Mythbusters vs. Brainiac

Estonia
March 11, 2010 3:17pm CST
Hey there, fellow myLotters! There is a question: Have you seen any of these shows and if so, which do you like more? For me it's hard to make a decision, because these two shows are both really good. Mythbusters approaches things in more scientific and "politically correct" way, the experiments they make are usually very precise, but still quite interesting too. There are many interesting stories and myths being tested there. Brainiac is going more entertaining way, they have some traditional experiments, like "Tickles' body" or "Will it glow or blow?" or "Things but very slowly" and so on. It's fun to watch these ones, as they are always conducted in a very stupid and hilarious way. That show is just filled with humor. But which one do you prefer? The more scientific or the more funny one?
3 responses
@freeboy90 (456)
• Italy
12 Mar 10
I like both shows, but I am pretty sure I prefer Mythbusters better. Brainiac can be entertaining but they usually do almost the same things over and over, they make explode about anything and so on, mythbusters instead make real and always different experiments from which you can always learn something new doing it always in a funny way so that the result will be wonderful for both adults and children. If they are both on at the same time my choice always goes to Mythbusters :)
• Estonia
12 Mar 10
Well, I agree. There are a number of constant experiments that are being done in every episode, the only thing that changes is the object or element used in the experiment. So from that point of view the Mythbusters will always be more versatile, because they bring up very different experiments in every episode. And of course you can learn an useful lesson from every experiment they conduct. Thanks for sharing, appreciate your answer!:)
• United States
12 Mar 10
out of bot of those t.v. shows i have only watched myth busters. i like to watch myth busters. it is very educational. i am sure brainiac is aswell. i am not sure what brainiac t.v. show is about but i am sure it is good aswell.
• Estonia
12 Mar 10
I agree, Mythbusters is very educational, because they explain everything they do there, so you can get the point of how the things are working in this world. Brainiac is not that much scientific, although they do test some stories too and do many different experiments. But you can also learn some new and interesting facts from Brainiac too! Thanks for answering, have a nice day!:)
• Netherlands
11 Feb 12
First I want to say that I like them both very much, I am looking very much to it on discovery channel on my television. Mythbusters is an older program than Brainiac is so they have more fans, because they exist longer. Mythbusters do test some really relevant things that can be really helpful or very informative. The idea behind Mythbusters is much more complex than the idea behind Brainiac. Mythbusters want to learn people something and want that they have fun looking it. Brainiac is more made to let people laugh and entertain, but this works also very good because everyone like it to see things blow up. But it is not very helpful in real life because the most people do not think by themselves what would happen if you throw natrium in water for example. Mythbusters is chancing a bit because now there are more people and they also want to entertain people more, by letting explode things after they have do the test on normal level. But the program is still very good. But it is hard to make a choose which program is better. But I think I like Brainiac more because they go more to the chemistry side and Mythbuster do more test with physics background. And I am always entertained by chemistry, because it is jsut cool how some explosings could happen by just throw 2 substances in one bottle. But still when i have a program thst i prefer is still watch to both, because i jsut like brainiac a bit more than mythbusters. I only hate it if they do not send out new episodes because when you see it the second time it is still cool, but the third time could be a bit boring. Thank you for this nice discussion, I had never thought about which program was better.