[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Doomsday castle? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/2/2013 8:01:58 AM EDT
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Has anyone seen the commercial for this.... "TV show" Its about a family who is building a castle out of cement blocks complete with a catapult.
Not to be negative but wwwwtttfffffffff 
Link to the nat geo site Doomsday Castle |
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Quoted: A fixed fortification in the face of a determined adversary is nothing more than a well built grave.  . Not to mention how its built, how thick the walls, general layout, etc... OPSEC FAIL! |
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points:
1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't. |
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Quoted: Another retarded circus produced by some putz out of film school.... Hot babes to lure the idiot masses, etc. STANDARD REALITY SHOW FORMULA.  |
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Quoted: They were on Doomsday Preppers and got their own show....Fail  When I saw them on Doomsday Preppers, I actually mentioned to my gf that they could make a spinoff show with these folks as they posses the perfect combination of hot chicks, and bug-eyed crazy  I should be producing TV shows... Speed |
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Castles have been militarily obsolete ever since Charles V invaded northern Italy with cannon in 1494.
Good for keeping out an unruly mob of starving people, yes. Good for opposing an even half-assed modern military force, not a chance. Look around the world at even the most backward Third World countries--are castles a significant factor in their military readiness? Tunnels, bunkers, barbed wire, trenches--and all supported with artillery of their own. |
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Another retarded circus produced by some putz out of film school.... Hot babes to lure the idiot masses, etc. STANDARD REALITY SHOW FORMULA. +1 THIS Mean ass dad, dumbass sons, hot daughters...a total waste of useful information...what a dismal commentary on the average tv watcher's IQ. |
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a fixed fortification can have it's uses, especially if this guy is right and an EMP strike is going to bring about the end of modernity.
We're seeing some good attempts at revisionist history here when it comes to fortified buildings and military utility though. The US has built plenty of fortified sites throughout our history and they have generally been pretty useful, depending on the purpose, from the civil war all the way up to and including the war in Iraq. If hardening buildings serves no purpose, someone needs to tell the military to stop using fucktons of concrete and steel when it builds stuff in hostile territory. Personally, when I was an 0311 I liked the idea of being in a steel reinforced concrete building...if you military geniuses would prefer classical Japanese wood and paper buildings to hang out in while a rocket or mortar attack is under way, knock yourselves out! |
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LOL at everyone taking this seriously. Anyone who would watch this for ideas is probably batshit . Or incredibly stupid. But damn, I would be entertained seeing hot daughters in tank tops and skimpy shorts shooting guns. If you;re a man and that does nothing for you... Talk to your doctor, thay have medication for that nowadays.
I'd probably flip from Survivorman to this just so my wife and I could laugh at it. ENTERTAINMENT. Don't take it seriously. |
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points: 1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't.
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a fixed fortification can have it's uses, especially if this guy is right and an EMP strike is going to bring about the end of modernity. We're seeing some good attempts at revisionist history here when it comes to fortified buildings and military utility though. The US has built plenty of fortified sites throughout our history and they have generally been pretty useful, depending on the purpose, from the civil war all the way up to and including the war in Iraq. If hardening buildings serves no purpose, someone needs to tell the military to stop using fucktons of concrete and steel when it builds stuff in hostile territory. Personally, when I was an 0311 I liked the idea of being in a steel reinforced concrete building...if you military geniuses would prefer classical Japanese wood and paper buildings to hang out in while a rocket or mortar attack is under way, knock yourselves out! That "castle" isn't a hardened military structure. Its a huge cube made out of cement block and has giant windows. I doubt that thing could stand up to a single gun truck let alone a rocket or mortar attack. Not to mention its "defenders" aren't trained military personal. That makes it a target/grave |
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points: 1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/exposure/content/photo/photo/1621162_lindsey3_terik5mcfxsw2y7cewtrbeqwtpncurxrbvj6lwuht2ya6mzmafma_950x712.jpg She will be pitching a proactive commercial by mid season... |
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Another ridiculous POS show designed to do nothing but make anyone who believes in prepping, owning guns or being self sufficient look like a raving lunatic. Just another tool in the liberal leftist agenda's toolbox to divide and conquer America. Tinfoil? 
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points: 1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/exposure/content/photo/photo/1621162_lindsey3_terik5mcfxsw2y7cewtrbeqwtpncurxrbvj6lwuht2ya6mzmafma_950x712.jpg What? I would tie her up in the dungeon and do unspeakable things to her. The castle has a dungeon right? Dad needs someone who is not a fool around anyways. I think the original Doomsday Preppers episode he was trying to figure out who would keep his dream alive when he is dead. Plus his other daughters are the hot ones.
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then i figured she was serious. 
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If I had the money and motive, I'd buy at least 1,000 acres and situate the castle on a 'motte" inside a woods, behind a Vauban star berm so that only the 2nd or 3rd stories look over the berm (i.e. towers). The barns and working farm home(s) would be outside in the "bailey" - that are also behind a berm and fossa ditch or 'ha ha'.
That way it escapes the casual glance - you either know it's there or you think it's just another wood. Either you put a castle in a key strategic cross roads to be what they were originally made for - control of that territory - or you build in the boondocks for the purpose of a redoubt. |
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points: 1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/exposure/content/photo/photo/1621162_lindsey3_terik5mcfxsw2y7cewtrbeqwtpncurxrbvj6lwuht2ya6mzmafma_950x712.jpg She will be pitching a proactive commercial by mid season... probably, either way that's a clear example of why everyone should include paper bags in their preps
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Quoted:That "castle" isn't a hardened military structure. Its a huge cube made out of cement block and has giant windows. I doubt that thing could stand up to a single gun truck let alone a rocket or mortar attack. Not to mention its "defenders" aren't trained military personal. That makes it a target/grave It's certainly not optimal, and I wasn't really commenting on this structure specifically. The fact remains that many many people, even here in the vaunted arfcom survival subforum, have plans to bug-in in much weaker / more flammable stick built houses in response to some scenarios...or to bug out / hide in the bushes in a nylon tent...so it's not like being holed up in a good-sized concrete-block structure is a totally moronic plan. It's pretty clear that not 1 in 1000 people in this country are prepared for much of anything, let alone storing a gun truck or anti tank rockets in their garage to be used in SHTF to take out concrete block prepper houses. If the military or gestapo-like cop units are functional after the specific SHTF then sure, these guys block house wouldn't stand up to that kind of abuse.....but neither will 99.999999% of the buildings people here plan to hold up in either...so I'm not 100% sure what the basis for criticism is. Even if you have bought one of those sweet ICBM silos to be your shelter, and they are about as impregnable as anything, it's not safe from gestapo/military units. But who's to say that that's the threat you'll be facing? wandering bands of club-wielding thugs might be the worst threat you ever face in SHTF and, if so, a concrete block house could be a reasonable fortification. Block walls can be pretty strong if done correctly. Lots of rebar, good fill, bed-liner coatings on the exterior and/or armor plating etc can augment them pretty dang well. They aren't an unreasonable building material for something like this. |
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Anyone having no military experience and thinking any kind of residential structure can protect them should watch a movie called "Four Brothers"....skip to the end where the bad guys come to Mark Wahlberg's house and start mowing it away with automatic fire from .223 and .308 based weapons ---- while yes this is a movie...that particular scene portrays a realistic representation of how well brick and wood hold up against military-grade weapons....and it ain't pretty.
Unless those blocks are heavily rebar-d and filled with earth or cement, it wouldn't hold against a truck ramming it, bullets hitting it....or a very heavy wind. Just sayin.....if you have to fight, there is no place to hide in a residential structure...all it does is restrict your movement and cover your movement from the enemy. |
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What? I would tie her up in the dungeon and do unspeakable things to her. The castle has a dungeon right? Dad needs someone who is not a fool around anyways. I think the original Doomsday Preppers episode he was trying to figure out who would keep his dream alive when he is dead. Plus his other daughters are the hot ones. Quoted:
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Looks pretty stupid. But in their defense, 2 points: 1) I'd love to live in a castle. 2) The daughters are all hot. I have to admit that while the show probably does us all a disservice and makes us look crazy, I'd probably watch it just for the entertainment value. If I watched TV, that is, which I don't.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/exposure/content/photo/photo/1621162_lindsey3_terik5mcfxsw2y7cewtrbeqwtpncurxrbvj6lwuht2ya6mzmafma_950x712.jpg What? I would tie her up in the dungeon and do unspeakable things to her. The castle has a dungeon right? Dad needs someone who is not a fool around anyways. I think the original Doomsday Preppers episode he was trying to figure out who would keep his dream alive when he is dead. Plus his other daughters are the hot ones. Watching that episode I got the feeling he didn't have anymore money to build it, the place looked like nothing was done for a long time. IIRC he said he is in real estate / building, did he start this place when he was flush with cash |
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Ignoring the Doomsday prepper hype, and complete lack of OPSEC, that's pretty cool. If I had some land I'd love to have a modern day castle. Talk about man cave!
Cinder block doesn't seem like the best building material though, considering how 7.62x39 will chew it right up. |
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I'm one of them. I'd trade a case of C rations for the girls.  I agree, the girls are decently built and the low cut tops help. But the rest of the show is a complete joke. They are morons to start out with and the way the father tries to "teach" by shouting and scaring is NOT the way to go! That's enough to make a kid/family lose interest real fast! I watched a half of an episode and couldn't take anymore. -Emt1581 |
Said he had spent over one million dollars on his castle. UUUHHH!!!!! WHERE did he spend the money? Just a bunch of cinder blocks stacked like a Lego castle. I realize he has a bunker but dang, ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Come on man, really? And that oldest son of his, what a moron.
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Said he had spent over one million dollars on his castle. UUUHHH!!!!! WHERE did he spend the money? Just a bunch of cinder blocks stacked like a Lego castle. I realize he has a bunker but dang, ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Come on man, really? And that oldest son of his, what a moron. Exactly what I was thinking. The main item I was thinking about is why is this place not dried in completely by now?
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| I was thinking the same things you guys were about the block holding up to gun fire. I believe in the first episode I caught him say that it was concrete and rebar reinforced blocks that make up his wall. I agree they're all nuts and watching them last week in a paintball battle get massacred was hilarious. |
| I was kinda half-ass watching Doomsday Preppers and then the Castle show came on. Having sat through the first episode hoping, praying for an informative show and having my heart broken (not really -- it was about what I expected), I told my husband when he asked what is this show that it was a show about dumbasses but he might want to watch for the boobage. He said yeah and lasted about five minutes. Even the boobs were not worth that idiocy. |