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This show is exhibit "A" when it comes to the pitfalls/temptations of producing what has come to be known as "reality TV."
While appearing to be the real, impartial and open minded judges of the paranormal, the show caves into the temptation to create artificial drama through the use of spooky music, bad infrared camera work, biased editing of their OWN footage, bad acting by their "investigators" and outright distortion of what they see and experience.
Since they quite skillfully and rationally explained what happened to the "ghost car" in the first half of the show, and clearly demonstrated that the simplest and best explanation was that the car simply and un- paranormally passed under a loose chain link fence, they then, halfway through the show realized that they had risked making the show look too skeptical.
It meant that in the second half they HAD to somehow keep those who believe in UFOs and the paranormal interested by concluding that what they saw in Arizona was something strange and, "unexplainable" when they saw "bright lights" and bright fast moving objects on the IR scope over the skies of Luke Air Force Base!
Come on people! Lift a finger to use your search engine! Look up "Luke AFB" and what do you discover? Luke AFB trains pilots to fly the F-16. Have you never seen an F-16 light up the night with shock diamonds from it's afterburner, execute a sudden reverse turn and move at Mach 1 at low altitude?! True UFO investigators even the true believers ought to be insulted by such shoddy evaluation and reporting. (Oh yeah. I forgot this is, "reality TV!")
I think SyFy should do two things, First: Immediately apologize to/and or hire as consultants, the parents of the, "UFO balloon boy" to improve FoF's quality. (A sarcasm) Secondly (seriously) I will make a bold suggestion: Be truthful even when it may seem undramatic. The viewers will respect and love you for it.
Realize this: The guys over at Mythbusters may be a bit flamboyant and wacky but they do, in the end, allow the experiments and observations to fall or stand on their own, it is what makes such shows appealing.
score 2/10
gdamerow 21 July 2010
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