Deadliest Catch

[roadwreck]

I thought Discovery Channel went waaaaaaaaaaaaay overboard (pun intended) on the dramatics last night. This season better wind up with something catastrophic happening to warrant that kind of ominous foreshadowing.

I wonder what the world would be like if engineers were as superstitious as crab boat captains. The cup-o-noodles spittoon was ludicrous. I can't get away with that kind of crap. I won't calculate this SE transition until I have a granola bar wrapper to use as a sheet of scratch paper!

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

^Just wait until they get footage of a boat tipping over. They reshowed that guy who fell off the stack on his boat last year that one of the show's boats rescued for the better part of 2 episodes.

The funniest part was they kept re-playing someone shouting "Take your underwear off dude!" as they stripped off the guy's cold wet clothes.

 

[snickerd3]

I like watching the show when I catch on tv, but I it's not one of the must watch shows. While its interesting to watch, if I were a captain, I don't think I'd sell out and have a camera crew on board for the mere saftey issues it could cause. The extra people/equipment the captain is now responsible for, workers trying to "look good" for the camera, having to work around the said extra equipment/people, producers pushing to get that perfect footage...too many things that would put my people in harms way, when they are already dealing with very real and very deadly conditions.

 

[Chucktown PE]

I thought Discovery Channel went waaaaaaaaaaaaay overboard (pun intended) on the dramatics last night. This season better wind up with something catastrophic happening to warrant that kind of ominous foreshadowing.
I wonder what the world would be like if engineers were as superstitious as crab boat captains. The cup-o-noodles spittoon was ludicrous. I can't get away with that kind of crap. I won't calculate this SE transition until I have a granola bar wrapper to use as a sheet of scratch paper!

The Wizard sucks. I am suprised they didn't cut that boat for this season. The cut a couple of the crappy boats from last year that were definitely in it so they could get on TV. The Farwest Leader was one of the. It had the woman on it that got scared when the weather got bad. What a f-ing moron. What did she expect, bluebird weather, I guess she didn't see the first two seasons of the show. They also cut the Maverick. That was another showboat.

The one that got me last night was the Time Bandit. The captain's Mom had a scary dream. I guess we'll see................ooooooooooooohhhhhhhh.

I like the Cornelia Marie and the Northwestern. Those guys don't care about the cameras and are there to fish.....or crab.....or whatever the hell they call it.

Also, I don't quite understand why they call it fishing or call the crew fishermen. Shouldn't they be crabbing crabermen?

 

[snickerd3]

Also, I don't quite understand why they call it fishing or call the crew fishermen. Shouldn't they be crabbing crabermen?

For the same reason they call people who raise livestock farmers. Farmers grow things whether they be plants or animals and fisherman harvest things from water whether they are fish, crab, etc...

 

[Chucktown PE]

For the same reason they call people who raise livestock farmers. Farmers grow things whether they be plants or animals and fisherman harvest things from water whether they are fish, crab, etc...

That logic doesn't exactly work. Farmers grow stuff on a farm. The Fisherman doesn't catch stuff on a fish. Using your argurment they would be called seamen or oceanmen or something like that.

 

[testee]

you know how you get rid of crabs, right?

you shave one half.

light the other half on fire.

then stab them with an ice pick as they run out.

 

[Katiebug]

The Wizard sucks. I am suprised they didn't cut that boat for this season. The cut a couple of the crappy boats from last year that were definitely in it so they could get on TV. The Farwest Leader was one of the. It had the woman on it that got scared when the weather got bad. What a f-ing moron. What did she expect, bluebird weather, I guess she didn't see the first two seasons of the show. They also cut the Maverick. That was another showboat.
The one that got me last night was the Time Bandit. The captain's Mom had a scary dream. I guess we'll see................ooooooooooooohhhhhhhh.

I like the Cornelia Marie and the Northwestern. Those guys don't care about the cameras and are there to fish.....or crab.....or whatever the hell they call it.

Also, I don't quite understand why they call it fishing or call the crew fishermen. Shouldn't they be crabbing crabermen?

Yeah, we're not so fond of the Wizard. Monte is cooler than Keith, who just seems disturbingly superstitious. Didn't they have a loser greenhorn last season? Unlike a lot of the crab fishermen, they go to the trouble of getting Coast Guard master and mate licenses. Their boat was always in the top 5 or 10 in the fleet during the derby fishing days, so apparently they're good at what they do. I just don't find them particularly compelling. I thoroughly enjoyed their website, though - lots of neat information about the boat itself and how it was converted from a WWII Navy yard oiler.

Time Bandit: I like Andy best. Johnathan can sometimes seem skeevy. And I definitely don't like Scotty (John's kid) - seems like a little snot. Russell (one of their deckhands) is a riot. I'm impressed at what they do with a smaller boat than the others on the show. They definitely seem like a fun-loving bunch. They were actually the chase boat during the 1st season.

I like what we've seen of the Early Dawn. The longlining process was interesting to watch. Brown crab must be a lucrative fishery without much competition, for each deckhand to have earned $90K from it!

The North American is the other new boat this year. It wasn't on either of last night's episodes. The captain of that one is Norwegian and his father was associated somehow with the Hansens' father. Apparently there's something of a rivalry. Should be interesting...plus Eric Nyhammer, the captain of the Rollo (Season 2) was a deckhand on the North American (after he took his boat out and caught their quota).

I liked the Maverick when Rick was captain. Blake played to the cameras too much. I know there was a lot of manufactured drama in Season 2 with Rick not handing the boat over to Blake, though - they said he "chose" not to return for opie season, but that's because his father was very ill and he was running his dad's boat for another fishery at the time. He may be a tool, but apparently he's a decent fisherman.

Northwestern and Cornelia Marie are my favorites. Love both those boats and the guys on them.

I wish the Rollo had more than one season on the show. They seemed really laid-back and fun.

ETA: Hated the Farwest Leader. Their captain was sarcastic, the engineer was a screaming jerk, and the wife shouldn't have been allowed on the boat except when tied up at the dock. Mr. Bug calls her "Brunhilda".

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Yeah, we're not so fond of the Wizard. Monte is cooler than Keith, who just seems disturbingly superstitious. Didn't they have a loser greenhorn last season?

I kinda like the Wizard. To each his own I guess.

They were the ones with the deadbeat greenhorn last year. I'm surprised they didn't toss his *** in.

 

[Dleg]

Well, I haven't seen any of the new season yet, but judging by a few of the happenings last season, and some of the comments above, I'd say Discovery needs to move on with something new. Once the show starts manufacturing suspense and drama, and once the crews start playing to the camera, the whole thing has lost what originally excited me. I liked the show because it was "real". It's beginning to seem more like "reality" TV now. Just a little, but that's a little too much for me.

There's tons of interesting, tough jobs out there that they could follow. Anyone watched "Ax Men" yet on the history channel?

 

[rudy]

My hubby and I went to the movies this weekend. Our first time out in a long time time. So, we get there a half hour early. Too early for them to let us into the theater; they were still cleaning it from the previous showing. Then, I started thinking, how come we don't get to church this early. But, that's another story. Back to this story.

So, we finally get into the theater. They start flashing questions about movie stars to keep us entertained. Then, they start showing commercials. Crap. I payed to see commercials. Crap. So, we watch this car commercial. And I'm complaining (in my mind, of course). So, then this other commercial comes on. It's the Deadliest Catch show. I loved it... and on the big screen. They should show more of those kind of commercials.

 

[SkyWarp]

I can only think of one movie theater chain in this region that shows tv commercials. Coincidentally, they're trashy theaters.

 

[Guest]

I kinda like the Wizard. To each his own I guess.

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So, what level dungeon master are you? :blink:

JR

 

[ROBIAMEIT]

Deadliest Catch is AWSOME and every thing STOPS at my house when its on! . . . . . i am a DIE HARD fisherman and i know what its like to be cold wet and tired but those dudes are INSANE!!. . . . to work 30 + hours STRAIGHT in that environment!! My wife . . . not so much. man i could watch those guys pull in crabs all night!

replies to comments : Those dudes may look like toothless bums and as far as letting them shine my shoes . . . EVERYONE of those guys are proffessional . . . . they make it look SOO easy on the show (ok . . so maybe not!) but just to be able to maneuver those 1/2 ton cages around on the deck in 20 foot seas is amazing to me! they are THE REAL DEAL. i wouldnt have one second thought about letting anyone of them have my back.

show begining is slow : its the start of the season guys!! . . . . as a TV show they HAVE to pull you in and make you WANT to see what happens next and to make you have some kind of emotional connection with those guys. . . . no one whould give a crap what happened if you didnt see them acting like normal people, drinking in a bar and shopping for food. BESIDES . . . ITS ALASKA!! . . . . i would watch WEEDS grow on TV if it was in Alaska!!

Fisherman/Crab fisherman : the Alaskan King Crab season is only a SMALL part of what they do . . . theres Cod, Opies, Brown crabs. . . . . the King seasons length is set by a quota of allowable harvested crabs. the season could be over in 3 days or one week, depending on how everyone is doing. they are FISHERMAN fishing for crabs! . . . .the guys on Tv even SAY it "LETS GO FISHIN!"

One of my college buddies went up and did it one season . . . . never looked back. came home after 6 months with enough money to buy a NICE house in State College PA . . CASH. even met an Alaskan native girl and married her

From the rest of us desk jockeys :

Chinda . . . i know youre out there somewhere bro . . . . YOU ROCK DUDE

 

[rudy]

^Just wait until they get footage of a boat tipping over. They reshowed that guy who fell off the stack on his boat last year that one of the show's boats rescued for the better part of 2 episodes.
The funniest part was they kept re-playing someone shouting "Take your underwear off dude!" as they stripped off the guy's cold wet clothes.

I saw that part on last night's show. It was sub-titled "The Best of Season 3." i couldn't believe that guy was hanging on the edge of the boat near the bottom of the crab cages. He's crazy. It would have been cool if they had shown footage of the actual rescue when they pulled him out.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I just spent $80 for 4 lbs of good old Alaskan red gold. I am feeling celebratory!

 

[Chucktown PE]

New season starts tonight.

:w00t:

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

DAMN RIGHT!

I watched most of the marathon this weekend. I love this show, it's the only one I actually set aside time to watch each week.

I drove by a lake on the way to work this morning and was compelled to bellow out "The vast Bering Sea!"

 

[Wolverine]

Just an uninteresting side note: ^^^ That crab's coloring looks like it's been cooked.

Maybe it's a ghost crab. Or a crab so tough that it could be cooked and still be alive. Maybe that's why it's angry. Or maybe it was irradiated but survived.

I'm not saying, I'm just saying...

 

[Chucktown PE]

Just an uninteresting side note: ^^^ That crab's coloring looks like it's been cooked.
Maybe it's a ghost crab. Or a crab so tough that it could be cooked and still be alive. Maybe that's why it's angry. Or maybe it was irradiated but survived.

I'm not saying, I'm just saying...

To me it just looks like a blue crab.

I just hope there isn't so much fake drama to start the show this year. Remember the cup of noodle ******** that started last season? It couldn't get much more lame than that.