gttalk wrote:
I gotta say all the hatin on Ian is a little misguided. After all at least he actually "Reads" the books of the people he interviews. I like that because so many interviewers have no knowledge at all of the guest or their work. Also, George Noory is so bad that I always found myself counting the shows that had George Knapp or Ian and the occassional Art Bell interview. Then counting the shows where I had to abide Noory. I had to stop my streamlink account and this time I don't think I will start it again as long as George Noory is the face of the program. I hate that because it's not that I know or hate George it's just that the show has become mediocre since he took over. Lets just mail it in and play re-runs the final hour on Friday. I'm not paying for that.
Ian may read the material, but he's a terrible interviewer. He's on the other end of the spectrum from Noory. Where Noory clearly does not care, Ian is pedantic to the point of being obnoxious. He frequently talks over his guests, pretends not to understand basic concepts in order to be argumentative for arguments sake, constantly interjects with material just to prove how "smart" he is, he gets combative when it isn't called for, makes lame jokes, tries way too hard to make the show about him and not his guest, gets preachy when it doesn't warrant it...I could go on and on. He's better prepared than Noory, but that's about it. He's bad.