Monday night I was shocked to discover that Discovery Channel has made a drastic change to the team that has made up the Mythbusters for the last twelve-plus years. A new opening title sequence and credits ran, with a high beat count pumping anthem running along side it, appearing to be more action-packed, with quick flashes and cuts between the two titular personalities, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, equivalent to that of a Mission Impossible. All along, missing from the montage were Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara, all who have been a part of the show, nearly from it's inception. I quickly Googled Kari Byron's name and was shocked to learn that Discovery, in an effort to shake things up, released Byron, Belleci and Imahara from their respective contracts back in September, citing "a shake up was needed" as the reasoning behind their dismissals.
In the beginning of the series, in 2003, most of the myths were tested and often busted by the key players, Savage and Hyneman, with some assistance provided by Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and in the beginning, Scottie Chapman, who was a tattooed female gear head/welder, who had also made an appearance once or twice on Jesse James' Monster Garage. After her departure, Grant Imahara joined the team.
In those first couple of seasons, it was a fun show to watch. It seemed like real science was applied to a variety of myths, both well-known and some not-so-known. That's not to say that science hasn't been the base of the experiments in the decade since, but in recent years, it's gotten to be that if any experiment was busted, the trio pictured above, would infuse some sort of plan to add fire power and/or explosives to the mix. As big of a fan as I think myself to be, I've been growing ever more so tired of the increased folly of it all.
This news broke a little over four months ago, in September of 2014, and right away numerous campaigns were launched by fans to get Kari Byron to return to the show. Not Tory or Grant, just Kari. Understandably so, as Kari Byron is one hot redhead. Can't get enough of her smile, but still. Is it right to campaign for her job and her job, alone? Not really. It's not fair. On the other hand, does she really need to get her Mythbusting job back? I say, NO!
Kari Byron was an artist before any of this mythbusting nonsense came about. In fact, I got an autographed picture from Kari Byron about nine or ten years ago, which I obtained through her art studio, not through the Mythbusters television program. Somehow I did get the autographs of the other fella's, including Grant Imahara, who at the time, hadn't made his television debut, so I didn't know who the little Asian fella was. I'm getting a little off topic, but my point is, Kari Byron will be okay, without the likes of Mythbusters or Discovery Channel. Although, in all honesty, I doubt that Miss Byron will disappear entirely. I sense that fanatic buzz will get her back onto the airwaves at some point in the future.
Can the show, Mythbusters, survive without Byron, Belleci and Imahara blasting and blowing shit up every week? Shit yeah, it can. This past Monday, the show that followed that kick-ass intro to the show, was tremendous. Testing just two myths based on the Simpsons TV show, one being a cherry bomb dropped into a toilet and causing geysers of water to erupt from multiple bowls; And the second asking could a wrecking ball with Homer Simpson desperately clinging on, actually save a building from being demolished. I will spare you the outcomes, but the experiments performed by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were stupendous. If you haven't seen this episode, I highly recommend that you do.
I really really enjoyed the newest version of Mythbusters, being that it was reminiscent of the way things were in the beginning, when I was in awe of the science that was used to discover whether myths and legends were plausible or complete bullshit.
This news broke a little over four months ago, in September of 2014, and right away numerous campaigns were launched by fans to get Kari Byron to return to the show. Not Tory or Grant, just Kari. Understandably so, as Kari Byron is one hot redhead. Can't get enough of her smile, but still. Is it right to campaign for her job and her job, alone? Not really. It's not fair. On the other hand, does she really need to get her Mythbusting job back? I say, NO!
Kari Byron was an artist before any of this mythbusting nonsense came about. In fact, I got an autographed picture from Kari Byron about nine or ten years ago, which I obtained through her art studio, not through the Mythbusters television program. Somehow I did get the autographs of the other fella's, including Grant Imahara, who at the time, hadn't made his television debut, so I didn't know who the little Asian fella was. I'm getting a little off topic, but my point is, Kari Byron will be okay, without the likes of Mythbusters or Discovery Channel. Although, in all honesty, I doubt that Miss Byron will disappear entirely. I sense that fanatic buzz will get her back onto the airwaves at some point in the future.
Can the show, Mythbusters, survive without Byron, Belleci and Imahara blasting and blowing shit up every week? Shit yeah, it can. This past Monday, the show that followed that kick-ass intro to the show, was tremendous. Testing just two myths based on the Simpsons TV show, one being a cherry bomb dropped into a toilet and causing geysers of water to erupt from multiple bowls; And the second asking could a wrecking ball with Homer Simpson desperately clinging on, actually save a building from being demolished. I will spare you the outcomes, but the experiments performed by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were stupendous. If you haven't seen this episode, I highly recommend that you do.
I really really enjoyed the newest version of Mythbusters, being that it was reminiscent of the way things were in the beginning, when I was in awe of the science that was used to discover whether myths and legends were plausible or complete bullshit.
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