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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 2, 2010 15:19:00 GMT -5
I LOVE the History Channel!
Though, I am kinda sad that the channel made me no longer believe in the Loch Ness Monster after that one episode of How the Earth was Made about either Loch Ness or Scotland(forgot which) explained that the Loch was just solid ground covered in miles of thick ice until 10,000 years ago, thus no way in hell could any creature pre-dating 10,000 B.C. could possibly live there.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 2, 2010 15:32:13 GMT -5
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. To be fair, they only get prices for them because they put in the time and effort to get them sold. Time is money, so them making a profit may not be as impressive as it looks, especially since they lose out sometimes, like when they lost a crapload of money on a car. I'm sure they do more than break even, but it's not too unlike Pawn Stars in that regard.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 2, 2010 15:43:49 GMT -5
One thing I'm a little sad by is how they sometimes bait you to watch something on the channel.
Like that special on the plot to steal Lincoln's body, right? The ads made it look like some amazing secret plot, when in reality, 80%-90% of the special was about how Lincoln's body was moved all over the place in the decades after his death, and the actual plot to steal his body, not only failed(it was implied to be successful in the ads), but it only took up about 15 to 25 minutes of the more than 2 hour long special.
It was still an interesting special, but I don't like being baited to watching something.
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Post by erisi236 on May 2, 2010 15:48:26 GMT -5
I really liked that Lincolns body one, it was kind of interesting knowing all the strange indignities his remains went though for 40 odd years after his death.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 2, 2010 15:52:14 GMT -5
I really liked that Lincolns body one, it was kind of interesting knowing all the strange indignities his remains went though for 40 odd years after his death. Plus it was interesting to learn that there is a photograph of two(at the time) future presidents as little kids watching one of the funeral parades for Lincoln(where his body was, literally paraded around town).
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Post by mattperiolat on May 2, 2010 16:21:11 GMT -5
Lincoln's Body is a classic, since it was the first real national funeral for a President, a precursor to what we see today.
Actually, only the first 45 minutes dealt with the funeral, about 20 minutes on the attempt to steal it and the last 40 or so on the repercussions. The problem with the plot is it really was half-baked (does it not occur to these geniuses that they're going to get caught in a horsedrawn cart with a coffin in it on their way to Indiana and someone is not going to put two and two together?) and frankly, the real meat of the story is what happened to Lincoln's body more than the plot. Only Eva Peron had a more interesting postmortum travel.
Fav. line: "Lincoln was on the move again. This time, though, he was taking the family with him." Couldn't stop laughing over that one.
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Post by MAGGLE on May 2, 2010 16:36:29 GMT -5
I love History because I love general knowledge, I never lost Trivial Pursuit against friends...maybe because my friends are dumb, but still.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 2, 2010 16:47:12 GMT -5
I agree with baiting, there's been a few that have tried to stretch 20 minutes worth of content for an hour or more.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2010 17:02:54 GMT -5
The Death Mask special they had where they recreated Washington, Lincoln, and Caesar's face with computer technology was not bad.
I too wish that they played more actual history and less aliens, Nostradamus, and reality shows though. And whoever posted it earlier the freakin Mayan's are going to be running wild for the nest two years on that thing.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on May 2, 2010 17:03:05 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. Yeah, I have to pick between watching that and Breaking Bad. Good thing they rerun America.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 2, 2010 19:12:19 GMT -5
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. Yeah, I have to pick between watching that and Breaking Bad. Good thing they rerun America. I have the same issue with The Tudors, but Tudors gets the DVR while I'll watch America live. Incidentally, I think History has missed a great programming opportunity with America. They obviously don't have enough time to cover stuff in detail, but given their library, I'm quite surprised we haven't seen them setting aside programming blocks at least on the weekend for context. For example: the first hour of America covered the settlement of the East Coast. OK, then why not run Save Our History: Godspeed to Jamestown, Desperate Journey: The Crossing of the Mayflower or In Search of History/History's Mysteries: The Lost Colony as a programming block on Monday? Even if you don't want to sacrifice Pawn Stars, doing it in the morning and advertising it during America as "find out more about it" would boost viewership for the channel as a whole, not just for the America viewership block. Same deal with the TON of Revolutionary America material they have on the remaining nights. Just think it's a missed opportunity and a darn shame.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 3, 2010 8:00:46 GMT -5
And heard today that the next Blu-Ray extra... excuse me, documentary on History will be In Search of the Real Robin Hood on Saturday, Gee, can't imagine what that's going to be tied in with, can you?
I'm not bitter, just kinda rolling my eyes.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on May 3, 2010 8:30:19 GMT -5
Still, you can't fault them for latching on to the latest trends in an effort to gain viewership. This Robin Hood movie coming out is tailor-made for a History special.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 3, 2010 14:11:14 GMT -5
Still, you can't fault them for latching on to the latest trends in an effort to gain viewership. This Robin Hood movie coming out is tailor-made for a History special. Especially since the movie is being presented as the "truth" behind Robin Hood as if he was real.
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Post by mattperiolat on May 3, 2010 14:59:38 GMT -5
Still, you can't fault them for latching on to the latest trends in an effort to gain viewership. This Robin Hood movie coming out is tailor-made for a History special. Especially since the movie is being presented as the "truth" behind Robin Hood as if he was real. That and Ridley Scott is participating in the doc, which makes me think it'll be like the Valkyrie doc a year or so ago. Sure, some good info will be there, but I kinda liked History better before it was considered a way to pimp your movie. Indiana Jones and the Ultimate Quest and Batman Tech anyone?
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Post by mattperiolat on May 4, 2010 15:36:14 GMT -5
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