The Return of Destination Truth

Finally, at long last, the premiere of the 5th season of Destination Truth aired on Tuesday night.  I am a die hard Destination Truth fan, and I was really excited to see it return.  A Destination Truth marathon aired, and then 2 new back-to-back episodes were shown.

If you are a fan of Destination Truth, I do hope you continue to watch the show when it first airs.  The show has not been getting the ratings it needs on Syfy channel.  It almost did not return this season.  If you are a fan, please make sure to view it each week to show your support.

The episodes that aired on Tuesday certainly did not disappoint.  I've already gotten to see Josh fall in a river, get swept away with the current, fling himself off a bike into more water, and see Evan (a camera man from the past) return and have blood run out of his ear.  Seriously, why is anyone NOT watching these shows?  You just can't get this kind of entertainment anywhere else.

I do hope should the show ever be cancelled, perhaps another channel would pick it up.  It is an entertaining show and I feel it would do well on other channels.  Personally, I believe the Travel Channel should grab the show if they ever have a chance.  After all, Josh and his crew go all over the world.  They even go to countries I've never heard of before.  It would be perfect.  Instead of showing episodes of Ghost Adventures all night on Fridays and Saturdays, Destination Truth could take over one night.  I would be more than happy to fall asleep while watching Josh Gates.  Just saying.

Chernobyl Diaries and My Frustration with a Movie I Haven't Even Seen Yet

I am a huge fan of horror movies.  I get really pumped when a new movie comes out that looks scary.  As scary as Chernobyl Diaries looks in the previews, I refuse to watch this movie.  Why, you might ask?  How about a completely ridiculous premise.

First of all, anyone that knows me or reads my blog, knows I am huge fan of Destination Truth.  The Destination Truth crew investigated Chernobyl in the 3rd season.  Perhaps the writers of this movie should have watched that episode and taken notes on some things they could have done to make this movie even semi-realistic.

Chernobyl was the site of the worst nuclear accident of all time.  The place is still full of radiation and extremely dangerous.  I've watched clips from Chernobyl Diaries.  Ummm... where are your suits?  Where is the equipment?  Where are your masks?  You can't just walk into this location and not prepare at all.  I mean, these people apparently do, but that is not realistic.

In the Destination Truth Chernobyl investigation episode, they had to receive special permission from the Ukraine government to visit the site.  They went through not one, not two, but THREE military posts to get into the Chernobyl site.  They also had to take a military representative with them.  Furthermore, the military insisted they all drink some type of anti-radiation drink before entering the site.  Once they got to the site, they had to wear suits and  masks.  They also took an instrument to detect radiation, and if the levels got too high, they had to leave that area.  This actually happened quite a bit during their visit.  The Destination Truth crew was also given a limited amount of time to stay on the site and then they had to leave.

So now, I understand Chernobyl Diaries is not based on a true story.  I understand I must suspend some belief in any work of fiction.  I mean, seriously, there are going to be ghosts and ghouls in the movie that I am sure don't exist.  However, this is more than I can handle.  If you want an audience to get on board with an idea, it has to have a somewhat likely premise.  How did this group get past that many military posts?  Why on earth would a group of people risk a very untimely death due to radiation?  I just don't believe these things.

I appreciate the movie might be scary.  However, it needs a reality check in a lot of ways.  At least make them wear some masks or something.  I refuse to believe a large group of people like that could sneak in, stay there, and not get caught by the military.  Please, give me a more realistic version of this movie and maybe I will want to watch it.

Destination Truth Marathon - Thursday June 16th!

For you Destination Truth fans, turn off the computer right now and run to the television!  Syfy is running a Destination Truth marathon right now.  I had no idea they were going to run a marathon this morning, but I am ever so happy to see it.  So go to your TV now and watch!

Attack of the Paranormal Shows!

Anyone that knows me can tell you I am a big fan of everything paranormal.  I love reading books, watching movies, and watching TV shows about the paranormal.  Lately, there has been an increase in paranormal shows on TV.  Most specifically, there is an increase in paranormal reality shows.  All of this makes me quite happy.

I can literally sit all day long and watch a marathon of Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, or even better, my beloved Destination Truth.  I am hoping the popularity of these shows never goes away.  I am also hoping networks continue to run out of creative ideas for their schedules and instead run marathons for all of these shows. 

If you would like to watch a ton of videos from these shows, please check out my lens "Ghostly Reality Shows" at Squidoo. 

Destination Truth

Much to my disappointment, it appears my favorite show on Syfy Channel, Destination Truth, aired its season finale last night.  I hope I am getting incorrect information from the Destination Truth fan page on Facebook, but it sounds like I have to live Destination Truth-free for a while again.  What is up with these extremely short seasons on Syfy Channel?  First they give us the weird "syfy" spelling and now this?


If you would like to learn more about Destination Truth, please feel free to visit my Destination Trust page on Hubpages: http://hubpages.com/hub/DestinationTruthReturnstoSyFyChannel