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DancnDude
07-28-2008, 09:08 PM
So I almost missed this one because it's not caught by the regular Mythbusters season pass. This was a fun one though. That fake shark they made was so freaking awesome.

And I tell you it would have taken a lot to get me down there. I would have been totally like Grant. He looked genuinely scared and it looks like they must have really had to talk him in to doing it. But it was fun to watch!
kdelande
07-28-2008, 09:45 PM
Crap, not picked up by standing Series Link, thanks for the heads up! I'll search it out for a one-off. There hasn't been a new Mythbusters in quite some time.

KD
BeanMeScot
07-28-2008, 10:21 PM
Yeah, I happened to catch a few minutes and realized it was new. I was able to get the 2nd airing at 1am.
mattack
07-28-2008, 10:50 PM
So I almost missed this one because it's not caught by the regular Mythbusters season pass. This was a fun one though. That fake shark they made was so freaking awesome.

BTW, this was also mentioned in the Season Pass Alerts forum.

It's also listed a zillion more times in the existing guide data.
Jeeters
07-29-2008, 07:12 AM
The roboshark was pretty cool. Wish they would've went into more detail on how they came up with the internals. They pretty much just went, "look, it's hydraulic!", and that was it.

Thought Grant's robodog was pretty lame. It moved way too slow such that it didn't even make any disturbance in the water. And the tether they had it on didn't let it get more than about 6' from the boat. They needed it to get farther from the boat.
LoadStar
07-29-2008, 08:46 AM
The only question I have about the shark they built: why did Adam spend so freaking much time on the metal set of teeth? As far as I can tell, the only thing he used them for was comparing the bite pattern on the surfboard, which wasn't even really all that pertinent to the myth.
DancnDude
07-29-2008, 09:27 AM
The only question I have about the shark they built: why did Adam spend so freaking much time on the metal set of teeth? As far as I can tell, the only thing he used them for was comparing the bite pattern on the surfboard, which wasn't even really all that pertinent to the myth.

They did show it ripping up the pig too, but yeah I agree with you.
Jeeters
07-29-2008, 10:00 AM
They did show it ripping up the pig too, but yeah I agree with you.Right.. I think maybe the point might have been to show that besides just being trashed about while trying to hit the eye, at the same time you're dealing with the teeth turning into that pig. But yet, I wasn't quite sure either.
sushikitten
07-29-2008, 10:40 AM
I wonder if our SP picked this up. I just assumed it was a rerun.
LoadStar
07-29-2008, 11:35 AM
They did show it ripping up the pig too, but yeah I agree with you.

Ahh, right, the "human analogue." I saw them bring out the pig, and I just rolled my eyes and wandered off to get something from the other room and promptly forgot about it.
Jeeters
07-29-2008, 11:40 AM
I wonder if our SP picked this up. I just assumed it was a rerun.Season pass won't pick it up. It's being considered a stand alone 'special'.
MLR930
07-29-2008, 12:28 PM
Oooh it's a whole new one? I'll have to check that out.... Shark Week used to be my favorite part of the summer but now it seems like it's all the same stuff repeated.
squint
07-29-2008, 12:34 PM
Survivorman's experiments actually seemed more sound than the Mythbusters'. But both their swimming human/dog and thrashing shark animatronics were weak.

Even though I watched them last year, I still love the Air Jaws shows and wish Comcast here (Denver) carried Discovery in HD (maybe they do?).
YCantAngieRead
07-29-2008, 01:51 PM
By the way, according to a Myspace update from Grant, there are 11 new episodes in a row coming up on Mythbusters.

I can't WAIT. I was sorely missing them.
DancnDude
07-29-2008, 01:56 PM
By the way, according to a Myspace update from Grant, there are 11 new episodes in a row coming up on Mythbusters.

I can't WAIT. I was sorely missing them.

They were showing commercials for them when this one aired. Aug 6 is the first new episode.
bubba1972
07-29-2008, 03:43 PM
Mythbusters take on the Moon Landing Myths... Excellent!
mattack
07-29-2008, 10:44 PM
Mythbusters take on the Moon Landing Myths... Excellent!

I hope they have Joe Rogan on as a special guest on that one. He was on at least one, I think 2, episodes of the late lamented Penn Jillette podcast, where he was arguing the moon landing hoax side of the argument. He was *somewhat* less of a bozo than most of these people, since he admitted he wasn't an expert, and seemed like he COULD be convinced by logical arguments.. (though from what I remember of it, the things he brought up WERE the same old tired arguments).
MrGreg
07-30-2008, 06:44 PM
For an episode based mostly in the Bahamas, there wasn't nearly enough of Kari in a bikini.
Bulldog7
08-01-2008, 02:19 AM
For an episode based mostly in the Bahamas, there wasn't nearly enough of Kari in a bikini.

:up::up::up:
DianaMo
01-29-2009, 05:12 PM
Video
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=11769068

Sharks Swarm Beaches Off Singer Island
Beachgoers Told To Stay Out Of Water

Red flags posted at the lifeguard stands served as reminders to beachgoers to stay out of the water.

Mark Northrup didn't know what the flags meant until he saw a shark do a barrel-roll out of the water.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28895667/

You know how to tell if there are sharks in the water?
You hear the Jaws music..