Comments on: Summer Media: River Monsters

By: Matt Jensen

Matt Jensen — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:20:14 +0000

This show is great, but I am almost positve I seen it on Discovery. Either way I was hooked immediately. Usually shows like this are filmed in some exotic location with crazy looking animals one only dreams of seeing, but the episode I saw this week had him hunting for sturgeon in Alaska. Still far away but not unthinkable.

By: Kelli Marshall

Kelli Marshall — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:11:15 +0000

OMG, I’m simultaneously intrigued, disgusted, and frightened by the size of the fish in the second picture! (A catfish, it appears?)

By: Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:23:46 +0000

I'm sure they think young adults won't like it, and yet everytime I put on Blue Planet or Planet Earth for a class of mine, they always complain when I hit the stop button a few mins later. I mean, come on, a well done animal show vs. The Marriage Ref would be an easy victory

By: Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:39:11 +0000

Thanks for this review. I don’t tend to scan TV as much as I should, and am even worse when it comes to making appointments for things I “should” check out but won’t. I agree with you that it is somewhat surprising this stuff hasn’t made its way onto network. Red states and blue alike enjoy this type of what Bill Nichols dubs a “cinema of attractions.” And let’s not forget just how long the Beverly HIllbillies was number one. I grew up with Jacques Cousteau, but that wasn’t half as interesting as the sea monsters. Don’t have any explanation other than advertising (or the perception of “what is the market for this?”).