Dear Discovery Channel... F*** You

Kendall9991 · Aug 10, 2014

My favorite is how they are fake towing shows on natgeo, alien stuff on history and nothing but junk on discovery half the time...Damn channel names lying to me....

snerd · Aug 10, 2014

robbins.photo said:
......... when did Wil Wheaton become the official spokesnerd?

Freudian slip?! :sexywink:

robbins.photo · Aug 10, 2014

snerd said:
robbins.photo said:

......... when did Wil Wheaton become the official spokesnerd?

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Freudian slip?!

Umm.. sure, ok, we can go with that if you like..

Lol

Tailgunner · Aug 10, 2014

The only show I caught so far was the one about a White Shark nicked named Submarine. So was this a staged show? They didn't make any mention of Megladons or half eating whales and showed video footage that seemed real enough. The shark is/was estimated at 35-38'.

snerd · Aug 10, 2014

Bread and circuses.

AlanKlein · Aug 10, 2014

Tailgunner said:
The only show I caught so far was the one about a White Shark nicked named Submarine. So was this a staged show? They didn't make any mention of Megladons or half eating whales and showed video footage that seemed real enough. The shark is/was estimated at 35-38'.

I watched that Submarine shark episode tonight and was wondering the same thing. Did they play me for a fool?

Overread · Aug 11, 2014

The sad thing is that the more entertaining fake mock-u-mentaries are likely drawing in more fans and viewing ratings. So they get more focus - they get more budget - they get more entertaining. And so after a few years of chasing the ratings the madness is in and the intelligence is out the window. It's clearly a pattern for most of the formerly educational focused channels.

It's also likely a coupling with a lack of intelligent presenters who can present and design a show which is educational without it being "boring".

One really shouldn't have to make stuff up to amaze people with nature, its got amazing things. Heck considering that most people's typical encounter with nature is a walk through the park you don't even have to get all that adventurous to amaze them. And by how easily lies draw them in its clear that most have a significantly major lacking in any natural studies as it is. Heck they could likely repeat the same documentaries year on year with a few minor changes and the average person would be educated and entertained - the only ones to complain then would be shark enthusiasts who'd have more established understanding.

That said I've seen Nat Geo video documentaries - they were bad. Bad as in it was like they'd let the coffee boy direct them and given him a shoebox budget - there was some decent content in there (it is after all the Nat Geo coffee boy) but it just wasn't anywhere near the calibre of something like the BBC productions (Although I'd say that they too have suffered over the years).

astroNikon · Aug 11, 2014

Is that what that "submarine" thing was. I had the channel on and I thought they were talking about sharks but would mention submarines frequently. I was confused. A show about Sharks or Submarines? Since I was barely watching I changed channels.