I'll be honest, this show is entertaining in a mindless Spike TV sort of way. It IS fun to watch Jesse James drive something fast and probably wreck it, but...
To anyone with half a brain, the show is staged. Or at least the police chase episode was obviously staged, and to me, that ends it right there. Look, you either bill a show as reality, or you bill it as fiction. Billing a show as having real events and then letting the audience see the rigging and scripting makes this no different than any other "reality" show.
Regarding the police chase episode:
If Jesse James and the police had an agreement to have a chase-off, obviously they would use a controlled course. Obviously during the show, you can see the neighborhood being used as a course is abandoned. However the show never mentions this, it neglects to mention this fact to falsely raise tension.
Also obviously, Jesse James is no idiot or criminal. He would NOT take a dangerous stunt onto a public golf course as was portrayed. If he did, the participating police would instantly go "real" and arrest him on the spot after the first chase.
In the second chase, he "barely misses" a "civilian" vehicle. See the last comment, there is NO WAY Jesse or the police involved or the producers of the show or their lawyers would allow him to endanger any real public. This is a fact so obvious that it instantly calls into question every other aspect of this show.
And finally, when Jesse is eventually spun out and trapped via the PIT maneuver, are you seriously going to tell me a cameraman on foot just HAPPENED to be at the exact place where Jesse's car was spun out and disabled? On a chase that covered an entire abandoned town? Sorry, no.
Finally, the "commander" in the helicopter was so obviously reading scripted lines it made my brain hurt.
I rate this show a 3/10 solely for mindless "Wooooo, burnout!" value. Obviously staged, and it insults the viewers intelligence by trying to pull one over on them in such a poorly done way. Bring back Monster Garage, that was Jesse James in a REAL show.
To anyone with half a brain, the show is staged. Or at least the police chase episode was obviously staged, and to me, that ends it right there. Look, you either bill a show as reality, or you bill it as fiction. Billing a show as having real events and then letting the audience see the rigging and scripting makes this no different than any other "reality" show.
Regarding the police chase episode:
If Jesse James and the police had an agreement to have a chase-off, obviously they would use a controlled course. Obviously during the show, you can see the neighborhood being used as a course is abandoned. However the show never mentions this, it neglects to mention this fact to falsely raise tension.
Also obviously, Jesse James is no idiot or criminal. He would NOT take a dangerous stunt onto a public golf course as was portrayed. If he did, the participating police would instantly go "real" and arrest him on the spot after the first chase.
In the second chase, he "barely misses" a "civilian" vehicle. See the last comment, there is NO WAY Jesse or the police involved or the producers of the show or their lawyers would allow him to endanger any real public. This is a fact so obvious that it instantly calls into question every other aspect of this show.
And finally, when Jesse is eventually spun out and trapped via the PIT maneuver, are you seriously going to tell me a cameraman on foot just HAPPENED to be at the exact place where Jesse's car was spun out and disabled? On a chase that covered an entire abandoned town? Sorry, no.
Finally, the "commander" in the helicopter was so obviously reading scripted lines it made my brain hurt.
I rate this show a 3/10 solely for mindless "Wooooo, burnout!" value. Obviously staged, and it insults the viewers intelligence by trying to pull one over on them in such a poorly done way. Bring back Monster Garage, that was Jesse James in a REAL show.