Less explosions than MythBusters but I'm actually learning more as these are based on a lot of actual occurrences from history. Love the Build Team!
I love the Build Team and was saddened when they were cut from the Mythbusters. So, I was very happy to see them on a new show. The positives first: This show is educational while being fun. I learned quite a few things from the show. Kari, Tory and Grant are as charismatic as ever and are fun hosts to watch. Now the not so good: The format of the show is not the greatest -- taking six things related to a central theme down a "rabbit hole" and then ranking them based on arbitrary metrics.
I still hope they get a second season and if they do, I hope they tweak the format of the show a little.
Enjoying seeing these three again as I loved Mythbusters, this is no mythbusters though, I would prefer the mythbusters format over this any day but that said its still a reasonably good show and probably a lot more educational. Somehting feels a bit too showcasey about it though.
Die Show geht ganz andere Wege als Mythbusters. Es ist allerdings Schade, dass gleich zu Beginn ein Tier in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wird. Denn eigentlich sind die Experimente und historischen Hinweisen sehr interessant und informativ. Teilweise eine kleine Geschichtsreise und dann in der nächsten Episode dann wieder ein "Wow"-Effekt.
Ein Problem hat die erste Staffel allerdings: Grant, Tory und Kary sollten mehr zusammenarbeiten und mehr entspanntere Dialoge untereinander führen dürfen. Denn das ist ihre große Stärke wie wir schon in Mythbusters sehen konnten und würde hier zu einer großen Bereicherung führen.
In einer zweiten Staffel würde ich außerdem das Ranking etwas umgestalten. Ehrlich gesagt ist es mir nämlich herzlich egal derzeit, es stört nicht, aber dennoch irgendwie fehl am Platz. Aber eine Serie entwickelt sich weiter, genau wie bei Mythbusters damals in der ersten Staffel, als die nette Volkskunde-Dame noch über die Herkunft der Mythen erzählt hat, dies aber in Staffel 2 nach und nach entfernt wurde.
Review by CookingtonBlockedParent2016-12-23T03:14:09Z
I'm really disappointed White Rabbit Project ended up as meh as it was. I've always enjoyed the trio's segments on Mythbusters and while it was sad to see them leave the show, I was excited to see what they could accomplish with their freedom on Netflix. Instead, the show feels like a very high budget YouTube top ten list with occasional experiments here and there.
Each episode focuses on a general theme, such as superhero powers. Each of the three have two entries out of 6, generally with one being an experiment and the other being some small research and storytelling. At the end of every episode, the 6 entries are (supposedly?) averaged out and ranked on three criteria, like "how similar is it to the actual superpower."
The problem I have with White Rabbit Project is that it doesn't play to the strengths that the trio had back in Mythbusters. Everybody works separately here, maybe showing up to an experiment as a test subject every once in a while, which is a far cry from their work in Mythbusters. I would only recommend watching this if you have nothing else to watch and you liked the trio's work back in Mythbusters. There's definitely some good episodes in here, don't get me wrong, but even despite those good episodes, the majority of this show is forgettable.