10,000 B.C. Reality Show

[bambodoggy]

I guess furry bikinis get better ratings than scholarly experimental archaeologists...!

Not half lol

 

[Joe tahkahikew]

Don't worry Wayland.

Its how many of us Cree and other indians feel when we hear some white guy say something like; "The indians did it this way......etc.,"

 

[Pete11]

The "Living in the Iron Age" project was sabotaged from the start.

A good friend and I both applied and were dropped very quickly when they found out we knew what we were talking about.

Another person I know was given the commission to make the shoes for the show and they insisted on him using a pattern they provided, even though he is an archaeologist and specialist in making ancient footwear.

He took one look at the pattern and said "These won't work.."

They said, "We know, but that's how we want you to make them anyway.."

Please don't hold up the Iron Age Debacle as an example of good practice. It makes me grind my teeth.

The reason why I am not even gonna bother watching it . My "made for TV" radar is going off the scale.

Pete

 

[bobnewboy]

So far........oh dear.

Two or three people 'doing', the rest 'watching'. Two of twenty dropped out within 24-36 hours.

I'm not saying i would be a great deal better, but i'm sure i would be 'doing' at least....

 

[Old Bones]

I've just switched over - the maggots look fun....

Yep, its rubbish, but its Channel 5! I might watch it next week, just to see how bad it can get. At least its neither 'Big Brother' or 'Bonekickers'.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Bloody hell, Mesolithic it's not. I would like to see this group gel, and start to work together, but I'm afraid that's not going to happen. There are the people who do things, then there re the people who are happy to sit back and let them do the work, IMHO.

 

[Alreetmiowdmuka]

That was the clip I minded


Capable, confident, and I have no idea how they learned to do it :yikes: but that's admirable gumption in action :notworthy

M

Even the lions look gobsmacked


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[andybysea]

Same old formula of total rubbish like Bear Grylls the island or whatever it was called, keep hoping for something original but does'nt seem to materialize.

 

[Hammock_man]

Poor folk where set up to fail. Yes they had some shelter and food to start with but no group of 20 people, 10000 years ago, including children would have so little skills. Good telly, poor history.

 

[Rabid]

As hammock man says the amount of skills that these people would have to have would be incredible. A far better programme would be to have 20 people who know what they are talking about there would still be differences but at least they would work it out and not want to go home because they are a bit warm or missing mummy.

 

[Stevie777]

Well, where do we start.
Hmmmm..Day 1... 2 hours in one drops out, couple of hours later we have tears.

4 people to gut and skin a Deer? Meat left out to give the flies somewhere to lay their babies, woman eats worm...

Day 2.. all bedding has to replaced by blankets due to maggot infestation, just like they would have done 10,000 years BC. :-/
More Tears, another drop out. How many Managers does one show need.??

Tune in next week to see who was responsible for the Jobbie in the Camp.? More Tears.

It's gonna be a long, miserable soul destroying few weeks me thinks. for us, Not them...

TV, prepare to be shouted at.

 

[david1]

its a shame, I was hopping for so much more...

 

[boatman]

The programme will be interesting despite the tantrums but probably not as good as Living in the Past which, for all its faults, was a good series.

 

[nic a char]

Anything & everything for a quick profit nowadays - bush meat, trophies, forests, traditional living grounds - and as for the TV - PAH! Anything can now be reduced to getting people bickering & fighting, it seems - viz the downward spiral of The Archers (though I'm not a listener).

 

[nic a char]

"A good friend and I both applied and were dropped very quickly when they found out we knew what we were talking about." ABSOLUTELY no surprise there - they just want tubes for punters to laugh at.

 

[nic a char]

No I don't think these are purely modern traits, but there's a LOT more of it now.
Thank goodness for David Attenborough & Ray Mears - both interesting, to the point, and respectful to local peoples.
The anthropomorphism of Simon King & co make me sick, though there is some good wildlife footage.

 

[nic a char]

"TV, prepare to be shouted at."
I have heard you can get clear TV screens which work like a dartboard...

 

[nic a char]

" All that is left is a few antlers which no animal can eat. "
Actually, deer chew on cast antlers for the calcium - not technically eating, but given that thousands upon thounds of antlers are cast every year, where do the ones we don't find go?

 

[Stevie777]

"A good friend and I both applied and were dropped very quickly when they found out we knew what we were talking about." ABSOLUTELY no surprise there - they just want tubes for punters to laugh at.

Next time, Drop the Scots Accent, Act all fick about bushcraft and Neanderfal man. make out you're a Manager. pretend to be Gay..TV Producers do like a gay guy chucked into the mix. The more effeminate the better. nothing makes good TV for ratings than a Man perfecting his mince, and they do like those double entendres..ooh err Matron.

This is Not a Homophobic, racist Rant, It's a simple knowledgeable observation. or advice on how to win a slot on a reality show for dummies if you like.

 

[John Fenna]

Ah - it is sounding like class TV!
Big Brother meets I am a Celebrity meets The Island meets 1000,000 years BC!
I will just read my new book.....