The Annoyed Man wrote:Oh God no! I hate that show. I hate that the Japanese are willing to exterminate a beautiful species in the name of profit, but those guys chasing the whale hunters are a bunch of pathetic drama queens, and nothing more than eco-terrorists. I hope they get sunk, and I think it is irresponsible of the network to put on a show which glorifies them.cforand1293 wrote:BTW The Annoyed Man, are you sure that you haven't spent the past few years chasing whale hunters... man you look like that guy....hahah.. thanks for the positive words...
cforand
I agree on the pathetic lives of those folks. I also hope someone puts a harpoon through their hull one of these days.
As for the show, I can appreciate it in the light that it's hilarious how consistently they fail and then get their feelings hurt about it. It's like watching children play pirates against the real world. I know some folks who have turned watching the show into a drinking game called "Fail Wars", where you take a drink every time they fail. Every episode is sure to get you fabulously drunk.
The more recent episodes are even more entertaining, as the Japanese have simply started ignoring them, and they just flounder in their own failures because both a) their boat can't keep up and b) their euro-riot tactics (throwing bottles of acid by hand at ships as if they were Molotov Cocktails) are completely ineffective. Taken in that light, the show is utterly hilarious.
Also, TAM lacks the pouty 4-year-old face that the "captain" makes every time they fail.
