Great scenery, great show with a few glaring problems I don't get the excruciatingly painful repetition. First we have one of the cast explain what they are doing, then we see it, then we have one of the cast explain what they just did, yet again. Then we have Glenn whispering to the camera what he's about to do, instead of just doing it. So he sits there, stalking his prey all the while painfully explaining what he's going to do, while he's doing it. Why not just do it? We'll just watch him do it. There is a lot to be said for silence.
But all these reality shows follow the same exact format where the cast members explain in mind numbing detail what they are going to do, then we see it, then again, a full explanation of what they just did.
Jessie Holmes: Probably the worst English speaker in the world. I've never heard anyone string more double negatives together in one sentence as does he. "I ain't got no more nothing". "Me not never go nowhere". Yikers.
Sue Aikens: The most self-absorbed, imperious, look how clever I am witticisms clacking individual on the face of the Earth. Susie this, Susie that, susie do list, mi casa es sue casa. "If you don't have one foot in yesterday and one in next week, you better throw a curveball, or some such dribble. And the worst dribble of all is when she constantly talks about becoming a ketchup covered pork chop. I mean, who puts ketchup on a pork chop anyway?
Editing: I have to shut my eyes until the editors get the seizure inducing flashing yellow, white and sepia tones at the beginning of each new scene out of their system.
Andy Bassich: Favorite word is "basically or basic". Basically is basically a basic filler word with little to no meaning.
The Hailstones: Favorite word is "girlziz". Favorite oft repeated phrase is "We're all working together! Yeeeeee!", along with constantly thanking the girls or Chip for whatever they do .And for goodness sake, can someone get Chip to a dentist?
Favorite words of the cast: "Hopefully, luck, basically, protein, survival, harvesting animals, Yee!".
Most idiotic phrase: "I'm going to go out there and see if I can't do whatever it is I'm going out there to do". Well, if you're going to try to not do something, why bother? Shouldn't you be saying "I going out to see if I can do it"?
Barely understandable words: Winner (winter); hunning (hunting).
Producers: Favorite word is protein and harvesting or harvest. You don't "harvest" an animal, you kill it. You harvest plants. On top of all this, we have the Blue Man Group led by Thor pounding feverishly on drums when the cast is doing something semi hazardous. This is done simply to create false drama. And what about the odd and disturbing way the music slows down and dies between scenes? The produces seem to think that somebody has to be continually yapping. There's never a moment of silence. This leads to incessant repetition.
And there is always a downside to the announcers pronouncments. "Andy has to blaze a trail over the frozen Yukon, but traveling on the ice is not without its dangers", or "Chip and Agnes will fish atop the frozen Kiwalik River, but the weight of the fish, net and themselves presents a clear danger to them.". This is the way these little blurbs are always presented.