Blackfish

kinda sad, bitch got what she deserved leave wild animals the fuck alone and in the fucking wild.
ill watch it though story seems really interesting.

At first I was like, "Awesome! A spin-off movie about the most bad ass member of House Tully".

Then I was like, "What? A movie about whales?"

Then I watched the trailer and I was like, "Holy shit, this looks fantastic and I really want to see it."

Porkchop_sl said:

Looks good to me. But please learn from my mistake. Do not show this trailer to girls who have annual passes to Sea World. It will not end well.

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what happened? her fragile idea of what weastern idealism means get threatened? poor cunt.

Just saw the airing on CNN. Very interesting doc. Worth a watch and I'll admit I'm swayed, can't see how Sea World has much of a leg to stand on here.

McCheese_sl said:

At first I was like, "Awesome! A spin-off movie about the most bad ass member of House Tully"

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Yeah, rather disappointed.


Orcas aren't even fish, they're giant asskicking dolphins.

They're also one of the few animals in the world other than humans that go through menopause.

Zhaun_sl said:

Orcas aren't even fish, they're giant asskicking dolphins.

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They said the term "blackfish" was a native American name from some tribe on the coast of BC I think.

There is a pretty good documentary on Orcas in the wild on Netflix too. I think it's called "Killer Whales"

Blackfish is gonna air again on Sunday if anybody wants to catch it again.

Looks good. I'm watching the 30 minute interview with the director now. It actually re-airs Saturday at 7pm ET and Sunday at 9pm ET.

edit: Maybe it's not on Saturday. The TV only mentions the Sunday showing, but the site says both.

There was an obnoxious amount of commercials last night, maybe just for the premier night, but maybe just pirate it.

Famm_sl said:

There was an obnoxious amount of commercials last night, maybe just for the premier night, but maybe just pirate it.

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Best to DVR it.

Sealand came off in a bad way and deservedly so, but I don't think I heard a single one of those former trainers express any sort of remorse except after the fact. None of them took a principled stand during their employment. None went to the media or tried to be a whistle-blower. None even quit in protest over the treatment of the animals from what I could tell. I understand that their woeful lack of academic qualifications factors in, but there was a whole lot of buck-passing and excuse-making. "We didn't know..." "We thought our managers knew what they were doing..." "We did as we were told..."

Better conditions, treatment, and training for sure are needed, and I could certainly do without the animal shows and performances, but I think captive animals (zoo/water) provide an overall net positive to society and I am willing to take the bad (of confined, not mistreated animals) with the good.

Watched a bit of this. They should not allow people to swim with Orcas. These things are dangerous...Killer whale attacks on humans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder what Blackfish tastes like, I kinda want to eat one now.

CaughtCross_sl said:

Watched a bit of this. They should not allow people to swim with Orcas. These things are dangerous...Killer whale attacks on humans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Orcas are pretty much the Apex predator. They even eat goddamn great white sharks in some parts of the world. That said take a look at that wikipedia page. Not a single record of an attack on a human in the wild, only in captivity

Don't they eat seals? If someone was swimming out with some seals I bet they could be mistaken for one pretty easily. You'd have to be a huge idiot to swim near seals in any case.