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I'm going to throw in a little Animal Planet action here. I'm watching the new season of Meerkat Manor (subtitled "The Next Generation") and I really don't like Stockard Channing as the narrator. She's reading the script with all the emotion of someone reciting a telephone book. Bring back Sean Astin, drat you! 
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Anyone looking for some great HD content should check out episode 4 of When We Left Earth, "The Explorers". There's some really high quality footage from the latter lunar missions and Skylab. It's really impressive and awe inspiring. The Apollo 16 stuff with the lunar rover was especially cool.
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Jun 18, 2008 06:00
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The Lunar rover looked really really fun and man I wish I could use one of those some day
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Jun 18, 2008 06:02
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I swear the Science Channel said they weren't going to air Cosmos anymore after the marathon last Sunday, but it's on again today. Did they decide to keep airing it, or did I just hear wrong? I really hope they do keep airing it, my life just isn't the same without the dulcet tones of Carl Sagan's voice to soothe me.
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Jun 25, 2008 07:31
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FYI - Shark Week starts this Sunday at 9pm. The Mythbusters are doing another shark show, and it looks like Les Stroud is doing a show called "Surviving Sharks". There's a Shark Week themed Dirty Jobs, and a show called "How not to be shark bait" that will be hosted by Yul from Survivor. The episode guide is here: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/episode-guide/episode-guide.html And remember kids, live every week like it's Shark Week
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Jul 24, 2008 01:12
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LordOfThePants posted:and a show called "How not to be shark bait" that will be hosted by Yul from Survivor. They should have gotten Tom. Anyone who knows why that is also watches too much dumb reality tv.
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Jul 24, 2008 01:21
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Am I the only person alive who has absolutely zero interest in sharks?  Edit: Or crab fishing, apparently. I'm very antisocial or something 
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Jul 24, 2008 01:27
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Martytoof posted:Am I the only person alive who has absolutely zero interest in sharks? You also hate christmas and kittens too, right? It was entertaining to see a TDK audience cheer when the shark week promo came on in the theater.
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Ape Agitator posted:You also hate christmas and kittens too, right? I'm a dog person  But Christmas  gently caress yeah
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Jul 24, 2008 01:38
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Ugh, how did Smash Lab get renewed for another season.
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Jul 27, 2008 05:53
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Aero737 posted:Ugh, how did Smash Lab get renewed for another season. People watch dumb poo poo. 
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Jul 27, 2008 18:58
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LordOfThePants posted:FYI - Shark Week starts this Sunday at 9pm. The Mythbusters are doing another shark show, and it looks like Les Stroud is doing a show called "Surviving Sharks". From the Tuned In blog at CNN: quote:MythBusters: Shark Special and Surviving Sharks Discovery, 9 p.m. E.T., July 27 & 28
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Jul 27, 2008 19:01
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Is anyone else a bit sick of shark week at this point? It may have something to do with not being 14 anymore, but it just doesn't have the same entertainment value these days.
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Jul 27, 2008 19:36
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Aero737 posted:Ugh, how did Smash Lab get renewed for another season. Because they haven't saved the world yet.
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Jul 27, 2008 19:57
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IRQ posted:Is anyone else a bit sick of shark week at this point? I just miss the old shark week shows from like the first shark weeks. I still have all the new shows set to record though.
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Jul 27, 2008 21:41
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DurosKlav posted:I just miss the old shark week shows from like the first shark weeks. I still have all the new shows set to record though. Yeah, I'm going to watch it all too, but It was better when it was just sharks wrecking other animals' day. Maybe they should spice it up and do Big rear end Apex Predator Week so we can see bears and big cats mauling stuff too.
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Jul 27, 2008 21:51
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The Human Crouton posted:Because they haven't saved the world yet. The latest commercial I saw seemed to suggest that they've dropped this stupid idea, and instead are going with some kind of fake rivalry between cast members to come up with better ideas for making a car survive a fall off of a cliff, etc.
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Jul 27, 2008 22:06
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IRQ posted:Is anyone else a bit sick of shark week at this point? My wife goes nuts for Shark Week, but she's a marine biologist, so there you have it, I guess v  v
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Jul 27, 2008 22:16
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ToastyPotato posted:The latest commercial I saw seemed to suggest that they've dropped this stupid idea, and instead are going with some kind of fake rivalry between cast members to come up with better ideas for making a car survive a fall off of a cliff, etc. If the cast wasn't so unlikeable, this would be a pretty fun premise for a show.
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Jul 27, 2008 23:17
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Does anybody really give a drat about the Tory/Grant/Kari portions of the show? Granted, Kari is nice to look at for the most part, but my friends and I just aren't as interested as we are with Adam and Jamie by a long shot..
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Jul 28, 2008 03:31
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It all depends on the experiment. There are shows where the build team portions are much more entertaining than Adamn and Jamie's and vice versa. For the most part they're OK 
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Jul 28, 2008 03:51
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-Atom- posted:Does anybody really give a drat about the Tory/Grant/Kari portions of the show? Granted, Kari is nice to look at for the most part, but my friends and I just aren't as interested as we are with Adam and Jamie by a long shot.. They are why Tivo exists. Especially when we're talking about 2 hour specials.
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Jul 28, 2008 06:56
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IRQ posted:They are why Tivo exists. Yeah that's all well and good if you miss the the airing but if you are watching a new episode from the start it then becomes borefest 2008.
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Jul 28, 2008 07:19
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DurosKlav posted:I just miss the old shark week shows from like the first shark weeks. I still have all the new shows set to record though. I don't know about the rest of this week, but yesterday they were showing old shows from Shark Week all day. There was one show where a guy was trying to hypnotize a great white shark in open water, which I only caught about two minutes of. The rest of the schedule was stuff from years past.
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Jul 28, 2008 11:36
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LordOfThePants posted:I don't know about the rest of this week, but yesterday they were showing old shows from Shark Week all day. There was one show where a guy was trying to hypnotize a great white shark in open water, which I only caught about two minutes of. The rest of the schedule was stuff from years past. This is why Shark Week kind of sucks now. They just air one or two new shows mixed in with tons of over-replayed reruns. It also doesn't help that they're trying to pass off old shows as new just because they're in HD now.
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Jul 28, 2008 23:44
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Jul 29, 2008 00:56
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Just finished watching the Mythbuster's Shark Week special and it was pretty good. They fit a bunch of myths into one episode and it didn't seem like they were dragging any of them out. There's definitely a recurring theme with the insurance people for the show. Tory, is apparently completely expendable and in any dangerous situation they're totally cool with him testing it out. The insurance people said that Adam could only get "attacked" by the RoboShark if Tory tested it out first and was unharmed. The RoboShark actually ended up being pretty impressive and it looked like a ton of work. In other Discovery Channel news, it looks like new episodes of Mythbusters, Smash Lab, and Man vs. Wild* will start next week. Mythbusters is doing a myth about tenderizing meat with explosives, so be sure to turn the "science" part of your brain off and divert power to the "explosives" side. There's also a couple new shows, one called "Next World" and "Some Assembly Required" (actually, that last one may not be a new show). *Wild may include untamed hotel rooms and savage bellhops
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LordOfThePants posted:Just finished watching the Mythbuster's Shark Week special and it was pretty good. They fit a bunch of myths into one episode and it didn't seem like they were dragging any of them out. When the hell did they give that? I thought it was scheduled for Wednesday? Are you talking about the Jaws Special from last year? Because I don't remember much about it to know if you are describing it or not.
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ToastyPotato posted:When the hell did they give that? I thought it was scheduled for Wednesday? Are you talking about the Jaws Special from last year? Because I don't remember much about it to know if you are describing it or not. LordOfThePants posted:There's definitely a recurring theme with the insurance people for the show. Tory, is apparently completely expendable and in any dangerous situation they're totally cool with him testing it out. The insurance people said that Adam could only get "attacked" by the RoboShark if Tory tested it out first and was unharmed. The RoboShark actually ended up being pretty impressive and it looked like a ton of work. the-jam fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jul 29, 2008 |
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ToastyPotato posted:When the hell did they give that? I thought it was scheduled for Wednesday? Are you talking about the Jaws Special from last year? Because I don't remember much about it to know if you are describing it or not.
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I saw a preview for the new Smash Lab and it isn't getting any better. In an attempt to "save" a car that is falling off a cliff, they have attached very large air bladders to the outside of the car with steel reinforcing rods that will break off and kill the occupants more quickly. It appears the show is still pretentious and trying to take itself seriously. I looked at the Discovery web site and it looks like they replaced a couple of the actors with new guys, but they kept Dumb Girl and Dipshit With The Hair. We now have The Reverend and The Artisan instead of the preferable The Roadrunner and The Coyote. There's a lot of bad shows, but this one actively makes me despise it.
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IfYouSeeKay posted:In an attempt to "save" a car that is falling off a cliff, they have attached very large air bladders to the outside of the car with steel reinforcing rods that will break off and kill the occupants more quickly. Who cares about the occupants, WILL THE CAR SURVIVE? 
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the-jam posted:I think that has more to do with Tory's experience as a stunt man. They hired him specifically because he had a lot of experience performing stunts whereas the rest of the crew's experience is more towards making the stunt rigs. Tory's a trained professional Adam is not. Yep. In a movie special, Adam was going to do the "jumping through window awnings" stunt and the insurance people said Tory had to do it instead.
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I really liked the shark week Dirty Jobs, the misery of Mike Rowe directly relates to how good a show it is.
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My dislike of Shark Week is far far far outweighed by my mancrush on Mike Rowe and that WAS an amazing episode.
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Does anybody know how long Mike Rowe is contracted for with Discovery? As much as I love him and Dirty Jobs, it just seems like his potential isn't being utilized to it's fullest.
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-Atom- posted:Does anybody know how long Mike Rowe is contracted for with Discovery? What else is there for him, really? The show is kinda of perfect for his humor, though he is running out of things to do. He already does a ton of voice over work. I think a talk show would largely be a waste of his talent. Perhaps some kind of travel show?
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The dirty jobs episode was amazing, I did however get the feeling that this was the one time that he was actually genuinely uncomfortable with the job and the work conditions. Guess he just really doesn't like being cold. The timing of that crew member falling through the ice also simply could not have been any better.
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ToastyPotato posted:What else is there for him, really? The show is kinda of perfect for his humor, though he is running out of things to do. He already does a ton of voice over work. I think a talk show would largely be a waste of his talent. Perhaps some kind of travel show? Mike Rowe is probably one of the most versatile entertainers on the planet, he could probably do any entertainment format and succeed. Guy went from being on QVC, to being an opera singer, to a voice over specialist, to the hose of a show where he shovels poo poo and hurts himself all day.
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Yeah, I don't necessarily want to see him anchoring on CNN or anything, although I'm sure he'd do a loving fantastic job. Keep sending in those Dirty Jobs, America, and this won't have to be a problem
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