Comments on: Prototype This premiers tomorrow

By: Monkeyboi

Monkeyboi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:48:42 +0000

Same problem here raif, seems like only the first episode is available everywhere. I’m desperately trying to find all the other episodes before everyone loses interest, but I don’t think anyone is working on it. I know you can watch full episodes on Discovery.com… I’ll give it a try.

By: Ralf

Ralf — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:38:05 +0000

Am I the only person who can’t find the second or third episodes available on any of the normal torrent sites ?

What’s happened here ? I’m in the uk and 90% of the TV I watch is downloaded as torrents. The first episode of Prototype This! was great and I’m desperate to see the rest.

By: Haku

Haku — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:12:54 +0000

I’ve just finished watching the first ep, enjoyed it and definitely looking forward to the future episodes.

Did anyone else see that (god awful) series “Smash Lab”? this reminds me a bit of that show (heck knows how they secured a 2nd series!), except the Prototype This presenters appear to have a much better rapport with each other (and competence at their job) than the Smash Lab presenters.

By: Gizer20

Gizer20 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:55:19 +0000

Hey anybody knows where find the all episode ready to download?? the problem is that i’m from spain and i can’t see the show on regular tv, and me and my class have a lot of interest to see it

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:04:42 +0000

FYI, it’s “premieres”, not “premiers”. The latter is the plural for head of state, or winner of a premiership competition.

By: tom61

tom61 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:02:38 +0000

Ack. The site Joe linked is his notes, the official fan site is a flash-tastic nearly knowledge-less mess.

By: tom61

tom61 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:55:05 +0000

Definitely orientated towards children and/or the non-technical. Only a small mention of the technical details, and very dumbed down.

The average Monster Garage or Junkyard Wars episode had more of the inner-workings of the builds on the screen than this episode. The site linked above seems neat, but I don’t recall of any mention of the site on the show itself. Some more screen time with the “development notes” shown on the site would go a long way to make it more to my likes.

Right now the gap between the knowledge level the show is targeted at and the knowledge needed to interpret content on the site is huge.

By: Jonathan DeWitt

Jonathan DeWitt — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:22 +0000

I just watched the pilot, and had generally good vibes about it… They had an interesting explanation of threading of processes that would have made sense to a 2 year old almost…

~jon

By: ruinz

ruinz — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:52:27 +0000

how is it that every time a good show comes along
it never shows up in Canada. Foiled again by the
TV companies.

By: Peanut

Peanut — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:55:01 +0000

Let’s hope it appears on some kind torrent site for us UK viewers! :-)

By: Stu

Stu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:14:17 +0000

So what’s it going to take to campaign the Discovery network to show it over here in the UK? There’s no sign of it on the UK schedules.
Hardly worth the effort- that is unless some enterprising fellow will be archiving it and putting it up on the internet somewhere… nudge nudge etc – its not like I don’t pay for discovery show content, as I get the channel on my Sky subscription.

By: Cross

Cross — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:49:58 +0000

I enjoyed Joe’s talks at Defcon and would love to watch the show. Any chance that they will be streamed by Discovery later ?

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:36 +0000

sweet… I gotta remember to setup my SageTV box to record…

By: Joe Grand

Joe Grand — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:25:36 +0000

Hey guys – for what it’s worth, to support the technically-inclined and curious that will be watching the show, I’ll be posting all of my engineering contributions (schematics, source code, development notes, etc.) to the builds on my website here:

http://www.grandideastudio.com/prototype-this/

Hope you guys enjoy the shows!

Joe

By: macegr

macegr — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:01:18 +0000

I saw Joe’s name come through on an order for (to be unnamed) electronic gizmos, at work earlier this year (haha, I know the address of the secret warehouse). Anyway, I’ve been excited to see this show since they held auditions down at Techshop. I think they played around at Techshop for a while, getting the hang of things, before moving their own shop up to Treasure Island. The show has a pretty Mythbustery feel to it, though it’s really supposed to have a different goal. In Mythbusters, gadgets are tools that help prove or disprove “popular theories.” In Prototype This, the gadget itself is supposed to be the focus. Basically, it’s going to be Mythbusters minus the explosions, rushed science, and hot chicks. Just gadget-building.