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Tarfumes.com - Paranormal State - Season 1
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List Price: $34.95
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Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
Starring: Ryan Buell
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961110173
Format: Box set
Label: A&E HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-29
Running Time: 460
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
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Editorial Reviews:
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Paranormal State is the very first series that explores paranormal investigations through the eyes and minds of college students. This series follows the dramatic life of Penn State University college student Ryan Buell and the other student members of one of the first university sanctioned Paranormal Research Society (PRS) as they seek to find the truth behind terrifying real life mysteries. Although the members of PRS are your basic college kids - dealing with the problems of school, dating, and finding their way in the world - they are definitely looking into other worlds as well, working on cases that include poltergeists, haunting and the darkest areas of the unknown. Each week they are contacted for help by outside parties ranging from The Catholic Church to ordinary families who are terrified by something supernatural happening in their lives.
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Summary: Love this show! Can't wait to watch all of these episodes again!
Comment: Paranormal State is our family's favorite show and it is great to have all the episodes to watch again - especially since the show is over for this season. Now we can watch all winter long when there is nothing on network TV worth watching. We love the P.S. team and can't wait for next season to start - but this will get us through until the new episodes come out next season.
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Summary: Pretty good show, if you like this sort of thing:)
Comment: I saw this first on TV and have to admit I really like it. I have a friend that does this stuff and took me with her once, it is pretty interesting. We got a whole lot of nothing that particular night, but I certainly won't base my beliefs on that, the spirit world does not perform on cue and isn't at our beckon call. These kids have a method, they follow it every time, and they seem to get results, so it's well worth a look. I'm just happy they don't see the need for a growling, spitting, snarling "psychic" pretending to be possessed like the UK equivalent of this show has. I'd buy it again, it's worth seeing regardless of your beliefs - you never know ;).
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Summary: Paranormal State definitely worth watching!
Comment: What makes this show different is the college people who are investigating all these unusual occurences. Ryan has had experiences with the paranormal and ghosts all his life and he's a great "leader" of this group. He takes this stuff very seriously and I like the fact that he calls Lorraine Warren and also the Catholic Church into the most disturbing and troublesome cases. Ghost Hunters or TAPS are great but they don't help to free the spirits from their earthly presence. They don't clear out a demonic spirit or hold exorcisms to help homeowners which is usually needed. Ryan and his team will do that. It is absolutely amazing how many spirits and entities roam our world afraid or unable to cross over into the next. And Demonic hauntings - extremely scary and dangerous. Keep up the good work Ryan!
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Summary: The best ghost show ever
Comment: I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. Please produce more its better then TAPS and any of the others.
Matt
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Summary: Flawed and a bit dishonest but just watch for fun.
Comment: First let me say that our family are experienced(30+ years) paranormal researchers as well as deeply religious and spiritual people. We bought this product in the hope that these episodes would have a ring of authentic paranormal ghost research experience without all the silly dramatics and ridiculous interpersonal highjinks of some other series of this type. It seemed at first, that there was a sincerity and a professional attitude among Ryan and his group. Soon however, we noticed that time and time again Ryan was inserting his own personal bias and religious beliefs into the investigations from the begining. He seems especially focused on findiing "demonic" explanations for what he hopes to encounter and lays that conceptional grid over everything. One of the people watchiing with us asked jokingly;"Is this guy working for the Catholic church?" Sure enough, time after time, he goes and gets his favorite demonologist and inserts her profoundly biased viewpoint into the equation, all the time manipulating the people involved and upping the drama factor in a really immature manner. Any sincere paranormal researcher knows that in order to make sense of and an accurate diagnosis of a particular situation, these factors must be held in check and the observations must be as thoughtful and as critical as posssible. It is not inappropriate to call upon Divine energy for help at the end stage but, to go in with your "demon goggles" on is just dishonest and potientially harmful to the people you are attempting to help. At the end of the episode we saw tonight, Ryan dramatically asserts that he thinks he is somehow personally being tracked and will be battling a demon in the future. Oh Brother! What's next? Spinning heads and pea soup? Give yourself andd the rest of us a break. Have you ever considered that you are, perhaps unconsciously, manufacturing and transporting your own "demons" into the situation and thereby ruining the integrity of your investigations leading another reviewer to state "Its all about Ryan."
I don't however, as do some other reviewers find Chip that inauthentic or distracting. Mediumship is an honorable and ancient tradition and it takes a personal toll on those who have the gift. They can't be like regular folks. What is imprortant is not his demeanor but the amount of correct information he appears to get(providing he isn't coached)
Just once, I'd like to see a thoughtful, caring, doctrinally unbiased examination of this unique, subtle human experience conducted in a focused, professional manner. Is that too much to ask?
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