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  1. 11-04-2011, 01:23 PM #1
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    For those who watch Discovery much already know about this show; but I just spotted it on Netflix. They have season 1 up on instant watch, and I already finished it :)

    Awesome show! The premise is take 10 survivors of an apocalyptic dooms day scenario, plunk them down somewhere, and see where it goes.

    Now, I'm usually not much of a reality TV show type of person; but this show border well on documentary and social experiment. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes to tinker with stuff, and who likes to build things with as little as they can.

    I shuddered once while watching it: When they keyed up a spark-gap transmitter...
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  3. 11-05-2011, 07:03 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
    I shuddered once while watching it: When they keyed up a spark-gap transmitter...
    Surprised the FCC/OfCom/IC/whatever wasn't up their asses over it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by N8YX View Post
    Surprised the FCC/OfCom/IC/whatever wasn't up their asses over it.
    They probably did, and just paid the fine as a cost of business. I don't think they could have gotten cleared for it, however.
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  5. 11-05-2011, 05:50 PM #5
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    "The premise is take 10 survivors of an apocalyptic dooms day scenario, plunk them down somewhere, and see where it goes."
    The South has been there, done that.

    "I'd recommend it to anyone who likes to tinker with stuff, and who likes to build things with as little as they can."
    Rednecks consider it a comedy show, they're not dumb and have been doing that all their lives.

    As for the transmitter, I don't think anyone really cared but it was a really neat spark of an idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kb2vxa View Post
    Rednecks consider it a comedy show, they're not dumb and have been doing that all their lives.
    Check out Rocket City Rednecks on the National Geographic Channel some time. Nuthin' but a bunch of good ol' boys, a number of whom happen to work for NASA in Huntsville, AL.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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  7. 11-05-2011, 07:05 PM #7
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    I watched it when it was one but added it to my instant que the other day to watch again. Look for "Out of the Wild" too, that's another good one. They take a bunch of people and the idea is to hike through Alaska and self rescue. Ive also just finished watching season 1 of Dual Survival. Also an interesting show.
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  8. 11-06-2011, 06:48 AM #8
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    I like the premise of the show well enough, i just cant handle the bickering and reality show melodrama...that shit always bugs me.
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