Comments on: Is It Real? Russian Bigfoot

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:13:05 +0000

mystery_man…

it’s not so awful as some, it’s just very contrived to set up some scenarios and “evidence” that they know they can debunk, and then put it out there and say, “well, look, I guess it is baloney afterall because we refuted everything with our people”–I am over simplifying, but it’s not objective.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:32:30 +0000

These comments are really interesting, because living in Japan, I have never seen this show. Is it really that bad? Now I have to see it just to see how bad it is and decide if the voice is smug or not. haha

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:28:58 +0000

Is it Real is really bugging me. They always set up these premises and try to make it look objective in the first 15-20 minutes and then do an about face for the rest of the program.

I am sure one of the dudes behind that is one of the editors for Skeptic magazine. And I have been arguing with him in the Fortean Times over Champ and other lake critters.

The show is definitely out to debunk crypto stuff, which doesn’t leave me with a good taste in my mouth for the National Geographic Channel either–they should at least keep bias out of the shows.

By: Unknown Primate

Unknown Primate — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:06:05 +0000

Oh yeah, does the narrator on “Is It Real” always sound irritatingly smug, or is it just me?

By: panmankey

panmankey — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:42:33 +0000

“Is It Real” just disappoints and disappoints. We should start blogging in real time during the show as a mean of venting.

I think the biggest problem with these shows is their over-reliance on sending some unknown guy into the field in order to “find the creature.” It’s never interesting, and if they had found anything worthy of note we would have heard about it months ago. There is some very real history concerning the alma, and nearly all of it was overlooked to spend some time in a cave that no monster hunter with their salt would have even bothered with.

By: AxisboldAslove74

AxisboldAslove74 — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:38:23 +0000

I watched National Geogrpahic’s Alma special yesterday also and it was alright. Every cryptozoology related show tends to be so predictable though. There are never any new groundbreaking finds or any breakthroughs, just old facts and skeptics. Furthermore, I thought it was so unprofessional and almost a rude gesture that the cryptozoologist on the stakeout decided to get intoxicated on dutie. Its almost as if he wasn’t serious. What annoyed me though was how the cryptozoologist and civillian walked into the alleged Alma cave and investigated the inside. The cryptozoologist said it himself, you wouldn’t want the animal to pick up your scent and be aware of your pressence. With that information, honestly why would you investigate the cave first and scare whatevers living inside into not coming outside? IMO they should have staked out all night before investigating the cave so that something would actually feel confortable exiting the cave.

By: gridbug

gridbug — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:05:52 +0000

“Klingon masks!” *lol*

Actually saw the first half of this episode last night… yes, the costumes were pretty lousy, but then again these creatures were supposed to be Neanderthals, not the regular sort of Giganto-inspired Bigfoot we’re most familiar with. Didn’t hold my interest. Time to re-watch Legend of Boggy Creek!

By: Riptor

Riptor — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:31:28 +0000

Indeed. You might be right. That is certainly a strong possibility.
I guess we’ll only know for sure if we, by some miracle, find any surviving Neanderthals nowadays.
Until we do, we’ll never know for sure.

But in any case, I stand corrected on a couple of points. Thanks for your insight Mystery_Man.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:30:14 +0000

There is certainly a possibility that they could have follwed a similar path of losing their hair, I’m just saying that with them following a seperate evolutionary route, this would not necessarily be the case. They would be considered a close relative, just like the apes and primates who turns out still have their hair.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:24:23 +0000

Yes, we have evolved to walk upright and have developed civilization. But remember that Neandertals broke off from our evolutionary line 700,000 years ago. We evolved seperately from them, so I am not comparing us to them. I am saying that we evolved without thick body hair and perhaps they did not and there are examples of this in the animal kingdom. If we are not to compare them with us, then why say they would have lost their hair like us?