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Shark Week 2025

Started by Gwangi, June 22, 2025, 07:12:01 PM

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Gwangi

#20
July 05, 2025, 01:33:59 PM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on July 05, 2025, 01:13:35 PMI have to be honest @Gwangi I have never watched a single shark week show ever. I stopped watching a lot of nature shows in the late 1990s when they started to shift from educational to sensationalistic. I know many have reverted back to traditional educational, but I seem to remember Shark Week being born out of the era when sensationalism was popular. I bet some of the earlier years were better, but I just feel it was a down time in terms of nature shows. Thank goodness for the animal show renaissance in recent years, especially with the Attenborough-narrated stuff I can see on BBC and recently others (e.g., the Americas).

The late 90's and early 00's is about when I stopped watching Shark Week. As a kid in the 90's I ate up nature documentaries and I still have stacks of VHS tapes full of ones I recorded off the TV. I liked Shark Week back then ( I remember when they aired it around the Super Bowl and called it Shark Bowl) but I was also a kid, so the sensationalism probably worked on me. As I got older I saw Shark Week for what it was. I'll occasionally look through whatever shark documentaries are on the streaming services but I'm seldom impressed by what I find.

sbell

#21
July 05, 2025, 01:54:03 PM
The only one I really watched was near the beginning of it all, about prehistoric sharks in Bear Gulch with Ray Troll inspired reconstructions.

Hard to sensationalize fossil chimeras!

Alopias superciliosus

#22
July 07, 2025, 04:26:38 AM
Quote from: sbell on July 04, 2025, 06:24:38 PMI've been thinking it over. I think I'll do the Discovery Science angular rough shark

Might consider the Neko Works Starry Smoothhound but it's not painted and I'm a coward

The angular rough shark is a great choice, interested to see your thoughts on it! And I'm in the same place with my unpainted Starry Smoothhound  ::D

Quote from: bmathison1972 on July 05, 2025, 01:28:35 PM
Quote from: Alopias superciliosus on July 04, 2025, 02:26:54 PMSounds good- excited for your Porbeagle review and any other figures you might find!

I hope you still do the Qualia keychain plushes also! That's the kind of stuff that's rare on the Blog  :*D

Yes, I definitely will still be reviewing those Qualia keychains too! So I can do two reviews then: Papo Thresher and then those Qualia keychains as one separate review

sbell

#23
July 07, 2025, 05:14:50 AM
Quote from: Alopias superciliosus on July 07, 2025, 04:26:38 AM
Quote from: sbell on July 04, 2025, 06:24:38 PMI've been thinking it over. I think I'll do the Discovery Science angular rough shark

Might consider the Neko Works Starry Smoothhound but it's not painted and I'm a coward

The angular rough shark is a great choice, interested to see your thoughts on it! And I'm in the same place with my unpainted Starry Smoothhound  ::D


Worse, I have two just in case. But can't bring myself to do it. I also have a Neko Greenland shark, but only one

bmathison1972

#24
July 07, 2025, 12:59:23 PM
I had a Neko cookiecutter shark. Painted it. Wasn't happy with the results. Eventually replaced it with a Takara version.

sbell

#25
July 07, 2025, 03:07:52 PM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on July 07, 2025, 12:59:23 PMI had a Neko cookiecutter shark. Painted it. Wasn't happy with the results. Eventually replaced it with a Takara version.
I have the Takara and Colorata. Probably why I didn't get the Neko

Gwangi

#26
July 07, 2025, 04:28:07 PM Last Edit: July 07, 2025, 04:28:46 PM by Gwangi
Y'all saying you're not sure what to review or don't know what you have left that hasn't been reviewed but you're in here talking about stuff I didn't even know existed. ::)

sbell

#27
July 07, 2025, 04:48:55 PM
Quote from: Gwangi on July 07, 2025, 04:28:07 PMY'all saying you're not sure what to review or don't know what you have left that hasn't been reviewed but you're in here talking about stuff I didn't even know existed. ::)

Sometimes it's just hard to figure out what would make a good review!

Gwangi

#28
July 07, 2025, 05:06:41 PM
Quote from: sbell on July 07, 2025, 04:48:55 PM
Quote from: Gwangi on July 07, 2025, 04:28:07 PMY'all saying you're not sure what to review or don't know what you have left that hasn't been reviewed but you're in here talking about stuff I didn't even know existed. ::)

Sometimes it's just hard to figure out what would make a good review!

Anything not on the blog, I would say. Especially species that haven't been featured yet.

suspsy

#29
July 08, 2025, 06:54:58 PM
I can review a plush hammerhead shark.

suspsy

#30
July 12, 2025, 03:10:43 AM
I've submitted mine. Fit it in on whatever day works that week.

bmathison1972

#31
July 13, 2025, 05:44:41 PM
Looks like we currently have eight reviews planned. Do we start early on 7/19 or extend it to 7/27? I favor the latter  8)

bmathison1972

#32
July 13, 2025, 05:53:28 PM
Also, the review by Suspsy is scheduled for July 21. As reviews get completed, I will put them towards the front end, allowing more time for those reviews that are not ready yet!

sbell

#33
July 13, 2025, 07:27:45 PM
I just need to do my photos!

Gwangi

#34
July 13, 2025, 11:02:46 PM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on July 13, 2025, 05:44:41 PMLooks like we currently have eight reviews planned. Do we start early on 7/19 or extend it to 7/27? I favor the latter  8)

I agree with extending it.

sbell

#35
July 14, 2025, 02:26:14 AM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on July 13, 2025, 05:53:28 PMAlso, the review by Suspsy is scheduled for July 21. As reviews get completed, I will put them towards the front end, allowing more time for those reviews that are not ready yet!

I just finished mine up--I will schedule for the 22nd.

JimoAi

#36
July 14, 2025, 05:18:58 AM
I'll just take what's left

Gwangi

#37
July 16, 2025, 08:29:59 PM
I got my reviews done! I updated the first post with dates, put JimoAi down for the 24th (since he said he'll take what's left), and that left only the 23rd unclaimed so I put Alopias superciliosus in that spot.

bmathison1972

#38
July 16, 2025, 10:31:25 PM
And whatever @Alopias superciliosus doesn't get done in time for 7/23 can be done on 7/27 (or whatever day follows shark week)

Alopias superciliosus

#39
July 16, 2025, 10:53:06 PM
Yes, happy to take 7/23 and 7/27! My papo thresher arrived in today so I will have time to make a review on it- I'll probably do the thresher on 7/23 and the qualia keychains for 7/27
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