# I Pit "Monster Bug Wars" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044 "2011-04-12T02:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/21 "2011-04-17T06:01:31Z")
> [@rockjon](#): > > This program is set in natural habitats with natural predation sequences, just as any nature doco is. … That might be, but nothing in the on-air advertising or the online discussions I saw even suggested that. The quotes in my OP are from the producers of the show and/or the network. And I’m not about to watch something that is advertised as total crap in the hope that it’s not as bad as the promoters make it sound. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/22 "2011-04-29T11:55:10Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#): > > I’m trying to watch it now, but the goddam sound effects are getting on my fucking nerves. > > Dammit, insects do not roar! Precisely my beef. “Next up on Whored-Out Nature for the Transformers-Addled, MONSTERRRR BUUUG WAAAARRRRS!” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/23 "2011-04-29T15:59:53Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > If they could miniaturize some Christians and chunk em in there too I think they would have a hit. Maybe do the same with some NASCARs and have them racing around the edge of the field. Then have a tiny Tony Hawk jumping the whole thing with a rocket powered skateboard. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Hitler Channel. OMG. I’d feel bad but hell, I’d probably sponsor this. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/24 "2011-04-29T16:32:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I just find it really distasteful that a network purportedly dedicated to science and education is promoting blood sports. Do insects have blood? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/25 "2011-04-29T21:24:31Z")
From seeing the ads for the show on the Science Channel (one of my favorite channels btw), I’d have to say that it doesn’t look like the type of show that would appeal to me, personally. I don’t have a major issue with bugs killing each other, but I fail to see the entertainment value in watching it, and personally I’d pit the Science Channel for putting it on because it takes away from showing more interesting programming…which, to me is very annoying when I want to see something cool on volcanoes, ancient Egypt (there was a cools show last night about the search for Imhotep’s tomb that was pretty enjoyable) or space and the universe, and instead it’s a Monster Bug Wars marathon. :eek: I really can’t wait until you can pick and choose what you want to watch from your cable or satellite provider, instead of having to be limited to whatever programming they have decided to put on in a given time slot. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/26 "2011-04-29T21:36:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Do insects have blood? Okay, _hemolymph_ sports. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/27 "2011-04-30T01:15:49Z")
I pit paying way too much for satellite given that almost everything on these days is pure crap. I’ve never been one of those snooty nose-in-the-air types who loudly proclaim they don’t own a TV and never watch it. I do want to have working TVs in my home so that when the rare, good program comes on I can watch it. The early days of cable were a lot better. There were fewer channels, but usually there was something worth watching, the [Bruce Springsteen song](http://www.allmusic.com/album/57-channels-and-nothin-on-r76795) notwithstanding. HBO and Showtime, and a local predecessor in the L.A. area called “Z Channel” showed movies that were actually recently finished in the theaters, much like the ones you have to pay extra for now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/28 "2011-04-30T16:22:02Z")
> [@rockjon](#): > > This program is set in natural habitats with natural predation sequences, just as any nature doco is. Unfortunately the tacky name is misleading. It is certainly not ‘in a box’. They do dub in growls and screams. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044/29 "2011-05-01T01:49:04Z")
> [@bump](#): > > The commercials make it look like a documentary, only with a certain emphasis on the violent parts of insect life, complete with extreme zoom. > > It’s certainly not scorpions vs. spiders in a miniature Colosseum complete with tiny advertisements or anything like that. With tiny little tridents and nets? And throwing the Christian ants to the ant lions? COOL! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-monster-bug-wars/578044.md?page=1)