# Unchained Reaction **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665 "2012-03-24T02:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/1 "2012-03-24T02:42:55Z")
I can’t be the only one who saw this. Jaime Heineman and Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame, have a brand new series that is basically a Rube-Goldberg-machine-building-contest. Cool concept and a fun show. You can see it on Amazon Instant for free at [Watch Unchained Reaction Season 1 | Prime Video](http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-vs-Light/dp/B007MCQIPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332540627&sr=8-1) ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/2 "2012-03-24T02:44:52Z")
Cool concept. But since any one-week builds are by necessity pretty sloppy, the execution is not very exciting… At least for me. And the judging, of course, is extremely subjective. ---
**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/3 "2012-03-24T04:28:55Z")
I did find it interesting that they avoided the name Rube Goldberg completely. I am just old enough to remember Goldberg’s Sunday comic. This show isn’t as good, but the premiere was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/4 "2012-03-24T04:35:38Z")
The first episode was fun, and the premise is interesting. It’s sort of a problem that Adam and Jamie’s involvement is so peripheral. Their opinions are interesting, but the way they work together on projects is a big part of the appeal of MythBusters, and since MythBusters thankfully is not going away, it doesn’t look like Unchained Reaction will have that. I found myself wondering if there will be some kind of end-of-season championship where one team gets to compete against Adam and Jamie and company. I assume they’re not planning to do that, but I think they should. I expect to keep watching the show, but if Adam and Jamie took part in the builds, that would really be appointment TV. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/5 "2012-03-24T07:47:30Z")
[We had a thread about it last weekend.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=645589) ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unchained-reaction/616665/6 "2012-03-24T15:34:07Z")
I liked the brothers group that won, can there really be 5 brothers all that good at building and with such manly facial hair? They talked about working extensively in Hollywood, but in my rudimentary Googling, it seems the only thing I could find is that two of them build sets for CupCake Wars.