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[Stormwatch]

It is that time of the year again! Time to watch some jumping sharks on the Discovery Channel. Tomorrow is the beginning of the week-long tribute to sharks. Here is a schedule and a "trailer":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04EXlOSa280

Sunday:

8 p.m. EDT – “Air Jaws: Fins of Fury”

9 p.m. EDT – “Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine”

11 p.m. EDT – “Shark After Dark”

Monday:

9 p.m. EDT – “Jaws Strikes Back”

10 p.m. EDT – “Monster Hammerhead”

11 p.m. EDT – “Shark After Dark”

Tuesday:

9 p.m. EDT – “Alien Sharks: Return to the Abyss”

10 p.m. EDT – “Lair of the Mega Sharks”

11 p.m. EDT – “Shark After Dark”

Wednesday:

9 p.m. EDT – “Zombie Sharks”

10 p.m. EDT – “Spawn of Jaws: The Birth”

11 p.m. EDT – “Shark After Dark”

Thursday:

9 p.m. EDT – “I Escaped Jaws 2”

10 p.m. EDT – “Sharkageddon”

11 p.m. EDT – “Shark After Dark”

Friday, Aug. 15:

8 p.m. EDT – “Megalodon: The Extended Cut”

10 p.m. EDT – “Megalodon: The New Evidence”

Saturday, Aug. 16:

9 p.m. EDT – “Great White Matrix”

 

[Toxi]

Jumping sharks are pretty cool.

 

[GK86]

 

[DarkKyo]

Sharks are boring(or maybe I should just say overrated). Shark week was stupid starting after the 3rd or 4th year of it.

 

[strafer]

 

[Toxi]

Sharks are boring(or maybe I should just say overrated). Shark week was stupid starting after the 3rd or 4th year of it.

Sharks are awesome.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

9 p.m. EDT – “Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine”
10 p.m. EDT – “Monster Hammerhead”
10 p.m. EDT – “Lair of the Mega Sharks”
8 p.m. EDT – “Megalodon: The Extended Cut”
10 p.m. EDT – “Megalodon: The New Evidence”

I'm gonna watch the shit out of this - last year's Megalodon docudrama was mildly entertaining - but Shark Week really has been stepping it up with the clickbait.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Stormwatch]

I was disappointed with the fictional mockumentary stuff last year. But, I'm happy that we are getting more than just Great White shows this year.

 

[thecouncil]

Ill only watch Shark After Dark. The show so uncomfortable that it's worth watching. It truly is amazing to behold.

 

[Stormwatch]

The Shark Week reruns have begun! Only 9 hours to go until the new episodes start

 

[Violater]

The fuck is wrong with that dude riding the fake shark.

 

[condompickle]

best time of the year. i still got my 3d glasses from 97 shark week.

 

[abstract alien]

Sharks are boring(or maybe I should just say overrated). Shark week was stupid starting after the 3rd or 4th year of it.

Lmao, why would you bother posting in a thread about shark week and talk about how sharks are boring and shark week is stupid?

 

[Stormwatch]

best time of the year. i still got my 3d glasses from 97 shark week.

Lol, so do I! I remember my Mom making a special trip to multiple stores to find them for the whole family.

 

[Haeralis The BRave]

I sure hate what they started last year... I'm watching the special on Submarine right now and I think I should assume it's fake after the Megalodon fiasco last year

 

[Mutanthands]

Geez, this fake shit is disgusting. Where's the fucking science? One week a year, I expect some science from what's left of the "Discovery" Channel. This is just fear mongering SyFy wanna-be crap. WTF Discovery?

 

[Vinci]

I sure hate what they started last year... I'm watching the special on Submarine right now and I think I should assume it's fake after the Megalodon fiasco last year

It's fake. It basically says so with the disclaimer about how the shark's existence is controversial. If the Coast Guard had that much footage of the shark, what would be controversial? You would have the scar, the scale, and it eating people.

So yeah, it's more Megalodon nonsense. Better quality nonsense but still nonsense.

 

[Fatalah]

The dramatized show is utter garbage.

I watched the documentary that aired at 7pm EST, with a shark expert named Greg. His enthusiasm was contagious! I think it was Air Jaws from last year.

 

[Haeralis The BRave]

It's fake. It basically says so with the disclaimer about how the shark's existence is controversial. If the Coast Guard had that much footage of the shark, what would be controversial? You would have the scar, the scale, and it eating people.

So yeah, it's more Megalodon nonsense. Better quality nonsense but still nonsense.

Yeah, I definitely realized it was fake just a few minutes into it when they showed that ridiculous "video footage" of the giant shark lol. I wish they'd show more legitimate documentaries.

 

[Heisenberg]

That last special was awesome. The shark striking the shark cam from below was incredible.

Unfortunately, this hammerhead special came on and I've spent the entire time trying to figure out if this is another staged special, thanks to Discovery's insistence on these fake documentaries lately.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I'm on Amazon.

What episodes do I download?

 

[y2dvd]

I just pissed myself.

 

[echoshifting]

I just pissed myself.

That's not even the scary part

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

To save myself, I will just watch videos I already own of Shark Week 2014.

 

[kaskade]

I've been disappointed with shark week lately. It's turned into all these dramatizations and kinda monster shark things. I want to learn about them, behavior and stuff. If they had a few of them on there for variety, that's fine. It just seems like it's pretty much every show now.

 

[Epix]

This still remains the coolest shark related show I've seen,

I've been watching Shark Week and I feel like it's getting stale. Air Jaws was 60 min of looking for a particular shark they saw two years ago. The Submarine show was a CGI fabrication and dramatization expose. What happened to pushing the technological envelope? I want to see 10,000fps HD slow-mo overhead camera footage of breaching sharks. I want to see free diving and dorsal surfing with great whites. Really seems like they've run out of things to do and are rehashing old footage and/or making low-budget CG films.

 

[GeordieMark]

I watched the documentary that aired at 7pm EST, with a shark expert named Greg. His enthusiasm was contagious! I think it was Air Jaws from last year.

The guy riding on the homemade female Great White-shaped decoy has balls of steel. Nice touch to take him along for the rest of the hunt.

Also, the Megalodon show was just embarrassing. I really wish Discovery would ditch that format. There are bound to be people out there who miss the disclaimer that it's all fiction. By all means, a show about Megalodon is cool, but stick to the facts/theories.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

This still remains the coolest shark related show I've seen,

Holy fuckballs.

 

[Darklord]

I don't really watch it but after watching this about Shark Week, discovery can go fuck themselves. Fake documentaries? Really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5C-DQ0edR0&sns=em

 

[studyguy]

Fuck yeah Shark Week

 

[GeordieMark]

I don't really watch it but after watching this about Shark Week, discovery can go fuck themselves. Fake documentaries? Really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5C-DQ0edR0&sns=em

The worst has to be the one about mermaids. That was a new low. At least megalodon did exist once upon a time

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

The worst has to be the one about mermaids. That was a new low. At least megalodon did exist once upon a time

I would not mind the docudramas if they were fewer and actually well written.