Shark Week

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Worst Shark week ever.

[jmart]

I agree. I swear the Louisiana shark episode has been on every day. Blech.

[kostgard]

Pretty much.

Especially after the fake megalodon documentary.

I get their whole "It's all in good fun, and hey! We told viewers it was fake!" argument, but I think I understand the people who are pissed off more. Discovery has moved away from educational stuff to reality BS, which has pissed off people. Stuff like "Searching for Sasquatch" and "Ancient Aliens" air constantly on Animal Planet and the History channel, both channels that used air educational stuff (and lets not even get into how TLC used to stand for "The Learning Channel"). Not to mention we currently live in an environment where a good chunk of the population (and a number of politicians, and one very popular "news" channel) attacks science and treats like some liberal, evil agenda, instead of, you know - facts.

But none of it is surprising. Discovery's current number one show is "Naked and Afraid" where they send two people out into the bush without clothes and put them in survival situations and it's not about education, and just more reality show bullshit. Not surprising, just depressing.

[Shanmac]

The Megalodon "documentary" was annoying, but I did enjoy "Great White Serial Killer" tonight. I don't like to see them playing up the idea of sharks purposely hunting humans, but I thought it was really well done and interesting -- and kind of eerie how the two surfers were killed in the same place on almost the same date. No way in hell you'd get me in that water.

I had never seen "Anatomy of a Shark Bite" (how that is possible, I do not know), so I finally caught that today too, and that was great.

But oh god, Tara Reid on "Shark After Dark" ... so bad. I'm still cringing.

[sardonictart]

One thing I miss about living in the USA is Shark Week. I have to track down Shark Serial Killer now.

[lea1977]

I had to roll my eyes when referring to a shark as a serial killer. The shark is only doing what nature intending it to do. EAT! I feel badly for those two men that died but it would seem that signs posted on the beaches stating that sharks are in the area are being ignored. I did like the episode about tagging and tracking a great white off of Cape Cod. Especially when shark starts making its way towards a beach, then sort of swims off in another direction abruptly and the guy says something like "I wonder how often that happens in a day"? I think people would be surprised how close a shark has come to them and they don't even know it.

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NatGeo Wild is having Shark Fest. Better shows. I miss Sharkmen/Shark Wranglers.

[Neurochick]

I had never seen "Anatomy of a Shark Bite" (how that is possible, I do not know), so I finally caught that today too, and that was great.

That was very good, I have to say I enjoyed it, though enjoyed might be the wrong word.

Discovery's current number one show is "Naked and Afraid" where they send two people out into the bush without clothes and put them in survival situations and it's not about education, and just more reality show bullshit. Not surprising, just depressing.

Actually Naked and Afraid is very interesting because it really shows how well or how not well people can work together when survival is at stake; how do people react when they are completely vulnerable. Sure some of it may be staged, but the feelings and emotions are real. In most of the shows, the woman was the one who knew more about survival but on the last one, it was the man, however he constantly wanted to quit when things didn't go his way; the woman was the one who kept his spirits up.

[sardonictart]

I succumbed and bought the season pass. I just couldn't take another missed Shark Week.

[Deleted]

What no love anymore?