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UFO Hunters
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Is it still being produced? Thought that show was cancelled a while back.
one has to make a reasoned judgement here...
Do you like sucking ass or programmes centred around that?
Do you draw a direct correlation between a person's ability to make a tv programme and their ability produce a monthly newsstand publication?
If you like sucking ass and do not draw a correlation between the ability to make tv and produce a magazine, then I would logically conclude you should make that purchase.
If you dislike sucking ass and hold the same correlation I would immediately suggest you do not.
If you dislike sucking ass but have a very strong inclination to giving a person a second opportunity in a different medium and can afford those hard earned cents in the dollar, then it might be worth a punt just so that you can then recalibrate the correlation skills of ass suckery with consumption of the same genre/ topic but in two mediums.
All the best with your decision, for it is yours to take alone.
Do you like sucking ass or programmes centred around that?
Do you draw a direct correlation between a person's ability to make a tv programme and their ability produce a monthly newsstand publication?
If you like sucking ass and do not draw a correlation between the ability to make tv and produce a magazine, then I would logically conclude you should make that purchase.
If you dislike sucking ass and hold the same correlation I would immediately suggest you do not.
If you dislike sucking ass but have a very strong inclination to giving a person a second opportunity in a different medium and can afford those hard earned cents in the dollar, then it might be worth a punt just so that you can then recalibrate the correlation skills of ass suckery with consumption of the same genre/ topic but in two mediums.
All the best with your decision, for it is yours to take alone.
It would really move the discussion along if you defined your terms beyond "sucking ass." Why, specifically, do you dislike UFO Hunters? Please try to use details rather than labels. Thanks.
Yes, not being of the American genus or having lived in that culture, I too am confused by the colloquialism of what constitutes 'sucks ass'.
Can you elucidate my good fellow? I have a fear that if we are not careful we could be exposed to SEO bombing of a flagrantly incorrect topic for the genre under discussion and some people may arrive at the thread under a different allusion as to the content of said topic.
Since you got involved, what do YOU think of the show?
Sir,
I have never seen the show, nor have I read the American version of UFO Monthly. I was merely attempting to help the fellow in making his decision based on the parameters he had presented as his considered assessment of the tv programme under question, coupled with the very real dilemma he faces in an important retail-centred consumption decision.
Further sir, from your comments I can deduce that you have seen the show, I may even hazard that you have at least once procured the magazine. Can you confirm if, in your judgement, it does concur with the OP that the tv programme does indeed 'suck ass'? .. whatever 'suck ass' may entail.
All the best.
I have never seen the show, nor have I read the American version of UFO Monthly. I was merely attempting to help the fellow in making his decision based on the parameters he had presented as his considered assessment of the tv programme under question, coupled with the very real dilemma he faces in an important retail-centred consumption decision.
Further sir, from your comments I can deduce that you have seen the show, I may even hazard that you have at least once procured the magazine. Can you confirm if, in your judgement, it does concur with the OP that the tv programme does indeed 'suck ass'? .. whatever 'suck ass' may entail.
All the best.
It's a typical reality show, meaning that some content is edited or enhanced for its entertainment value, and not because of factual accuracy. As to the magazine, it's a mixed bag. Under the previous publishers and editors, Don and Vicki Ecker, it was a straight-ahead UFO publication with a serious intent. At present, when it comes out (and the schedule has become increasingly erratic), the approach is designed to appeal to all sides of the UFO issue, at the expense of pleasing few. You have incoherent columns cheek by jowl with serious articles. I gather Bill and Nancy Birnes want to present a cross-section of opinions, but it needs a vision and a strong hand at editing content. The cranks need to go, even though it's possible they help garner more subscriptions.
Sir,
This is a really valuable contribution which should help the OP reach a more reasoned decision.
Now we simply await a coherent definition for the colloquialism under question and I feel our work will be done here.
Your description is pretty much as I expected to receive. From all the other projects that the creators have been involved with, they might be seen by some to have the inverse midas touch in terms of quality and factual content, the remuneration side may of course be different, or it may not. It can be a difficult decision to find the right balance that appeases the paymaster and the consumer. As always 'caveat emptor' must be observed and the market will signal if they are hitting that balance.
This is a really valuable contribution which should help the OP reach a more reasoned decision.
Now we simply await a coherent definition for the colloquialism under question and I feel our work will be done here.
Your description is pretty much as I expected to receive. From all the other projects that the creators have been involved with, they might be seen by some to have the inverse midas touch in terms of quality and factual content, the remuneration side may of course be different, or it may not. It can be a difficult decision to find the right balance that appeases the paymaster and the consumer. As always 'caveat emptor' must be observed and the market will signal if they are hitting that balance.
SRL+
Paranormal Adept
I'm rather surprised, while looking at your signature you appear to know quite a bit about American slang. Here, this may help...Urban Dictionary, June 1: First Date Arm..., good luck.
Muadib
Paranormal Adept
I find the show interesting, well some episodes anyway. Their investigation into the Aurora, Texas airship crash was great just for all the things they found that directly contradicted most of what debunkers have put forward. Bill Birnes, however, does seem really quick to jump into the deep end. I watched an episode where he told some guy he may be a hybrid because he had elevated creatine levels in his blood and had some sightings followed by a strange human visitor. The other two guys on the show seem to require a bit more evidence before jumping to irrational conclusions which tends to balance the whole thing.
My personal opinion of the show is that compared to some 'ghost hunter' type shows, it is not bad at all.
My reasons for saying so are broadly: that despite the inevitable network pressure to come up with 'the goods' regularly, I didn't see them invent anything really. No doubt they spread what they had quite thinly thru necessity but that's ok.
There were plenty of good interviews and follow-up. Quite a bit of footage and also they actually tried to go and reactivate old cases - for example, they went to Maury Island and tried looking for the downed USAF plane.
They looked underwater near Santa Catalina(?). They came here to the UK. They always had a strongly skeptical component to the team and also someone with a real science background.
Considering the level these shows usually come out at and bearing in mind the pressures from above, I don't think it was too bad a job at all. It could have been so much worse.
Actually, for me, each episode could have been better done in half the time - they were a little long for the content.
I suppose a question that could be asked is: has there been a better TV show on the same topic?
My reasons for saying so are broadly: that despite the inevitable network pressure to come up with 'the goods' regularly, I didn't see them invent anything really. No doubt they spread what they had quite thinly thru necessity but that's ok.
There were plenty of good interviews and follow-up. Quite a bit of footage and also they actually tried to go and reactivate old cases - for example, they went to Maury Island and tried looking for the downed USAF plane.
They looked underwater near Santa Catalina(?). They came here to the UK. They always had a strongly skeptical component to the team and also someone with a real science background.
Considering the level these shows usually come out at and bearing in mind the pressures from above, I don't think it was too bad a job at all. It could have been so much worse.
Actually, for me, each episode could have been better done in half the time - they were a little long for the content.
I suppose a question that could be asked is: has there been a better TV show on the same topic?
SRL+
Paranormal Adept
Heh, indeed.
It was just a gentle dose of humour into the thread - it was 'of the moment'. A bit of sarcasm spun with feigned innocence of the term. My next move would've been how the OP could possibly have made the comparison to the colloquialism in question
Don't let me hold you up..., please continue.
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Skilled Investigator
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