Whale Wars

Show Info

Genre(s): Documentary, Science & Nature

Created By: Dee Bagwell Haslam
Robert B. Lundgren
Liz Bronstein
Dan Stone

First Air Date: November 7, 2008

Summary

Starring Jason Hildebrandt

A look at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's efforts to stop the annual hunt of whales by the Japanese.

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Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 4.9 (out of 10) based on 40 User Votes

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TJ B. gave it a0:
I can't wait till the Japanese get feed up with his antics. Buy a ship to be torn down for scrap in Indonesia. Outfit it with steel ripples on the hull below the water line. When he attacks, just ram him for a change, or carry a small agriculture helicopter on board and when he launches an attack spray them down with that "non-toxic can't harm humans acid".

candi w. gave it a0:
I don't like the show! its a waste of tape! I dont like them killing whales but i don't think two wrongs dont make it right. Its not cool putting your shipmates and other shipmates lives in danger! And their not stopping them. Can't wait till this show is off the air!!!!!!

Trevor S gave it a10:
Whether they're in a tight spot due to incompetence of new shipmates, or the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Japanese whalers, the conflict is great to watch. I normally don't like reality shows. This is the only one I have ever liked. Perhaps the controversy and philosophical questions raised by their mission and tactics does it for me too.

GEofff gave it a2:
This show is so pointless,they say they wanna stop people killing whalers but they achieve absolutely nothing every episode..they fail everytime and they are wasting their time thinking that some stink bombs will do any damage to the whalers..they gotta do more aggresive stuff else the whole thing is pointless.

Eric B gave it a3:
Doing the right thing the wrong way is just wrong. The law of whale fishing is there to try to please the Japanese that have been fishing for a very long time, and the tree huggers that want everyone to live happily ever after. The law means: Fish the whales but not too much, and provide everyone with some statistics and don't waste the meat. Laws can be interpreted differently but the bottom line of a law is often to try to keep peace between everyone. One might be fishing commercially and pretend research, but The Steve Irwin boat is just a self-serving egocentric hippy community and it serves more as a cult than a community anyway. You just don’t go and attack someone else because they do what you don’t want them to, countries have killed millions of people for that reason. The captain talks about what the others should do but never does it himself, talks about how besides them, all other organisation are cowards and people not willing to do what HE sees fit, are cowards as well. He discards members that don't agree, (not just disagree), and fill his boat up with new and fresh abiding hippies that will follow any order (or be dismissed). When I hear things like: The whales are more important than us, I cannot agree. Everyone and everything is as important. We all serve a purpose. The question is: Are we exterminating a race by the fishing only? The answer is not, many other things will kill them first. The law allows a lot less than what is born every year. Not many people of the crew will stay on that boat for too long, besides the heads, as the only right thing to do is get out of the grunt and negative work, and work pacifically towards a more harmonious planet. Also, when they pretend that going after one single ship of the whole Japanese fleet makes "the whale killing stop", sorry to say, but it does not. Stop anything, if it would, they wouldn’t fish anymore.

Derrick L. gave it a0:
These people are terrorist. Pretend a bunch of Hindus came to a United States Cattle Ranch and started throwing stink bombs on the front porch of the farmer. There would be a national out cry if they werent shot on sight. This is why the world hates americans... We think our way is the only way to do things. The Japanese way is not evil or bad, its just different.

Simon O. gave it a10:
Great show, it is drama and action packed it shows the passionate volunteers willing to put their lives on the line to protect the most beautiful and intelligent creatures on the planet

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