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audiophoenix
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The TV Show "Alone"
#26486130 - 02/14/20 08:53 PM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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I just binged the fuck out of the first season.
What a breath of fresh air.
10 men get sent to wilderness alone and the person that lasts the longest wins 500k.
They don't know who's dropped out or who's still in. They only go as long as they can and tap out. So they have a phone they can use to call for rescue, but the goal is to go as long as possible without calling.
The concept almost doesn't even matter though because I just love the way it's produced.
No stupid narrator over explaining anything, no commentary. They just teach the contestants how to film themselves like survivor man style. The result is much better and authentic.
It's just amazing seeing peoples behavior change the more time they spend in the wild.
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larry.fisherman
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This is one of my favourite shows for sure. They blend together over the seasons for sure but I'm always just as entertained. I think there's Patagonia, British Columbia, and Mongolia but there might be another location. I've been waiting not so patiently for an update on the next season but nothing so far. It's definitely made me a lot more interested in primitive/survival skills. This summer I'm gonna make a bow drill and start a fire from scratch
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larry.fisherman said: This summer I'm gonna make a bow drill and start a fire from scratch
have you seen this youtube channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos
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i like naked and afraid 4 the drama n mental health issues
you can tell the producers try to get the cast as close as possible to death
and I appreciate that
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Re: The TV Show "Alone" [Re: gopher]
#26486867 - 02/15/20 10:50 AM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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larry.fisherman said: This summer I'm gonna make a bow drill and start a fire from scratch
have you seen this youtube channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos
Yup I love that channel. I'd imagine he makes it look easy. I'd love to go find a place to do this
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I watched the first two seasons that were free on Amazon Prime. After that, I believe you need to start paying for the next 10 seasons or so.
I'm really surprised this show's been going strong for so long, because it seems like a nightmare training people to film themselves. I don't understand what incentives these people have to film themselves, when survival in and of itself, is hard enough. But I guess the contestants have been pretty compliant so far, and I imagine they save hundreds of thousands of dollars saving money on a 24/7 camera crew.
The thing that amazes me most is how so overconfident and cocky these people are at the start of the show, while simultaneously being underprepared and undereducated for the elements. It really blows my mind.
I personally think I'd be perfectly fine with the alienation aspect of it. I'm used to being alone, and I prefer to be alone. But then when it comes to the survival aspect, I'd be completely fucked.
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I also wondered about the filming thing. Must be that you will be disqualified from the contest if you don't film enough.
I also wonder about how they get new batteries and storage for the cameras. I'm guessing a crew comes around and swaps cameras out.
People being overconfident is precisely because they don't have training.
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actually just did some research.
They do a weekly medical check for each of them and swap batteries and memory cards. Producers review all the film each week.
Makes me wonder how many of the people who just suddenly said they were tapping out were just really doing a shitty job filming and they fabricated an exit.
Seems a bit lame that I guess they do have some limited human contact.
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audiophoenix said: I also wondered about the filming thing. Must be that you will be disqualified from the contest if you don't film enough.
I also wonder about how they get new batteries and storage for the cameras. I'm guessing a crew comes around and swaps cameras out.
People being overconfident is precisely because they don't have training.
I have zero training in survival, and thus, I'm insecure as fuck. The last thing I'd be, is confident, let alone overconfident.
I don't get people who sign up for the show, only to discover how hard it is. Fuckin really?
Do you really need to physically experience being alone out in the wild to realize this? Use your imagination.
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audiophoenix said: actually just did some research.
They do a weekly medical check for each of them and swap batteries and memory cards. Producers review all the film each week.
Makes me wonder how many of the people who just suddenly said they were tapping out were just really doing a shitty job filming and they fabricated an exit.
Seems a bit lame that I guess they do have some limited human contact.
That's a good point about the embellishment aspect.
I thought maybe they got power banks to recharge batteries. Either way, I just don't understand the incentive to film yourself all the time. It just makes your mission that much more difficult, taking the camera with you everwhere, positioning it so you're in frame, recharging batteries, swapping out memory card, etc.
I feel like it would've been a far superior product if they just had 24/7 camera crews that followed them around, because I'm sure they'd capture way better footage and content. The best footage occurs spontaneously and at the most random moments. So basically, the film should be rolling 24/7. Obviously this isn't gonna happen with contestants battling for survival... which is why so much of the footage is them in their tent just vlogging about their level of starvation and loneliness. It's just very low budget, stationary footage...
I also wondered if the footage is immediately uploaded to the cloud. Otherwise, the contestants might delete embarrassing footage. Plus, what if a contestant was using the cameras wrong the whole time, so they thought they were recording, but they actually weren't...
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how long does the average winner hold out for? are you allowed to bring anything? I have some experience with fasting, if they let me bring like 100 teaspoons of salt and like 50 teaspoons potassium, I could do like 50 days even if I found no food, last time I weighed myself I was like 190 I think, I have the body fat to sustain me
maybe lack of shelter would get to me, I would research the hell outa how to build a shelter
bug bites too would be a drag
can you find this show online on like unauthorized sharing services? I want to watch a episode to get a better idea what its like
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Re: The TV Show "Alone" [Re: gopher]
#26487097 - 02/15/20 01:31 PM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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gopher said: how long does the average winner hold out for? are you allowed to bring anything? I have some experience with fasting, if they let me bring like 100 teaspoons of salt and like 50 teaspoons potassium, I could do like 50 days even if I found no food, last time I weighed myself I was like 190 I think, I have the body fat to sustain me
maybe lack of shelter would get to me, I would research the hell outa how to build a shelter
bug bites too would be a drag
can you find this show online on like unauthorized sharing services? I want to watch a episode to get a better idea what its like
I think the first season, the winner barely lasted for around 30 days. Everybody tapped out super quickly. Second season lasted longer, and I'm assuming it gets longer and longer, as the show gains more submissions from qualified contestants.
The first two seasons were filmed in Canada. They weren't dealing with mosquitos or anything. It was just very rainy and cold.
The funniest thing about this show, is that instead of just admitting, "I'm lonely, hungry, and cold, so I'm quitting," they always come up with the same bullshit excuse, which is, "What I'm doing out here is selfish. My wife needs me back home."
I'm pretty fuckin sure your wife can get by just fine without you for a couple weeks. If anything, they're counting on you to win the fuckin cash prize to pay off debt and have a better life.
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OMG I laugh hard when they say that. Like, I could totally stay here longer but I just don't think it's right.
If I was going into this I would plan on a time frame and commit. If I couldn't do it there's no one else to blame but me. There's no other reason to leave except for not being capable enough. It's not selfish if you come home with a new lease on life and a unique perspective with potentially a mortgage check in hand.
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im watching it now its pretty dank
I think I saw the first season. I stopped watching it though cause I hate how these shows let dumb people on for drama.
I'd rather watch people who know what theyre doing.....
They know that would drop ratings cause it would encourage people to go outside. So they try to cultivate fear of the outdoors.
fun to watch when ur bored tho
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audiophoenix said: OMG I laugh hard when they say that. Like, I could totally stay here longer but I just don't think it's right.
If I was going into this I would plan on a time frame and commit. If I couldn't do it there's no one else to blame but me. There's no other reason to leave except for not being capable enough. It's not selfish if you come home with a new lease on life and a unique perspective with potentially a mortgage check in hand.
Yeah, I think that's a no brainer. If you're truly in it to win it, be prepared to be gone for a while. If you're gonna claim your wife needs you after a couple days, please do not bother.
But I also feel like the producers purposely pick a lot of unqualified people, so the production doesn't last too long and they save money.
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Re: The TV Show "Alone" [Re: gopher]
#26487955 - 02/16/20 07:33 AM (4 years, 1 day ago) |
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larry.fisherman said: This summer I'm gonna make a bow drill and start a fire from scratch
have you seen this youtube channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos
That's a good one, there's actually quite a few good YouTube channels on this stuff. I can't remember the name but there's one where this little south american dude digs out shelters out of cliffsides and the ground using nothing but sticks and stuff. Some of them have defensive traps and pools
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larry.fisherman said: This summer I'm gonna make a bow drill and start a fire from scratch
have you seen this youtube channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos
That's a good one, there's actually quite a few good YouTube channels on this stuff. I can't remember the name but there's one where this little south american dude digs out shelters out of cliffsides and the ground using nothing but sticks and stuff. Some of them have defensive traps and pools
Yeh, that 'primitive technology' stuff is interesting. With the internet we can combine ideas developed by people all around the world and modern science and make a kind of 'optimized caveman'. I wonder how much of it could help people in places like rural villages in india.
I found this documentary on smelting iron in Africa interesting.
Also makes me wonder how we would go about doing this stuff on Mars. There's nothing to burn. Maybe ice lenses? There's not much atmosphere and very little oxygen so I wonder if steel will be possible. I guess harvesting oxygen from the water, but that stuff is needed to breath.
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