RyothChatty
ridiculous rating
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
ThrillMessage
There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
Teddie Blake
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
beispsyd-18523
Interesting travel scenes, since required being a travel show for "Travel Channel", but, wow, same familiar TV formula... several minutes of pre-fill at start; re-due same last two minutes again when return from commercial cut; (hey, just like History channel, etc.!), and redundancy recipe continues in not having content.
Is a show about traveling to a place in follow-up on conjecture/leads (at what expenses? Great work to get, but not an actor/"archaeologist." Besides my teeth aren't bleached white enough, for Indiana Jones jungle work). And, never any content.
So, the story is about everything else... the bones that turned out to be cow bones. The plane wreckage, that's of another WWII crash site (and known diver site, but do pay to run a sonar camera over site anyway), crossing scary bridges...which were just made by crew (Thanks Bear Grylls!), or he would be so safety roped up upon crossing.
Oh and why are most searches, especially in a jungle, at night...and use burning palm fronds for light(?) Humm... (they do have these thing called flashlights and portable construction LED lights). More phony fill. More everything but the obvious. But,,, show is still running, current people mentality still paying. Of course they are.
Hum... me thinks I'll do a show about... looking for ghosts...but never find anything. Probably get 50 seasons. Or, maybe just looking for people's lost senses. Anyone interested in paying for my travel?
Narnia Now
I understand some of the lower ratings and their critiques. You get an appetite for answers and actually finding something significant and then....well I guess we'll never really know. Still....the show takes you to places and people that you may otherwise never encounter. It takes the time to provide cultural background and often rich historical information. My 13 yr old daughter loves learning from this show.....and most adults don't know much more than she does about many of the things covered in it. So it certainly isn't a waste of most peoples time. It's much more intellectually minded than most crap on TV today. Ya wanna tune out and watch reruns of Sienfield instead? Josh does well conveying facts while being entertaining. In this show, I think it keeps peoples attention to actually listen to the 'lesson'. Now I cannot say the same for his show 'Destination Truth' which is so very UNlike Expedition Unknown in every way. Don't even try going there. I will always look forward to EU though.
To quell above 'the never find anything' complaints....it seems that, in this season at least, they do. We just saw a reconstruction of what 'may' be Cleopatra.
An overall fascinating show with many learning opportunities.
I much more enjoy Gates in this role than as ghosty guy selling tours of the local haunted house.
lmorales-48468
This guy never finds anything. He goes out to a place where there are rumors of a subject (bigfoot, Loch Ness,Jersey Devil..etc) and starts out by saying we are going to find it. 60 minutes after a waste of time he concludes the show with a quote found in tens of thousands of books written on the subject. Meanwhile I have wasted an hour of my time that i will never get back. Not cool! Please take this garbage off TV. I think there are more interesting topics for shows available.
Sergio Scout
Whenever I see Josh Gates I find out what the great guy is up to. Now Expedition unknown is really solid on the academic approach and source materials which is a huge plus. Josh isn't someone who will dismiss things out of hand because " it is folklore" or whatever. But then I would expect nothing less from someone who went to a reputable university.About the show itself: there are some weird ones in it but he tries to remain neutral and only giving his educated opinion at the end of the show. Now he does seem to be over enthusiastic at times which can lead to hilarious situations ( like him falling, jumping off stuff(nearly plunging to his death) etc) So it is quite fun to see what he does next.He also keep things up to date with the scientific methods and practices so it is a true show you have to watch.