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Man vs. Wild - Season 1 (6 DVD set) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Dominic Stobart, Mark Westcott, Mike Warner, Scott Tankard
Actor: Bear Grylls
Studio: Discovery Channel
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 4694
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UPC: 883629474991
EAN: 0883629474991
Release Date: December 20, 2007
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Man vs. Wild Season 1 (6 DVD Set): Learn life-saving survival skills in some of the toughest, most treacherous environments on the Earth with a man no stranger to extremes, Bear Grylls. Drawing upon all his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer and seasoned adventurer, watch as Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations. Armed with a few supplies and the clothes on his back, see how he claws his way back to civilization while demonstrating survival techniques along the way. The following 10 Episodes are included: 1. Alaskan Mountain Range 2. Sierra Nevada 3. African Savannah 4. European Alps 5. Everglades 6. Iceland 7. Mexico 8. Kimberly Australia 9. Ecuador 10. Scotland This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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 The Bear Grylls Show May 23, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Bear Grylls served in the British Special Forces; at the time he climbed Everest, he broke the world record as the youngest ever to do so; he parasailed the same mountain (really, he had an oxygen tank and a special parasail); he is an avid rockclimber, mountaineer, and adventurer; needless to say, Bear Grylls is a pretty cool guy.
That's why Man vs. Wild, a show dedicated to survival, tends to fixate on him; but this isn't a bad thing. The show is only partly instructional; if person wants some real lessons in survival, they need more then just Man vs. Wild.
A review of the show is not complete without mentioning its scenery. Filmed in HD, this show has some great shots of the world's most foreboding wildernesses; wide angle shots are fantastically directed (even if it takes always from the sincerity of the "survival" situation.) and Bear always needs to get into a place in an interesting way; weather it's hangliding, parachuting, jumping out of a helicopter, or some other stunt; these scenes, while a bit contrived, are incredibly fun to watch.
There is a gross-out factor to this show, and the editors know it. Bear often has to find food, lacking options, like a fire, he must sometimes eat some disgusting things raw, which is shown in a little too much detail. But even this has a point; it does show what a person must go through in order to survive. Despair, I have heard, is the number one killer; keeping a positive, survivalist attitude is the most important factor.
It's also worth noting that the show doesn't shy away form some of the crueler aspects of life; Bear must sometimes hunt, and kill medium sized animals (sometimes cute ones); it shows the complete process, from capture to preparation to eating. For this the show has taken some heat from environmentalists (I believe there is a petition to get it off the air.) Bear Grylls clearly has a reverence for the beauty of nature, but he is not deluded as to what nature is; he's no environmentalist (at least not by their standards.)
Bear Grylls also took some heat awhile ago for supposedly not being authentic; that he was actually much safer then he said he was. I tend to put such accusations under the same category as the people who where shocked to learn that Ashley Simpson was lip-synching. Of course it's not completely real, the fact that he has a camera crew with him tells you something; the wide angle shots have to be planned, and I'm sure the crew is not scrounging for food like Bear. Still, Bear really jumps into crocodile and leech infested swamps, really boulders that steep rock-face, and really does all the things impossible to fake. There are also times when Bear is clearly nervous, like when a good sized shark was circling his small raft in the pacific.
This might sound cruel of me; but I enjoy watching this show from the safety of my own home; watching Bear Grylls have to ring water out of his own socks; or walk through is water; or futilely try to start a fire in the rainforest; makes me feel cozy.
People don't seem to realize how big this world is, this is only occasionally demonstrated in the media; when a rich adventure's plane went down, the largest single man-hunt in history couldn't find him; and that was in America! This show gives a clear sense of the scale of our planet, and how little of it we actually occupy.
I like this show because it's only star - Bear Grylls- is a clearly confident, competent, and strong individual. It also perfectly demonstrates, implicitly, the importance of technology in our lives, by showing what life is when a person is (mostly) detached from it.
Great Show February 13, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good DVD set if you like the show. It is pretty bare bones if you are looking for DVD extras. It esentially has the show and thats about it. However, if you are like me you don't watch those extra's most of the time anyway.
Very nice. July 26, 2008
This guy is tough as nails! He was in the SAS, has climbed Everest along with other mountains in the Himalayas, he lead a team of 5 in a inflatable boat through the arctics of the Alantic Ocean, he went through the French Foregin Legion for a documentry.
As for the show Man vs Wild he always seems to parachute into some of the most remote places of the world. He has a camera crew who are instructed not to help in any way. Unlike some shows Bear will go out of his way to get his point across, I remember a couple of the Man vs Wild episodes were he jumped in to quickand, freezing water, and a cravas just to show you how to get out and survive.
He shows you what to eat depending on which area he is suriving. Rather it be spear fishing, traping, or just eating edible plants he shows you what to do. I have seen him swallow a small snake whole and act like it was nothing!
Unlike him I would never be caught dead in a forest without a knife but there was one episode were he used flint knapping to make a sharp blade.
As for traveling and navigation he shows you how to use the north star at night and tricks to find north in day. This man has some major stamina too, if you watch you will always noticed he is always on the move and never really likes to take a break.
I will be honest with you, I find a book like SAS Survival Guide Handbook or the US Army field manuals to be more informative. But if you want to visually watch someone survive and use the skills that most surivial books teach then this is the DVD set for you.
Man VS Wild October 6, 2008
This is a great dvd set. Teaching us what to do if stranded. I know he took advantage of some of the situations very well and also presented some things that may happen and demonstrated them for us.
Man vs. Wild October 13, 2008
Ruddy unbelievable, need I say more. Its a man in tune with the environment and loves nature and its challenges. Watching the guy is mesmerizing, and a little scary because you never know what happens around the next turn.
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