The Great Escapists (2021)

Watchseries; With some decent engineering and science to keep it interesting. The scripting and acting are a bit cringe at times but come with plenty of funny moments. Worth a watch with all this time on our hands.

With some decent engineering and science to keep it interesting. The scripting and acting are a bit cringe at times but come with plenty of funny moments. Worth a watch with all this time on our hands.

The Great Escapists watchseries. Imagine Scrapheap challenge if all the build work was done by the crew off camera. Should have just had a five star hotel wash up on the beach rather than the notoriously buoyant shipping containers

Though I'm a fan of "old" Top Gear and The Grand Tour coupled with a passing fancy for an episode or two of Mythbusters on occasion, I went into this with (honestly!) a positive attitude - full of hope, for another and somewhat guilty (!) pleasure. Sadly, the show is just truly dreadful - almost to the point of being un-watchable at times - ruined by stilted dialogue/narrative and really terrible editing. What a shame, it had potential, but in truth, overall, it is just quite awful. A missed opportunity.

Both Hamster and Tory don't take themselves seriously and just having silly fun. The stranded part is completely unrealistic but it is clearly visible that they never went for realism so no harm done. Just a funny show to watch.

Everyone seems to think that because they didn't show the structures and vehicles being built, that takes away from the show. I see this show as a comedy vehicle for the two funniest guys on their respective shows to have fun with, you can tell they get along and work well together and that's good to see. Sit back and enjoy this piece of total fiction, think of it like a comedy instead of a documentary. I mean, they're obviously not trapped on a desert island, so why take anything else they do or say seriously?

I've been a huge fan of Mythbusters and Grand Tour/Top Gear for years now, and this show made me laugh more than I have in a while. I honestly don't care if they don't show how they build stuff, or if it's scripted and contrived, that's what good fiction is. In fact, they scripted and contrived this very well in my opinion, since their goal is to entertain and not win an Emmy.

Don't take it seriously, and just enjoy Hammond and Belleci act crazy together.

My son and I were both really excited about this because we love to watch all of Hammonds car shows and Mythbusters reruns. It wasn't as, let's say... realistic as we expected. After our initial disappointment and our expectations adjusted we just enjoyed two really fun guys goof around in a Gilligan's Island meets Swiss Family Robinson wish fulfillment sort of way. We had a lot of laughs from both scripted and genuine moments and he picked up some more science fundamentals along the way. I think they should change the concept and try again. Maybe like Monster Garage or something closer to their wheelhouse and straight forward.