I really do love these docuseries that tell the tale of adventurers who survive various unexpected life threatening circumstances. This series just appeared on Amazon Prime but was surprisingly difficult to find on IMDB and especially surprising since it has been out for 5 years already without one single review. So heres my chance to get my two cents worth in. I have only watched episodes 6, 8 and 9 so far but they are solid and very well filmed and the stories tend to keep you on the edge of your seat, with one major exception. My rating of 8 is omitting this exception, my pet peeve of so many documentaries. My gripe is that it is formatted with commercial breaks in mind, even though the world is streaming nowadays with either zero or limited commercial breaks. I do understand why back in the day these shows would do a "quick rebiew" after every commercial break to bring possible new viewers up to speed. But this was filmed in 2019. Its newish. This docuseries does this perhaps twice as much as much as they did in the 90's. It is total overkill. I am guessing that the producer had to fill a certain amount of content with not nearly enough so this is the result. An entire 1/3rd of every episode is repeating what you just watched seconds ago and without the excuse of a commercial break. It is completely absurd and annoying and aggravating. It forces you to grab the remote and fast forward through the repeated footage and narration. Otherwise I is worth watching and it still is enjoyable. I'm just hoping that this review gives producers some insight to adjust this outdated approach to scripting these productions.
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