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I understand James Fox is a serious respected documentary creator. I question the shows honesty in telling him what it was about and how it would be produced & publicized. It should be an interesting interview on the Paracast.
 
What I'll be looking for as I go through the first two episodes (and Episode One starts with a pretty straightforward presentation on the Stephenville, TX UFOs) is the way the actual facts of the cases are handled. The production flourishes and rapid camera movements cannot camouflage the core content and if there's a respect for facts. So we'll see.

Update: I've seen both episodes. I'll discuss my reaction when we talk with Fox.
 
lancemoody said:
I already know exactly what this is.
It's Finding Bigfoot for UFO's.
It's absurd that anyone can pretend that it's anything different.
Their "skeptic" is a die hard ancient astronaut believer.
Such a ridiculous load of crap...James Fox fits right in.

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It blows that UFOs Over Earth was on for only 3 episodes. It was the best UFO reality TV show I've seen.
 
God, this stuff screams utter shite all over the place. All we got here is a hot chick looking reeeal nice & tight while pretending to have a genuine interest in UFOs and taping stupid stuff that is going to be deemed very mysterious, unexplainable and important. Seducing the Forever Alone UFO buffs...

Having James Fox in such a ridiculous action sequence instantly results in a facepalm reaction. Jeez, maybe this is the ultimate UFO disinfo operation: make it look like entertainment and entertainment only. Such a pity to see that guy sink down to this after I know what I saw. Looking forward to the Paracast episode, I wonder what he'll have to say about all that.

In the end it seems the only thing we'll have to look forward to in future UFO shows is not interesting round objects in the sky, but interesting round objects under the hostess' shirt bouncing around chasing satellites...
 
Erin Ryder is the "hot chick" she used to be in Destination Truth, " the one that screamed a lot."

I watched the 30 second promo, I can't say anymore. Well, apart from, I now understand why I turned off my TV two years ago and now only switch it back on to play my Xbox.
 
I'm imagining if this same show was somehow launched in the late 60s. Dr. Hynek is the team leader, who do you cast as his team mates?
 
Remember that Ben McGee is the scientist in the current crew. I'd rather think that such a show wouldn't have worked in nearly the same way in the 60s. There's a certain sensibility for reality shows nowadays, certain expectations for better or for worse.
 
lancemoody said:
I already know exactly what this is.
It's Finding Bigfoot for UFO's.
It's absurd that anyone can pretend that it's anything different.
Their "skeptic" is a die hard ancient astronaut believer.
Such a ridiculous load of crap...James Fox fits right in.

Lance
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As usual Lance is way off base and grossly over-projecting his grinding load-of-crap negativity.
 
If we can struggle past the inclination to simply call BULLSHIT on everything associated with UFOs and the paranormal, what should a reasonable person's expectation for a television show about UFOs be I wonder?

Reality says that because it is a television series it is going to be primarily entertainment targeted for as large a demographic as possible. Not much way around that and it actually get on television. It will be sensational by necessity. There will be "pretty people", staged conflict, and product placement. If we get lucky the result might be interesting to watch.

I get the impression sometimes that some think the perfect UFO television series would contain a tight shot of placard reading "IT'S ALL BULLSHIT FOLKS" in between commercials. Doesn't sound all that interesting really. Here is what such a perfect UFO show might look like.
 

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lancemoody said:
Watched the premiere and now watching the second one.

I was wrong.

This is WAY stupider than Finding Bigfoot.

Watching these morons stumbling around doing soil surveys (!) of dubious cases (for instance, one reported by a silly paranormal club leader who obviously believes EVERYTHING) is funny enough. That they do it AT NIGHT is comedy gold.


Unimaginably silly, embarrassing and insulting to any viewer watching for any reason other that the unintentional humor.

What the HELL was that???



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Dang, I missed it. I'll have to catch the repeat.
 
Terrible, terrible show. And I usually cut most of the ufo/alien type shows some slack. Why in the world would they be searching for trace evidence, or anything on the ground for that matter, at night? And whats up with those stupid shoulder mount camera rigs?...

Only thing to say is....what the hell was Fox thinking?...
 
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