I have crab fever!

Zephos

thats right ladies and gents, the new season of Deadliest Catch on the discovery channel is set to start Tuesday April 3rd at 9pm est.

anyone else a fan of this show?

i really dig it. The previews for the new season i think show people dying in like the first few days of the season, geeze.

there is going to be a online game for it here. From what the press release said it was going to be a fantasy team sort of thing, but the site just makes it look like a little flash diversion... sadly i'd love to have a fantasy crab league.


but yeah, SIG HANSEN WEWT WEWT!

Kuribo's Shoe

I think it's dumb and it gets in the way of Mythbusters

I give a shit about some retarded fishermen

As7

My stepbrother did offshore tuna fishing, which is also pretty deadly.

Now he is a logger...which isn't leaps and bounds better.

They pay you out the ying-yang to do that stuff, though.

Zephos

also, mike rowe is a pretty rad dude i think.

Weaver

one of rachels co-workers photoshopped those pics from when I went sailing to make it look like I was on Deadliest Catch.

Scrumtrulescent

one of my Top 3 favorite shows on Discovery

Kuribo's Shoe

Mythbusters
How It's Made
and uh, Mythbusters again

Rage

Scrumtrulescent wrote: »

Top 3 favorite shows on Discovery

MythBusters
Dirty Jobs w\Mike Rowe
Deadliest Catch


Special mention for FutureWeapons, but did not make Top 3 due to ex-Navy Seal host guy's over-the-top routine.

Rankenphile

you know what was a great show?

Connections, with James Burke

back when the Learning Channel was actually about learning things and not about OH BOY ANOTHER FUCKING HOME MAKEOVER WE'RE SO GAY

Scrumtrulescent

Mythbusters
Dirty Jobs
Deadliest Catch

Well it's really like a top eight

Mythbusters holds like 5 spots

I wish they would show dogfights on History more often

It's such a cool show

I'm an Air Force nerd

Wise_a

Mythbusters 100% sucks.

Deadliest Catch & the Everest mini-series are awesome because these things are actually happening. People are actually risking their lives to do things. The mythbusters are just wierd older men who like to test retarded myths.

Kuribo's Shoe

all I learn from TLC these days is what not to watch on tv

Rankenphile

OH MY GOD!

They're available on DVD this is the best news!

http://www.palmersguide.com/jamesburke/burke_dvd_con1.html

Seriously, this is the best fucking show ever.

Zephos

i like mythbusters.

i'm a big fan of Jamie and Adam.

Kuribo's Shoe

Wise_a wrote: »

Mythbusters 100% sucks.

Deadliest Catch & the Everest mini-series are awesome because these things are actually happening. People are actually risking their lives to do things. The mythbusters are just wierd older men who like to test retarded myths.

well I hope they all die

I didn't ask them to go catch crabs or climb mountains, and if they die they fucking deserve it

I'd rather watch somebody explode a mannequin

Scrumtrulescent

Wise_a wrote: »

Mythbusters 100% sucks.

Deadliest Catch & the Everest mini-series are awesome because these things are actually happening. People are actually risking their lives to do things. The mythbusters are just wierd older men who like to test retarded myths.

You take that fucking back

boy, you fucking take that fucking the fuck back

Kuribo's Shoe

I also kind of like future weapons

even though they make the most ridiculous shit to kill people these days

Wise_a

Why don't you just go put some M80s in a mannequin then?

Plus, crab is delicious.

These guys may be dumb for risking their lives, but at least its compelling because it's dangerous and actually happening.

And nobody is wearing goggles. Man I hate goggles.

Rankenphile

god fucking damn it each season of Connections is like $150 god damn it

I mean yay it comes with public performance rights so I can, like, show it to my neighbors or something

but god damn it I want to watch connections again but I ain't got that kind of scratch for a TV show

Zephos

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I also kind of like future weapons

even though they make the most ridiculous shit to kill people these days

like crab boats and the worlds largest mountain.

Rage

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I also kind of like future weapons

even though they make the most ridiculous shit to kill people these days

wait, what?

Who the hell are you and what'd you do with Shoe?

Kuribo's Shoe

Wise_a wrote: »

Why don't you just go put some M80s in a mannequin then?

Plus, crab is delicious.

These guys may be dumb for risking their lives, but at least its compelling because it's dangerous and actually happening.

And nobody is wearing goggles. Man I hate goggles.

yeah who needs eyes

Kuribo's Shoe

Zephos wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I also kind of like future weapons

even though they make the most ridiculous shit to kill people these days

like crab boats and the worlds largest mountain.

those don't kill anyone

the idiots on them kill themselves

Wise_a

They should have made it K2: No fucking asthmatics or amputees ever climbed me.

Scrumtrulescent

Zephos wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I also kind of like future weapons

even though they make the most ridiculous shit to kill people these days

like crab boats and the worlds largest mountain.

Futureweapons is okay

like, if it's on, I'll watch it

but I'm not going to go out of my way to watch it like I will for Mythbusters

also the only bad thing about Mythbusters is that once you've watched an episode, you pretty much can't watch it again for a long time

Kuribo's Shoe

the show that is the worst is I Shouldn't Be Alive

damn right you shouldn't be alive so I don't have to listen to your bullshit

Weaver

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

Wise_a wrote: »

Mythbusters 100% sucks.

Deadliest Catch & the Everest mini-series are awesome because these things are actually happening. People are actually risking their lives to do things. The mythbusters are just wierd older men who like to test retarded myths.

well I hope they all die

I didn't ask them to go catch crabs or climb mountains, and if they die they fucking deserve it

I'd rather watch somebody explode a mannequin

Nice try Zarflax

The Geek

How can anyone hate Mythbusters?

Scrumtrulescent

I hate the host of Futureweapons

like he's a badass and everything, but he whispers everything


I like that one with Bear Grylls

there is a clip on Discovery.com of him pissing on his bandana to keep cool

also:

Dogfights. So badass.

Kuribo's Shoe

oohhh we're fishermen

that's manly for some reason

oh what we do is so dangerous we have to have a show about it

lalalalalalaaaaaaa

is this educational? do I care?

the answer to both is no

Rage

The upsell to some of the busting of myths is a stretch sometimes. Like the cherry-picker trebuchet thing. Total let-down.

But then, you get moments like the exploding cement truck. Makes it worth the watch.

Rankenphile

man has nobody else ever seen conenctions?

It was fucking brilliant. The dude would show you something simple, like a piece of celuloid film or something, and then take you back like 600 years to when someone discovered how to make a limelight way up on some irish mountain, then talk about billiard ball coatings that sometimes exploded and how they led to the invention of gun cotton and then how that led to this and then this led to that and then some guy was working on improving this thing here and then discovered this other thing on accident and all of a sudden they all come together and that is how come you have porno. You're welcome.


it was so good. Like this episode description:

Often, materials discovered by accident alter the course of the world. In the 1600s Dutch commercial freighters controlled Atlantic trade routes. Competing British lines induced America to produce pitch to protect hulls of their royal vessels. This arrangement lasted until 1776, after which a Scottish inventor tried to produce pitch from coal tar. By the time he succeeded the navy was using copper instead. Subsequent experiments with coal tar yielded gaslight lamps, waterproofed garments, a brilliant mauve dye that established the German chemical industry and nylon, the first of the miracle plastics.

absolutely fascinating.

RabidDonkey

Man Vs. Wild is a really good show on Discovery. Bear Griz or whatever his name is, is a hardass. Catches fish and bites the fishes spine out to kill it, then he eats it raw. So much better than surviorman.

Wise_a

While we are on the subject, the man I would go gay for himself:



Awesomeness

Kuribo's Shoe

Rankenphile wrote: »

man has nobody else ever seen conenctions?

It was fucking brilliant. The dude would show you something simple, like a piece of celuloid film or something, and then take you back like 600 years to when someone discovered how to make a limelight way up on some irish mountain, then talk about billiard ball coatings that sometimes exploded and how they led to the invention of gun cotton and then how that led to this and then this led to that and then some guy was working on improving this thing here and then discovered this other thing on accident and all of a sudden they all come together and that is how come you have porno. You're welcome.


it was so good. Like this episode description:

Often, materials discovered by accident alter the course of the world. In the 1600s Dutch commercial freighters controlled Atlantic trade routes. Competing British lines induced America to produce pitch to protect hulls of their royal vessels. This arrangement lasted until 1776, after which a Scottish inventor tried to produce pitch from coal tar. By the time he succeeded the navy was using copper instead. Subsequent experiments with coal tar yielded gaslight lamps, waterproofed garments, a brilliant mauve dye that established the German chemical industry and nylon, the first of the miracle plastics.

absolutely fascinating.

I saw that once or twice

it was pretty cool

Callius

Rank, I need to find that.

Weaver

Stop being dumb Shoe.

you are being a big dummy

As7

Rankenphile wrote: »

man has nobody else ever seen conenctions?

It was fucking brilliant. The dude would show you something simple, like a piece of celuloid film or something, and then take you back like 600 years to when someone discovered how to make a limelight way up on some irish mountain, then talk about billiard ball coatings that sometimes exploded and how they led to the invention of gun cotton and then how that led to this and then this led to that and then some guy was working on improving this thing here and then discovered this other thing on accident and all of a sudden they all come together and that is how come you have porno. You're welcome.


it was so good. Like this episode description:

Often, materials discovered by accident alter the course of the world. In the 1600s Dutch commercial freighters controlled Atlantic trade routes. Competing British lines induced America to produce pitch to protect hulls of their royal vessels. This arrangement lasted until 1776, after which a Scottish inventor tried to produce pitch from coal tar. By the time he succeeded the navy was using copper instead. Subsequent experiments with coal tar yielded gaslight lamps, waterproofed garments, a brilliant mauve dye that established the German chemical industry and nylon, the first of the miracle plastics.

absolutely fascinating.

That DOES sound pretty kick ass.

Rankenphile

Callius wrote: »

Rank, I need to find that.

I posted the link on the previous page, but each season is like $150. I'm going to do some looking tonight to find cheaper options, but oh god it was such a great show.

Scrumtrulescent

Guys seriously

Dogfights on the History Channel

so good

the link I posted has some guy taking on like 5 MIGs all on his own

Kuribo's Shoe

Weaver wrote: »

Stop being dumb Shoe.

you are being a big dummy

I'm not dumb, I'm just annoying