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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Adam and Jamie were awesome, but I'm certain there are some passionate makers or something out there who could fill the role. It wouldn't be the same, but it could be it's own thing. Whoever the new hosts were must have just been the wrong casting, but also I don't know how much Discovery cared because I didn't know about it and I was a huge Mythbusters fan. I guess I just didn't pay attention because Discovery had already killed everything that was worth paying attention to them for by that point.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's been a while since I watched them but I recall feeling like the new hosts weren't genuine. It felt more like a YouTube reaction video than an episode of Mythbusters.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Mythbusters fundamentally needs to capture the joy of engineering more than the joy of explosions. (Not that those aren’t fun too.)