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stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#201: Dec 20th 2014 at 8:11:51 AM

From what I gathered from the article it was a normal salary negotiation that happens in long running shows. The idea of a second show probably wasn't even thought of, or have a place there. Think about it, Discovery offers $X, the crew wants $1.5X, where does "hey, let's just give you your own show?" come in?

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#202: Dec 20th 2014 at 8:32:33 AM

From the interview, it looks like they're still hashing out a deal for a new show.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#203: Jan 8th 2015 at 1:35:44 AM

Kari dropped hints on Twitter that she was working on some new show about future tech in colaboration with Steve Wozniack but no hint as to where it will air.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#204: Jan 25th 2015 at 11:02:05 PM

Feels like a missed opportunity that they didn't get around to the A-Team until after jettisoning 3/5 of the cast.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#205: Feb 1st 2015 at 1:01:23 AM

We're four episodes into the season, and they're all "_______ specials". They've been calling any themed episode a special for years, but at least they had the sense to space them out through the season.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#206: Feb 1st 2015 at 1:02:47 AM

Oh I've missed them all, when are they airing?

Oh really when?
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#208: Feb 25th 2015 at 7:10:57 PM

Apparently there wasn't one last week?

The week before's drift racing episode felt like "The Mythbusters Top Gear Special".

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#209: May 14th 2015 at 5:45:46 PM

I kind of think the stuff Adam and Jamie are doing at Tested.com is more interesting than their recent work on Mythbusters. Discovery should have retained the M7 team on Mythbusters and graduated Adam and Jamie to Still Untitled TV.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#210: Aug 9th 2015 at 8:25:38 PM

I feel like the distracted driving test they did this week was either too harsh, or had terrible drivers. Well, actually kind of both, since half the problem was a high number of terrible simulated drivers trying to get into collisions.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
entropy13 Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#212: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:10:32 AM

Catching up with the new episodes now! lol Just starting with Accidental Ammo.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#213: Aug 19th 2015 at 5:45:08 PM

CBS is working on a scripted spy drama based on Jamie and Adam, which the two are exec producing.

"..two Hollywood special effects artists (...) are recruited by the CIA to complete seemingly impossible covert ops missions by creatively using the most basic tools from their craft."

That...could be interesting...

edited 19th Aug '15 5:45:21 PM by Elle

MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#214: Aug 19th 2015 at 6:54:29 PM

So it's like a mix of Mac Guyver, Burn Notice, and Mythbusters?

I'll watch it, that sounds entertaining.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#215: Aug 19th 2015 at 7:59:37 PM

I'm just there to watch them blow shit up.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
jamespolk Since: Aug, 2012
#216: Aug 31st 2015 at 5:00:13 PM

Testing the Jaws compressed-air myth for the second time.

I think we can safely conclude that Mythbusters has run out of ideas.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#217: Aug 31st 2015 at 5:02:56 PM

That's feeling I'm kinda getting too.

Which is something of a shame, the new format for the show is actually kinda neat. I like how they explain a lot of things and show the proper building process.

Still miss the build team though.

Oh really when?
jamespolk Since: Aug, 2012
#218: Sep 1st 2015 at 9:25:17 AM

[up]Yeah, I like the new format, but that doesn't help the "nothing to test" problem. And the last episode ended with them blowing up some crappy fake shark. At least in the old days when they gratuitously blew stuff up it was cool stuff like a cement truck.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#220: Sep 1st 2015 at 12:26:37 PM

Who remembers when the "myths" were urban legends they interviewed cultural anthropologists about instead of "is it actually possible to do this thing a movie did that anyone who knows anything about physics finds laughable?" (Looking at you, "Curving Bullets")

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gallium Since: Oct, 2012
#221: Sep 2nd 2015 at 11:54:45 AM

[up]Speaking of "things that are inherently laughable", that whole "hold a bullet in a flame to make it go off" was another low point.

I don't like the show when the myth is so lame that I feel bad for Jamie and Adam for having to go through the motions of testing it.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#222: Sep 2nd 2015 at 4:32:17 PM

How about the moment when science was so awesome, it didn't fit their narrative?

They had a story about a van full of leaky paint chemicals catching a spark and exploding, and the plan was to just leak chemicals into a van haphazardly, see it not work, and then teach about stoichiometry while they figured out the exact mix needed to make it explodey.

And then it exploded on the first try. No story, no episode. Until they did a "favorite moments" clipshow.

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gallium Since: Oct, 2012
#223: Sep 2nd 2015 at 4:41:06 PM

[up]That sounds pretty awesome, actually.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#224: Oct 21st 2015 at 11:30:54 AM

End of an era.

One more season and a go-out-with-a-bang finale. The decision was at least somewhat mutual since Adam and Jamie are exec producers. The two will likely split off to their own projects, Jamie on building and Adam in media. M5, Tested.com and such will continue.

Nintendork64 Since: Jul, 2011
#225: Oct 21st 2015 at 10:10:41 PM

[up]Wow, it'll be sad to see them go. Still, 16 seasons is not bad. And maybe it's just time. They're running out of good myths to test, and they put on a great show that entertained and educated millions. Poor Discovery Channel is going to have to resort to drastic measures now...

edited 21st Oct '15 10:11:02 PM by Nintendork64


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