Alone again.

[sleek]

Hopefully this new version gets poor Mark's and they go back to the original version.

[DC]

Is it a replacement for "Alone" or is it a spin off?

[bjrogg]

Is it a replacement for "Alone" or is it a spin off?

I don’t know DC. They had trailers for more of this Beast style they showed. I’m hoping they do like sleek said and switch back to original Alone style. I’m thinking this is what we get for this season.

Bjrogg

[TrevorM]

I’m wondering why the change?

It totally takes away the biggest question. Who’s still in this? How long can I go before I tap? What do I need to do to make it in the long haul?

Now I just have to survive 30 days with this moose someone else shot for me. I’m not saying it’s easy, don’t get me wrong. But I’d much rather see the contestants dropped off separately or even in pairs, but with their 10 objects and see who adapts and sticks it out for who knows how long? I think they took away the one question that made it the most interesting show. It always surprised me who tapped and for what reasons. Many times I didn’t see it coming at all. Other times I didn’t think someone would last a week and they went to the end.

Bjrogg

I'm pretty sure it's 'the how long' that's driven the change. Too many contestants were pushing themselves to the the breaking point and it was getting dangerous. Add to that the PTSD symptoms a lot of them had after (a few of them talked about it in season 5). I do think something needed to change, I just think they went a bit far off of what made Alone great. The first episode was good though and I'll watch more, it just wasn't as good as the original.

[sleek]

Perhaps they could restructure it to be where they do a body mass index every week, with a goal of being the last to hit a certain percentage.  Say, a person lost 6% of their mass, but you cant loose more than 5% they are out. That would keep the spirit of the show alive, and keep people healthy.

[bjrogg]

I was kinda guessing for health reasons to. The people they actually pulled were some really tough people. They were also very depleted.
Bjrogg

[DC]

It's coming on the Canadian History Channel on Feb 13.

[GlisGlis]

I'm not sure the beast will replace the original version
It could be a spinoff sort of

I saw the show and it's not bad
the format could put enphasis on skills that are less present in Alone (flintknapping, fire making, primitive shelter and butchering)
There are things that I did not liked tough
the cameraman shooting takes away authenticity
Having external filmers I expected to see well documented skills sequences
they opted for a cutted scenes more narrative style that in my opinion gives the feeling of a made up story

[bjrogg]

The second episode was much better in my opinion. I didn’t see beginning of it. Missed first three days but like Glis said they did show much more survival skills and tool making.  Going to have to see if I can watch the beginning somehow.
Bjrogg

[Marc St Louis]

I have to say the 2 men were an embarrassment.  If I were the second guy that left I wouldn't show my face around too much 

There seems to be some oddities about the show, maybe they have somebody on site filming

[Deerhunter21]

what happened? I cant watch it. I dont have satillight tv so can you guys fill me in?

[GlisGlis]

I have to say the 2 men were an embarrassment.  If I were the second guy that left I wouldn't show my face around too much

+1  just a few days and you miss the kids. 
be honest. say you fear the predators or you cant handle the adversity

, maybe they have somebody on site filming

sure. all the filming is made by camera crew

[GlisGlis]

looks like episode 3 has been rescheduled but I cannot find a precise date

[TrevorM]

looks like episode 3 has been rescheduled but I cannot find a precise date

I heard a rumor it was canceled. You'd think they'd at least air the episodes they've done already, at least online.

[sleek]

Oh No! Just the season, not the whole program I hope!