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New the Island with Bear Grylls

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Akire · 08/04/2015 21:00

Anyone else looking forward to this one? After last time I think there a BOys and a Girls island though it is just boys tonight. Roll up roll up anyone who has no idea how to lit a fire or build a shelter whilst knowing they are going on a survival program!

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Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 07/05/2015 07:58

I am so disappointed in these women, and in the producers for choosing them to fail.

It's just ammunition for all the people who think that women can't do this sort of thing.

RedToothBrush · 07/05/2015 08:13

And they were all chosen deliberately because these qualities make them telegenic - we want to see them fail because they all have at least one unappealing aspect to their characters we want to see tested.

So in reality, many other people, and probably many of the other 80,000 who applied, would do much better than these women and that's exactly why they weren't chosen.

I have it on very good authority that the producers did do it deliberately. Its supposed to be drama not reality. And its made to look even more dramatic than it was. Its made me very cross knowing what everyone here suspects for sure. Isn't it just amazing that they hit this dramatic make or break point and they magically just their shit together on both islands? They are all really that dumb and lazy...

TwartFaceBeetj · 07/05/2015 08:13

Does nobody else think the foresters daughter/camera women was planted to get them lost?

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 07/05/2015 08:14

"Sudden" find of massive Yucca plantation despite being on the lookout for food for weeks and the realisation that shiny metal makes a good lure - I'm not convinced that they're not being given wee pointers. They don't seem the types to work something out for themselves - even Laura is brawn rather than brains....

And 2 separate pairs picked up the jerrycan, said "oh it's empty" and then toddled off to do whatever they were going to do Angry surely the priority would have been to refill it & get it boiling?

I've given up swearing and just make high pitched noises of disbelief now....

ProfYaffle · 07/05/2015 08:17

I said exactly the same. When they shook out the last drops would they not have made some sort of arrangements for re-filling it??

AnnPerkins · 07/05/2015 10:29

A TV producer I know told me that they make reality shows by filming loads and loads of footage and then creating the narrative in the editing suite. She worked on one of those TV personalities on a roadtrip type shows and that's exactly how they made it. Events never actually took place in the order they are shown in the final cut.

With a reality show you have to suspend disbelief and choose to take it for exactly what you see on the screen, or not watch it. Usually, in the case of shows with obvious fakery going on like X Factor/BGT, I don't watch. Sometimes, with something harmless like the celebrity Bear Grylls thing on ITV, I'll watch and enjoy it for the entertainment it's intended to be.

I feel sorry for the members of the public the producers select, chosen for their 'interesting' characters to provide useful footage to work with, and I'm starting to really go off this show now.

RedToothBrush · 07/05/2015 10:35

^ That.

How could the men survive for so long just by Vic's fish. Hmmmm....

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 07/05/2015 12:24

After watching the last half I have to say - what a crock of SHIT.

So after being told they have 36 hours to get it together, they magically find a whole load of yucca, their jerry can has been magically eaten clean by maggots, and a passing fisherman casually slings them some fish.

Yeah right. I'm actually insulted that they expect us to swallow this crap.

Jacana · 07/05/2015 13:25

red I think vic and co.are supposed to be surviving on his fish catch plus coconuts? Mum and her friends went to see 'South Pacific' when it was released, and she bought the LP. which got played on our radiogram.A lot.Shock Reckon the songs are embedded in my DNA now Grin

So now I've had this bleedin song going round and round...in part "she lives on just coconuts and fish from the sea...." But I didn't buy into the fantasy then and I'm wondering about now?

Good news is that the girls have found a lime tree hung with conveniently fruiting and easy to identify limes. Smile great seasoning, disinfectant, and vit.c.source to keep scurvy at bay, like wot sailors in olden times did. Bout time the men found one...

And I'm wondering why there's no real sunburn,peeling skin,etc.among the women.fishing for hours without a complete cover up? Nah, don't compute.

IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou · 07/05/2015 14:11

How could the men survive for so long just by Vic's fish. Hmmmm...

I think that's more likely than expecting us to believe that the women were living on 5 limpets & a slice of yukka a day.

I'd love to see what is actually happening on the islands....

AnnPerkins · 07/05/2015 15:24

We saw one of the men applying sun cream last week. I'm guessing that's one of the essentials that they are provided with plenty of.

Namehanger · 07/05/2015 16:10

You are all so negative about the girls. The group dynamics is really difficult in that scenario, one of them lost 9llbs in a week - they are starving, dehydrated, everything is an effort, there mental facilities start to shut down.

Very few people flourish in that scenario, though do agree the Jerry can was annoying.

Jacana · 07/05/2015 16:34

mental facilities start to shut down.. And some seemingly didn't have many to start with..Yep, I'm looking at you, kiddo ShockWink

Julie, the one I think who lost the 9lbs, is, actually, to me, one of the strongest players in this. Smile

If I say I've got all the time and admiration in the world for Julie and virtually zilch for the girly voiced one, it doesn't mean I'm being negative about the girls. Just saying it is as it is to meBlush

Woody47 · 07/05/2015 20:05

I think the middle aged women, especially Julie are much better at this sort of thing than the younger ones (with the exception of Lauren)

The men seem to have a lot more common sense than the women!

hesterton · 07/05/2015 21:50

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Jacana · 07/05/2015 23:08

hesterton, I'm sure you're right. far too much testosterone flying around on the men's island to sustain anything more than a temporary truceHmm

amybear2 · 07/05/2015 23:44

Yes but that is rather secondary to having enough water and food to maintain the health of your vital organs!!

Jacana · 10/05/2015 09:27

Oh dear, readers of The Mail are squealing like ...err..stuck pigs?..this morning at the killing of the imported babes for the 'entertainment' of the viewers.Shock

Sorry, can't link.

RedToothBrush · 10/05/2015 10:50

Readers of the Mail are special.

I hope they do not have sausages on the barbeque whilst entertaining the neighbours.

Jacana · 10/05/2015 11:33

And chickens come headless,footless, nekkid and ready stuffed with sage and onion. And, of course, shrink-wrappedGrin

Being fair to Bear, and it really pains me to write thisShock he was completely upfront that he'd ensured that there would be food to eat and water to drink.

lilaloves · 12/05/2015 10:36

Why hasn't the men's island been on again? I'm sure it was the women's island 2x last week?

Jacana · 12/05/2015 11:09

Last week's Wednesday epi was cancelled cos of election stuff, but this week they're back on track- Wednesday the men, Thursday the women.

I wonder why those wild turkey thingies, can't remember the name, possibly just wild turkeys?, anyway, wonder why they weren't put on both islands? Good at grubbing food for themselves and good grub for the castaways. Or perhaps they're there but both lots can't be ar*ed to look? I'm not seeing great expeditions to the interior, but perhaps that's just editing..

Jacana · 13/05/2015 20:36

Half an hour and we get to see the shennanigans on the mens island again. Wonder how it will be, if they've only Vic's fish, coconuts, and testosterone to sustain them?

Gonna be funWink

QueenBean · 13/05/2015 21:22

Is anyone watching now?

I really like Sam! But can see how much he'd piss everyone off

RedToothBrush · 13/05/2015 21:52

Did everyone spot the magic raft that just appeared. The raft that got wiped out a couple of weeks ago.

Its AMAZING!