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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2012, 01:55 AM (3,860 Views) | |
| genao87 | Sep 21 2012, 01:55 AM Post #1 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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Is this show stage? I feel like these bugs/insects are put in some sort of field lab and fight to the death. It is just soo many fights of many different animals. Reminds me of Wild America and Steve Albert where he fixed his shows. |
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| Black Ice | Sep 21 2012, 02:00 AM Post #2 |
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Yea its staged. |
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| Wild | Sep 21 2012, 05:10 AM Post #3 |
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Apex Predator
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Yes it's practically no better than those Japanese/ Korean bug fights. When I first watched monster bug wars I assumed it was all naturally occurring events becuase of the natural backgrounds then I realized all the exotic locations the battles supposedly took place in like the jungles of Australia or the forests of South America, I thought to my self there's no way cameramen fly to all these places just to see one bug eat another in a 2 minute encounter. So I searched it up and apparently monster bug wars is all totally staged. The supposedly "natural environment" is an artificial terrarium type studio,complete with fake foliage and gravel. You can tell the bugs are prodded into fighting becuase often times one bug will be trying to escape the whole fight by running and hiding but instead the narrator might just say the bug is doing "a tactical retreat". Not to mention some of the fights aren't even fight's their just predation for example they put a stick insect up against a mantis and they put a roach against a spider. Honestly it was the stupidest, not to mention the cheesey sound effects and the supposed "experts" who teach you crap about the arthropods being exhibited |
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| Wild | Sep 21 2012, 05:15 AM Post #4 |
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how come this show hasn't been under-fire for animal cruelty? |
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| Rashido | Sep 21 2012, 05:22 AM Post #5 |
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Omnivore
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Nobody cares about bugs. |
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| Cat | Sep 21 2012, 05:27 AM Post #6 |
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Omnivore
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I don't think it's completely staged even if the fights are most probably 'helped', for instance by placing the bugs close to each others etc. Like the the ant nest that is suddenly thrown upon the wasp hive by a sudden 'gust of wind'...
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| Wild | Sep 21 2012, 05:30 AM Post #7 |
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wow i realize bugs are in no terms sentient but still I'd hate to see a beautiful specimen like an Amblypygi (which I assume would also be very expensive) get torn to shreds in a 1 minute brawl that isn't even that intertaining |
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| Wild | Sep 21 2012, 05:33 AM Post #8 |
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by staged I think it just means the fight doesn't occur naturally |
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| genao87 | Sep 21 2012, 08:04 AM Post #9 |
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I do kind of feel sorry for these guys, even though their natural life span is relatively short. So these scientists on the show seems to be from Cornell University. I assuming then the school has something to gain from this show. Seems money is one time and exposure is another. |
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| Wild | Sep 21 2012, 08:10 AM Post #10 |
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it is especially the more spectacular animals like tarantulas/centipedes/scorpions and mantis' tho seeing roaches. wasps, and ants massacre each other really doesn't get too much sympathy from me. Yeah cornell university had it posted on their website: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March11/MonsterBugWars.html obviously they get money and they use it to promote their school |
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| linnaeus1758 | Sep 21 2012, 02:02 PM Post #11 |
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Those added roars are horrible. |
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| genao87 | Sep 21 2012, 05:32 PM Post #12 |
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They actually tone it down on the second season. Anybody knows if there is going to be a 3rd? How accurate are these guys from the show? Some of them are just pumping up the insects/bugs and the fights are mismatches. |
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| Ceratodromeus | Feb 15 2017, 09:00 AM Post #13 |
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All staged. "The TV series we worked on from October to the end of January has recently started going to air in the US on the Discovery Science channel. We were contracted by Beyond Productions as invertebrate specialists and wranglers. The program is quite educational and examines the upper echelon of invertebrate predators, and reveals their adaptations and abilities within their various natural habitats. Our role was to recreate the habits (sets) for the camera, and of course supply and wrangle around 60 species of invertebrates in order to film a wide range of natural behaviours. Each segment culminates in the pinnacle - the predation sequences where two predators meet. All the match-ups are those which would naturally occur in nature, but getting natural behaviour to occur on cue in front of the camera isn’t as easy as it sounds. It was a painstaking and patience-testing job, 10 hours a day for 3 months. For the most part there were just three of us on set; the DoP (Director of Photography) Malcolm Ludgate, camera assistant Mylene Ludgate, and myself (Alan). It was shot in full HD, and for some sequences we used two cameras - a specialised high speed camera which we cranked up to 2000 frames per second at times. (This camera was from the Myth Busters set, and came complete with shrapnel holes in the back of it). Some of the sequences we recorded with this camera gave us incredible insights into the behaviour and tactics used by some of the predators - things you would simply miss or misinterpret watching them at real speed. The final product includes amazing imagery, some stunning CGI, music and an array of sound effects. Although the program style may not appeal to everyone, it is already gaining a substantial following in the US, and hopefully not only raising the profile of these often overlooked animals, but also providing the audience with a sense of appreciation for them through admiration of the incredible abilities these minute predators have." ![]() One of the rainforest sets, surrounded by lights and two HD cameras. ![]() Preparing a White-tailed Spider to meet up with a Black House Spider. http://minibeastwildlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/monster-bug-wars.html |
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| SquamataOrthoptera | Feb 15 2017, 09:08 AM Post #14 |
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15 year old keyboard warrior!
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Wow, I understood they helped make the scenarios, but I assumed they were out in the wild. |
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| Ceratodromeus | Feb 15 2017, 11:15 AM Post #15 |
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You can catch full episodes on their youtube channel if you'd like, it's still pretty interesting in my opinion |
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