One thing that is very different and better about LWD from LWR is that they are not BSing about the support vehicles. In LWR they say that they "only met at borders".. and anyone who knows anything about cameras and bikes knows that 70-80% of the shots where taken from a vehicle mounted platform..meaning that the two 4X4 where with them all the time. Also proven when the truck rolled and they "were 100s of miles away and only making 40 miles a day".. and yet in the next cut they were there as the medic was fixing them up.. :confused1:
LWD is "more" real... they admit the support is there 90% of the time, and are not trying to make it out that E and C are "going it alone". That was my biggest gripe.. The show is a tele show.. it is as real of an adventure as star-trek or dr who. Just based on bikes not space. I dont particularly like it.. I want to see some of the countries that they are riding though ... not CB's arse. but that is the formate they chose, so i watch if i have nothing else to do.
I in particular feel sad for them.. I dont know if they could/would do it on there own.. but they are riding though some amazing places at light speed. they are experiencing all the bad of traveling with out any of the good. They are just actors on this show, not travelers.. How would any of us feel about going though tunisia in 2 days.. FFS i spent 2 days in Duoga (the roman city up north) alone. and a day in eljem.. they spent what 15min in both.. (and they are what 5 hours ride apart).. so very very sad...
I am not sure who this show is aimed at not bike travelers, it is not a travel show ala Mike Palin. But whom ever it is aimed at it is hitting the mark. I have never been in touch with "normal society" doubt i ever will be. this is just an other example.
People say the the ride is squeezed between EM's movies, hence the speed they go though places. Well If i had the opportunity to travel slowly at a the cost of a multi million dollar movie.. i would pick travel slowly.. but this is me, i would rather live my life and remember that time we did anything.... over remember that movie i made that made XX dollars...
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