durallymax
Senior Member
Just figured it was time for another thread on the lovely show.
As usual, another reason I hate Thom Beers, but oh well I understand drama sells.
I know nothing about logging but can tell how scripted it really is. I understand its probably the easiest cheapest way for them to make big bucks, but its gotten to the point I don't think a 10 year old from downtown chicago would believe it. Throwing trailers off the landing and a camera happens to be where it landed? A load of logs magically falling off a trailer onto a pickup truck parked at the perfect spot?
Now I know IRT, GOld Rush and many of the other shows are dramatized and scripted as well, but Harvest was the one that hit home for me. Its what I do, I know how the operations work and I know the equipment, so for me that one was over the top terrible. I can only imagine what real loggers think of this show. I saw that the one company who quit doing the show made an extra 400,000 worth of production due to not having the cameras there. I hope they make a lot of money from the show because it sure hurts their credibility as loggers, I know I wouldn't hire them.
I miss the days of History on History channel, Learning on The Learning Channel and Discovering on the Discovery channel.
I have even noticed they start listing history programs as "Real History" on the history channel.
As usual, another reason I hate Thom Beers, but oh well I understand drama sells.
I know nothing about logging but can tell how scripted it really is. I understand its probably the easiest cheapest way for them to make big bucks, but its gotten to the point I don't think a 10 year old from downtown chicago would believe it. Throwing trailers off the landing and a camera happens to be where it landed? A load of logs magically falling off a trailer onto a pickup truck parked at the perfect spot?
Now I know IRT, GOld Rush and many of the other shows are dramatized and scripted as well, but Harvest was the one that hit home for me. Its what I do, I know how the operations work and I know the equipment, so for me that one was over the top terrible. I can only imagine what real loggers think of this show. I saw that the one company who quit doing the show made an extra 400,000 worth of production due to not having the cameras there. I hope they make a lot of money from the show because it sure hurts their credibility as loggers, I know I wouldn't hire them.
I miss the days of History on History channel, Learning on The Learning Channel and Discovering on the Discovery channel.
I have even noticed they start listing history programs as "Real History" on the history channel.