Mythbusters new season - Page 3

Ghoulish Delight · 04-24-2009, 09:13 AM

Stupid? That's one of my favorite segments. What an awesome, surprising result that was.

Moonliner · 04-24-2009, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Stupid? That's one of my favorite segments. What an awesome, surprising result that was.

Pssst.... I'm trying not to spoil the result for anyone that has not seen it yet.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-24-2009, 09:16 AM

I was annoyed by the banana peel bit this week. The myth originates from depression-era when bananas were a popular, cheap snack sold on the street and city sanitation was nil. So banana peels were everywhere. And people were not wearing giant work boots with incredible traction like they kept showing Jamie wearing. I would have liked to see what would have happened if he were wearing flat-soled dress shoes.

Alex · 04-24-2009, 09:41 AM

That whole episode was stupid. Testing the validity of Seinfeld jokes? Like I said elsewhere I assume they'll shortly be examining whether it really was possible to take Henny Youngman's wife.

As for the validity of results, many of their experimental formats suck anyway (either being incomplete or not demonstrating what they say is being demonstrated) so I'm used to that. I assume they did the bananas because they just wanted to get the voiceover guy to say "super lube" a lot.

Some things they do are good and cool but anymore I find the noise ratio to be really high so don't watch much.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-24-2009, 09:44 AM

So far this season has been a marginal improvement in terms of painful canned banter. I don't find myself cringing quite as much.

Of course, watching is highly improved via use of TiVo so we can skip the redundancy and the "here's a clip of what we're going to show you in 2 minutes".

Alex · 12-07-2011, 08:32 AM

That happened about a mile from our apartment. Very exciting but the great city of Dublin, California, has successfully repelled the attacking hordes.

They have had their issues. They do a lot of their explosions here at the disposal range and we also have the Camp Parks Army Training Center here where they accidentally sent a bullet into a neighboring development a couple years ago.

alphabassettgrrl · 12-07-2011, 09:29 AM

Wow- oops!

Glad nobody got hurt. Most of the time they seem to be pretty careful, always see FD on scene while they do stupid stuff, etc. I guess once in a while it goes wrong... kind of a given, with what they do.

Kevy Baby · 12-07-2011, 09:38 PM

Tweets within a matter of moments of each other this afternoon:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kari Byron

Taking yesterday's accident very seriously. So happy everyone is all right. So sorry to all who have been affected.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tory Belleci

My deepest apologies to Dublin. Fortunately no one was injured from our accident. We're doing everything we can to make things better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grant Imahara

Deepest apologies to the families in Dublin whose property was damaged as a result of this accident. I'm really glad no one was hurt.

Followed up three hours later by

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Savage

It's true, a cannonball got away from a Mythbusters experiment in Dublin, CA. Nobody hurt thank goodness. Jamie and I toured the damage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Savage

Now it's back to SF, to meet and discuss how to keep this from ever happening again. Very intense. We're SUPER relieved no one was hurt.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie Hyneman

Loose cannon: glad no one was hurt. Won't happen again.

All nicely scripted for them.

Kevy Baby · 12-07-2011, 09:53 PM

Also, there had been a Tweet a couple of days ago by Tory where he showed picture of a cannonball that he made. Not surprisingly, that Tweet is no longer up.

BarTopDancer · 12-07-2011, 09:57 PM

It's a moot point since I'm sure you're right and those were scripted but do they control their Twitter accounts or does a publicity team do it?

04-24-2009, 09:13 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Stupid? That's one of my favorite segments. What an awesome, surprising result that was. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
	Submit to Quotes

04-24-2009, 09:16 AM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I was annoyed by the banana peel bit this week. The myth originates from depression-era when bananas were a popular, cheap snack sold on the street and city sanitation was nil. So banana peels were everywhere. And people were not wearing giant work boots with incredible traction like they kept showing Jamie wearing. I would have liked to see what would have happened if he were wearing flat-soled dress shoes. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
	Submit to Quotes

04-24-2009, 09:41 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That whole episode was stupid. Testing the validity of Seinfeld jokes? Like I said elsewhere I assume they'll shortly be examining whether it really was possible to take Henny Youngman's wife. As for the validity of results, many of their experimental formats suck anyway (either being incomplete or not demonstrating what they say is being demonstrated) so I'm used to that. I assume they did the bananas because they just wanted to get the voiceover guy to say "super lube" a lot. Some things they do are good and cool but anymore I find the noise ratio to be really high so don't watch much.
	Submit to Quotes

04-24-2009, 09:44 AM	#5
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	So far this season has been a marginal improvement in terms of painful canned banter. I don't find myself cringing quite as much. Of course, watching is highly improved via use of TiVo so we can skip the redundancy and the "here's a clip of what we're going to show you in 2 minutes". __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
	Submit to Quotes

12-07-2011, 08:32 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That happened about a mile from our apartment. Very exciting but the great city of Dublin, California, has successfully repelled the attacking hordes. They have had their issues. They do a lot of their explosions here at the disposal range and we also have the Camp Parks Army Training Center here where they accidentally sent a bullet into a neighboring development a couple years ago.
	Submit to Quotes

12-07-2011, 09:29 AM	#7
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Wow- oops! Glad nobody got hurt. Most of the time they seem to be pretty careful, always see FD on scene while they do stupid stuff, etc. I guess once in a while it goes wrong... kind of a given, with what they do. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
	Submit to Quotes

12-07-2011, 09:53 PM	#9
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Also, there had been a Tweet a couple of days ago by Tory where he showed picture of a cannonball that he made. Not surprisingly, that Tweet is no longer up. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
	Submit to Quotes

12-07-2011, 09:57 PM	#10
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	It's a moot point since I'm sure you're right and those were scripted but do they control their Twitter accounts or does a publicity team do it? __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
	Submit to Quotes