What are you watching now?
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Watching The Climb on HBO MAX with @ANWjrWill. Two episodes in, some cool stuff, usual reality show competition fluff also. An easy, lazy watch.
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We are obviously watching this as well, but ehhhhhh. I think it would be better without people being eliminated each week. Not every "reality" show has to be Survivor. There's been discussions online about some of the fakeness of the show, so I'm not really sure who the target audience is. I don't think it's geared toward climbers, but I don't know that non-climbers would find it interesting either. That said, they are going to beautiful places, doing amazing things, and it looks fucking incredible. My wife's main complaint is that it needs more Jason Momoa, and Chris Sharma kinda seems like a douche.
Admittedly, I have a pretty low tolerance for "outdoor bro philosophizing" but I think I made it about 5 minutes in to the first episode 😂
Lol, yeah the beginning of each episode is rather ridiculous, and that is unfortunately the only time Jason Momoa is on screen for the most part. I do think it's great that he's trying to use his Hollywood-ness to bring more attention to the sport he loves and got a TV show made though. That said, the cliffs are crowded enough as it is, and we aren't gonna get any new ones anytime soon, so maybe climbing doesn't need to get any more popular
Agree with the elimination aspect. And yes, being involved with a reality competition show a few years ago, there is definitely some aspect of fakeness. Like you said,
and yes
Megan Martin is cool tho, because ANW.
We tend to watch a lot of the IFSC bouldering and lead competitions over the winter. I know that there are a lot of purists who think that indoor climbing as a sport is silly/uncool, but I enjoy it. It's great seeing the different ways that climbers approach the routes and obviously it's just so impressive how strong they all are. I've always thought that a version of it could be something that people would actually watch on TV, but I guess that's essentially what ANW is.
Watched 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible on Netflix. Was entertaining enough, I'm sure they glossed over a lot of details to keep it under 2 hours.
Quick overview, dude plans to climb 14 peaks over 8,000 meters within 7 months. Previous record was 7 yearsssssssss.
Quick overview, dude plans to climb 14 peaks over 8,000 meters within 7 months. Previous record was 7 yearsssssssss.
Enjoy watching HeavyD's channel. Their recent help in the San Bernardino Mountains is inspiring and heart wrenching.
JDurk
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My wife went all in on Blacklist. She really like it too.
I thought it was pretty good, until it started getting pretty not good. Like if you were to start at the last season you would likely think it is total junk.
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
I don't know how many seasons there are but I'm only on season 1 and so far so good.
JDurk
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I was interested for a bit, but it definitely lost me. Might have had something to do with James Spader.
Though he looked like this when watching.
Couldn't unsee this.
Binged watched The Offer. A slightly embellished version of how the Godfather was made. I found it pretty engaging. Some fun characters.