Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

GazerRise Fantastic!

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

godzmovn-22641 Great show! Not just in what they create, but shows the forgers' characters and dedication.

ktteraji A very entertaining scripted show. it feels very scripted because the contestants have a side interview with a comment on things that happens as it happens. it feels fake. it's actually very irritating when a voice over repeats the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over again. the downfall of a credible show. Forged in fire is fake but non the less still very entertaining. i would like to see Bushcraft knives. all the challenges involve making extremely limited useless knives in the real world. every knife requirement at the start of every show involves weapons and not hunting or camping knives.

green_bike Crafts are having a moment and Tv channels have finally wisened up to their potential as reality-tv concepts. As someone who knows nothing about smithing, this show is fascinating. Unlike too much Tv around, there is little to no emphasis on the candidates' backgrounds and interactions, which is pleasent and allows more focus on the smithing itself. Every concept or technique is explained, and we can follow along nicely. My only critiques would be regarding the judges, especially Doug Marcaida. He is dubbed a martial arts expert. That is very vague, what martial art? For how long? Where? To what level? All he does is make slashing motions when testing a blade, and grin when estimating whether or not a blade could kill.Which brings be to my second critique. Like a lot of shows on the History channel, this is geared towards people with less formal education, and pretty specifically the white alt-right working class. The presenter is an ex-army guy with what passes for good looks, a lot of contestants fit the "neckbeard" stereotype and seem very proud of how much damage their work can do as opposed to their level of skill. The tests often involve realistic dummies that are designed to be gored realistically to everyone's joy. Is it necessary? Do many of us fight hordes of attackers in backalleys? A lot of the contestants seem to give little thought as to how their work is used and how they are promoting their profession, they prefer the machismo of bragging about belonging to the isreali forces, or how Conan the Barbarian, a cartoon character, inspires their work.Still it is a great introduction to an ancient craft and maybe could inspire some to look it up further.

CherryBlossomBoy "Forged in Fire" is a show that features real blacksmiths and a really contrived competition between them. Obviously, you can make a reality show type competition out of anything and blacksmithing is no exception. The only interesting part is the actual craft, the whole process that goes into the making of iron artifacts, but it's not shown in enough depth. As usual the producers are more interested in the backstories of the contestants as well as the scripted banter and lame wisecracks between them.At times the jury seems to be taking the mickey out of the poor, and obviously skilled, competitors. I don't know or care who or what the members are, but their input doesn't give them away as overly qualified. It seems just anybody could've sat there at the jury desk and talk rubbish. The host is Wil Willis, the man with the perfect hair and overly pronounced mouth. And I don't know which of the two is more irritating. I remember him from another show where he got the chance to show off with all kinds of weaponry. Here he serves mostly as a houseplant.The most important thing about this show is that it's yet another in the myriad of shows aired on History Channel that has virtually nothing to do with history. Yes, they get tasked to make historical cold weaponry, such as swords and knives. Mostly swords and knives, in fact. But the time to complete them is way too short and the means allocated are a joke (parts of cables and ball bearings) so, naturally, the artifacts will be just makeshift instead of made properly. Anyone hoping to see, say, a Viking sword made in the way they have been made historically will be sorely disappointed. The end result will usually be lame, such as swords bending at the first impact and stuff like that. Maybe the point is to make the candidates look stupid, I don't know.But I do know that "stupid" is what the network should rename itself to altogether, because it sits pretty with the quality of the programming. And it has a nice ring to it. "Stupid Channel". It might even increase ratings. That's all those people care about anyway.