> "ALCATRAZ" TV SHOW Delusional Fans Trying to Break In to Prison
> Some fans of the TV show "Alcatraz" aren't so bright -- because
> they're infiltrating guided tours on the real-life island to search
> for a top secret room ... that only exists on the scripted drama!
> National Parks Service rep Alexandra Picavet tells TMZ ... tourists
> are starting to stray from their tours and sneak into "closed areas"
> on the former federal prison.
> Picavet says many of the not-so-super sleuths have confessed they're
> looking for a high tech control room (below) ... described on the show
> as a "bat-cave underneath Alcatraz."
> Keep in mind the show just debuted last week. Crazy spreads quickly.
> Picavet says they've now posted the following sign on the island: "The
> TV show Alcatraz is fictional, many areas it depicts are not real.
> Closed areas protect you, historic structures and nesting birds."
> Parks Service peeps assure us the room doesn't exist. They also say
> the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy aren't real, so ... believe what you
> want.
This has the stink of the "Fargo money" urban legend and associated
media story-over-news.
"Fans of X are crazy" is a better story than "people trying to access
closed areas like they have been for years have started making 'secret
hideout' jokes."
> > "ALCATRAZ" TV SHOW Delusional Fans Trying to Break In to Prison
> > Some fans of the TV show "Alcatraz" aren't so bright -- because
> > they're infiltrating guided tours on the real-life island to search
> > for a top secret room ... that only exists on the scripted drama!
> > National Parks Service rep Alexandra Picavet tells TMZ ... tourists
> > are starting to stray from their tours and sneak into "closed areas"
> > on the former federal prison.
> > Picavet says many of the not-so-super sleuths have confessed they're
> > looking for a high tech control room (below) ... described on the show
> > as a "bat-cave underneath Alcatraz."
> > Keep in mind the show just debuted last week. Crazy spreads quickly.
> > Picavet says they've now posted the following sign on the island: "The
> > TV show Alcatraz is fictional, many areas it depicts are not real.
> > Closed areas protect you, historic structures and nesting birds."
> > Parks Service peeps assure us the room doesn't exist. They also say
> > the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy aren't real, so ... believe what you
> > want.
> This has the stink of the "Fargo money" urban legend and associated
> media story-over-news.
> "Fans of X are crazy" is a better story than "people trying to access
> closed areas like they have been for years have started making 'secret
> hideout' jokes."
My guess is that one group of kids tried this, and they've exaggerated it.
> ....
> This has the stink of the "Fargo money" urban legend and associated
> media story-over-news.
> "Fans of X are crazy" is a better story than "people trying to access
> closed areas like they have been for years have started making 'secret
> hideout' jokes."
I agree. They must always have had folks trying to poke around off-
tour.
The story might also be something planted by some people associated with the TV show in an effort to generate some buzz for it. I suppose it needs a bit of buzz, given how it's going so far.
Yeah, people from 1963, who would even have been out of it had they been released into 1963, are operating just fine in a 21st Century full of CCTV almost everywhere, cell phones and a language that has a lot of differences from the one that they spoke. They must be spending a lot of time looking for phone books. Hell, the price of a pack of cigarettes these days would probably be enough to put them in shock.
> > > "ALCATRAZ" TV SHOW Delusional Fans Trying to Break In to Prison
> > > Some fans of the TV show "Alcatraz" aren't so bright -- because
> > > they're infiltrating guided tours on the real-life island to search
> > > for a top secret room ... that only exists on the scripted drama!
> > > National Parks Service rep Alexandra Picavet tells TMZ ... tourists
> > > are starting to stray from their tours and sneak into "closed areas"
> > > on the former federal prison.
> > > Picavet says many of the not-so-super sleuths have confessed they're
> > > looking for a high tech control room (below) ... described on the show
> > > as a "bat-cave underneath Alcatraz."
> > > Keep in mind the show just debuted last week. Crazy spreads quickly.
> > > Picavet says they've now posted the following sign on the island: "The
> > > TV show Alcatraz is fictional, many areas it depicts are not real.
> > > Closed areas protect you, historic structures and nesting birds."
> > > Parks Service peeps assure us the room doesn't exist. They also say
> > > the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy aren't real, so ... believe what you
> > > want.
> > This has the stink of the "Fargo money" urban legend and associated
> > media story-over-news.
> > "Fans of X are crazy" is a better story than "people trying to access
> > closed areas like they have been for years have started making 'secret
> > hideout' jokes."
> My guess is that one group of kids tried this, and they've exaggerated
> it.
Sounds right.
And the sign is probably more effective (by shaming people) than a
normal "No Entry" sign.
> Anonymous sent the following on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:49:03 +0100 (CET):
> > The story might also be something planted by some people associated
> > with the TV show in an effort to generate some buzz for it.
> Yep. I immediately thought "cheap marketing gimmick." Why pay for ads
> when you can get an entire story published for free?
> > I
> > suppose it needs a bit of buzz, given how it's going so far.
> I thought I'd read that it's doing just fine in the ratings...
I wasn't referring to its ratings. I don't know anything about its ratings. I was referring to the show itself. I'm still leery of it being another "Lost" that raises interesting sounding questions and then just lets them drop.
