MythBusters
MythBusters
TV-PG | 23 January 2003 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    PartialMovieViewer

    As with any show or movie…I sit in front of a screen to be entertained. I do not depend on Hollyweird for moral direction; factual telling of a 'true?' story; repackaging of a book or even getting accurate news anymore (BBC is the best choice now-a-days). I solely watch these productions for entertainment. And when it comes to unchallenged entertainment, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are king. For years these two have been putting on a very good show. "Mythbusters" is the mother-of-all reality-based TV. A true ground-breaker in its genre and, I feel, is probably the best-of-the-best. (I know people are already disagreeing, and not only expect that – I can also accept it). Peter Rees has brilliantly manufactured a show that questions countless assumptions; by placing them under the scrutiny of Adam and Jamie whose mission is to validate each myth. Do I question their methodologies? Let's see, since I do not close my name with PHD, so I do not. I sit, splashing in my puddle of drool and spittle, uncontrollably nodding my head in amazement and capitulation. OK, so it doesn't take much to entertain me – so what. Anyways…I will miss the three additions; Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Crant Imahara. These three added so much to the show, but I also understand people do have to move on. Good luck to them and good luck to an awesome show.

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    davidbeland

    The first three seasons were excellent. Two brilliants guys putting legendary myths to the test and blowing things up if they fail. Simple, efficient, entertaining and informative with few irrelevant myths and some sloppy executions here and there, but overall a very good show!Then something happened...The producers had the idea to introduce a new team (as if Adam & Jamie weren't cool enough) and they told them to act like if they were 4 years old retarded children on spring break. Yeah that's right, making car and gun noises WITH THEIR MOUTH all the time!! Stop that, you are not actors! Really annoying and almost insulting, get rid of that unnecessary embarrassment, the quality suffers.The myths are less and less relevant and the show starts to look like a sorry excuse to blow things up. Not to mention that there's a big difference between a popular expression like "poop hit the fan" and "like taking a candy from a baby" and a proper myth. How low they will go to keep their jobs on TV is the question. "Making a cannon with bamboo", "curve bullet", "Airplane on a Conveyor Belt", "finding Jimmy Hoffa in a stadium"?! I mean come on, you call that science? I call that "Discovery ChSCIENCE" to be polite. An entertainment machine with a pinch of science is more like it in my opinion. And while i'm at it: what a huge waste of material and resources only to prove that they are not out of ideas... Adam is still funny and Jamie is still cool though, but i'm afraid that there's no cure, they are victims of their own success.

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    TheCriminal

    I always hated science at school I've never been the kind of person who likes to be educated but MythBusters is good for anybody it really makes science fun and it's always a bonus watching them blow stuff up. Plus Kari Byron is FIT :)My favourite episodes are the ones where they have to test themselves by attempting to scare themselves for fear or sleep deprivation those tests are fun or torture each-other haha. The show is funniest when they go overboard.Sometimes the show can be a bit boring when the topic is less action based as for rating show a solid 8 out of 10.I'd recommend checking it out if you haven't seen it before!

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    Morbius Fitzgerald

    I am completely against the popular vote here when I say this but this show is crap.Let me outline for you an episode - Take one of the most ridiculous things you've seen through another form of medium (eg. A bamboo cannon from Star Trek) and these idiots go "lets see if it works" err...to make a cannon you'll need a back to make sure that it doesn't blow out the other side(and I'm no scientist). No surprise on that episode - it didn't work. The show started out with a GREAT premise - finding folklore such as being buried alive and putting that to the test was a MUCH more interesting premise. Now its "Lets see if a car can blow up - after being buried by a bulldozer - with enough force to take the bulldozer out and keep the people in the car alive. Its worth a shot." (From The Green Hornet...) RIIGHT. Okay, whatever you say, Bro.To watch more than one episode in one sitting is a chore for me. I easily get sick of it after just one episode. My father is a fan and his reasoning - "you get to see them blow stuff up with science." If I had known that a selling point like that is what gets people into shows on the Discovery Channel than its a channel I can no longer be bothered with - especially if its educational.Overall I'm not going to judge if you are a fan - particularly if you're a fan of their later episodes but for me I just can't be bothered.

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