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Special Features
- 14 episodes on four discs
- Additional footage
- Note: the original broadcast music has been replaced for DVD release
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If you've ever wanted to know the difference between a yarder and a yoader, Ax Men - The Complete Season One is for you! This 14-episode History Channel series follows the struggles of four logging companies working in the depths of the Oregon forests. The camera lovingly films gigantic machines lifting and yanking at enormous trees. The loggers themselves are full of salty language and roughneck machismo as they topple trees (the hearty voiceover declares that one logger "handles a chainsaw like a pool cue"). Unfortunately, the show drowns in hype. Trees aren't lumber, they're "green gold." Every setback could destroy the livelihood of everyone involved. No one would deny that logging is dangerous labor, but Ax Men hammers at this relentlessly, proclaiming every possible accident a severe threat to life and limb. After the tenth or 20th or 50th reminder, you suspect the producers are ghoulishly eager for someone to be maimed or mangled. It's too bad, because if the show had focused on the men and actually delved into their lives--instead of just making them look like one-dimensional jerks or heroes--their trials with storms, equipment failure, and human error could have become compelling. Instead, Ax Men shows the same footage of trees falling over and over (or maybe each shot is different; who can tell? How many different ways can a tree fall?), trying to squeeze a visual spectacle out of it. It's an insult to everyone involved. --Bret Fetzer
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Explore the past and present of the rough-and-tumble logging industry in the first ever nonfiction series about the treacherous life of Pacific Northwest timber cutters, AX MEN.
For more than a hundred years, larger-than-life characters, many of whom are members of logging families that go back to the time when the West was being settled, have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. Snapped cables, runaway logs and treacherous machinery are among the many dangers that threaten their lives and safety today. Follow four logging crews through a season in the remote forests of northwest Oregon and see how, plagued by mechanical failures, relentless weather and violent and unpredictable terrain, these men risk their lives every day in a constant struggle of man versus nature.
DISC 1: Man vs. Mountain / Risk and Reward / Storm Season Strikes / The Big Hit
DISC 2: Market Meltdown / Reversal of Fortune / The Close Call / Loggers Under Fire
DISC 3: A Logger s Thanksgiving / Black Friday / Storm of the Century
DISC 4: The Toughest Season / Picking Up The Pieces / The Final Haul
Special Features
- Additional Footage
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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Let me put it this way - my wife has been asking me if she can watch it!! The show is great, as are the DVDs. Beyond the cool machines and the near death experiences, this awesome testosterone fest manages to draw the viewers into the lives of the people in the stories. By the end of the series it is hard not to feel connected with them. Whether or not you are familiar with the industry, you will definitely be entertained by the "colorful" cast. If you are a lumberjack you'll swear you've worked with these guys, or you have worked with someone just like them. If you are not familiar with logging, this is a great introduction. It doesn't get over-technical. You will come away with an appreciation of process as well as the people involved.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ax Men: logging in northwestern Oregon,
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This 4-disk set follows several logging companies working in northwestern Oregon. There are 14 episodes plus a bonus feature. The loggers are tough, profane folks, so there's a lot of bleeped out dialog. But their day to day operations and methods are very interesting. And dangerous. The possibility of losing hands, arms, legs or your life is high. It's interesting, informative, and entertaining. I really enjoyed it.
2.0 out of 5 stars
kinda boring,
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living in the back woods of maine, i'm familar with logging, so i thought this show would be good. sorry, but i find it boring to watch them haul load after load of logs up a hill.i really enjoy extreme catch. and ice road truckers. ax men is a bit too slow for me.
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