by "functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
Published 03/20/2017 at 22:09
by "functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
Published 03/20/2017 at 22:09
Tags: project binky
STARS: 8
I watched the first episode a few months ago at a time of year where I have to decide between sleep and having any free time to do anything for myself. So I went “eh” and forgot about it. Maybe it was the simplistic format? Maybe I just really wanted to sleep instead of doing literally anything?
Recently I decided to try watching again with a better mind set (and some free time) and
wow
. This project is just incredible to watch come together. I can’t f**king STAND stupid “reality” shows about car restoration or anything of the sort. They’re broken down like this:
30 minute time slot
20 minutes of actual show-on-air time
10 minutes of soul-sucking commercials
8 minutes of banter/arguments/drama between characters on the show
5 minutes of they only have x days / hours / seconds left to get this done. Will they make it??
5 minutes of replaying what happened just before the break
2 minutes of actual car building content, most of which is hacked together anyway because
arbitrary deadline!!!
By contrast, Project Binky is more like this:
It’s youtube, so the episodes are... 15-20 minutes? Whatever
13-18 minutes of actual building things, correctly, with explanations and incredible thoroughness and detail
45 seconds of using an angle grinder
45 seconds of welding
2 minutes of drinking tea and “thinking”
plenty of British humour
I’m only on episode 7 (?) but man, where have I been. It’s so satisfying to watch.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/20/2017 at 22:34, STARS: 4
You forgot the 3 seconds set aside for the level to “Make The Noise”.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/20/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 1
I didn’t start watching until (I think it was ep 13 or 14). I’m glad I took the time to watch the rest and get caught up.
"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
03/20/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 3
I showed my wife the show two nights ago and described it as therapeutic how thorough they were.
"Spoon II" (Spoon_II)
03/20/2017 at 23:47, STARS: 1
Yes, the incredible thoroughness is what I love about it too! That fact that they build it well just for the sake of building it well makes me very content
"Svend" (svend)
03/21/2017 at 00:30, STARS: 1
As a kid who had a Trekkie step-father who had a friend that had U.S. satellite TV, who’d record all the Star Trek Next Generation episodes before they came out on U.K. it was very frustrating having the start sequence, then two minutes of the programme with credits over the top of ‘starring ....., and ......., etc...’, then four minutes of show, then a three of four minutes of adverts, then back to the programme which played two minutes of what happened before the break, then four more minutes then another break.
Where you’d have two advert breaks in a 24 minute TV programme played over the half hour on U.K. TV, it seemed like five long advert breaks for 28 minute TV programme over the whole hour (well 54-55 minutes as they’d play adverts for what’s coming up next and after that).
I can remember sitting watching and thinking, ‘how short is the average Americans attention span that they need such small bits of TV re-capped for the next bit’.
Hell, I’d watch a British TV soap drama (Coronation Street, EastEnders, etc...) before I watched U.S. TV again. Life’s too short.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
03/21/2017 at 03:09, STARS: 0
the only problem is the time between episodes
"CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)" (ccpbb)
03/21/2017 at 06:16, STARS: 1
Project Binky.
I love their fabricating skills..it’s addictive.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/21/2017 at 07:14, STARS: 0
I’m still catching up so I haven’t run into that yet. Soon I’m sure
"THShorn92 - Left his car in America" (thshorn92)
03/21/2017 at 07:57, STARS: 1
Just started watching thanks to this post....Holy crap.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/21/2017 at 09:06, STARS: 1
Yeah. It’s like, every little teeny problem, what is the absolute best possible way to solve it? Done. Without the agony of actually watching the entire process. “Oh look! We’ll use this piece right here that we just fabricated.”
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/21/2017 at 09:07, STARS: 0
I kind of want one of those now.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/21/2017 at 09:08, STARS: 1
Watching US TV was all over for me when I was able to download things like the Simpsons, without commercials, starting in college. I remember thinking, wait. This is only 20 minutes? WTF.
The only thing I watch live on TV now is sports, because you kinda have to.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/21/2017 at 09:09, STARS: 0
Totally agree; in a time in my life where I can’t really devote time to making anything perfect - or forget perfect, I can’t even keep a lot of things up to my own standards - this is totally therapeutic.
"THShorn92 - Left his car in America" (thshorn92)
03/21/2017 at 09:15, STARS: 1
The fabrication work is just magical. I can’t fabricate anyway but I could only dream of having a skill set like that. And the toys. All the toys.
"Svend" (svend)
03/21/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 0
I don’t know how anyone can watch TV with so many adverts and re-caps in one hour never mind a whole day.
Sounds like you made the right choice. If just to save you from going insane.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/21/2017 at 10:01, STARS: 1
I wonder if they have branded ones in their store..... because they should.