07-26-2008, 01:15 PM
I was a big supporter of Les Stroud over Bear Grills before I found out the extent to which Man vs. Wild was staged crap. He's totally right about how big a difference it makes for him to be alone running all of the cameras himself. He often has to walk twice as far because he wants to get a long-distance shot of himself walking into the sunset, and then he has to go back and get the camera.
I'm really glad the interview went as well as it did. Although I wish they hadn't focused quite as much on the competition between Survivorman and the other show as they did, and instead asked a couple more survival questions. The guy doesn't need to be considered relative to Bear, he's quite capable of being an interesting subject standing on his own. I can't really blame the guys for doing that though, I bet they were pleasantly surprised to find how honestly he was willing to talk about what he thought about Man vs. Wild.
I'm really glad the interview went as well as it did. Although I wish they hadn't focused quite as much on the competition between Survivorman and the other show as they did, and instead asked a couple more survival questions. The guy doesn't need to be considered relative to Bear, he's quite capable of being an interesting subject standing on his own. I can't really blame the guys for doing that though, I bet they were pleasantly surprised to find how honestly he was willing to talk about what he thought about Man vs. Wild.