| Cardinal Ximenez | 30 May 2016 11:38 a.m. PST |
Watching this while painting today until the 1940 Blitzkrieg segment when they showed a T-55 shooting into a town…not stock footage either. They actually took the time to acquire and film it for the show. Come on man!!!!!!!!! DM |
 Extra Crispy  | 30 May 2016 12:06 p.m. PST |
What do you expect from the Hitler & Aliens network? |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 30 May 2016 1:12 p.m. PST |
Yes. Not sure what I was thinking. |
 Mister Tibbles  | 30 May 2016 1:52 p.m. PST |
I turned it off quickly. I'm watching They Were Expendable on TCM on demand instead. So much better! |
| ArmymenRGreat | 30 May 2016 4:33 p.m. PST |
I just recorded the series today. My standards are low but, come on, a T-55?!? I'll probably put it on anyway when I'm doing something else. |
| Grignotage | 30 May 2016 5:02 p.m. PST |
At the ancient alien stuff is fun. Though I remember a lot of complaining whwn it was the Nazis and Hitler channel in the late 90s/ early 2000s. |
| D A THB | 30 May 2016 6:26 p.m. PST |
Watched two episodes of the Nazi's Secret Weapons which were all about Japan. The really are getting really bad lately and am thinking of ditching my service. |
| Swab Jockey | 30 May 2016 7:19 p.m. PST |
Don't forget the fictionalized account of "The Vikings", how much history that did take place, can they distort to make a Viking soap-opera. Winston Smith is alive and well, and working at the History Channel. |
| marcus arilius | 30 May 2016 10:38 p.m. PST |
ancient alien is good for a nap. even puts the dog to sleep. |
| jtkimmel | 31 May 2016 8:13 a.m. PST |
There are a few old threads on this horrid offering from History when it first came out. Its really not worth it, not even as background noise. Though I did get a good laugh from the footage of B-17's supporting the German invasion of Poland. |
| uglyfatbloke | 01 Jun 2016 11:24 a.m. PST |
To some degree it's an issue of the production companies that make the programmes. I've no idea about the Vikings – that's deep, deep, deep into my near-universal 'sphere of ignorance' but the channels just buy in the programmes. They've no basis for editorial judgement about the quality of the programmes: essentially they just buy the titles. I've been in a few things that have appeared on History/geography and god alone knows where else, and they have all, without exception, been utterly rubbish programmes once completed. The BBC series 'The Clans' was probably the worst, but the others are n't far behind. The programme makers pay lipservice (or not) to experts that they hire in, but since they have already effectively scripted the programme by that time there is really very little point; they just bring in scholars to add an air of authority.
Sadly it's not just TV productions; if you've had the misfortune to go to the Bannockburn centre you'll already know what I mean. |
looks at how these pre-painted buildings are packaged.