Connection between Unsolved Mysteries and your favorite Types of Movie?

[unidentified]

Just wondering peoples opinions on this...

We can agree Unsolved Mysteries was a truly unique show, but do you find yourself attracted to any particular types of cases because of your favored movie type (with or without realising it)?

Personally I find myself more attracted to the crime cases, because many of the movies I like seem to sway towards crime, police, forensics, murder mystery style movies.

Also liked Sci-Fi cases like UFOs, Ghosts or Psychics because always liked movies about the paranormal or certain horror movies.

I never liked Lost Loves because I was never really into romance, drama or any types of movie like that.

Anyone else find these connections?

[Mastermind]

We can agree Unsolved Mysteries was a truly unique show, but do you find yourself attracted to any particular types of cases because of your favored movie type (with or without realising it)?

Not really. Keep in mind that most of the people on this board watched the show way back in the original run.

The cases that tend to attract me are ones that had a truly bizarre nature to them or had some scary production values.

I never liked Lost Loves because I was never really into romance, drama or any types of movie like that.

I think the reason many of us don't like the lost loves is that they weren't true mysteries or unexplained phenomena. They were stories about trying to connect to people together. Because of the lack of criminal nature...There was more than a chance a majority of them were solved. Hence there were fewer unsolved lost love cases.

You also have to consider that quite a few of us (myself, included) have backgrounds in either the legal, forensics, psychology or law enforcement. So by nature we tend to gravitate to the crime segments and less to the other ones.

[bell83]

For me, there isn't much of a correlation between UM and my favorite types of movie. I used to love the segments about lost treasures, alternate history scenarios (I'm a big history buff), and unsolved and odd crimes.

[nohwheregirl]

Not so much a connection with movies. I think it's really hard to pull off a great mystery movie, and I'm sure if I thought about it for a while, I could come up with a few....

Really, I see a big correlation between reading mystery books as a kid and watching UM (which I also watched as a child). I even read non-fiction mystery books, like books that profile famous missing persons cases...yes, children's books about missing persons.

[Shahla]

I think there is a connection. It is all about interests. If you 'like' crime and murder, have an interest in that kind of subjects you will watch programs and movies that include that kind of subjects.

I did not like the lost love or UFO segments because I am also not interested in movies about that subject.

I like the suspense (thrillers) and drama so I pick movies that are about that.

[unidentified]

Not really. Keep in mind that most of the people on this board watched the show way back in the original run.

As did I, it's actually the original run I'm referring to.

At the same time as watching it though was also watching similar types of crime movies etc. (probably a little underage for most of them at the time but meh).

Really, I see a big correlation between reading mystery books as a kid and watching UM (which I also watched as a child). I even read non-fiction mystery books, like books that profile famous missing persons cases...yes, children's books about missing persons.

Same here but I never thought of that aspect. So Books and Movies could feature.


I think there is a connection. It is all about interests. If you 'like' crime and murder, have an interest in that kind of subjects you will watch programs and movies that include that kind of subjects.

Very true, but referring specifically to the original run of UM I think that maybe UM helped shape what I also like to read and watch.