I mentioned this on the front page so now I think I will post it here.
The show is "interesting" but that's about it. The very premise of the show goes against what we should be striving to do as investigators. The fact that part of the equation to win is finding evidence fast puts wayyyyyyy too much pressure on the participants to produce. Even a true-believer moon bat such as myself tries to find alternate explanations for happenings and doesn't assume that every noise and dust particle constitutes evidence.
Furthermore, while GA has a style of investigating that is interesting to watch and have even had a few ideas that are worth emulating...the show seems to be tilted towards teams that investigate their way (loud, in the dark, confrontational, etc). I suspect there are plenty of high quality teams out there that have styles VERY different from GA.
We have already seen teams present OBVIOUS dust orbs as evidence. This reflects very poorly on them, hopefully unfairly.
When I see a team come to the judging with "we found nothing but dust orbs and the audio is just too contaminated to make a qualified judgement" and then WIN based on their skill and thoroughness....I will change my tune.
Jo-Anne Penn-Kast said:
Haven't seen it - have no more tv, but from the sounds of it- it's like a contest... any potentially legitimate findings, if any, become suspect under such circumstances - fun for certain audience members perhaps, but no advancing the field... Just my 2 cents- without actually seeing it....
If you'd like to watch it here is the youtube you can make up your own mind then lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3uBKhyJreU&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JsCxdWJlQ&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZpUhBJJ5nU&feature=player_embedded
Phil Payette said:
Yeah, that was entertaining. And that's about as far as I will go with this show without being negative. Entertainment. That says it all, I think.
I agree with you Phil about the show and I to don't like to comment on what goes on as we only see a short snip of what truly happens just like all the other shows, they just show what they feel is entertianment.