Shark week 2018

[Nick Steele]

So as a kid I use to love shark week even though I knew most of it was well overplayed and “fake” and I haven’t watched it in a few years. I tuned in tonight and watched the last 15 minutes of the Shaq episode and it will be the last time I tune into anything shark week related again.

How do others feel about shark week?

 

[Joneill]

So as a kid I use to love shark week even though I knew most of it was well overplayed and “fake” and I haven’t watched it in a few years. I tuned in tonight and watched the last 15 minutes of the Shaq episode and it will be the last time I tune into anything shark week related again.

How do others feel about shark week?

I don’t watch it as it feels like silly sensationalism and seems to paint sharks in a bad light. I’d rather see the real deal myself, like these from a Grand Cayman East End dive this past Thursday:

https://player.vimeo.com/external/2...08fc7ffeca9dd6e73d5016725d3dcf&profile_id=175

https://player.vimeo.com/external/2...9b62d8c4b22942ca06d1a9c749601e&profile_id=175

 

[IncreaseMyT]

Sweet video

 

[Nick Steele]

I don’t watch it as it feels like silly sensationalism and seems to paint sharks in a bad light. I’d rather see the real deal myself, like these from a Grand Cayman East End dive this past Thursday:

https://player.vimeo.com/external/2...08fc7ffeca9dd6e73d5016725d3dcf&profile_id=175

https://player.vimeo.com/external/2...9b62d8c4b22942ca06d1a9c749601e&profile_id=175

Can’t get them to play but yeah I’m in the same boat TBH. I rather go swim with them personally if/when possible. Hopefully during mini season I’ll come across one or two lol

 

[ReefGuy]

I stopped watching when they started with the fake documentaries.

 

[KristenK]

Tonight they encountered a crocodile off of Cuba. Don't know if that's real, but I'd completely freak out.

 

[dirtfarmer]

Totally sensationalized...but I love it!
Shark Week for me is a sweet respite at the end of the day during a long hot summer, of long workdays and little sleep. It lifts my spirits to see spectacular footage of spectacular animals. I don't care if it's sensationalized. Ain't no way I can get away to go diving at this time of year so it holds me over till I can.
This year I'm going completly sharky on my dive trips. First up GWS at Guadeloupe, then to top it off Tigers and Great Hammerheads in Bimini.
Should be EPIC!

 

[pepperbelly]

Shark Week on Discovery Channel is s bad as most reality tv.
Sharkfest on Nat Geo is actually pretty good. The show where a crew filmed 700 sharks coming for 17,000 grouper was interesting.

 

[HalcyonDaze]

I've been watching the last two nights out of a mix of professional curiosity, schadenfreude, masochism, and gin. Among other things the padding, recaps, and commercial breaks inflate what should be 20-30 minutes of TV into an hour, which adds to the torture factor.

Much of what I've seen definitely reeks of being scripted and edited to play up the drama. It's a far cry from what it was 30 years ago when I started watching.

 

[drbill]

I've mostly avoided it over the years as I much prefer actually diving with sharks than watching their nonsense. I did tune in the other night and watched part of the Shaq episode. Probably won't tune in again for the rest of my life.