Deadliest Catch

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Im into the show as well, its fun to watch, Greg why dont you take off a winter and go be a greenhorn your wife will love u with all that extra money youll make, i dont think id last 3 days... I also enjoy Man vs Wild. Im looking forward to that new show with those crazy tractor trailer ice drivers going across lakes, watching their rigs sink lol.

 

[Paul]

Im into the show as well, its fun to watch, Greg why dont you take off a winter and go be a greenhorn your wife will love u with all that extra money youll make, i dont think id last 3 days... I also enjoy Man vs Wild. Im looking forward to that new show with those crazy tractor trailer ice drivers going across lakes, watching their rigs sink lol.

I like Man vs Wild too, but if there's a DC show that feels contrived, its that one. I know he says he doesn't interact with his crew, buuuut....

I prefer Les Stroud "Survivorman" Dude does all of his own filming, and his situations feel a lot more plausible.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I used to really like the show and never miss it. While it is a rough way to make your money I am sure alot of that is staged.

Like when the Time Bandit(I think it was that boat) Watched the guy fall over board, then saved him. You never actully saw that guy in the water. He was on the stack one second, the gone the next, couldnt see him in the water either. Never saw him in the water when he was pulled up. PLus what are the chances taht they would be there to watch?

I am not saying the show is entirly staged, but some things are, and with the help of choise editing......

There has been several articles the past couple of years in a variety of mags and newspapers about all these reality shows and parts are definately staged or at the least the timeline is manipulated.

I'm in Maine this week doing some work on my place and I was talking to my neighbor about the show "the deadliest catch", he's been a lobsterman his whole life. He told me he checked the show out and said these guys have more action and get in life threatening situations in one show then he sees in a week or even a month.

There was a recent article about the show "extreme makeover", same thing. What you see is not totally what is.

No question that the job of any kind of fisherman is extremely hard and incredibly dangerous and I have a tremendous amount of respect for all that do it but how they are portrayed on these "reality shows" is not reality. This is what an experienced fisherman says and I'll take his word for it.

 

[Paul]

There has been several articles the past couple of years in a variety of mags and newspapers about all these reality shows and parts are definately staged or at the least the timeline is manipulated.

I'm in Maine this week doing some work on my place and I was talking to my neighbor about the show "the deadliest catch", he's been a lobsterman his whole life. He told me he checked the show out and said these guys have more action and get in life threatening situations in one show then he sees in a week or even a month.

There was a recent article about the show "extreme makeover", same thing. What you see is not totally what is.

No question that the job of any kind of fisherman is extremely hard and incredibly dangerous and I have a tremendous amount of respect for all that do it but how they are portrayed on these "reality shows" is not reality. This is what an experienced fisherman says and I'll take his word for it.

I don't think there's any argument that shows like this edit down hundreds of hours of footage into a handful of hour-long episodes. Keep in mind, that the footage is shot over an entire season, on about 10 different boats (if not more) and is in the Bearing Sea, which, I would imagine, would see a bit more action than the Atlantic.

No doubt that things are a bit dramatized due to editing etc... however, I still don't think that anyone would risk their lives, or their potential income, to stage events to make the show more dramatic.

 

[SkiDog]

however, I still don't think that anyone would risk their lives, or their potential income, to stage events to make the show more dramatic.

Yeah I mean really..."hey johnnie can you jump in the Bering Sea water so that we can have a better TV show?" I mean really.....

Oh yeah and ummm the Bering sea is a LOT different that Lobsta fishing off the Atlantic coast of Maine.

Again it isnt labeled the Deadliest job for nothing.

M

 

[JimG.]

Gosh! Gee!

You mean these "reality shows" are contrived? That they don't really show true reality?

Something must be wrong with you guys to think that. Next thing you'll tell me that professional wrestling is staged.

 

[Marc]

Deadliest Catch isn't a reality show... it's a documentary. There's a big difference.

 

[JimG.]

Deadliest Catch isn't a reality show... it's a documentary. There's a big difference.

Point taken...but whenever there are cameras in plain view and the protagonists know it, it will contain a level of contrivance that moves it away from documentation of reality.

Hidden cameras/cameras not in plain view make for more realistic documentaries.

 

[Greg]

Point taken...but whenever there are cameras in plain view and the protagonists know it, it will contain a level of contrivance that moves it away from documentation of reality.

Hidden cameras/cameras not in plain view make for more realistic documentaries.

And as Paul mentioned, distilling down hundreds of hours of footage may also result in something slightly removed from reality. Nevertheless, I don't think there is all that much that is not believable and I find the show very entertaining and enjoyable.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I forgot about it being on the Discovery channel even tho Greg mentioned that in the first post.
I guess that puts it in a better light. The one time I watched it they spent alot of time with the social nuanses of the crew which did leave me feeling that artificial direction is involved.

Whether it's cod, halibut, lobsta, whatever....it's a tough dangerous way to earn a buck. Bering Sea, Georges Bank or 100 miles out pulling up lobster traps. Anybody who does not realize that needs needs a dose of reality for themselves.

 

[Paul]

I forgot about it being on the Discovery channel even tho Greg mentioned that in the first post.
I guess that puts it in a better light. The one time I watched it they spent alot of time with the social nuanses of the crew which did leave me feeling that artificial direction is involved.

Whether it's cod, halibut, lobsta, whatever....it's a tough dangerous way to earn a buck. Bering Sea, Georges Bank or 100 miles out pulling up lobster traps. Anybody who does not realize that needs needs a dose of reality for themselves.

No doubt, they're all jobs I'd rather not do. However, if forced to choose between them, The Bearing Sea would be at the bottom of my list.

I think on some of the boats, its the crew themselves who man the cameras. I'm positive that there is, at least, a bit of "hamming-it-up" going-on.

 

[Greg]

So who are everyone's favorite boats and captains? I like Sig and the Northwestern and Phil and the Cornelia Marie.

 

[Paul]

So who are everyone's favorite boats and captains? I like Sig and the Northwestern and Phil and the Cornelia Marie.

I'm betting Sig is the all-round fan favorite.

I like Jonathan on the Time Bandit. Phil's cool. But my new favorite is the guy who got his wife to go along as a cook, and she gets seasick. Reminded me of a few voyages the wife and I have been on. uke:

 

[SkiDog]

So who are everyone's favorite boats and captains? I like Sig and the Northwestern and Phil and the Cornelia Marie.

SIG for sure....I believe hes the best fisherman out of all of em...

M

 

[Marc]

I like the Sig and Edgar show myself... if I were to crew on any of the boats I think it'd be the Northwestern because Sig I think is one of the smartest captains or the Wizard because it's nice and big (140+ feet?), which is a plus in 45 foot seas, and the captain doesn't smoke, although the whole crew probably does.

 

[Marc]

I believe Sig is the technical advisor for the show as well...

 

[Paul]

I like the Sig and Edgar show myself... if I were to crew on any of the boats I think it'd be the Northwestern because Sig I think is one of the smartest captains or the Wizard because it's nice and big (140+ feet?), which is a plus in 45 foot seas, and the captain doesn't smoke, although the whole crew probably does.

Smoking is practically a pre-requisite for the job.

 

[Hawkshot99]

No doubt that things are a bit dramatized due to editing etc... however, I still don't think that anyone would risk their lives, or their potential income, to stage events to make the show more dramatic.

You mean to tell me there is no financial compensation to the crews/owners of these boats to have the cameras there?:blink: If you are getting paid more to do something than you are to catch crab then something tells me you will willingly go do what the producers say.

If your saying you dont think anyone would risk thier lives to make the show more dramatic...For the right price people will do anything.:lol:

And as for the specific example of the Time Bandit rescueing the man from the sea, I never said he intentionaly jumped in. I said I never saw the man in the water at all. You never saw him actully fall, and with all the cameras they have you never actully saw him in the water......


Even with my thoughts on some of the show I still watch it, just take what you see with a grain of salt, cause what you see isnt the total truth.

 

[Greg]

You mean to tell me there is no financial compensation to the crews/owners of these boats to have the cameras there?:blink: If you are getting paid more to do something than you are to catch crab then something tells me you will willingly go do what the producers say.

Interesting point. I wonder if the crew/captains are compensated in any way...

 

[Marc]

You mean to tell me there is no financial compensation to the crews/owners of these boats to have the cameras there?:blink: If you are getting paid more to do something than you are to catch crab then something tells me you will willingly go do what the producers say.

If your saying you dont think anyone would risk thier lives to make the show more dramatic...For the right price people will do anything.:lol:

And as for the specific example of the Time Bandit rescueing the man from the sea, I never said he intentionaly jumped in. I said I never saw the man in the water at all. You never saw him actully fall, and with all the cameras they have you never actully saw him in the water......


Even with my thoughts on some of the show I still watch it, just take what you see with a grain of salt, cause what you see isnt the total truth.

I'm fairly certain they have footage of him going in... I clearly remember them showing the guy dangling off the side of the stack, a wave coming up and sweeping him away.

I seriously doubt that was staged.

As for the rest of the show and how they act... well the camera's are probably rolling for a significant portion of the time the camera man is on the cruise... people might act differently at first, but with the camera on all the time, I'm sure they fall back to being themselves fairly quickly.

And certainly it's edited to keep it exciting and on the edge of your seat. Why would DC want to put out a boring, dry show... and why would anyone watch?