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[–] Harriet_Porber@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I absolutely loved mythbusters, but honestly I think it ran it's course. They were kind of running out of things to test towards the end.

Also search for Streamlined Mythbusters - they're fan-edits that remove fluff (lots of fluff in the later seasons) and rearranges the shows so each myth is played straight through before going to the next myth in the episode; instead of showing pieces of 3 different myths at a time bouncing between them.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

I've tried to rewatch the shows but the TV format mostly just kills it for me now. Thanks that sounds perfect for modern audiences tastes.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I feel like there were tons of movie related options had they gone back that direction. Easily a whole season's worth of action hero stunts they could break down.

Just one episode could be on Commando. Schwarzenegger ripping the seat out of a car, or killing a guy with a thrown saw blade, or impaling another guy with a thrown pipe. Would be interesting to have seen them figure out the actual force requirements.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Or carrying a tree on his shoulder. Arnold had to bust that one himself; the filmmakers thought that he could do it for real but Schwarzenegger insisted that he wasn't that strong and had them make a prop for him instead.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A thrown pipe through a chainmail vest, through a dude, and out the other side. We gotta be historically accurate

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah. And into the boiler behind him right?

Leht off some stheam Bennett...

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could do years on Sci Fi tech, bringing down to what’s real, what’s possible. Didn’t they do a light saber at one point?

I’m watching the series Salvation and it is full of “advanced tech” that resembles reality somewhat. Imagine Mythbusters building the biggest rail gun they can, demonstrating both its potential and how it fails, and maybe even do a tour of military rail gun prototypes, then concluding with how much more the one in the show would have to be, and all the places it just wouldn’t work

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A different but similar type show could be researching sci fi shows and showing how we can already do some of the things in a show and then show how it would look with current tech. And then if we already have or could build a way better thing with stuff we have today

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That would be a great idea!

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

The movie ones are the most boring.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the only reason they ran out of ideas back then is because social media wasn't as big yet.

in the world of TikTok they'd never run out.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Are tide pods really dangerous?

[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mythbysters walked so Ann Reardon could run

[–] schema@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree. And it's not like they didn't try to do new shows after the original Mythbusters ended.

A lot of the success also came down to the likability of the hosts, and how the show was presented.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The white rabbit project was a good show. Though it was a bit bitter sweet because I was watching it in 2020 and hadn't finished when Grant died. I wonder what kind of experiments he got up to in the afterlife.

[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

They also missed a chance to educate the public about real science that uses blinded measurements and statistical analysis. Those tools aren't always necessary, but they are incredibly powerful to answer questions where qualitative testing can't.

[–] kablammy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

instead of showing pieces of 3 different myths at a time bouncing between them.

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