As some people might be aware, the amount of trash paranormal shows out there are utterly countless. This, however, isn't one of them.
Ghost hunters follows the lives of the members of TAPS, The Atlantic Paranormal Society. With leaders Jason Hawes and Grant Willson, the team investigates many historical landmarks, buildings, and even homes and apartments.
This show popularized the method of skeptical investigating, or trying to look at something paranormal through a skeptics point of view. Given, it might not work all the time, but it's a very affective and interesting method for investigating the paranormal. Where other shows fail to give reasoning for unexplained events, TAPS comes in and always looks for that other option, which is probably the reason why this is a successful show.
Another strong point of the show are the members of TAPS themselves. Along with their serious moments, they laugh, pull pranks, play around, communicate, and behave like people. Whereas on many paranormal shows, you get that campy old man, or that group of misfit teens who are always about serious business, you can tell the people of TAPS are people, and it really fleshes out the show.
With every great show, there are the bad points. I think the worst thing about this show is the music. It's usually down right terrible, and way too cheesy. Sometimes the dramatic cuts can be a little much. The camera work is kind of suspicious to me. Sometimes it's too perfect, or it cuts almost like a scripted show (Which leads me to believe they might act out certain parts of the show. All of the footage of them investigating looks natural, but certain things in between such as TAPS getting a case, or about to start investigating - its those scenes that seem scripted at many times.) Overall, this is a great paranormal reality show. The best, even. If more people were like TAPS in the Paranormal field, it would be a much more respectable and believable field.
Ghost hunters follows the lives of the members of TAPS, The Atlantic Paranormal Society. With leaders Jason Hawes and Grant Willson, the team investigates many historical landmarks, buildings, and even homes and apartments.
This show popularized the method of skeptical investigating, or trying to look at something paranormal through a skeptics point of view. Given, it might not work all the time, but it's a very affective and interesting method for investigating the paranormal. Where other shows fail to give reasoning for unexplained events, TAPS comes in and always looks for that other option, which is probably the reason why this is a successful show.
Another strong point of the show are the members of TAPS themselves. Along with their serious moments, they laugh, pull pranks, play around, communicate, and behave like people. Whereas on many paranormal shows, you get that campy old man, or that group of misfit teens who are always about serious business, you can tell the people of TAPS are people, and it really fleshes out the show.
With every great show, there are the bad points. I think the worst thing about this show is the music. It's usually down right terrible, and way too cheesy. Sometimes the dramatic cuts can be a little much. The camera work is kind of suspicious to me. Sometimes it's too perfect, or it cuts almost like a scripted show (Which leads me to believe they might act out certain parts of the show. All of the footage of them investigating looks natural, but certain things in between such as TAPS getting a case, or about to start investigating - its those scenes that seem scripted at many times.) Overall, this is a great paranormal reality show. The best, even. If more people were like TAPS in the Paranormal field, it would be a much more respectable and believable field.
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