Alone: The Beast

OMG, how about using your shoelace to make a firebow, and who cut the musk ox horn off with a saw in episode 3. Appears staged to me. Great entertainment for someone from New York City.

Everything that made the first seasons of Alone interesting: contestants were actually alone; the length of the season allowed us to get to know them; no camera crews, just one-on-one are missing in Alone: The Beast.

One episode covers the three teammates being dropped off, caching the large amount of food they've been given and building shelter. There's very little info on their backstories, no real insights into them as people. Since they know they only have to stick it out for 30 days they hunker down with their food and endure it.

The text explanations about potential food contamination, predators, primitive tools and what First Nations did to survive are repeated on each program. By the second episode there was nothing new.

I watched two episodes, which was one too many. This series should not be called Alone. It's a three person team and a camera crew which has none of the interest of the original series. Skip this one and watch the real Alone.

It may not be the usual reality schtick with competition but it's a solid show about survival - no glitz. Interesting as they process an animal. Think of it as different from the original Alone, different expectations. Thinking on their feet,

They've dropped the ball really badly. This is right on par with Naked and Afraid with showing the same footage over and over again. Add some facts about dangers the competitors will never come close to and there you have it. They're given more than enough food just to hunker down and lose weight for the period.

Everything that was great about Alone has been lost.

I like the concept of throwing 3 strangers in a group on the artic without equipment. Even with a fresh kill in the cold thats very challenging. The problem for me is that 30 days isnt very long and to boot everything needs to happend within the timeframe of 1episode.

Thus you miss out on a lot of details and struggles of the participants that make the regular shows so great. I feel they should instead make it 60 days and give each team a few episodes.

Some groups work very well together, but as a viewer you hardly get to seem them really bond, thats a shame.

It isnt clear either how the groups are formed, some groups seem far stronger then others.