Expedition Overland - 2015 Season

[Corey]

Thanks for posting those Corey!

You are welcome Kurt.
I have read some of the YouTube comments, and a lot say they would like to see these videos longer with more detail.

 

[gmtech]

I second that! 10 mins at least . Nutnfancy would be appalled at 2-4 min systems reviews! haha

 

[Corey]

I got a notice this morning there was a new "Oh Hey There" episode about food storage, but when I got to work to check it out, the video was gone.
Maybe they are reediting it, not sure.
If it comes up again, I will post it here.

 

[Greenbean]

I second that! 10 mins at least . Nutnfancy would be appalled at 2-4 min systems reviews! haha

Love me some NF! Lol...

 

[AA1PR]

I've been a fan for a few years
adore all the videos etc
my only complaint against them as a fellow amateur radio operator is their lack of proper ID in the videos
I see they often use tactical callsigns, cool
they make mention that all of the crew even down to the cameramen are using ham radios
only properly licensed operators are allowed to transmit with those transceivers blah blah blah
& then in one episode they operate out of band to talk to the cabin owner
they have no disclaimer and at this point one has to think they are transmitting illegally, which they are
if they are properly licensed than say so
I understand being anonymous and wanting to keep some of your personal life personal
however dont portray ham radio as something to be abused, follow the rules, show that; lead by example in these videos I say
end of soapbox

 

[Corey]

"Oh Hey There!" Food Preparation

This is the one I got a notice a week back, but it disappeared.
I got another notice today before work it was uploaded again, but it did not show up in my feed.
I had to go to their channel to find it, and it shows an upload date of November 7, strange as I got the notice today it had just been uploaded.

 

[Corey]

"Oh Hey There!" Travel Tool Kits

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Hey!

Don't miss out on this awesome contest!

 

[Corey]

I saw on Instagram and Facebook they had a couple of winners, nice.

"Oh Hey There!" Airing Down

 

[Corey]

"Oh Hey There!" Medical Bag

 

[Patrollife]

Am I the only one who was disappointed in this series? I felt the crew speeded through countries, spent more time worrying about security and caught up in the idea of overlanding than actually overlanding. This is not a negative criticism, just an observation. I watched all of the episodes for the love of the lifestyle and adventure, but I truly hope that if the guys do SA that they focus less on playing up areas and border crossing and just get down to enjoying their trip and meeting real people along the way, not that choreographed crap.


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[AFSOC]

Am I the only one who was disappointed in this series? I felt the crew speeded through countries, spent more time worrying about security and caught up in the idea of overlanding than actually overlanding. This is not a negative criticism, just an observation. I watched all of the episodes for the love of the lifestyle and adventure, but I truly hope that if the guys do SA that they focus less on playing up areas and border crossing and just get down to enjoying their trip and meeting real people along the way, not that choreographed crap.


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I doubt you are the only one disappointed in the series. I'm sure that the series or individual episodes have fallen short of many people's expectations. But really, aren't these just individual's expectations? Expedition Overland really is only bound to fulfill contractual expectations to their sponsors, no one else. For some people the sensationalism, glossiness and high style is off putting. But, there is broad appeal to high production value projects like this.
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Apologists will have a host of arguments to defend the content but sponsors are in business with Expedition Overland to sell tires, Toyotas and gadgets. The ultimate market for lifestyle gismos dictate the editing and planning. To be fair, we are not riding along with them, we don't know how authentic their experiences are between the few glimpses we get on a 10 minute, heavy edit video. Sure the videos we see are very "slick", the camera angles and lighting are excellent and multiple and the situations and dialog have a staged appearance but who would watch a single shot, shaky handheld, poorly lit with profanity laced dialog in the background (I think Youtube still has a few of these up)? The majority of miles and hours of these trips fall between the staged, made for TV portions and border crossings. It would not surprise me to find out that the Expedition Overland team considers these times the truly enjoyable and fulfilling parts of their travels. The sensationalized border crossings and well shot wheel spins are probably too much like work to be very enjoyable for them.
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My advice is to blame it all on the editing and just enjoy the technical skills of their remarkably polished production. They show lots of video skill and seem to be making enough money to sustain the lifestyle...good on 'em.

 

[Patrollife]

I doubt you are the only one disappointed in the series. I'm sure that the series or individual episodes have fallen short of many people's expectations. But really, aren't these just individual's expectations? Expedition Overland really is only bound to fulfill contractual expectations to their sponsors, no one else. For some people the sensationalism, glossiness and high style is off putting. But, there is broad appeal to high production value projects like this.
.

Apologists will have a host of arguments to defend the content but sponsors are in business with Expedition Overland to sell tires, Toyotas and gadgets. The ultimate market for lifestyle gismos dictate the editing and planning. To be fair, we are not riding along with them, we don't know how authentic their experiences are between the few glimpses we get on a 10 minute, heavy edit video. Sure the videos we see are very "slick", the camera angles and lighting are excellent and multiple and the situations and dialog have a staged appearance but who would watch a single shot, shaky handheld, poorly lit with profanity laced dialog in the background (I think Youtube still has a few of these up)? The majority of miles and hours of these trips fall between the staged, made for TV portions and border crossings. It would not surprise me to find out that the Expedition Overland team considers these times the truly enjoyable and fulfilling parts of their travels. The sensationalized border crossings and well shot wheel spins are probably too much like work to be very enjoyable for them.
.

My advice is to blame it all on the editing and just enjoy the technical skills of their remarkably polished production. They show lots of video skill and seem to be making enough money to sustain the lifestyle...good on 'em.

I get all that. Hopefully the guys took some time to self-reflect and make improvements for their next expo. I'm a fan and celebrate their successes with them. Their fan base expands the novice to the seasoned overlander, so hopefully the lessons learned from past episodes and their growth as professionals will give them the leverage to "keep it real".


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[toyotech]

I doubt you are the only one disappointed in the series. I'm sure that the series or individual episodes have fallen short of many people's expectations. But really, aren't these just individual's expectations? Expedition Overland really is only bound to fulfill contractual expectations to their sponsors, no one else. For some people the sensationalism, glossiness and high style is off putting. But, there is broad appeal to high production value projects like this.
.

Apologists will have a host of arguments to defend the content but sponsors are in business with Expedition Overland to sell tires, Toyotas and gadgets. The ultimate market for lifestyle gismos dictate the editing and planning. To be fair, we are not riding along with them, we don't know how authentic their experiences are between the few glimpses we get on a 10 minute, heavy edit video. Sure the videos we see are very "slick", the camera angles and lighting are excellent and multiple and the situations and dialog have a staged appearance but who would watch a single shot, shaky handheld, poorly lit with profanity laced dialog in the background (I think Youtube still has a few of these up)? The majority of miles and hours of these trips fall between the staged, made for TV portions and border crossings. It would not surprise me to find out that the Expedition Overland team considers these times the truly enjoyable and fulfilling parts of their travels. The sensationalized border crossings and well shot wheel spins are probably too much like work to be very enjoyable for them.
.

My advice is to blame it all on the editing and just enjoy the technical skills of their remarkably polished production. They show lots of video skill and seem to be making enough money to sustain the lifestyle...good on 'em.

Makes sense. I too like to see more real overland and not so much staged stuff. Guess I'll have to go out and overland to get what I wanna see lol.


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[cruiseroutfit]

Am I the only one who was disappointed in this series? I felt the crew speeded through countries, spent more time worrying about security and caught up in the idea of overlanding than actually overlanding. This is not a negative criticism, just an observation. I watched all of the episodes for the love of the lifestyle and adventure, but I truly hope that if the guys do SA that they focus less on playing up areas and border crossing and just get down to enjoying their trip and meeting real people along the way, not that choreographed crap.

You'd hardly be the first to offer comments as such on our Central America trip. While none of it was "choreographed', the editors had hundreds of hours worth of footage to condense into just about 6. Obviously they didn't hit the mark with everyone (and to be fair its naive to assume they would).

Have you watched the latest XO season (Return to the Mackenzie)? I'm curious how this held up to your wants vs. Central America.

Makes sense. I too like to see more real overland and not so much staged stuff. Guess I'll have to go out and overland to get what I wanna see lol.

I'm seeing the word staged used by a few of you now. Can you share with me what you feel was staged?