For everyone complaining about the show, I think it's important to understand what they're doing.
The Lagina's put some of their money up front to partner with Blankenship etc. sure. But they never had any intention of spending millions of their own money to dig up the island. That would have to come from somewhere else. A reality show. Of course, no show will give them enough money unless they could prove they can build an audience, so we get a short season 1. Then a bit more in season 2 and 3, ever increasing ratings to eventually becoming the #1 show on Tuesdays.
Now, they not only have the ratings they need but they are also generating enormous interest in Nova Scotia and Oak Island, so the government is also handing them cash to drive tourism. Voila, they now have enough money to do some serious digging. The exact thing that most wanted them to do since season 1.
So why do we get so much filler and kooks showing up with their wacky conspiracy theories? To drive the ratings aspect. A large portion of viewers are likely the Ancient Aliens crowd or Hunting Aliens or whatever it is. Also, some of the others like Zena Halpern are brought on to provide filler, alternative theories. Exactly why we come to these forums, to listen to theories.
The bounce around from project to project so much due to editing. The filming is all done over a couple of months in the Summer. Also, they've stated many times that they need to get permits after finding anything new like the "hatch", which take a few weeks to get. So they bounce to something else for a while. Take a trip to Scotland, bring a metal detecting dude up from Florida etc.
Ultimately, these guys are smart. They're doing exactly what most interested in the island want. A surgical approach to exploring the various theories. They just found another way to pay for the enormous cost. Oscillators aren't cheap!
Do they appear to be bumbling a bit? Sure, they aren't experts. Some of them are real mistakes. Some of it is editing.
Do they fully explore every opportunity? Perhaps not. Dating the cross from the sisters seems like an obvious step. But perhaps they did off camera or perhaps it was a clear fake and they decided to just leave it at that instead of exposing a couple of old ladies as frauds.
They certainly seem to have demonstrated that they're committed to finding real answers if it's possible and respecting everyone involved past and present, while also following all of the government's requirements.
I wish they wouldn't do BS stuff like tease that they found the 90 foot stone just to end up exploring the basement of a typical Halifax building. But that's the deal they had to make with the producers to get the funding for that massive equipment, I'll take it.
I was on the Island as a kid in the 80's and it was a mess. Old equipment everywhere. Place looked like a dump. At least the Lagina's are trying to find answers while respecting the place.
I don't think they'll ever find anything but more questions but as someone who's been fascinated with the story and history for most of my life, I'm glad they're trying and have found a way to make it financially feasible.
I've read all 75 pages of the previous thread and all of this one. I love the theories and banter as well as occasionally learning something new that is actually documented as proof. Please keep it up, all of you. But since about half of it is just bashing the Lagina's or the show, I felt I had to get my thoughts out there.
Cheers!
Rab
