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Post by mattperiolat on May 1, 2010 4:42:11 GMT -5
OK, I know I can't be the only one out there, so I'm hoping to hear some people fess up... Who else out there watches the stuff on History and History International? I'm not talking about the tru-life stuff like Ax Men or Ice Road Truckers, I'm talking about the old school stuff that has to do with actual history. Speaking for myself, I can't recommend stuff like How The Earth Was Made and Stealing Lincoln's Body highly enough, plus their Engineering an Empire series. True, you have to go in with a grain of salt as there are SOME liberties taken (a LOT of details left out on America: The Story of Us for example, but I'll accept time limits as an excuse), but I still think it makes for a great foundation for future readings and research. So... am I alone?  |
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Post by Ghostorm on May 1, 2010 7:33:15 GMT -5
I have become a gigantic fan of anything educational the past few years. Anything on History, History International, Discovery, Science, National Geographic amongst other channels. It all started with Historys mysteries (Leonard Nemoy!) and it snowballed from there.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 1, 2010 7:55:37 GMT -5
You're certainly not alone in this. Even the minutiae, or the minutia in particular, can be fascinating. An example would be that I find the inner politics of the Third Reich to be very interesting. Goering and Himmler forming alliances, cutting each other from beneath, plotting and ploying, all to curry favor with Hitler and defeat their rival. Two of some of the most powerful people in the world, and they fight like teenage girls.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 1, 2010 7:59:11 GMT -5
I like watching Cities of the Underworld, it shows places you'd never see on any other documentary. Plus it's taught me that graffiti is useful.
Not sure if it's on the channel you're talking about though.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 1, 2010 11:05:57 GMT -5
I like watching Cities of the Underworld, it shows places you'd never see on any other documentary. Plus it's taught me that graffiti is useful. Not sure if it's on the channel you're talking about though. It is, occasionally. Sadly, these days most stuff that was on History proper has been moved to History International in favor of Aliens, Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers. Give them credit where it's due, at least Pawn Stars does tie into history at times. |
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Post by Mozenrath on May 1, 2010 11:11:25 GMT -5
I like watching Cities of the Underworld, it shows places you'd never see on any other documentary. Plus it's taught me that graffiti is useful. Not sure if it's on the channel you're talking about though. It is, occasionally. Sadly, these days most stuff that was on History proper has been moved to History International in favor of Aliens, Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers. Give them credit where it's due, at least Pawn Stars does tie into history at times. Same with American Pickers, I think it was called. You see quite a few knickknacks from history, real and forged. |
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Post by Legion on May 1, 2010 11:12:10 GMT -5
I'm so addicted to History that I'm a history teacher!
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Post by Lupin the Third on May 1, 2010 12:47:39 GMT -5
History channel is always fun to watch. There ALWAYS seems to be something interesting on there.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 1, 2010 13:46:07 GMT -5
It is, occasionally. Sadly, these days most stuff that was on History proper has been moved to History International in favor of Aliens, Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers. Give them credit where it's due, at least Pawn Stars does tie into history at times. Same with American Pickers, I think it was called. You see quite a few knickknacks from history, real and forged. Pickers is different. That's more about coming onto someone's property, trying to hustle them out of something for the bare minimum, then making off like a bandit. With Pawn Stars, they're at least up front about the face value. |
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on May 1, 2010 14:10:36 GMT -5
I like watching Cities of the Underworld, it shows places you'd never see on any other documentary. Plus it's taught me that graffiti is useful. Not sure if it's on the channel you're talking about though. It is, occasionally. Sadly, these days most stuff that was on History proper has been moved to History International in favor of Aliens, Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers. Give them credit where it's due, at least Pawn Stars does tie into history at times. This, except that all that crap does make for decent enough TV, as much as a BA in History would like to admit. Nether the less, I loved it when it was Hitler 24/7 when it first went on the air back in the day. |
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Post by Cela on May 1, 2010 14:19:45 GMT -5
I used to be, then they went through a phase where everything was Nostradamous and Bible Codes. Haven't really watched since.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on May 1, 2010 14:24:45 GMT -5
Ive wondered how exactly is How The Earth Was Made a history show?
Isn't it more PRE-History as the common definition of History is from when man started to write things down?
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Post by Yami Daimao on May 1, 2010 14:29:08 GMT -5
I love watching stuff about the Biblical times, especially the Nostradamus Effect.
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Post by -Lithium- on May 1, 2010 17:29:54 GMT -5
Yeah I watch alot of those kind of channels. I've noticed the Military Channel has pretty much become the "World War II/Hitler" channel...
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Post by PaperStreetBrigade on May 1, 2010 17:54:14 GMT -5
I used to watch History when it first came around in 96, my favorite was the History Vs Movie show. But now they take too much money from movie studios. Three of the most awful shows I've caught on History were tied into movies. The King Arthur one for the Clive Owen King Arthur, The one about the Trojan Horse and Troy for Brad Pitt's Troy and finally the much overplayed special for Valkyrie.
And I agree with everyone else, I don't see what Axmen, Swamp Loggers or Ice Road Truckers has to do with History. But I guess in a few years they'll have a ton of reality shows on and call it Hystory.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on May 1, 2010 18:24:37 GMT -5
Yeah I watch alot of those kind of channels. I've noticed the Military Channel has pretty much become the "World War II/Hitler" channel... That's the only time I watch it.Screw modern warfare,give me the classics!.Preferably WWI though. |
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Post by livetowin on May 1, 2010 18:55:59 GMT -5
I find that they've changed in the same way Discover has. They show one human interest show (Say, Deadliest Catch or Dirty Jobs) and the critical and the commercial reaction is positive...And then we get Ice Truckers, Pawn Stars, Pawn Truckers, Pawn Truckers in the Forest, Truckers that Pawn the Forest, and RIGS: Life with Oil.
They're all very interesting but...I prefer the old fashioned documentaries.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 2, 2010 5:51:29 GMT -5
Ive wondered how exactly is How The Earth Was Made a history show? Isn't it more PRE-History as the common definition of History is from when man started to write things down? I'd argue that geology is the study of the history of the Earth, ergo it fits in the definition of history. Besides, the original two-hour special is awesome. Don't even ask me to explain Life After People, I think that's just plain sadistic. It's funny how things work - the roots for History go back to when A&E did historical docs (Mysteries of the Bible, Titanic and The Lincoln Assassination spring to mind off the top of my head) and that begat History. Then once A&E stopped showing those and their Biography programs, it started losing it's core identity. Same thing has happened to History. Speaking for myself, I miss In Search of History and History's Lost and Found so much it hurts. Now THAT was my History Channel. |
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on May 2, 2010 7:23:16 GMT -5
My one major complaint about History is that for their Ancient Aliens series, they pretty much got all the wingnuts in one room and said, "okay guys...GO NUTS!!!".
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Post by mattperiolat on May 2, 2010 14:16:16 GMT -5
My one major complaint about History is that for their Ancient Aliens series, they pretty much got all the wingnuts in one room and said, "okay guys...GO NUTS!!!". Two years ago, it was Nostrodomus, last year it was Life Without People, this year it's Aliens. You KNOW the freakin' Mayas are next year, right? *sighs* Thank the stars for America: The Story of Us and the amazing ratings that's pulling down. |
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