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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice,
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This review is from: Ray Mears Extreme Survival - Series 3 [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
Ok Ray Mears is truly an expert in survival techniques. This DVD is excellent. The only reason this didn't get five starts is because in this series Mr.Mears seemed to concentrate more on stories of survival than the survival techniques themselves. Apart from this the DVD is top notch and i really enjoyed it. If you are going to buy a DVD of Ray Mears though i suggest buying the combined series 1 and 2 where you will learn alot more and which were even better than this one.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great series, but the DVD comes up short,
By rea-list "rmjp" (Fareham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ray Mears Extreme Survival - Series 3 [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
Series 3 of Ray Mears' Extreme Survival sees an increase in running time from 30 minutes to a full 60. At least it did on the original BBC airing. Once again there is a good combination of Ray taking us to various destinations, with demonstarations of various survival skills and tales from people who have been in survival situations associated with the area. The extra running time doesn't come across as redundant, but rather benefits the show by allowing for more in depth history and survival tales from the area. As a series I would highly recommend this, but there are three big down sides, which are specific to the DVD.
Firstly, and most irritatingly of all, the running time of the DVD is reduced from 60 minutes to 50 minutes per episode. This might not seem too much but for anyone who saw the original BBC broadcasts it really detracts from the programme. Some items are much shorter while others are absent altogether. It also isn't an issue of running time, as a standard dual layer disc (which this should be), covers around 4 hours. Also this is a 2 disc set. Secoundly the digital transfer leaves a great deal to be desired. For starters the sound quality isn't as crisp as I would usually associate with a digital recording. More annoyingly is the picture quality, which while on the whole clear, at times shows very pronounced pixellation commonly associated with a low quality image. The bit rate is lower than I would normally expect too. Thirdly, and finally, is the music soundtrack. In the original broadcast a number of contemporary instrumental pieces are used. This has the benefit of making the programme sound modern and fresh. On the DVD, due I suspect to music copyright issues, the music has been replaced with more ethnic sounding music that you might associate with the area being talked about. This sounds good in principle but really does not work for me, and it stands out quite badly and somewhat surprisingly detracts quite significantly from the programme. As an extra there are a list of 'skills sets', but these are only excerpts from the episodes themselves and not new footage. Certainly they should not account for the episodes being 10 minutes shy of their original runtime. It would have been far better if the skills sets had included the material cut from the original programme. In summary I would say that if you haven't seen the show before it is definately worth having. If you don't have a copy of the show it is also worth having. If, though, in one way or another you have a copy of the original BBC airing, then I'd have to say don't bother. This is sadly disappointing in comparision to what I would call the original version.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The TV series, but not quite,
This review is from: Ray Mears Extreme Survival - Series 3 [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
This is a DVD of the televsion series which I thoroughly enjoyed. However there has been some editing, as much a five minutes has been trimed of some episodes. In addition although on the menu it lists additional skills features these are in reality just clips already within the episodes, no new material at all. The previous reviewer criticised the series for its lack of skills, which in part is true, but rather this DVD tends to show a particular enviroment and place skills within the region.
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