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August 09, 2011

Top Shot Starts Again
— Ace

Actually it started at 10 PM, but the 11 rebroadcast is just a few minutes in.

Posted by: Ace at 07:07 PM | Comments (46)
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1 what is a top shot? Huh? Seriously

Posted by: Village Idiot at August 09, 2011 07:09 PM (utXSy)

2 Sweet!

Posted by: Pissed off 26-year old with three part-time jobs at August 09, 2011 07:09 PM (e2VMT)

3 Unless they changed the rules to avoid the asshole debacle that the last one turned into, I'm not watching.

Posted by: mr.frakypants at August 09, 2011 07:10 PM (pffBj)

I only make $10.50 an hour at one of my three jobs. Because of this, I will go smash up some rich businesses just to show them that I can do this. And it is justified because two girl drinking wine in London told me so.

Posted by: Pissed off 26-year old with three part-time jobs at August 09, 2011 07:13 PM (e2VMT)

5 longbows at dawn?

Posted by: garrett at August 09, 2011 07:13 PM (jl9N5)

Huh? I feel really stupid, but that's nothing new on here.

Hi, Everyone.

Posted by: Amy at August 09, 2011 07:15 PM (+T0m1)

7 "Unless they changed the rules to avoid the asshole debacle that the last one turned into, I'm not watching.

Posted by: mr.frakypants at August 09, 2011 11:10 PM (pffBj)"

I admit, that was very off putting. I've met few who enjoyed that pettiness.

It's cheap filler material, and I guess some of the audience dig getting insight into character.

The actual shooting is worth it.

Posted by: Dustin at August 09, 2011 07:17 PM (519+h)

It's a TV show on History Channel (?).

Posted by: garrett at August 09, 2011 07:17 PM (jl9N5)

9 what is a top shot? Huh? Seriously A power bottom's best friend.

But no seriously, it's a buttfucking contest on TV. The threads about it here are in some kind of word-skipping gay code, because these dudes are all repressed.

sweet

asshole

filler

Posted by: oblig. at August 09, 2011 07:23 PM (xvZW9)

10 75 yards and missing? seriously?

Posted by: UGrev at August 09, 2011 07:24 PM (862vz)

11 Awwww man. Any clue if it will rerun again tonight? I like the show and wanted to see it but they hadn't done a good job promoting its start again.

Posted by: buzzion at August 09, 2011 07:24 PM (GULKT)

Seem to be they're turning it up a couple of notches this season. Gatling gun...yum, machine guns.

Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at August 09, 2011 07:27 PM (ybA9f)

13 Top men are on it.

Posted by: cherry π at August 09, 2011 07:30 PM (OhYCU)

14 Saw the show earlier. Had some tough competitions.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 09, 2011 07:33 PM (4nfy2)

15 Yeah, last season had a garbage ending but most of it was fun. It's not like a movie where a bad ending can ruin it. For example, last season it was FUN to watch the sniper (asshole) take his time and hit the 1,000 yard target on his first shot! Then the guys after him exploited the semi-auto abililty of that big-ass Barret and blazed away semi-wildly - hitting the target in less time. The sniper (asshole) barely understood that he had gotten his ass beat.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 09, 2011 07:33 PM (AEA92)

16 Umm, the chicks are not good shooters. That is all.

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2011 07:42 PM (Fw2Gg)

17 The only thing lacking in this series, and I've watched them all, is marksmanship.

Posted by: Brock O'Bama at August 09, 2011 07:44 PM (/WZ6r)

18 No offense to any Moronettes out there packing heat, but the only female I know that can shoot is nuttier than a fruitcake.

Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at August 09, 2011 07:45 PM (ybA9f)

19 I wish the show was all about shooting and none of the reality show interpersonal drama bullpuckey. I could care less about that and would like to see some more marksmanship and actual shooting and less douchebaggery.

Posted by: JamesT at August 09, 2011 07:46 PM (blYjC)

20 To much drama for me to care although it does promote shooting.

Posted by: Gmac at August 09, 2011 07:48 PM (40nO1)

21 Asian chicks can be good shots. Just like you see a lot of asian chick pro pool players on ESPN. Fine motor control or something maybe.

Come to think of it, whenever I see pool/billiards on ESPN it's chicks, never dudes. And they typically are surprisingly attractive. I think women's bowling is probably the least attractive group of professional athletes I've ever seen. The WNBA can be close, but there it's just gigantor + general manishness, not sloppy fat.

Just the other day I saw a hot asian chick vs a hot blonde chick play pool on ESPN.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at August 09, 2011 07:55 PM (QcFbt)

22 I prefer to call it as my other frequented blogs that I visit...

"Top Douche"

Go for the prize!!!!

Posted by: RWC at August 09, 2011 07:56 PM (zeBf8)

23 Was it a rerun? There was this absolute smoking Asian chick that played pool and was on ESPN in the 90's. Almost any time they were showing pool it was her and God was she worth watching.

Posted by: buzzion at August 09, 2011 07:57 PM (GULKT)

24 17 The only thing lacking in this series, and I've watched them all, is marksmanship.

LMFAO.

Posted by: RWC at August 09, 2011 07:58 PM (zeBf8)

25 You know what would make this show good? Cutting out all the personal crap and the infighting and the parts that involve them in the house. More bang bang, less whining. Its obnoxious and makes me fast forward through large chunks of the show. When I bother looking at it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 09, 2011 08:21 PM (r4wIV)

26 Last season poisoned me on this... TOO much personal vote off the island BS, not enough skill shooting or shooting whacky weapons we can only dream of.. and the petty crap the one team pulled last season with their little butt-buddy group that made it to the end.... I'm done. That was BS. .. and I hope their ratings this year reflect it.

Posted by: Yip in Texass at August 09, 2011 08:27 PM (SyLEU)

27 I agree. Take out all the house drama and go back to basics of shooting stuff up(saves me the trouble of fast forwarding through it).

There should be a mercenary edition where they fly the guys off to England, armed only with a Gerber,a compound bow, and a gallon of gasoline, and told to defend a city block from 1,000 rampaging Socialists for a week.Top Shot meets Walking Dead.

Posted by: befuddled at August 09, 2011 08:32 PM (xJU23)

28 Last season of this was infuriating with the voting cliques of military vs civilian then marines vs other branches bs that protected bad contestants and forced some of the best contestants to face constant elimination threats. First season they used skill eliminations near the end; abandoning that for more drama bs, especially when it was strongly implied the last few intentionally choked and gave away the victory means the show has no credibility and is sure to be a waste of time this season too.

Posted by: Sjg at August 09, 2011 08:41 PM (h/1Iw)

29 I make 4 quid an hour. Let's trash the place that hired me so that we can redistribute the wealth to people like me. And now I am making 0 quid an hour for however long it takes for my rich boss to rebuild his business. Damn math, you hard.

Posted by: befuddled at August 09, 2011 08:41 PM (xJU23)

30 19 I wish the show was all about shooting and none of the reality show interpersonal drama bullpuckey. I could care less about that and would like to see some more marksmanship and actual shooting and less douchebaggery. Posted by: JamesT at August 09, 2011 11:46 PM (blYjC) ----------------------------------------------------------------I could not agree more without agreeing more. I can't fucking stand the host: "How does it feel to be picked for elimination?" "Do you feel like you have something to prove?" or his commentary: "Fat guy misses his first 8 shots; short gay girl hits on the 3rd; Bubba the sky marshall having trouble finding the magazine!" The producers deliberately pick assholes to compete and then film them being assholes in the bunkhouse. I have to deal with enough assholes at work. Besides, I thought it was irresponsible of the producers to goad the female Polynesian transgendered midget into fighting so much with the one-armed Southerner in the Pilot; When she suddenly turned around and shot him during the elimination they had to refilm the whole thing and it left a bad taste in my mouth.....metallic..

Posted by: er at August 09, 2011 08:49 PM (mexsR)

31 13 Top men are on it.

Posted by: cherry π at August 09, 2011 11:30 PM (OhYCU)

Top. Men.

Posted by: That government buerocrat at the end of Raiders at August 09, 2011 08:55 PM (UulOD)

Posted by: er at August 10, 2011 12:49 AM (mexsR)

It Colby from Survivor. And he got his Hosting degree from the Jeff Probst School of Reality Show Hosts.

If you don't watch Survivor check it out sometime and you can tell that he has pretty much copied Probst's style.

Posted by: buzzion at August 09, 2011 08:55 PM (GULKT)

33 Last season was stupid. None of the competitors could shoot worth jack, and the former military guys seemed more concerned with eliminating all the civilians from their team than with having the strongest shooters regardless of background. I'm giving this one a pass.

Posted by: Major Kong at August 09, 2011 09:33 PM (B+qrE)

34 top shit farts again?

Posted by: model_1066 at August 09, 2011 09:35 PM (2j/Mv)

Oh, also last season, it wasn't enough if you were in the military, you had to have a "coo" MOS, too. "Oh, you're just a rescue swimmer in the Navy? That's not macho and manly and cool-sounding enough. To elimination with you."

Ashley, the Air Force combat controller? I mean, dude, thanks for your service and it's cool you're a CCT and all, but... seriously, that guy couldn't hit the broad side of an aircraft hanger. If he was standing inside of it. Did he ever make a clutch shot? Ever, in any show? Yet, show after show, his buddies protected him and sent stronger shooters to elimination.

The guy who called himself a USAF "sniper" (which I think means he's a Security Policeman who's been through some sort of Designated Marksman course) was just a dick. A dick.

Top Shot, I bid you adieu.

Posted by: Major Kong at August 09, 2011 09:44 PM (B+qrE)

36 "Coo" = "cool".

Posted by: Major Kong at August 09, 2011 09:45 PM (B+qrE)

37 I thought I saw a glimpse of a rock-throwing competition in the promo reel. Very cool. The most basic projectile weapon.

I could clean up in rock throwing.

Now they just need an atlatl. And a sling. They already throw a spear, right?

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 09, 2011 10:42 PM (mezCF)

38 Posted by: buzzion at August 10, 2011 12:55 AM (GULKT) "If you don't watch Survivor check it out sometime and you can tell that he has pretty much copied Probst's style." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for taking that hit for me. I was actually going to ask if it was the same guy.

Posted by: Daybrother at August 09, 2011 10:55 PM (mexsR)

39 I don't watch "Sons of Guns" anymore either because the owner is very much an asshole. I don't think that show is Coo at all. Now going to the range with my friends, that's coo. (MK I'm going to keep using your new word if that is coo with you.)

Posted by: Daybrother at August 09, 2011 11:00 PM (mexsR)

I'm honored.

Posted by: Major Kong at August 09, 2011 11:25 PM (B+qrE)

41 The way to win Top Shot is easy. With a full clip, turn away from the target and shoot the other competitors! Why hasn't anybody done this?

Posted by: Birdbath at August 10, 2011 04:32 AM (wV/Ta)

42 Yep! I was agreed, I'll keep in touch to your blog.

Posted by: The Accident Audio Book at August 10, 2011 05:05 AM (DhB/L)

43 One reason the shooters look bad sometimes is lack of practice. They get very little or no practice on a given weapon. Taking your rifle and hitting first time at 75 yards may no big deal. Get handed some random gun and do the same is much tougher. Plus they do get stressed out.

Posted by: Bill at August 10, 2011 06:41 AM (LZSir)

44 Their shooting is fine, the sniper hitting the target with 1 shot at an ungodly range in the wind with a 50 cal was amazing. The problem is, the competitors are idiots and the very competition itself is idiotic.

This isn't about teams, its individual, no matter how its structured. It doesn't matter whether someone is on blue or red team because by the end its you against the other survivors. The team structure is utterly meaningless. There's every incentive to get the best shooters off your team so you have a better chance at the end of winning. Who cares if red team or blue team is doing best, all that matters is who is left at the end, and you are one of them.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 10, 2011 08:27 AM (r4wIV)

45 #18
curious owns a handgun?

Posted by: guns & ammor audioIvideoKindlemoviebooks at August 10, 2011 08:54 AM (oUG6f)

46 It seems to me those complaining about the caliber of contestant, and accomodation interaction, from last season fail to recognize that not every second of TV will be to their liking. Clearly, one going in had PTSD and one came out with it. While such an ailment should secure your compassion, as it did from members in the house, viewers here and contestants did not always deal with in the most generous or informed way. And this in turn, affected other players roles and vignettes.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the show for recognizing, and seemingly accepting, their responsibility, true and imposed, of any contestants future action. Hence, the strong team member component because this isn't a show about "gun culture" or violence.

Posted by: FeFe at August 10, 2011 10:28 AM (TjlA2)

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