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MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?

us Offline Barry Rowland

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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #150 on: October 14, 2016, 08:59:40 AM
My son's as well.  Now he loves it!

quote author=rivercity link=topic=66614.msg1361893#msg1361893 date=1476410831]
On the original show back in the day there was an episode where MacGyver used an orange peeler to strip wires or something. I ran to the store the very next day and bought an Executive.

I liked the episode on the cruise ship, with his old Vietnam buddy.
The scene where he has to open the giant vials of acid to neutralize the bomb, was my inspiration for executive purchase......LOL
 :cheers:


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #151 on: October 14, 2016, 10:57:57 AM
maybe victorinox are now trolling / or perhaps trying to get their money's worth.

afterall, the first episode didnt have some tool name...and was named due to the formation of the phoenix foundation.
Can't wait till they get to Fish Scaler.    :P


I'm waiting for him to find a new use for the parcel hook....
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #152 on: October 14, 2016, 02:00:34 PM
maybe victorinox are now trolling / or perhaps trying to get their money's worth.

afterall, the first episode didnt have some tool name...and was named due to the formation of the phoenix foundation.
Can't wait till they get to Fish Scaler.    :P


I'm waiting for him to find a new use for the parcel hook....



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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #153 on: October 15, 2016, 01:16:31 AM
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #154 on: October 15, 2016, 04:08:43 AM
Suspension of disbelief is your friend...    :rofl:


"A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment".
-coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge


http://www.dictionary.com/browse/suspension-of-disbelief
Samuel Taylor Coleridge probably lived before HD-TV, where the brain filled the gap (pun intended)...

Yeah, I might have a problem doing that... especially if the guy on the telly is trying to give me advice on emergency surgery.

 :cheers: Being a Lit major, I'm intensively trained at avoiding reality in every aspect of life and writing metaphorically rich narratives about it on numerous job applications.    :D

Im just an ancient mariner, what do I know about that Samuel guy... :whistle:
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #155 on: October 15, 2016, 04:45:51 AM
Suspension of disbelief is your friend...    :rofl:


"A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment".
-coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge


http://www.dictionary.com...e/suspension-of-disbelief
Samuel Taylor Coleridge probably lived before HD-TV, where the brain filled the gap (pun intended)...

Yeah, I might have a problem doing that... especially if the guy on the telly is trying to give me advice on emergency surgery.

 :cheers: Being a Lit major, I'm intensively trained at avoiding reality in every aspect of life and writing metaphorically rich narratives about it on numerous job applications.    :D

Im just an ancient mariner, what do I know about that Samuel guy... :whistle:

I've watched four episodes now and Movie Physics runs amok throughout the show (so much I don't know where to begin). Quantity of Disbelief Suspension required is directly proportional to the quantity of Movie Physics used. More about Movie Physics can be found here:
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

Vics Vics everywhere
And all the scales did scratch
Vics Vics everywhere
Nor any Alox to snatch

I do think I spotted a Deluxe Tinker near the end when he deployed the pliers.

John
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #156 on: October 15, 2016, 07:28:34 AM
episode 4 has hope again.
at least they're not treating the viewers like idiots as i half expected them to paste 'baking soda' all over the screen at the start.

but i think this time they used 3 different SAKs in 1 scene all within a min of each other. 


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #157 on: October 15, 2016, 09:57:35 AM
episode 4 has hope again.
at least they're not treating the viewers like idiots as i half expected them to paste 'baking soda' all over the screen at the start.

but i think this time they used 3 different SAKs in 1 scene all within a min of each other.

I wasn't watching that closely until the pliers came out. Sometimes it's hard to tell, but it appears he's using a Spartan or Climber quite a bit as I keep seeing three layers from the end with back layer corkscrew. The corkscrew shows up all the time. In the original series, the Tinker was the most commonly used. I've noted different models showing up in the same show, which the original also did. The general viewing public wouldn't notice, or care.

Much of the stuff he creates is only half possible at best. The car battery arc welder cutting torch and the liter soda bottle gas mask are two prime examples. It's possible to create both and have them work, but with what they used, and how they used it, you'd never get there.

Nevertheless, it's been a fun watch and they're starting to get more meaningful character development with a larger background story arc with several subplots going to give it some depth.

John


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #158 on: October 15, 2016, 04:17:06 PM
episode 4 screenshots will be late as i've just came home from new volunteer educational seminars
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MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #159 on: October 15, 2016, 08:36:15 PM
Definitely a Deluxe Tinker used to turn cheget into a cheget-top




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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #160 on: October 15, 2016, 09:55:07 PM
i'm just glad he didn't use the knife blade as a scewdriver this time
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #161 on: October 15, 2016, 10:18:56 PM
I'm done with this awful show. I'll just rewatch the original instead.


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #162 on: October 15, 2016, 11:14:02 PM
Definitely a Deluxe Tinker used to turn cheget into a cheget-top

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He also pulls out the pliers from it and uses them, but don't recall if it was before or after this scene.


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #163 on: October 16, 2016, 06:07:11 AM
Definitely a Deluxe Tinker used to turn cheget into a cheget-top

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He also pulls out the pliers from it and uses them, but don't recall if it was before or after this scene.
After this scene... I think its the part where Mac was fashioning a solution for broken cheget keyboard


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #164 on: October 16, 2016, 06:07:41 AM
i'm just glad he didn't use the knife blade as a scewdriver this time
Agree...


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #165 on: October 16, 2016, 06:09:04 AM
Don't recall too many scenes in this episode where he pulls out his SAK... And I think he uses only 1 SAK in this episode...


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #166 on: October 16, 2016, 07:45:36 AM
between the 2 shots of him using the 4-layer with backside philips, which has been deduced as the deluxe tinker...
he also used what looked like a 2 layer with backside corkscrew, while using the can opener driver...so spartan? compact?





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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #167 on: October 16, 2016, 07:54:18 AM
Didn't notice that... too focused on the backside phillips


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #168 on: October 16, 2016, 04:54:55 PM
between the 2 shots of him using the 4-layer with backside philips, which has been deduced as the deluxe tinker...
he also used what looked like a 2 layer with backside corkscrew, while using the can opener driver...so spartan? compact?

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I'd bet Spartan as I've seen that used numerous times in the first four programs. A Compact has the combo opener. My thought is they're providing him with the mainstream lineup: Tinker, Super Tinker, Deluxe Tinker and Spartan. Maybe we might eventually see a wood saw used from a Huntsman or magnifier used from an Explorer (IMHO less likely than saw).

John


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #169 on: October 16, 2016, 04:59:43 PM
How about a forest scene where they need to start a fire... woodsaw for striking ferro rods or magnifying glass to burn leaves...


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #170 on: October 16, 2016, 05:43:27 PM
this is just painful to watch
Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #171 on: October 17, 2016, 09:07:22 AM
I think they switch the knife on purpose... so you nerds can try to figure them all out :D
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #172 on: October 17, 2016, 09:08:48 AM
I'm done with this awful show. I'll just rewatch the original instead.
Yeah, I give it one more episode...

Then I go re-watch Burn Notice (the old Mac is a bit too outdated for me) and at least the initial seasons of Burn Notice have definitively a Mac-vibe.
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #173 on: October 17, 2016, 10:55:41 AM
I've got seasons 1-4 of the old series on DVD.  I have to say I'm sticking with them but I'm glad to see the SAK variety so far on the new series. Considering you could count on one hand the number of times the original Mac used a 4 layer its nice to see a Deluxe Tinker in the rotation.
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #174 on: October 17, 2016, 11:31:00 AM
I'm done with this awful show. I'll just rewatch the original instead.
Yeah, I give it one more episode...

Then I go re-watch Burn Notice (the old Mac is a bit too outdated for me) and at least the initial seasons of Burn Notice have definitively a Mac-vibe.

took the words right out of my mouth
Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

"And now, it's time to hand this over to our tame race axe driver. Some say, he can live in the forest for six months at a time without food, and he knows of a secret tribe of only women where he is their God. All we know is, he's call the Styx!" - TazzieRob


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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #175 on: October 17, 2016, 01:06:57 PM
I think they switch the knife on purpose... so you nerds can try to figure them all out :D
A real mind blower would be using a discontinued model like a Champion, or a Woodsman, or perhaps a special collectors' build like a Swiss Bianco Yeoman-Mechanic.

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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #176 on: October 17, 2016, 01:56:01 PM
I think they switch the knife on purpose... so you nerds can try to figure them all out :D
A real mind blower would be using a discontinued model like a Champion, or a Woodsman, or perhaps a special collectors' build like a Swiss Bianco Yeoman-Mechanic.

John

if this new McGyver were a alox using dudette  8)
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #177 on: October 17, 2016, 07:13:55 PM
I'd bet Spartan as I've seen that used numerous times in the first four programs. A Compact has the combo opener. My thought is they're providing him with the mainstream lineup: Tinker, Super Tinker, Deluxe Tinker and Spartan. Maybe we might eventually see a wood saw used from a Huntsman or magnifier used from an Explorer (IMHO less likely than saw).

John

He did use a wood saw in ep.2.
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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #178 on: October 17, 2016, 08:14:26 PM
I remember the guy that played the Russian scientist from the original series!  He was in that one too!  :)  Remember him?




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Re: MacGyver 2016 TV Series - Which SAK?
Reply #179 on: October 18, 2016, 02:57:57 PM

He did use a wood saw in ep.2.

I missed that on the way through. I was playing catchup watching it on CBS.com using a small laptop, which isn't ideal for spotting details. The flash player used on their web site isn't designed for pause and replay. That episode had me rolling my eyes at some of the disbelief suspension required. The example that immediately comes to mind is the fire MacGyver starts in the Venezuelan bar. I've got the TiVo set to pick up 1-3 when they're run again.

Maybe he'll eventually use a red Pioneer X and a Harvester!  ;)


John


 

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