Ancient aliens are, of course, mentioned frequently as the title portends, but this is a nice travelogue of places around the globe with mysteries that for centuries remain, well, as mysterious as ever. The common thread is the unexplainable - I mean it's a stretch to tie Bigfoot to Puni Puku. That doesn't stop our host from insinuating that as you remove all known possibilities what is left might as well be extraterrestrial in origin.
What makes the show, in my opinion, is the host Giorgio Tsoukalos. Tsoukalos is personable, and if he's not truly invested, and excited, in the possibility of these remarkable places and unexplainable folklore well, he's got me fooled. It seems his unquenchable thirst for all things alien came before his realization it could also be a payday. As a wild-eyed adventurer seeking answers he comes off as genuinely invested, as well as truly thrilled there's enough other folks willing to listen. So as he goes, literally, around the globe he has a knack for showing us why in all our accumulated knowledge there's plenty we may never be able to know.
In Search of Aliens won't appeal to everyone. However, as proved by Erich von Daniken's (Erich is repeatedly cited by Tsoukalos as his mentor) breakout international best selling chariot books there is ample interest for this stuff. While I can not wrap my head around the largest part of Daniken's and Tsoukalos' conjectures I will simply say this high strangeness world travelogue as hosted by the charismatic Tsoukalos is good enough to keep my sense of awe invested.
What makes the show, in my opinion, is the host Giorgio Tsoukalos. Tsoukalos is personable, and if he's not truly invested, and excited, in the possibility of these remarkable places and unexplainable folklore well, he's got me fooled. It seems his unquenchable thirst for all things alien came before his realization it could also be a payday. As a wild-eyed adventurer seeking answers he comes off as genuinely invested, as well as truly thrilled there's enough other folks willing to listen. So as he goes, literally, around the globe he has a knack for showing us why in all our accumulated knowledge there's plenty we may never be able to know.
In Search of Aliens won't appeal to everyone. However, as proved by Erich von Daniken's (Erich is repeatedly cited by Tsoukalos as his mentor) breakout international best selling chariot books there is ample interest for this stuff. While I can not wrap my head around the largest part of Daniken's and Tsoukalos' conjectures I will simply say this high strangeness world travelogue as hosted by the charismatic Tsoukalos is good enough to keep my sense of awe invested.