I do agree with you.  I don't watch those shows where they produce the show with non-steady cameras.  they did that some even in some recent big movies, too, and I hated those scenes (Transformers, maybe?  I'm not sure).

it all started with The Blair Witch Project.  so many people thought that was "the bees knees" and producers have been copying that tactic since.  I hate it myself.  It IS just garbage. 

"It was still on my mind this morning, so I came back and vented." 

 Oh that kind of venting.....a 32 oz soda and a jelly donut  for breakfast. Wow.

 I didn't see the three tooth meth addicted chick yet. I'm sure I would have remembered that.

Another one is that trucker show. They do this digital zoom thing with the camera to make it look like they are always driving straight off the edge of a 3,000 foot drop, then they come back from commercial and they are just floating along calm as could be

Yeah, I watched 'Ice Road Truckers' for a couple of episodes...'dramatic' computer simulated shots of trucks crashing through the ice, followed by...not much happening...except a truck travelling at 4mph..and then parking up at a snowy depot...wow.

Starise


"It was still on my mind this morning, so I came back and vented." 

 Oh that kind of venting.....a 32 oz soda and a jelly donut  for breakfast. Wow.

 I didn't see the three tooth meth addicted chick yet. I'm sure I would have remembered that.

Hey, it was a diet! Lisa Kelly is the girls name. She got her teeth fixed now that she's got some serious money rolling in from the show. All pearly white and so straight and true you could launch the space shuttle off them.

I was hooked on that show Ghost Hunters when it first came out. As the years went on, they kept finding more and more stuff to keep their viewers, but when it very first started, they usually found nothing.

1st few episodes, "Well ma'am, the reason little Billy doesn't want to sleep in his room is because he's a spoiled freakin' brat and he's just saying there's a ghost in there so he can jump in to bed with you at night. There is no evidence of a ghost here whatsoever."

5 years in to the show, "Oh my God lady, you gotta get the hell out of here. You're kid is possessed by the frickin' devil himself and he's going to kill you and you're entire family! We need to call in our "Demonologists" and do an exorcism."

Don't know if you ever saw the show in the early days, but they had certified demonologists that would go with them on 'the bad' cases. LOL. It was these guys who were twins. One of them went on to do a different show and they ended up nailing the host for being a fraud and they got exposed by a bunch of people on the net and the show was canceled.

EVP's, Orb's, and my favorite one ... "Personal Experiences", you know, those things that happen that everyone saw and heard, including the camera guy, but nobody was able to capture on video or audio ... these guys got it down to a science man. The only saving grace of that Ghost Hunters show is, they do it all for free for the client, and they did it for free for 10 years before the show even aired. That's the only teensy weensy bit of credibility I give them.

Ah well. Whatchya gonna do. I better go do something constructive. :)

jamesg1213

Another one is that trucker show. They do this digital zoom thing with the camera to make it look like they are always driving straight off the edge of a 3,000 foot drop, then they come back from commercial and they are just floating along calm as could be

Yeah, I watched 'Ice Road Truckers' for a couple of episodes...'dramatic' computer simulated shots of trucks crashing through the ice, followed by...not much happening...except a truck travelling at 4mph..and then parking up at a snowy depot...wow.

LOL! It's true!! LOL

I feel Bubs pain!!!!

Beagle


I do agree with you.  I don't watch those shows where they produce the show with non-steady cameras.  they did that some even in some recent big movies, too, and I hated those scenes (Transformers, maybe?  I'm not sure).

it all started with The Blair Witch Project.  so many people thought that was "the bees knees" and producers have been copying that tactic since.  I hate it myself.  It IS just garbage.

I'm a huge George Romero fan ...

He came out with a movie called Survival Of The Dead back in 2009 iirc. I was so excited. Raced to the video rental store, rushed right home, made popcorn, drinks, got surround sound all set up nice and calibrated ... 90 seconds in to the movie I almost threw up and had to stop watching because the movie was shaky and everything was moving around so much. The entire thing was filmed with a hand held camera and was shaking nonstop to the point where I got sea sick. I was disgusted. :( It's not too often he comes out with a new movie, so it's a huge deal to fans when he does and this one was a spectacular disappointment.

Edit ... the movie was Diary Of The Dead, not Survival Of the Dead. SOTD was actually an excellent movie. It's the first time Zombie's moved from the human to animal kingdom! Don't watch if you're a horse lover.

bapu


This is Bub on drugs.

Any questions?

I don't know... it's more like bub without drugs.

Bub, I agree 100% with you.

But let's face it, even though you appear to be a bit of a spring chicken, you are in fact metamorphosising into middle aged man.

You are becoming more pedantic, grumpy and beligerent by the day.
 
Things that were at worse, minor irritants, have now become topics of heated debate.
 
Welcome to the club.

Welcome to my world.




But on the plus side it's really great when you get to embarrass your kids by describing things as 'Cool' or (much worse) 'Groovy'
 
 
 
 
 

The only monster show that ever finds monsters is River Monsters.

I cannot believe I have watched two seasons of people pulling up and alligator, chooting it, and hauling it in the boat...

J