Allen is trying way to damn hard to be Adam.
Tracy is trying equally hard to be Kari.
They said Sarah's skills are too "niche" to be on Mythbusters and eliminated her. She's a robotic engineer. Are you *beep* kidding me? I'm pretty sure Grant built a robot every 3rd episode....
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On Outrageous acts of Science they show Allen's youtube videos he does seem to have a silliness to him like Adam.
I think what got her eliminated was having to do with the power tool having to be showed what to do and preforming worst in the stupid football catch thing.
Hackett seeing as he had his own show on Science before he seems like not too much of a people person some what Jamie like. Him and Brian arguing over which plan to do reminded me of an Jamie and Adam argument.
Brian reminds me of Jaime. Fairly no nonsense (so far) and calm demeanor. Hackett seems like the type of guy to annoy those around him (again, so far) so he'll be next to last to go because conflict=ratings.
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I liked Stuck with Hackett was entertaining but he was alone on screen with a crew helping off screen so never got to see him really interacting with others. I'll wait a few episodes before I judge anyone hopefully they will come into their own real personality and not try to emulate Adam, Jamie, Tory, Grant, or Kari.
shareSeemed ok overall. I do wish it was portrayed more like the regular show instead of a competition with "drama". It would be more personal and we'd get to see how well they work together.
It should have been constructed like Unchained Reaction. That show Adam and Jamie did briefly. Where teams built a big contraption-thing.
I'm glad they said they'd have a new team by the end of the season. I thought maybe there'd be multiple seasons of a Search. That'd take too long.
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I thought allen was emulating grant more than adam, which might be me being a bit racist :P
i think it's safe bet to say
big bearded guy, allen or joe and one woman will be the winners.
I'm guessing Ben, Allen and Tamara will end up winning. All the contestants seem to have adequate skills for the roles so its going to come down to personality. So the producers will think "Ben is good in charge, Allen is funny and Mythbusters has to have a redhead."
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But grant could also build. Sarah knows Arduino's maybe sort of. There may also be issues where she could be the robotic expert but may not be able to handle the time pressure.
They said Sarah's skills are too "niche" to be on Mythbusters and eliminated her. She's a robotic engineer. Are you *beep* kidding me? I'm pretty sure Grant built a robot every 3rd episode....
Tracy is trying equally hard to be Kari.
Mythbusters, the show so awesome and good they fired the old crew.
Discovery, the network so bereft that after firing said crew and as much saying there just, 'weren't enough myths to be busted,' did what?
Right.
Even with a team set to go this is just a tarted up Smash Lab. And Smash Lab was an abortive mythbusters mock-off with a crew/show that would work for comparatively less.
When are they going to figure out that the audience didn't tune in to enjoy "Mythbusters" so much as they did to see the old gang busting those myths?
Nothing against any one of these personalities, I'm certain they're all entertaining in their respective youtube channels. I also know that anyone who has that sort of chance thrown at them would be a fool not to jump at it. Even so, it just doesn't feel right.
The whole mess just comes across as cynical and tryhard and you see that the moment they lead in the with cement truck explosion.
"See this? <BOOM!> all this stuff you've watched and loved over the last decade that was totally awesome!?"(record scratching noise) Well, this isn't it! Stay tuned for mor... Hello?. . . . Hello!?!?"
At least the guy doing to voice over is getting a little more work.
@Tuyere. Aren't you being cynical assuming the worst of this show though?
There's always stuff to test but original's myths had gotten big. I mean they had probably gotten really expensive to do. I don't know if they fired Adam and Jamie or if they wanted to stop but the budget had to have been far bigger than The Search.
This seems to be pretty basic. Just enough testing to make a competition out of. They're not ripping anything off. They're doing old myths to see how they all work and solve things. It would not make any sense test new elaborate myths when they're narrowing down people. Of course they're gonna use old clips. Why wouldn't they?
I like the old team as much as anyone but I watched for both...to see them AND test myths.
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I'm being practical/critical. Discovery/science network is being cynical and it's pandering.
If they'd honestly felt the show had run its course, that there wasn't much ground left to be covered as far as myths and urban legends be tested, then why not leave it buried?
Yet suddenly there's a need for a competition for a whole new crew to helm a whole new series of Mythbusters that's going to test and bust what? The same old myths and urban legends?
They have next to nothing left. Haven't for the better part of a decade. What's left now -Alaska the Last Frontier? And that's getting long in the tooth. Science has a smattering of back filler from five to ten years ago. "How it's Made" comes to mind. And 'Punkin' Chunkin' is cursed.
So yes, they're probably regretting cancelling Mythbusters but at the same time they didn't want to pay the cast what they were worth.
So now it's, "Back by popular demand! You wanted it so-"
Only speaking for myself -I didn't want it. Who needed it? They've had it in one form or another for several years running now. For internet stupidity presented we've 'Acts of Outrageous Science' and for the practical and tested side of that stupidity we've 'What could Possibly Go Wrong?'
This is Smash Lab all over again; A group of younger, allegedly more attractive 'nerd' presenters in a watered-down, try-hard format brought to you by a network of lazy execs hoping to capture lightning in a bottle for next to nothing.
If I've come across as cynical I certainly don't wish to be. No sane person should. I'm just disappointed.
There's a world of difference to what Adam and Jamie presented a decade ago- a joy of discovery shared across the screen between the hosts and the audience -both learning as they went- and taking that established format and then flogging it to shreds without them.
If you don't see that we'll just have to agree to disagree.
If they'd honestly felt the show had run its course, that there wasn't much ground left to be covered as far as myths and urban legends be tested, then why not leave it buried?They obviously did not feel it had ran it's course but what I'm saying is Adam and Jamie's Mythbusters had probably gotten expensive to produce. So they ended it in order to start back up on a smaller, less expensive format.
Yet suddenly there's a need for a competition for a whole new crew to helm a whole new series of Mythbusters that's going to test and bust what? The same old myths and urban legends?
You literally couldn't have said it any better. The original had soul to go along with the explosions. It was authentic. These were real people reveling in the unimaginable opportunity they had been given. This couldn't be anymore contrived, and the cast is made up entirely of pathetic fame whores.
The idiot formerly known as Heez.
Let's be serious here. Mythbusters lost its authenticity some number of seasons before it ended. It turned into a silly boom fest, ceding authenticity in favor of satisfying the lowest common denominator. This new show is just following the trend of cynicism. I might check it out to see if they can do more than the "big boom" myths...
shareI knew I recognized Hackett. It was from that silly show he had a few years ago. He was weird and a mess back then and nothing has changed I can see.
shareMediocrity continues. Allen basically copied Adam's little bit from the salami rocket episode when talking about their build. He's still trying too hard to be Adam. Hackett is still annoying and hard to work with, guaranteeing he'll be the last one off the show. What was the point of the second myth, they spent almost no time on it. Hackett failing spectacularly makes him safe instead of getting him the boot? The cast continues to be unimpressive. Brian is still the only one I like at all. I am happy to see that there will be some original myths tackled this week.
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I almost can't stand this incarnation of Mythbusters. Everyone seems to be trying too hard and being someone they are not. The host is especially annoying. WTF is with his hair? The cast needs to hold him down and shave his head. And the one female scientist who always wears a hat backwards. OK, we get it, you're supposed to be a "cool chick." Now take off the hat it just makes you look stupid.
If they are going to bring back Mythbusters why cancel it in the first place? Just to bring it right back with far inferior hosts? Why? Did Adam and Jamie cost to much?
Jamie and Adam chose not to do any more because they couldn't stand each other!
shareWell I enjoyed the boat myth. It was interesting to see the teams tackle something that, although its been done before on the show, was at least attempted with new materials.
They should dispense altogether with the second myth. They spend so little time on it that its hard to get interested in it.
It was good to see Allen use some original humor instead of just trying to sound like Adam.
I was very disappointed to see that they are rehashing yet another myth next week!
I'm hoping Adam will be the guest judge on the last episode. I'd also like to see Scottie or Jessi come back as a guest judge.
The thing I disliked most of all was when Martin said "We're replacing Jamie and Adam". Like Hell you are! You are taking a spot left vacant when Discovery decided to cancel the show. While I might come to like some of the guys on the show, (I like Brian and Tamara is growing on me), no one will ever replace Jamie, Adam, Tori, Grant or Kari.
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producers stereotyped the selection. they didn't accidentally end up with multiple ginger women, Asian dudes and generic medium build white dudes in this small of a sample, expecting the contestants to act or behave differently than the originals. The contestants that show any deviation from the originals will most likely be kicked off the show immediately.
they don't really have a competition, criteria for eliminations, or provide much of an explanation as to who is eliminated and for what reason. Pretty sure the girl in the first challenge was kicked off the show for doing her part and not acting like Kari. Once they settled on the white dude, the others started dropping like flies.
I don't mind thier selections but I agree the eliminations don't have any rhyme or reason to them. That's the only thing I do not like about the show.
They criticized Tracy for not correctly following directions with the gun but they were really just honest little mistakes. It had nothing to do with the test. They are just defaulting to the most arbitrary explanations.
The problem is you cannot properly evaluate people with teams because there is just to many variables in myth testing. I don't really know what would be a better system. A points system maybe.
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So they continue to rehash myths from the original Mythbusters. They really need to do something new.
I also am annoyed by the fact that Tracy was eliminated this week for not having much in the way of building skills. You know who else didn't have building skills when the show began? Kari Byron. She learned them as the show went.
The way that they eliminate contestants has no real rhyme or reason. Its apparent that the host and the producers just pick someone judging by how well they performed, there's no real criteria or metric to check them against.
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You know who else didn't have building skills when the show began? Kari Byron. She learned them as the show went.
not only do they need to do something new, but I think they need to do actual myths, not just aphorisms (especially ones already done by the original hosts) or something from a movie, but a real myth, if for no other reason than to prove that there are still things out there to test (within a tv show's time frame & budget)...but mainly, to prove that they have the skills to be a mythbuster, that they can interpret a myth, come up with a plan to test it, and then build something, and do so, the last 3, they've basically been doing, but not the first, they're just being given assignments, 'build a boat made of cardboard,' 'build a rig to find needles in hay,' it just doesn't seem like the same skill as early on in the (original) show, where they really had to use some creativity to get started down the path of busting (or not)
...I hope that made sense
They can't do new myths because this is just the The Search pretty sure they don't want to take away from the actual show when the new host are chosen. So them testing things that have been done before helps see if they are up to it.
Did they ever say how many win the hosting jobs? If 2 my choice would be Brian and Martin if 3 not sure.
I'm pretty sure Brian will end up winning one spot. He hasn't screwed up anything really, he stays calm and the others seem to respect him.
For the second winner I'm guessing Tamara or Martin. Or both if there's 3.
I think they'd want one female host.
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Almost done with episode 1 and Sarah seemed as good with electronics as Grant and he wasn't that great at mechanical builds that required heavier tools, at first. She could have evolved and she had personality. She showed it when she was seat dancing in the Camaro.
Oh well. I really despise Brian so far. He's more about butting heads and forcing people to his will than letting the others come up with ideas.
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they didn't accidentally end up with multiple ginger women, Asian dudes and generic medium build white dudes in this small of a sample