hagbard_celine
23-01-2008, 10:45 AM
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-857402722292365374&q=louis+theroux&total=272&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
The first group were very odd indeed. I can't see how those weapons and repellant devices will do any good. Frankly they're probably the worst buys I can imagine! Despite their bravado, their military-style uniforms and kill medals, I doubt if the aliens will do anything but laugh!
After that first scene I was very dubious, but I'm glad the BBC didn't completely take the piss. They showed Louis with those CSETI skywatchers and that cattle mutilation looks genuine. One thing that gives it credence is that the corpse was still there. Most dead farm animals will be eaten by Coyotes and other creatures, but for some reason with mutilations the usual scavangers won't touch it. Louis is obviously effected by the stench, but was it the normal smell of decay or the particular smell associated with "mutes"?
The Area 51 bit was hilarious. But the scene where Louis and the others run off the road doesn't make it clear if they reached the listening post or not. He really should be careful, or at least review his BBC travel insurance! The "Cammodudes" have yet to make someone "disappear" to my knowlege, but they are authorized to shoot you if you enter the base. The chances are they'd just arrest you and call the police, but if they were having a bad day they might shoot you and nobody would ever hear from you again. There's be no coroner's inquest, no funeral, nothing! I can imagine they have plenty of bad days because their job must be incredibly boring! The Cammodudes are civilian contractors- mercenaries, in other words. The are employed by Wakenhut, a company used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Wakenhut troops have a reputation for being very trigger-happy and have been implicated in several atrocity allegations.
It's ironic that if I went to Area 51 they'd use force to stop me getting in, when I probably know more about what goes on inside the place they're guarding then they do!
The first group were very odd indeed. I can't see how those weapons and repellant devices will do any good. Frankly they're probably the worst buys I can imagine! Despite their bravado, their military-style uniforms and kill medals, I doubt if the aliens will do anything but laugh!
After that first scene I was very dubious, but I'm glad the BBC didn't completely take the piss. They showed Louis with those CSETI skywatchers and that cattle mutilation looks genuine. One thing that gives it credence is that the corpse was still there. Most dead farm animals will be eaten by Coyotes and other creatures, but for some reason with mutilations the usual scavangers won't touch it. Louis is obviously effected by the stench, but was it the normal smell of decay or the particular smell associated with "mutes"?
The Area 51 bit was hilarious. But the scene where Louis and the others run off the road doesn't make it clear if they reached the listening post or not. He really should be careful, or at least review his BBC travel insurance! The "Cammodudes" have yet to make someone "disappear" to my knowlege, but they are authorized to shoot you if you enter the base. The chances are they'd just arrest you and call the police, but if they were having a bad day they might shoot you and nobody would ever hear from you again. There's be no coroner's inquest, no funeral, nothing! I can imagine they have plenty of bad days because their job must be incredibly boring! The Cammodudes are civilian contractors- mercenaries, in other words. The are employed by Wakenhut, a company used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Wakenhut troops have a reputation for being very trigger-happy and have been implicated in several atrocity allegations.
It's ironic that if I went to Area 51 they'd use force to stop me getting in, when I probably know more about what goes on inside the place they're guarding then they do!