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Title: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: Trim on September 18, 2013, 09:04:50 AM
in the history channel. wtf has happened to it. every time i make the mistake of tuning in h2 it's either about bigfoot or aliens. why can't they have something that's actually historical on? i mean it's the history channel. i want to hear about ww2, the civil war, genghis khan. discovering gold in california, in other words things that are historical. good golly miss molly is there actually anyone with any intelligence that believes in bigfoot or aliens?
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: Institutional Control on September 18, 2013, 09:25:10 AM
Another Sasquatch denier.

Mods, move this to the Pit.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: CNS on September 18, 2013, 09:34:35 AM
I know what you mean.  Whenever I try to sit my grandkids down and find some wholesome programming to watch, I just get frustrated.  TV is full of curse words and underwear.  Can't even turn on a good animal killing animal show on THE ANIMAL PLANET CHANNEL like you used to be able to.  Just a bunch of floosies and violence. 

I have been encouraging my kids to have their kids do a lot more reading(bible of course) so that they aren't as involved in this MTV culture on TEEN MOM!!! steroids.  Good wholesome Christians are running out of entertainment options. 
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: Winters on September 18, 2013, 09:38:20 AM
I saw a special on Norse culture the other day on H2 that was pretty informative  :dunno:
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: CNS on September 18, 2013, 09:39:36 AM
What's worse, I take to the interweb to try to teach my kids about baseball and all I find are things like this.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1778100-brandon-phillips-forces-jonathan-villar-into-a-butt-slide?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t3 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1778100-brandon-phillips-forces-jonathan-villar-into-a-butt-slide?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t3)
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: sonofdaxjones on September 18, 2013, 09:40:50 AM
Some good history stuff on the Military Channel.

D-Day 3D

I re-watched the show about the siege at Khe San last night, and also "Commanders on the Brink" or something like that.   Last night it was good because it was about Vietnam after Nixon got elected.

Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: bubbles4ksu on September 18, 2013, 09:43:20 AM
sometimes i get hammered and watch victory at sea episodes on youtube.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: OK_Cat on September 18, 2013, 09:45:11 AM
sometimes, my wife of 35 years and I like to sit back and watch a good classic American moving picture.  We turn to the American Movie Classics channel hoping to see Bogart, and instead we see meth dealers and zombies.  WHAT IS THIS
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: 3maw on September 18, 2013, 01:08:50 PM
they actually have good stuff on while emaw elites are working during the day, like modern marvels, some documentaries, etc. then you get home and its like wtf best i can do is $.50.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: hemmy on September 18, 2013, 01:15:51 PM
My high school - early college years history was the Hitler channel, somewhere around 2007-2008 it started becoming the alien channel.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on September 18, 2013, 01:19:05 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paranormalpeopleonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2F19cb52_ancient-aliens.jpg&hash=3f347a2bda59e3fa7b069fafa032baa8fbb8a7db)
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: pissclams on September 18, 2013, 01:41:23 PM
admittedly, i don't understand these threads.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: WillieWatanabe on September 18, 2013, 03:20:16 PM
agree with OP.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: asava on September 18, 2013, 03:32:59 PM
in the history channel. wtf has happened to it. every time i make the mistake of tuning in h2 it's either about bigfoot or aliens. why can't they have something that's actually historical on? i mean it's the history channel. i want to hear about ww2, the civil war, genghis khan. discovering gold in california, in other words things that are historical. good golly miss molly is there actually anyone with any intelligence that believes in bigfoot or aliens?

would watch.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: AppleJack on September 18, 2013, 03:39:46 PM
H2 is where it's at.

Although History does produce 1 show a year that is pretty fantastic. It was Vikings last year.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: bubbles4ksu on September 18, 2013, 03:57:06 PM
in the history channel. wtf has happened to it. every time i make the mistake of tuning in h2 it's either about bigfoot or aliens. why can't they have something that's actually historical on? i mean it's the history channel. i want to hear about ww2, the civil war, genghis khan. discovering gold in california, in other words things that are historical. good golly miss molly is there actually anyone with any intelligence that believes in bigfoot or aliens?

would watch.

The Dan Carlin podcast series on the Mongol Empire is fantastic. It's on itunes and also here:

http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive (http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive)

I highly recommend Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: chunkles on September 18, 2013, 04:21:42 PM
darn it all to heck!
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: ednksu on September 18, 2013, 04:45:53 PM
I love the historical drama stuff like Vikings, but the amount of conspiracy theory crap and aliens crap has just killed my viewership.  Remember when they had all the old Civil War shows?  I mean who doesn't love awkward historians with epic facial hair talking about the Army of the Cumberland.
Title: Re: really disappointed...i mean really really disappointed
Post by: Cartierfor3 on September 18, 2013, 04:51:09 PM
I prefer books