Comments on: False Alarms http://theouijaboard.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/false-alarms/ Armchair Ghost Hunting Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thetalkingmongoose http://theouijaboard.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/false-alarms/#comment-629 thetalkingmongoose Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:31:50 +0000 http://theouijaboard.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-629 Too true. Mme. B. believes everything and I believe nothing and we're both disgruntled. I am in awe that you watched four hours of nothing back-to-back and still remain rational. I could barely stand skimming this recap. You've hit the reason why this crap exists, though. Ghosts are always and ever fascinating. Even TAPS and Pilgrim can't reduce that. "Unseemly internal bickering" - hee! That should be a macro for Mme. B! Ta. Too true. Mme. B. believes everything and I believe nothing and we’re both disgruntled.

I am in awe that you watched four hours of nothing back-to-back and still remain rational. I could barely stand skimming this recap.

You’ve hit the reason why this crap exists, though. Ghosts are always and ever fascinating. Even TAPS and Pilgrim can’t reduce that.

“Unseemly internal bickering” – hee! That should be a macro for Mme. B!

Ta.

]]> By: Leslie http://theouijaboard.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/false-alarms/#comment-628 Leslie Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:27:27 +0000 http://theouijaboard.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-628 The GhostHunters pleases neither the skeptics nor the believers! They uncover too many unexplained anomalies to please those who categorically don't believe. On the other hand, they don't uncover enough of these anomalies, nor often enough to suit those who believe there is more to discover. They end up pleasing nobody, except themselves. Very often the show uncovers nothing. You are treated to an hour of watching them set up equipment, argue and bicker with one another, disassemble the equipment, watch inconclusive results and then announce that they found-nothing. Many of their episodes are like that. Once I watched them for 3-4 hours back to back- they found nothing. If that is so, it all should have wound up on the "cutting room floor" as they used to say in Hollywood. You have to watch about ten of their episodes to see one or two phenomena that truly stand out. The fault for this lies not with TAPS, but with the show's producers. The producer of this show deserves a good kick in the rear. There is no show business value or "box office" in showing a bunch of techno nerds find nothing. It's a supernatural miracle that the show is as popular as it is. The producer should open up the field to other investigators besides TAPS. The producer's attitude and criterion to TAPS and anyone else should be: "Find something we can show the viewers, or there is no show time for you." If I can fault TAPS for something besides their unseemly internal bickering, it's the fact that they don't seem to spend more than a few hours at any one site. Many of their locations deserve ongoing investigation, something better done by a local group rather than one from out of town that pops in and out. They often pack it in by 2 or 3 AM, just when the likelihood of paranormal phenomena increases. A very lame show as it is now constituted, but one that can be improved. The premise behind it is a good one; there will ALWAYS be a market for, and interest in ghost hunting The GhostHunters pleases neither the skeptics nor the believers! They uncover too many unexplained anomalies to please those who categorically don’t believe. On the other hand, they don’t uncover enough of these anomalies, nor often enough to suit those who believe there is more to discover. They end up pleasing nobody, except themselves.

Very often the show uncovers nothing. You are treated to an hour of watching them set up equipment, argue and bicker with one another, disassemble the equipment, watch inconclusive results and then announce that they found-nothing. Many of their episodes are like that. Once I watched them for 3-4 hours back to back- they found nothing. If that is so, it all should have wound up on the “cutting room floor” as they used to say in Hollywood. You have to watch about ten of their episodes to see one or two phenomena that truly stand out.

The fault for this lies not with TAPS, but with the show’s producers. The producer of this show deserves a good kick in the rear. There is no show business value or “box office” in showing a bunch of techno nerds find nothing. It’s a supernatural miracle that the show is as popular as it is. The producer should open up the field to other investigators besides TAPS. The producer’s attitude and criterion to TAPS and anyone else should be: “Find something we can show the viewers, or there is no show time for you.”

If I can fault TAPS for something besides their unseemly internal bickering, it’s the fact that they don’t seem to spend more than a few hours at any one site. Many of their locations deserve ongoing investigation, something better done by a local group rather than one from out of town that pops in and out. They often pack it in by 2 or 3 AM, just when the likelihood of paranormal phenomena increases.

A very lame show as it is now constituted, but one that can be improved. The premise behind it is a good one; there will ALWAYS be a market for, and interest in ghost hunting

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