Most Haunted Live - more like "Most Time Wasted" - i've lost those hours from my life forever, i'll never get them back. :-( In case you're not familiar with the show, it's the live version of Living TV's most successful show, Most Haunted. The latest one was held on 4 nights over the Halloween weekend on various locations around London where Jack the Ripper was supposed to have hung out- I missed most of the first night, but by all accounts I don't think I missed much.
The whole show was utter shite and here's the whole sorry list of reasons why:
1)Ads- There was an ad break literally every 10 minutes at some points. The show has become over comercialised; text competitions, spin off DVDs, selling the show to America and more. It seems someone has waved a golden carrot in front of Antix and Living TV and they've got so distracted with raking in the cash, they've forgotten the important bit- the show!
2)Experiments- There weren't any, for example in previous shows haunted rooms have been locked with trigger objects and recording equipment left inside.
3)Historians not used enough and location details scare. I'm sure there used to be more background info and history.
4)Little activity- I know spirits are not performers, but even when there was something interesting going on, the investigators ignored it! I'm sure I was not the only one shouting at the TV!
5)Potty mouthed- I believe in treating others how you would like to be treated yourself. Shouting and swearing at spirits (and other living dudes for that matter!) is disgraceful and disrespectful. Unless I'm missing something and being abusive is the way to be when I want them to do something to make me money?!? No wonder the spirits didn't come out to play...
6)Treatment of Derek- I freely admit I used to be a fan, been to one of his shows- we can discuss whether he is genuine or not another time, it is not important to this argument. Derek was ignored, had orders barked at him and was treated with disdain and utter contempt. The dog was spoken to with more respect. I later found out that there had been an article in The Mirror about Most Haunted published on the 28th October bringing into question the integrity of the show.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_objectid=16303507%26method=full%26siteid=94762-name_page.html. The story and footage came from
http://www.badpsychics.co.uk/ who were not given any credit for the story. If anyone was to be treated badly, shouldn't it be Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe, who was actually quoted in the article and therefore threatened the shows credibility? If Derek is such a fake, why has he been on the show for so long? It still amaze s me that grown adults are unable to leave their personal issues aside, especially when it's being recorded!
I did actually post a "polite" message to register my disappointment on the Living TV forums in a thread about the Live show. Imagine my suprise when the next morning I tried to log in to find I have been banned from the forum section and my post had been deleted! I was incredulous- what is the point in having a forum if you don't want to hear constructive critism? The post was not abusive in any way and as far as I can see, no forum rules were breached. I had heard rumblings about heavyhanded behaviour by the Living TV mods before, but had suspected it was all talk from disgruntled peeps. Head on over to the Living TV forums at your peril- freedom of speech is not allowed!
It seems the whole show has now disappeared up its own arse - good luck to them trying to flog a show with no credibilty
