]

It's all about the money. He's using his specific talents to earn what he can, when he can. There's no reason to castigate the man for doing what thousands of others in showbiz are doing - entertaining people! He's not doing bushcraft, never has. He does survival stuff and that's a whole 'nother ball game.
I don't watch his shows because what he does doesn't impress me, but he's an astute business man making a living.

Eric

 

[Everything Mac]

yay - another pointless bear bashing thread. What fun.

 

[Docherty]

It's gonna be a long night - time to put the kettle on

 

[3333]

flicked it on yesterday to see him rappelling into a survival situation and he said its how the miltary enter places- i turned it off.

 

[BOD]

It's all about the money. He's using his specific talents to earn what he can, when he can. There's no reason to castigate the man for doing what thousands of others in showbiz are doing - entertaining people! He's not doing bushcraft, never has. He does survival stuff and that's a whole 'nother ball game.
I don't watch his shows because what he does doesn't impress me, but he's an astute business man making a living.

Eric

Yup many other people and companies are selling worthless services and goods. Bear is much more fun. Showing people what not to do is a better way of learning than what you should do.

Even my 8 year old worked out that he did a lot of silly things that he should not ever do

 

[toilet digger]

i must say i do enjoy these bear threads, the game for me these days is; who is gonna lose the plot and get their knickers in a twist

for my part - born surviver/bear is just sensationalist tv that is just a ''bit'' detached from what is conducted here and with a massive bias to the american public.

 

[Hoodoo]

It's crap aimed at Americans and kids who want to play Rambo.

You can keep him over there. He's all yours.

 

[Hoodoo]

and with a massive bias to the american public.

Really? We didn't make him King of the Boy Scouts did we?

 

[Jock]

Err Why shouldn't he made programmes for the US market when its the US networks who commission them from him?

This guy has done stuff most of us can only dream about.
You really need to separate his showmanship & poor TV shows from the man himself
Give him some credit for what he's achieved.
Personally attacking him is a poor show, however criticising his TV programmes is whole other kettle of fish

 

[Matthew.Passmore]

He's actually a very nice guy and a lot the stuff he does off camera is very credible.

His TV shows are for entertainment pruposes only and I for one find them entertaining (even though they are utter rubbish ;-) ).

 

[Vulpes]

I havn't had a tv in 5 months and I can't say I care at all anymore about people like him. I follow Ray & co sometimes and the oldies like Les Hiddins, but I'm not obsessed or mad with any of them. Got some books, seen some of the older programmes - end of.

 

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[Mang]

Really? We didn't make him King of the Boy Scouts did we?

Whatever anyone thinks of his TV work, I believe his work with the Scouts should be judged as a separate entity. Personally, as a UK leader, I'm pleased he's giving his time for nothing to be our Chief. As for his programmes, I'd assumed that it was tilted towards the US market because he uses words like trash and elevator in the programmes.

 

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[HillBill]

Bears a good bloke who does a lot for others for no gain. ( unlike certain tv personalities favoured on the forum) He does tons of charity work, motivational speaking and world record attempts ( he's held about 4 or 5 iirc)

He doesn't decide what he does on his shows, that would be the producer, he just gets paid to carry those instructions out. How familiar is that to most of us? How many get paid for the job that we do because it needs doing, not because we particularly want to do it?

His shows are entertainment, nothing more. Folk who watch it, do so because of all the mad things he does, thats why its popular. Do you really think he would be doing it if he wasn't getting paid? Do you think he does it outside of the show? No, i bet he doesn't. We know what Bear likes to do in his own time, paraglide over everest, cross the atlantic in an inflatable boat, climb everest etc, give motivational speeches, taking lead role in the scouts etc, most of which was done for the benefit of others. He just got the thrill of doing it out of it.

I don't think he does bad for the son of a politician.

There is so much about Bear that is admirable, you just have to look further than "man vs wild"