Ng Doomsday Preppers-Season 1

Watching this series again in 2019 (8 years after the show premiered), it still is a fascinating watch. Do I believe in prepping and the imminent end-of-days? No, no I do not. But the fact is that this is a TV show with (though I recognize these are real people) fascinating characters, ideas, philosophies, and tactics that can be implemented in day-to-day life. As someone who is skeptical about the end-of-days and prepping as a whole, the show is still well-worth watching, even if you believe in none of it. I find the experience similar to watching shows/movies about other nations and cultures throughout the world, seeing how someone with a different mindset views the information and world around them.However the only arbitrary aspect of the show is the "Expert Assessment" at the end of the episodes. The "experts" bring up a lot of good points for each prepper (a need to purchase tools of defense, communication, food, water supply, etc), but the pointless graphical effect of a 0-100 bar is never explained nor easily understood, and it really just disrupts the flow of the show overall. In addition, once "The Odds" segment plays after every prepper, the show rarely lists its sources when discussing what is-and-isn't likely to occur, instead just having the narration cite "leading experts" with no way to fact-check the real likelihood of any of these scenarios potentially come-to-pass. With that said, it's only a minor issue with the show and the rest of the show is still enjoyable if you ignore these 3 minutes of each episode.Am I a prepper? No. Do I believe in the infamous End-of-Days? No. Is this still a great show to watch? Absolutely.

Prepping seems to be coming out of the shadows, at least as far as mass media is concerned and NatGeo has gotten in on the act. I'm a "prepper" too, if you consider someone who's had to go without during an emergency and will never do so again a "prepper". That said, there's a few things I's like to adress with season 1.The format is fairly standard for a "reality documentary". It does go with the more extreme folks rather than the more common folks who are just putting some things aside for rougher times. But that's OK, in most of the cases. I found many of the people to be pretty ingenious in how they've approached what they perceive to be The End Of The World As We Know It. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong. A few might even be slightly over the top (well, there are a few that I think put a step ladder on the top and went from there...) But they have what they consider to be valid reasons for doing what they're doing, so who am I to argue?I found lots of little TTPs (tactics, tips, and practices) that I could apply to my own situation. In that regard, season 1 was worth it hands down.I also found that I absolutely detest the rating system that Practical Preppers apply at the end of every segment. Not because they may or may not be right about aspects of that individual's preparedness, but becuase they fit that rating into a "box". Many preppers have to think outside the box, due to circumstances, finances, whatever, but the rating system seems to ignore that. In a few cases, even I found it insulting. I know they carried it over into season 2, but I'm hoping that if there is a season 3 that either gets changed or dropped entirely.

Full Season 1 of Doomsday Preppers.Say what you want about the "characters" involved in the various episodes, but the bottom line is this - are you prepared? Likewise, do you have any friends or colleagues who you have bounced ideas off to create and assemble your emergency reaction plan? Probably not, is my guess. On the other hand, with these videos, you can extract the good and bad, the essential and non-essential, and develop your own plan. The program presents 2-4 different groups of individuals in each episode with a different crisis focus. For example, some preppers focus on EMP (Electronic Magnetic Pulse) disasters, other focus on the results of an economy meltdown, others on natural and man-made disasters. In any case, the concept each prepper conveys is the Boy Scout motto of "Be Prepared". My thinking is that anyone who watches this series (at least this 1st season) will have a better chance to formulate their own ideas of whether making any emergency plans is worth their while. And if so, it's quite easy to filter through the sometimes odd personalities who've made the show what it is. Thing is, after an emergency, the issue of odd personalities will be a moot point. As they say, would you rather be six months too early or one-day too late in your emergency planing? My thinking is that everyone should analyze their own exposure to disaster (e.g., hurricanes, storm surges, tsunamis, nuclear radiation leakage, earthquakes, floods, and of course the darker concept of whether or not these United States of America will always be acceptably free and that our way of life will never be challenged). In any case, be prepared, patriots.As a father, anything less than being prepared, and making the family prepared, seems beyond a criminal offense.Semper Paratus.

Being a prepped myself I loved it

At least as of the time of posting I cannot see that it makes the distinction that I have only viewed episode 1 ("free with commercials"), so I want to make it clear that any opinion is based solely on my access to that episode.I am comfortable with rating this episode as 4 star viewing for anyone coming to this as I did, already having an interest in survival and emergency response scenarios. The episode presented 3 distinct groups or individuals each having distinct outlooks on what threats they may face, how they respond and why, and included fairly intimate snapshot of their lives and backgrounds.I cannot say that I learned terribly much about techniques or equipment of which I was not already aware, but it was interested and often thought provoking, and I enjoyed this brief exposure to these fresh perspectives of real people in our society.

The show does get a bit repetitive, it covers some survivalism and preparedness, but becomes good tv watching if you are happy watching some people prepare for some disasters and seem to forget they are missing life at the minute in trying to prepare for the end of the world.Wife describes this as "only in America". Maybe she is right, worth watching but remember its only a tv show!

good

J'ai dû rater une information, mais je ne peux pas lire le DVD sur mon ordinateur (import USA). De plus, sur le DVD il est clairement indiqué qu'on ne peut pas le lire hors USA. C'est dommage de le proposer à la vente hors USA. Je regrette de ne pas pouvoir regarder ce DVD.