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UpTheIrons wrote:Way to go Dustin! That was a great finale!

Regarding Colby, there's a thread on Top Shot running over at calguns in which a member of the production team comments every now and then, and even answers questions from forum members. He stated that the producers of the show have assigned Colby a "dialog coach", so some of his odd vocal inflections may be coming from fighting the coaching. If I can find the link again, I'll add it later.

Having received a bit of dialog coaching back in the old days when I was in drama productions, I can sympathize with him having problems changing the way he talks. One might say he should be over it after 3 seasons, but there's a former governor of California who should have gotten over his accent many years ago with all the high-dollar vocal coaches he had access to in all of his movies.

aaronspuler wrote:

Dave2 wrote:

puma guy wrote:Looking forward to Aaron Spuler's interview with Jake.......................................

NOT!

I wonder if he'll do one?

I have one interview with Gary that is still in the process of being written up.

I'd love to do more interviews, but I don't know that I'll get the opportunity to do so. The marketing firm that I worked with to facilitate the interviews doesn't have any more slots. I might be able to work out another arrangement, but I don't really have many details on that yet.

ajwakeboarder wrote:My problem with Jake is that while he claims to be the best, he keeps trying to get rid of the better guys on the show so he doesn't have to face them. If he wants to claim to be the best, he should prove it and take them on himself!!!

Dave2 wrote:

puma guy wrote:I guess I couldn't rule out Dustin's demise as the big surprise just as I can't rule out that all the hype about Jake is a build up to his winning the whole shee-bang! I do know that Dustin will be a success after this show no matter what happens.

I'm holding out hope for Jake saying, "To heck with you guys, I'm going home"


Of course that won't be it since the teaser was kinda hinting that way, but a man can still dream...

Dave2 wrote:

puma guy wrote:He is totally unsportsmanlike and I can't imagine him being a coach. If that's his style I would work to get him fired or remove my child from his influence immediately.

Is this really his normal style, though? He's claiming everything you see is "calculated" to get him to win. So early on in the show when he was so bad at getting his team to effectively use the practice time, was that poor leadership, or him thinking that he knew what he was doing and trying to ensure that everyone else did worse than him? If it's the former, I don't think he could be a good coach because he lacks anything even approaching good leadership. If it's the latter, then I have to ask, "has the large cash prize kept him from seeing this as a sporting event"? If not, I don't want him as a coach because he has a complete lack of sportsmanship. If that is the case, I personally don't want him as a coach because I think that being willing to behave that poorly just to get $100k demonstrates poor character, but I can see how someone who's a bit cynical and has had a harder life than I have could view his actions as perfectly reasonable.

In summary, , but I only think he's had 2.5 strikes instead of 3. (I don't hold out much hope for that last 0.5, though.)

Dave2 wrote:

puma guy wrote:Jake is a real jerk for sure. [...] I won't be sad if he gets eliminated, but his performance and ability continues to carry him along.

The teaser for next week's episode implies that something happens with him. Of course, it's the teaser's job to be dramatic and all, so maybe Jake will order a pizza or something.

Regarding his behavior, I get that he wants to win and all, but my word... I've never seen such unsportsmanlike conduct.

Domineaux wrote:45 mins till another chance for Red Mike to embarrass himself further and Jake to piss everyone off.

7075-T7 wrote:

UpTheIrons wrote:[To be fair, his stated specialty is SHOTgun, not giant-bore-rifle-gun. Slugs and shot are two completely different animals.

From a load with a kick, to a firebreathing load intent on mayhem.

UpTheIrons wrote:

puma guy wrote:I think Mike the redhead would be long gone based on performance. He couldn't even perform with the shotgun which is his expertise.

To be fair, his stated specialty is SHOTgun, not giant-bore-rifle-gun. Slugs and shot are two completely different animals. As are skeet and stationary targets.

I contend that Mike will be on the show for quite a long time because of his "color commentary." To wit: George Reinas (sp?) of season 2. Everyone wanted him gone, but he was there to the end, offering his "unique" take on everything Top Shot.

Since they edit the show after it is done filming, I don't think they'd give that much air time to the guy who's leaving early on. (Maybe I'm wrong and he'll go home next week!)

As to the lackluster AR performance, Paul (eliminated this week) said that, just as a gun works best for you when it is sighted in by you, a gun sighted in by someone else may well shoot differently for you. Not to excuse their shooting, because Red Team semed to do quite a bit better, but he probably has a point.

MasterOfNone wrote:The whole voting-off concept is why I can never enjoy most reality shows. Even when they make one about something that is by nature competitive, such as marksmanship. they still "need" to add the drama of personal conflict. I would much rather see the challenges done in such a way that individual performance results in objectively-identified bottom two members. How many times have we seen people vote for the guys who volunteer to go to the elimination instead of voting for the guy they believe should be eliminated?