You vs. Wild

The idea of a survivalist show where you make the choices is brilliant! I was excited to take part, explore options, and put my own knowledge to the test. However, I feel they've missed the mark with the final product. The options are often too vague, or indifferent, with consequences of your actions not really being clear. The show would greatly benefit from taking a bit more time to explain the reasoning/outcome for each choice. If they'd done that, it would not only be entertaining, but also far more educational. Instead, it's all a bit sensationalised now.

Which leads me onto my only other gripe with the show. There's too much staged drama, not enough survivalist work. Someone like Bear doesn't need stunt doubles, so why they do unnecessary dramatic intros is bewildering. I appreciate staging a survival scenario for the sake of demonstration purposes, but adding in unnecessary props, is taking it too far and spoils the show. It sends a clear message that the producers were more interested in making it dramatic, to engage the audience, rather than letting the exploration and discovery learning do it for them.

Wasted opportunity, but hopefully one they can learn from. Get a better producer on board for the next season, and let the interactivity and discovery be the draw card, rather than silly dramatic scenes done by stunt doubles.

It's a lot of fun with survival learning and healthy debate across young and old about which survival choice to make. Yes he is not really in a life or death danger and that's because he is filming a tv show. Yes it's staged but who cares? It's interactive, it's educational and it's good entertainment that involves family discussion and debate. Good job Bear.

Just like the infamous Man vs Wild show but now interactive with you as the navigator. They started doing this type of interactive show with the Black Mirror people and now it is with Bear Grylls . It's very cool and a lot of fun. If you pick wrong you have to go back and pick correct. It's nothing amazing, but I'll admit it's pretty fun. The episodes are only about 15-20 minutes each and there is always a scenario that you must finish. 8/10 . I enjoyed it a lot being a big fan of Bear.

The very fact this appears under 'Children' on most online entertainment platforms probably says it all... it's rated PG for a reason...

If you watch this and think it a serious documentary/off the cuff survival then I'm sorry but you may need to take yourself off to see if you can survive for 24hrs in the snow covered Swiss Mountains.

The whole thing is staged, in order to teach CHILDREN a little bit about survival whilst keeping it interesting. It's not a live show where Grylls will do what you tell him - it's pre-recorded with different outcomes ergo it has to be staged.

I'm literally flabbergasted by some of the negative reviews stating 'oh it's fake, the camera was just in the right spot when he dropped his machete' etc etc.

My four year old loves this, and whilst there are the odd things you probably wouldn't do in real life or Grylls isn't dressed quite right for the weather what does it really matter?

Genuinely people need to chill out a little.

Just saw this in my Netflix suggestions and thought I'd give it a go. It's a very fun concept, of course, and it's great to see something like this getting made. I was entertained and giggled a couple of times. It's definitely amusing trying to figure out not only what's going to happen, but also what the show wants to tell you is the best way to go. Sadly, most decisions could be both good and bad, and the outcome is ultimately a bit random. Of course, every situation is an opportunity to learn a useful tidbit, so that's nice. I guess my main gripe is that there's too much hand holding. Almost every time we have to choose, BG says we're in charge, etc. etc. etc. I get it! Also, every time that choice is made, BG repeats what we just picked. Overall, there's a lot of time getting wasted in all sorts of ways. Plus, let's be honest - BG doesn't need to work that hard to make a living at this point, , and it seems obvious that any moment that doesn't show his face is likely done by a team of other people. In the end, it's just not 'thrilling' - I guess that's the best way to put it. It's entertaining, somewhat educational, and encouraging as part of Netflix's experiments. It's also great that you CAN actually 'fail' the missions. But the guy isn't ever in real peril. I think that, as a kid, I would've absolutely adored it. I would have gone back to try different scenarios. As it is, for me, it's going to be soon forgotten.