The long awaited and much-touted mini-series Zach Gentry Steelers Jersey , The Triangle, made it聮s debut on the Sci-Fi cable channel recently. As a person who has studied the paranormal for most of his life, I always watch these kinds of fictional entertainment projects based on unexplained events with a slightly more critical eye then the average viewer or sci-fi fan might. Unlike other Sci-Fi projects that attempted to report on or fictionalize various areas of the unexplained, this one is a gem. There are several reasons why I believe that The Triangle is one of the best science fiction projects based on unexplained events I have ever seen.
Beyond the fact that the cast really delivered the goods, those responsible for the project know good science fiction. Rockne S. O聮Bannon is credited with writing the teleplay and as Executive Producer. With projects like Alien Nation Benny Snell Jr. Steelers Jersey , SeaQuest DSV, Amazing Stories and the 1980聮s incarnation of The Twilight Zone under his belt, O聮Bannon knows how to tell a story well. Dean Devlin is also one of the Executive Producers and is given writing credits. Despite the disaster that was Godzilla, Devlin gave us Star Gate and Independence Day. Craig R. Baxley is Director and is certainly no stranger to the weird having been involved with Left Behind, Rose Red and Kingdom Hospital.
Despite the luminaries that acted in Justin Layne Steelers Jersey , wrote, produced and directed The Triangle, the most important reason for the success of this mini-series may be its willingness to offer The Philadelphia Experiment as an explanation for all the weird happenings. It聮s obvious that those responsible for this production did their homework. Paranormal Investigators have been linking people, planes and ships lost or missing in the Bermuda Triangle to the infamous Navy project for many years. Anyone wanting to create a fictional entertainment project about weird events that occur in the area also known as the Devil聮s Triangle would be foolish to ignore the interest people have in the possible Philadelphia Experiment connection.
Unlike other Sci-Fi channel projects based on the unexplained, The Triangle doesn聮t bother to apologize for what聮s presented. I was especially impressed with the no-nonsense manner in which the Philadelphia Experiment material was worked into the plot. Anyone who has studied the alleged U.S. Government experimentation with time travel Diontae Johnson Steelers Jersey , invisibility and mind control as deeply as I have knows what a hard sell that material is. The Philadelphia Experiment was never just some World War II project to make Navy ships invisible. It was and is an incredibly complicated and diverse program that is able to exist based on the fact of non-existence in the public mind, propped up by over fifty years of disinformation and secrecy.
I have always said that paranormal reality is better then any science fiction ever presented in book, film or other forms. The cases I have investigated involving the unexplained have challenged everything I believe or have been taught about the world we live in. I聮m not speaking of ethereal New Age concepts, but actual occurrences which defy you to explain them. That is what I liked about The Triangle. The characters were average people mulling through life until they were suddenly slammed in the face by paranormal events. Whether believers or disbelievers by nature, none of them could deny what they were experiencing.
Most mini-series start off with a bang Devin Bush Steelers Jersey , then end in the most disappointing way possible. That certainly wasn聮t true of The Triangle. In the end, the characters involved found themselves in a new and permanently altered reality. For me, it was a more then worthwhile payoff for watching the six hour presentation over three nights. That聮s because I not only believe it聮s possible, but have seen evidence that such things have already happened.
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