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Great show but one thing

posted 11 years ago by hillt-608-61178
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It's more than obvious that the characters the show ID's as the survivors are paid actors reading from a script. A few other major goofs in filming seeming like ever episode where they get basic details wrong. Great stories though. I think what went on is that people sold their survival stories to this program for money. Heck I have one or two myself. Still don't ID fake people as being the survivor. Everest for example. I know a bit about climbing and the guy who is supposedly the real person is obviously not. He has all fingers even when the show said that he lost the tips. Plus on Everest, exposed, without O2, the guy would have lost his nose and most of his face. Especially as he shortly describes a whirlwind around him. I can name a few more, still it's inspiring.

[–] dexteric01 11 years ago

It is a dramatization so some liberties are taken.

[–] marfrie56 11 years ago

It's more than obvious. Exactly. There is no attempt at deception here, no misrepresentation, no dishonesty. As the above poster said, it's a dramatization. Now they DO state that the facts they are portraying actually did happen in the way they are dramatizing. If that WEREN'T the case then I'd have a big gripe. But if you watch the show you immediately should realize that the people in the "reenactments" are just actors, who look vaguely like the REAL people who are relating their stories in the interview segments.