Hello Fishies!
Two episodes in and I am even more irritated with this show. The editing is so flagrantly bad that it makes my head spin.
Yes, I know that the show has sky high ratings. I know that we are seeing and hearing these guys on the radio and in the am morning shows on local affiliates. I am well aware of all the media hype and the articles in the press. But are you aware that aside from just a few little columns in the past, this show gets absolutely NO coverage in any of the fishing industry trade publications? Almost every fisherman I have talked to says they don’t even watch it (but I think they do) because it’s all scripted.
Last week we watched a staged safety drill with the Coast Guard aboard the Time Bandit. Fishies, the vessel safety inspections do not include this. They deal primarily with equipment and paperwork.
We saw a radio conversation between the Time Bandit and the Maverick about finding crab and last night we saw that Jonathan Hillstrand had not even set his gear. I am more than ever suspect of all the “conversations” we see the boats have. Looking out the wheel house windows you can see a difference in day and night, land in the background, weather etc. These guys don’t necessarily fish around one another as a rule, and I would not make a bet that the locations of each on the Lexus graphic are to be believed.
During the east coast airing Discovery Channel was touting the live chat with greenhorn captain Greg Moncrief…Greg is an accomplished skipper and not new to Bering Sea crabbing. While it’s pretty apparent that Raghnild is aboard because the cameras are, she is no stranger to the sea. Comparing and contrasting the shopping/buying style between the boys of the TB and Raghnild was funny, but to insinuate she would not know what to buy to feed her men was foolish. Any of you happen to catch the different clothing she had on in one supposed day? Flipped back and forth in one conversation, but we have seen that one before.
I get a kick out of Dirty Jobs and enjoy Mike Rowe. He has a great voice and does a decent job of narrating the series. But man, the script that they have him reading. It’s pretty obvious that was lined out in Hollywood without any reliable input whatsoever.
As many are aware, sponsorship and logos are plastered all over the screen. To some it is distracting and furthers the theory that this show has gone totally Hollywood, others don’t notice it or seem to care. To me, the most telling part of how these hacks feel about the people involved, was the very end of last nights episode. Instead of Alltell being splatted in the middle of your screen, it should have read:
In Memory of the Fishermen and families of the F/V Ocean Challenger.
Stay tuned
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I was disgusted with their treatment of both the survivor and the remains of the Ocean Challenger's crew. Goodness, did they need to interview the survivor while he was still in shock and suffering hypothermia? I guess they figured they had enough footage of 2 body bags on stretchers? And after all that, no dedication or memorial at the end of the show?
As for how the shows feels about the men they're filming, I totally agree. Unless you're a Hansen, of course.
BTW, fishwife, I swear the footage of the Time Bandit safety drills was from Season 2!
Hello FW! Well, I, for one have found the second episode's great worth as about 15 minutes into it I fell fast asleep and got some much needed rest for the next 6 hours. Thank you DSC and your great team of editors for this BORE-A-THON!
Next Tuesday if I'm again very tired, I'll switch over from NBC to THE DSC and Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z- again.
I am also appalled at how they have handled the sinking of the Ocean Challenger and the deaths resulting from this tragedy as the crabbers were still in port battling over the prices when this happened, weren't they???
Love to ya FW!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Like the fishermen have said. "Its all about ratings".
Yes, the guys were tied up and on strike when this occured.
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