Venting thread

[Apostapler]

This thread is to freely whine and complain about anything that irks you and is also UM related.

I'll go first: The new UM music sucks! I would not mind Dennis Farina episodes so much if they had the good old music with them. I mean, the audio levels of the old dialogue in the interviews and the new music don't even match! It's like they didn't even try.

[zack007attack]

About the new UM, they have shown many cases that have long since already been solved, they just re-did them with the new background/music, etc! Really, what's the point of that? That's one of the many reasons I have watched no more than one or two episodes of the new UM.

About certain cases:
Andolina Gonzalez-they let her off the hook because they judge passed away? For all we know, he passed away when he did because he didn't have the funds she stole from him. They might as well have let her gotten away with murder!

Christi Nichols-why exactly are they unable to put away that pathetic excuse for a husband/human being called Mark away?

Dale Kerstetter-the company executive just blamed Dale for being in on the heist. I bet he was the one in on it (if it was an inside job) but just wanted to blame others to shift the attention away from him.

James Donald King-it's absolutely insane how a convicted murderer would go free after serving 4 years, being a fugitive for 9 years, then get's out after 2. Really, why would a parole board even be assembled for him after he escaped? They are almost as responsible for his rampage as he is.

Fortune Takers...sorry, tellers-'nough said.

[RobinW]

I know it's almost beating a dead horse to complain about how the way that the new UM has redone the old cases, but I just watched their version of the Blind River Rest Stop Murders and thought it was an absolute travesty .

Needless to say, this is one story does not benefit AT ALL by the faster pace, flashy editing, fancy graphics and techno-sounding music. The original re-enactment is one of the most terrifying things ever seen on television because it feels like you're witnessing a real murder and truly conveys the true terror of the situation. The "modernized" version of these scenes are cheapened considerably when you're flashing back and forth between colour and black-and-white, and you have text graphics like "20 gauge shotgun" popping up on the screen with those cheesy sound effects. Quite frankly, it's almost flat-out disrespectful to try and turn a real tragedy like that into an exercise in style.

[Oooga Chucka]

At this point, I think that it is safe to say that UM is pretty much a niche TV show. Only certain folks are going to watch it, and it's not exactly going to be the new "All in the Family" when it comes to ratings (not a knock, as I am a huge fan - just an observation). That being said, why the hell do they have to concentrate on that ridiculous telecenter? What the hell are those folks doing, taking pizza orders?

Also, while I think Dennis Farina is a fine actor, I just cannot get past the fact that he's portrayed a sleazy mobster pretty often. It's kind of hard to take him seriously when he talks about "career criminals" evading justice. Just sayin'.

[Apostapler]

Another thing that irks me is that as we have had a recent boom in the solving of old mysteries, we learn about parts of the story that UM conveniently left out in order to make the story more scary or mysterious, or what have you.

[TheCars1986]

I don't like how the updates on the new UM are so brief and vague that you hardly know there was even an update at all. Like on the Debra Poe segment, they update it to say something to the effect that one of Debra's friends is now the main suspect and that the "Megadeth guy" was merely a customer. They fail to elaborate if the friend was the one who was shown in the segment, or just how LE came to the conclusion that Megadeth wasn't involved. And the whole "telecenter" crap behind Farina is ridiculous, they don't even have a hotline for tips anymore so what's the point?

[SageSlowdive]

Originally Posted by RobinW

I know it's almost beating a dead horse to complain about how the way that the new UM has redone the old cases, but I just watched their version of the Blind River Rest Stop Murders and thought it was an absolute travesty .

Needless to say, this is one story does not benefit AT ALL by the faster pace, flashy editing, fancy graphics and techno-sounding music. The original re-enactment is one of the most terrifying things ever seen on television because it feels like you're witnessing a real murder and truly conveys the true terror of the situation. The "modernized" version of these scenes are cheapened considerably when you're flashing back and forth between colour and black-and-white, and you have text graphics like "20 gauge shotgun" popping up on the screen with those cheesy sound effects. Quite frankly, it's almost flat-out disrespectful to try and turn a real tragedy like that into an exercise in style.

They managed to make the Blind River segment terrorless. And even the end composite was made to look like a floating head and it was inexplicably funny. New UM sucks and so does Dennis Farina.

[Tarnished Angel]

Originally Posted by RobinW

Needless to say, this is one story does not benefit AT ALL by the faster pace, flashy editing, fancy graphics and techno-sounding music. The original re-enactment is one of the most terrifying things ever seen on television because it feels like you're witnessing a real murder and truly conveys the true terror of the situation. The "modernized" version of these scenes are cheapened considerably when you're flashing back and forth between colour and black-and-white, and you have text graphics like "20 gauge shotgun" popping up on the screen with those cheesy sound effects. Quite frankly, it's almost flat-out disrespectful to try and turn a real tragedy like that into an exercise in style.

Well put. I'll just add that it's an exercise in bad, inexplicable style. It seems like every editing and directing choice made hurts the actual stories instead of serving them. It's like the editor is forcing in as many edits and effects as possible with complete disregard for the actual case they are presenting.

Keep in mind that I'm a curmudgeon when it comes to this kind of flashy stuff.

[xxxxmattxxxx69]

Segments are shorter for commercial time. I get pissed off about them using the same exact interview footage. Um yeah you definitely didn't have your producers interviewing these people. They've been dead for years.

And I saw the Mafusz Huq clip and was like what the **** kind of update is this? All the info provided was that American officals requested him to be extradited from Bangladesh

[UMFaninMD]

Originally Posted by RobinW

I know it's almost beating a dead horse to complain about how the way that the new UM has redone the old cases, but I just watched their version of the Blind River Rest Stop Murders and thought it was an absolute travesty .

Needless to say, this is one story does not benefit AT ALL by the faster pace, flashy editing, fancy graphics and techno-sounding music. The original re-enactment is one of the most terrifying things ever seen on television because it feels like you're witnessing a real murder and truly conveys the true terror of the situation. The "modernized" version of these scenes are cheapened considerably when you're flashing back and forth between colour and black-and-white, and you have text graphics like "20 gauge shotgun" popping up on the screen with those cheesy sound effects. Quite frankly, it's almost flat-out disrespectful to try and turn a real tragedy like that into an exercise in style.

Exactly, and that's how I felt when they re-edited the Dennis Depue segment. The cheesy heavy metal music and 2005 era horror movie SFX is too distracting. The reason classic UM worked is because of the frightening music, the slow unfolding of the cases, and the dramatic and scary re-enactments. Not everything on TV needs layer after layer of graphics piled up on top of them.

Also, leaving off the dates of when these crimes and occurrences took place in order to cover up the fact that it happened in the 80's or early 90's insults our intelligence. We're going to know that it happened a long time ago by the hairstyles and the clothing, so just give us the dates. There's nothing wrong about showing cases that are still unsolved from twenty or thirty years ago. The majority of the viewing public is fascinated by that stuff.

[Oooga Chucka]

I also hate sitting through commercials for that STUPID Dance Moms show. When did it become vogue to have shows that focus strictly on difficult pains in the ass? I try to avoid people like this in real life; I don't want them on my TV. One or two of them on a show provides variety and conflict, but a whole cast o' douchenozzles is flat-out nauseating.

[MissFit29]

My vent is from the OLD UM. It always bothered me that in the opening credits under the "Solved" section they'd have parts from cases that weren't solved or were from "The Unexplained" segments or something. I remember Mabel Woods on there, the Rolex Robbers, Salvatore Caruana.....I don't think any of those are solved as of this day.....and how the heck are you going to solve a 'life after life' story?!?

[Oooga Chucka]

Originally Posted by MissFit29

My vent is from the OLD UM. It always bothered me that in the opening credits under the "Solved" section they'd have parts from cases that weren't solved or were from "The Unexplained" segments or something. I remember Mabel Woods on there, the Rolex Robbers, Salvatore Caruana.....I don't think any of those are solved as of this day.....and how the heck are you going to solve a 'life after life' story?!?

I remember that. They showed the "SOLVED" bit and they would show that afterlife scene with the shadow in the light. Good call; I remember thinking to myself "they solved that?" when I was younger.

[Orange_Sody_84]

I'll be "that guy"... it kinda pisses me off how someone keeps starting up new threads on a case. even though there have to be a million of them!! I admit I've done it once or twice. before I figured out the Search bar. I rarely scroll through the other threads anymore as it's mostly just Repeated threads over and over.

[xxxxmattxxxx69]

Originally Posted by MissFit29

My vent is from the OLD UM. It always bothered me that in the opening credits under the "Solved" section they'd have parts from cases that weren't solved or were from "The Unexplained" segments or something. I remember Mabel Woods on there, the Rolex Robbers, Salvatore Caruana.....I don't think any of those are solved as of this day.....and how the heck are you going to solve a 'life after life' story?!?

Don't forget about "Carol" and the 4 black men run off the road. Neither of those were solved but were shown as part of the solved sequence. I think it was more because of the visual effect