ChrisJohnsen
Paranormal Adept
A friend sent me a digital download of Dr. Steven Greer's latest documentary, "Unacknowledged," last week and I finally carved out the time to watch it. Not surprisingly, it was spectacularly underwhelming. Mostly a re-hash of information contained in his Disclosure Project and the usual references to all the "briefings" he's given to high-level government officials, the existence of "free energy technology" being buried by sinister forces, yada, yada, yada.
You know you need to put your "waders" on when the first person talking to the camera answering questions is, wait for it... Richard Doty! Also, any hope I had that this wouldn't be another bullshit vanity piece, a la Greer's "Sirius" documentary, swiftly went out the window once Greer showed up on camera again and again and again. While this new film doesn't give off the "Cult of Greer" vibe that Sirius did (no armed bodyguards or C-SETI members appear in this film), there are a cornucopia of segments featuring Greer speaking to the camera showcasing his Trump-like narcissism and bloviating about the important people he's allegedly briefed. He even has the audacity, early on, to claim that the Atacama being from his Sirius documentary was of alien origin, despite the fact that Garry Nolan at Stanford, whom Greer included in his Sirius doc, tested the little guy's DNA and found it to be human. That hype-filled shitshow was "Roswell Slides"-level bullshit even before the Roswell Slides!
"Unacknowledged" also contains lots of out-of-context quotes, video clips and dubious "government documents" (with no sourcing provided) that are supposed to act as "proof" and lend credibility and gravitas to the topics being discussed. One would have to have the intelligence of an InfoWars subscriber/Trump voter to lend any credence to much of what is put forward as "evidence" here.
It's 1 hour and 45 minutes of your life you will not get back. Pollute your mind with this warmed-over bullshit at your own peril. I did enjoy the fact that Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring!) did the film's narration. I just hope he doesn't worship at the altar of Greer...
You know you need to put your "waders" on when the first person talking to the camera answering questions is, wait for it... Richard Doty! Also, any hope I had that this wouldn't be another bullshit vanity piece, a la Greer's "Sirius" documentary, swiftly went out the window once Greer showed up on camera again and again and again. While this new film doesn't give off the "Cult of Greer" vibe that Sirius did (no armed bodyguards or C-SETI members appear in this film), there are a cornucopia of segments featuring Greer speaking to the camera showcasing his Trump-like narcissism and bloviating about the important people he's allegedly briefed. He even has the audacity, early on, to claim that the Atacama being from his Sirius documentary was of alien origin, despite the fact that Garry Nolan at Stanford, whom Greer included in his Sirius doc, tested the little guy's DNA and found it to be human. That hype-filled shitshow was "Roswell Slides"-level bullshit even before the Roswell Slides!
"Unacknowledged" also contains lots of out-of-context quotes, video clips and dubious "government documents" (with no sourcing provided) that are supposed to act as "proof" and lend credibility and gravitas to the topics being discussed. One would have to have the intelligence of an InfoWars subscriber/Trump voter to lend any credence to much of what is put forward as "evidence" here.
It's 1 hour and 45 minutes of your life you will not get back. Pollute your mind with this warmed-over bullshit at your own peril. I did enjoy the fact that Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring!) did the film's narration. I just hope he doesn't worship at the altar of Greer...
