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Zombie sharks..?

posted 10 years ago by veil182
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Sadly this board is not very active so I doubt I'll get an answer, but how much of the Zombie Sharks program was real? I wish I didn't have to ask but with 75% of the programming being fake documentaries, I have to ask.

The footage of these sharks going tonic, particularly the tiger, was wild. Even if some camera trickery was used, they got those sharks tonic.

But what about 100s of sharks washing up on the beach and an orca whale swimming off shore? Or going into open waters with the great white? Some of the orca footage looked doctored and the great white scenes were heavily edited for dramatic effect.

Anyone have any insight? Real depressing that I have to do fact finding after every show..

[–] smcbee27 9 years ago

Keep in mind that Discovery and it's MANY sister channel's are now owned by someone who only cares about profits. They've made announcements regularly that their programing is for "entertainment purposes only". How they can classify it as a "documentary" would be a good questions for the television arts folks.