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[–] [email protected] 109 points 4 months ago (6 children)

It's amazing to me that Discovery hasn't tried to bring Mythbusters back. Instead they double down on Ancient Aliens and Pawnstars garbage.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I'm pretty sure they did try to bring it back but it wasn't as popular because it wasn't Adam and Jamie

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Adam and Jamie were awesome, but I'm certain there are some passionate makers or something out there who could fill the role. It wouldn't be the same, but it could be it's own thing. Whoever the new hosts were must have just been the wrong casting, but also I don't know how much Discovery cared because I didn't know about it and I was a huge Mythbusters fan. I guess I just didn't pay attention because Discovery had already killed everything that was worth paying attention to them for by that point.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's been a while since I watched them but I recall feeling like the new hosts weren't genuine. It felt more like a YouTube reaction video than an episode of Mythbusters.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago

Mythbusters fundamentally needs to capture the joy of engineering more than the joy of explosions. (Not that those aren’t fun too.)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

I remember during the run of Mythbusters either Discovery or History or one of those tried to launch another show to cash in on Mythbusters' success, it was called Smash Lab, and it's clear the creation of this show involved a pie chart titled "Elements of Mythbusters by screen time" and there was one pie wedge labelled "explosions." It didn't last long IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

William Osman and Michael Reeves + the other youtubers

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

That would mean Failed Mythbuster Allen Pan™ could redeem himself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

From listening to podcasts done by people involved in those attempts to bring the show back, it seems the show runners/studios in charge didn't understand what made the show good and tried to steer their recreations in bad directions. It does seem like most every host they brought on had good intentions and skillsets, but were held back in some way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IIRC I read that the hosts hated one another and refuse to work with each other ever again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

If you're talking about Adam and Jamie, this is not true and has been repeatedly debunked by both of them.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago

They did try to bring it back, but it was really a show that needed its core cast to be what it was.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you need you fix Adam savage is very active on YouTube and is just a wonder human being. It’s not MythBusters but Adam was a light during Covid and someone I put on regularly on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I watch him. It's not Mythbusters, but it's still entertaining usually, even when he's doing the most boring things. It really shows how good he was as an entertainer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

My favorite thing about Adam’s videos is the way they are edited, they leave in some silence so you can see Adam’s head gears working as he’s solving a problem. It sorta feels like we’re solving the problem with him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Adam is such an inspiration. The kind of person who restores a little faith in humanity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah its a real monkeys paw situation too. Will they be able to catch that same lightning in a jar again without the same cast?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

If they understood what made it great, maybe. They don't though, and definitely won't care to try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Real Science attracts smart people who want to learn a thing or two about the world, Fake Science attracts the kind of gullible kooks you can sell snake oil and orgonite devices to... and I say this as someone who "wants to believe"

Same reason why scam e-mails and telemarketers intentionally leave big gaping holes in their stories while using dozens of spelling errors. If you're the kind of person who can notice things like that, you're too smart to buy what they're selling.