Whale Wars Live Thread (Season 4, Episode 8)

Animal Planet ^ | July 29, 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.
		Video: The Empty Life Raft	Video: The Lost Sailors
		Deleted: Helicopter Goes Missing	Deleted: Search for Missing Sailors

		ENEMY IN THEIR GRASP Premiering Friday, July 22, 9PM e/p As the first leg of their campaign comes to a close, the Sea Shepherds battle physical and mental exhaustion, especially pilot Chris Aultman. Thanks to an anonymous tip, the Steve Irwin finally locates the whalers' factory ship, the Nisshin Maru.
		Video: Signs of Whaling	Video: A Final Resting Place
		Deleted: Nisshin Maru Found	Deleted: Traveling at Night

		BATTLE STATIONS Premiering Friday, July 29, 9PM e/p The Bob Barker and Gojira launch an ambitious assault on the harpoon ship that has been following them and manage to completely disable the whaling vessel. Now free of its tail, the Barker continues searching for their ultimate target, the Nisshin Maru.
		Video: Distress Call or Trap?	Video: Just Over the Horizon
		Deleted: Going Head-to-Head	Deleted: The Crow's Nest

Stay tuned for descriptions of episodes 9 and 10.

[GonzoGOP]

The Japanese need to ring up ramming speed like they did last year. Fiberglass doesn’t do well against an ice rated hull.

[Pan_Yan]

It looks like they are about to run over a zodiac.

[matt04]

The “Crew Chronicles” question is what crew member belonged to a traveling circus before becoming a SeaHippie.

[KarlInOhio]

The new show Hillbilly Hand Fishin'? That sounds like something else the Sea Hippies should be protesting.

[matt04]

The definition of insanity. Almost get run over, then want to do it again.

[Pan_Yan]

The Japanese have a lot more patience than I do. I wouldn’t have thrown a bamboo rod at the idiots attacking my ship. I would have put the harpoon through the middle of the zodiac and dragged them back to Japan. Yes, I know the trip takes weeks.

[GonzoGOP]

If the Sea Hippies had a brain they would have some chaff smoke dispensers on the back of the barker. Then wait for the one hour of dark, pop chaff and have the two boats go in opposite directions. If they follow the wrong one you are clear.

[matt04]

Looks like the Sea Hippies try to run the Gojira into a ice field next week. Nothing like taking fiberglass boat into ice.

[GonzoGOP]

Nothing like taking fiberglass boat into ice.

Apparently Admiral Lard butt considers his ships and crews to be expendable. What the SeaHippies need to do is stop buying short legged fiberglass toys and buy one of the whaling ships. They are fast, incredibly maneuverable and ice rated.

[SevenofNine]

Man one thing about Japanese they do have patience I would kill the Sea Hippie in first chance I get LOL!

[SevenofNine]

Whale war is on twitter somebody mention that for next week

What dumb****

[matt04]

But a used whaler doesn’t look cool. That seems to be about half of their ship buying criteria, the other half is old, rusting and unreliable.

[Pan_Yan]

The Bob Barker actually was a whaling ship at one time. Ships are expensive. The whalers are subsidised by the Japanese Government and Hollyweird liberals aren't generous enough to compete with the resources necessary to buy world class ships like the whalers use.

[nuconvert]

I’m on the side of saving the whales.
Not sure that’s the same side as most people on this thread.

[GonzoGOP]

But a used whaler doesn’t look cool.

Actually the Barker is an ex-whaler. But too old and slow to keep up with the modern designs. Hey; how about if they buy one of those Russian nuclear ice breakers. Heck what could possibly go wrong. /sarc

[GonzoGOP]

I’m on the side of saving the whales.

I'm all for saving whales. A also live to see government subsidized operations fail. Finally I love to see SeaHippies fail badly. Thats why this show is so awesome. The whalers and the SeaHippies wipe each other out and the whales swim away. Win/Win/Win situation. It is like a bus load of ACLU lawyers crashing into a bus load of SEIU activists. There just is no down side.

[Pan_Yan]

There are large numbers of FReepers who support the whalers, large numbers who support the Sea Shepherd Consevation Society and those who would prefer that all of the above sink with all hands on board.

I just hate hippies.

[matt04]

It could stop whaling, and make a large swath of the ocean inhabitable to sea life in the porcess for a while when they get done with it.

[Pan_Yan]

It is like a bus load of ACLU lawyers crashing into a bus load of SEIU activists. There just is no down side.

Nice analogy.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Lunch today is tuna sandwiches, dinner tonight is tuna casserole. But, SAVE THE TUNA FISHIES!!!

Stupid hippies! I LOL in their general direction.