Great show. As "crude" as this show is for mocking the dead, it still shows you how many ways there is to die, and how easy it could happen. It doesnt really teach you how to prevent these deaths from happening, but it still gives you a slight heads up.
Though it is not age appropriate for kids under 13 at least, it is educational. It shows you what the body can take and what it can't take. Some of the ways to die is really idiotic, so that would show others who have an idea of doing it not to do it. Like for instance, I just watched an episode of a guy that go killed while ghost riding. Also things that didn't seem dangerous actually is. Like the game Chubby Bunny. After I watched it, I was extra careful the next time I played it. Also, using an unloaded gun can kill you. I'm sure that alot of people didn't know that. All other things we can learn from this show, like rare diseases and disorders and allergic reactions. It's sometimes extremely gory and you cringe almost every episode, but in the end it's educational.
I love the show. But come on be honest, it is definetly not age appropriate and it really depends on the maturity of the kid. I think 12-13 would be okay, once again depending on maturity. Im 18 so I dont have a problem but I certainly wouldn't let a kid or if i had kids watch it under the age of around 13. These days most kids no about sex and drugs at a young age, if this just showed those death then yeh it would be easier to let them watch but it doesnt, if shows other deaths and although its somewhat educational, it simply has alot to do with ppl having no common sense or being plain stupid, or the fact that they have the worst luck in the world...I do believe that they should maybe say something for the ppl who died coz well they died and most had a family and were loved and now missed, so yeh as it is slightly comedic throughout the show they should respect the dead aswell. Anyways I still love it, im sure it makes alot of ppl change their ways. E.g for me, i chucked out the rusted shavers as one woman used one, cut herself with it and got a massive infection and died. Defo learnt my lesson from her..!
Upon hearing the title of the show, some people may think that it is filled with scenes that are gruesome and gory. Actually the show is not gruesome or gory at all. Its interesting stories of people dying in the most bizarre ways are attention grabbing and it keeps me asking questions even during some of the commercial breaks. 1000 Ways to Die is a good show that can teach people to use common sense and always expect the unexpected in the most simple of situations because anything can go wrong.
It's too violent and they show some blood that will freak out my children. One story had a man who drunk drive, vomited and got his head chopped off by a mailbox.
Creepy, morbid show. Some of the scenes are just a tad overdone. I'd compare this to a Final Destination type mini series. Some aspects are educational (from a medical perspective), but it is very heavy on the gore. Each kid is different, but if dying makes your child sad, this show should be skipped.
I love the show personally, and parents and kids can learn things from it. Not to be stupid. You want your kid not to do drugs? Well a recent episode showed a guy snorting cocaine and die, if he hadn't been doing the coke, he would not have died.
The second worst show on Earth, alongside South Park, including Superjail.
The show itself is extremly stupid and sadistic. I thought it looked intresting so i decided to watch an episode. Worse show on Spike, Ever! The reainaments of the death have poor acting and even worse effects, and the way they die isn't even that inresting. Yes, there are some really gory images. Worse the unseen narrator is just as sadistic as the entire series itself. The show, 1000 Ways to Die” don’t really seem to be trying to fool anyone: The tone is tongue-in-cheek, the acting in the reenactments is over-the-top, and one can almost hear the narrator leering over every salacious detail.
Remarkably, all of the people who die in these supposedly true stories have it coming to them, in the way that teenagers who have sex in horror movies always die immediately afterward. A construction worker who is cut in two by a rope while goofing around has been smoking marijuana; a woman who chokes to death on edible panties has been doing something you readers will have to imagine yourself.
In a switcheroo, one segment starts with a drunken teen pool party, but the kid who is killed by a meteor has been trying to get the partiers to join his prayer group. “Stan was a speed bump in the cosmic flow,” the narrator says. “So the cosmos sent a hit man.”
So much for the show’s concern for the deceased or their surviving friends and relatives. The writing seems to be deliberately bad, but it fails to be so bad that it’s good.
As befits a show aimed at eternal adolescents, the show amps up the gross-out factor. When the visuals aren’t disgusting enough, medical experts appear on camera to add details: A gastroenterologist tells us that when that unlucky construction worker split in two, fecal matter from his internal organs would likely have been splattered about.
At this point, one starts to look for a small-print disclaimer saying that the whole thing is an elaborate postmodern parody of junk television. But it doesn’t really matter. Whether parody or the real thing, “1000 Ways to Die” is just plain bad.
If I had my way, my son wouldn't watch this but because his father is worried about alienating him from other children his age who are allowed to watch pretty much whatever they want, he's allowed to. I'm sure this show is funny and all, but not appropriate for a twelve-year-old boy (in my opinion). However, I really do tend to be quite conservative in these matters so perhaps my opinion isn't in line with the times.
Not everything you see on 1000 ways to die is true!
I like the show sometimes, but i know for a fact that the one episode talking about a woman's breast implants exploding on an airplan is fake. Mythbusters did a complete experiment based on that viral internet story. There researchers couldn't find any reliable verification of the incident and there tests showed it wouldn't happen. So don't believe everything you see on this show.
My daughter is now into daredevil stunts. She risked her life, but she's still alive. She also jumped off a trampoline with a perfect landing. There are other ways to risk lives, and this shows pretty good examples. Expect violence from a hobby.
The way in which some deaths are portrayed is not appropiate for young eyes. Most of the episodes put blame on the victims themselves in an insensitive way for causing their own deaths. Many of these episodes make it appear that these victims deserved to die, which is not alright.
This is a show that can potentially give nightmares to some young viewers. This show should be treated as if it were a rated off movie- no kids!
Any parents considering allowing their kids to watch the show should do so with caution. They themselves should watch a few episodes of the show and determine for themselves whether or not they would like their kids to be watching this.