Whale Wars Live Thread (Season 4 Episode 6)

Animal Planet ^ | July 15, 2011

[Pan_Yan]

Welcome to Hippies Failing Badly!^TM

		BATTLE CRY Premiering Friday, June 3, 9PM e/p The Sea Shepherds depart on their 2010/2011 ant-whaling campaign with a new, fast interceptor vessel. Early on, they find two harpoon ships before the whaling fleet has killed a single whale. Could they be set up for their most successful campaign ever?
		Video: Operation No Compromise	Video: Blood and Sweat
		Video: Testing the Spud Gun	Video: Whaling Fleet Found
		Deleted: Security Breach	Deleted: Tailed by Mystery Boat

		NO ESCAPE Premiering Friday, June 10, 9PM e/p After engaging the harpoon ships using the small boat teams, Captain Paul Watson makes the call to abandon the harpoon ships and go in search of the factory vessel. After a few hours of sailing, the tables have turned — two harpoon ships begin tailing Sea Shepherd!
		Video: Dangerous Underwater Mission	Video: Helicopter Lost in Fog
		Deleted: Dropping the Stern Line	Deleted: New Stealth Speedboat

		GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE Premiering Friday, June 17, 9PM e/p Tailed by a harpoon ship, the Steve Irwin enlists the help of the Sea Shepherds' new, fast interceptor ship in an attempt to break free. Meanwhile, the Bob Barker crew spots a large blip on their radar and believe it could be their ultimate target: the Nisshin Maru
		Video: Tailed by Two Ships	Video: Cannons and Prop Foulers
		Deleted: Things Fall Apart	Deleted: Making Slime Powder

		THE DEVIL'S ICEBOX Premiering Friday, June 24, 9PM e/p When damage happens to one of the small boats, and the Bob Barker is five hours away, the crew realizes that they will have to spend a night at sea. But the crew is wet and freezing already, and early symptoms of hypothermia begin to set in.
		Video: The Shepherd's Crook	Video: Stranded at Sea
		Deleted: Getting Back In the Game	Deleted: New Prop-Fouling Device

		TRACKING THE ENEMY Premiering Friday, July 8, 9PM e/p The Bob Barker desperately searches for their two small boat crews who were stranded at sea in the aftermath of a daring mission. Meanwhile, the Gojira locates the whalers' refueling vessel and Locky plays a dangerous game of "chicken" with the massive ship.
		Video: Finding the Factory Ship	Video: A Call for Help
		Deleted: Damaged Small Boat	Deleted: Engine Trouble on the Irwin

RACE TO SAVE LIVES Premiering Friday, July 15, 9PM e/p New Zealand's Navy contacts the Steve Irwin to respond to an emergency distress signal where five crew members from a Norwegian sailboat have gone missing. Now the Sea Shepherds must risk their lives in a dangerous mission to find the missing mariners.

Real Time Update:

Is Sea Shepherd's Brigitte Bardot scarier than Godzilla to Japanese whalers?
by Martin Dunphyon July 15, 2011at 12:52 PM

During a wide-ranging interview with Paul Watson today, the head honcho for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, answering a question about his stable of ships, touched on the subject of renaming one of them.

The speedy Gojira (Godzilla) recently became the Brigitte Bardot after lawyers contacted Sea Shepherd with concerns about trademark violations regarding the famous movie-monster franchise.

"The only thing scarier than Godzilla," Watson said with a chuckle, "is Godzilla's lawyers."

Apparently, Japanese newspaper headlines screaming about that country's whalers "fleeing from Godzilla" in the Antarctic brought the transgression to the sharpies' attention.

Former movie sex kitten and now animal activist (and kitten protector) Bardot worked with Watson in his Greenpeace days back in the late 1970s to protest the annual Canadian East Coast seal hunt.

[Godzilla]

Please keep me out of this. I cheer for the whalers.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

I used to watch disovery in the 90s. It’s was OK, a bit less leftist mind control than the major networks, I thought.

Still, it always had a kind of kooky edge, and it was like you *almost* learned something. But you can learn way more on the Internet.

I haven’t watched in ~10 years. What’s it like now?

Obviously Animal Planet is a total waste of time...

[Pan_Yan]

So do most of us. Thet’s why the unofficial title is Hippies Failing Badly.

[Pan_Yan]

Hippies Failing Badly!^TM

Please let me know if you want on or off the Whale Wars ping list.

[DaxtonBrown]

“The only thing scarier than Godzilla,” Watson said with a chuckle, “is Godzilla’s lawyers.”

“And the only thing scarier than Godzilla’s lawyers, is Bridgett Bardot! He added, and then broke into uncontrolled fiemdish laughter.

I break myelf up sometimes.

[Pan_Yan]

Both Animal Planet and Discovery have some good programming on them, it's just a matter of discernment. With two kids at home we monitor what they are watching closely. There are worse things they could watch than Dirty Jobs or Sons of Guns, like the Disney Channel. That's much worse, trust me.

[Pan_Yan]

You should ping the person you’re talking about, especially when he’s already been on the thread.

[screaminsunshine]

I hate killing Whales. But the Captain should have his credentials yanked. PC is the only reason he is allowed to violate the rules of the road. The Coast Guard is compromised to PC.

[DaxtonBrown]

[You should ping the person you’re talking about, especially when he’s already been on the thread.]

I mentioned no one other than the movie character Godzilla. Point is moot.

[Pan_Yan]

Humor. Not for everyone.

[SevenofNine]

Hey I watch Deadliest catch I do like Mythbusters LOL! my gulity pleasure is two show on Animal planet

Animal cops like Detriot

And Whale wars LOL!

[Pan_Yan]

From the Discovery Channel Show Guide here's the shows that get watched in our house:

Deadliest Catch - Wife
Cash Cab - kids
Mythbusters - kids
Dirty Jobs - kids
Man vs. Wild - kids
River Monsters - me and kids
Swords - me
Sons of Guns - me

Note: Whale Wars is the only show I schedule to watch. In fact it's the only show that gets watched regularly in the house. The others are the shows that we will watch if we happen to catch them.

[SevenofNine]

I love mythbustes also on Animal planet I like Me or the dog and Animal cops my mom love Animal cops she especailly like one from Detriot

[Pan_Yan]

Here's the Animal Planet Show Guide. Whale Wars is the only show on there I watch. The kids like Cats 101 and Dogs 101, but those are rare. River Monsters is on Animal Planet and Discovery. None of the other shows really interest us.

[SevenofNine]

I love mythbustes also on Animal planet I like Me or the dog and Animal cops my mom love Animal cops she especailly like one from Detriot

[SevenofNine]

I like Pit Boss and Pit Bulls and parolees I used to have Pit Bull dog when I was teenager so I have symathzy to that breed

[Pan_Yan]

"The only thing scarier than Godzilla," Watson said with a chuckle, "is Godzilla's lawyers."

I notice that Animal Planet now has a disclaimer at the beginning of the show to make sure everyone knows they had nothing to do with the naming of the Gojira.

[SevenofNine]

I notice that couple weeks ago LOL!

[Pan_Yan]

Time to pull this out:

Since the Gojira is in port with two broken engines the "Engine Malfunction" block is a free space tonight.