NationStates Jolt Archive

I mean, really.
The History Channel used to be cool. There were shows about guns, wars and so forth. There were lots of explosions and tanks and propeganda footage of WWII.
Now I turn on the TV, skip ahead to Modern Marvels and...its about cereal. How the HELL do you fill an HOUR with CEREAL?!? Show an hours worth of crappy 60's commercials? Talk about wheat?
The next day, theres a four hour special on some duel between Aaron and Burr. Yes, duels are fine. But four hours? Sheesh.
Hell, theyve even dropped World War Two, which half the shows used to be about.

One of the few things I really miss about the 90's was the History Channel having goods shows on practically 24/7. Tales of the Gun appears of have vanished for whatever reason, Modern Marvels has been pussified, and Histories Mystries somehow morphed into a crime drama.

I even miss Roger Mudd. That guy was exactly who you would expect to host a show about history, even if he was older than most rocks.

End Rant :P

I guess the Hitler channel ran out of WWII documentaries.

they musta hadta hire a woman.

damn that affirmative action

History is not just wars. (I wish a few school history teachers would learn that.)

Try getting digital cable (or satellite). They have the Military Channel. No boring crap, just wars, jets, tanks, explosions, and special forces. :D

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It's called The History Channel, not The Guns, Explosions, and WWII Channel. I hated it when all they coverd was WWII and military crap. They can and should cover the history of anything and everything. Even such non "macho" topics as cereal, cultures, or agriculture. What you are looking for is The Hopped up on Testosterone Channel. Talk to your cable provider.

But one thing that does bug me about the History Channel is all the UFO, "paranormal", and big foot crap. That's not history. Save it for Sci-Fi.

I mean, really.
The History Channel used to be cool. There were shows about guns, wars and so forth. There were lots of explosions and tanks and propeganda footage of WWII.
Now I turn on the TV, skip ahead to Modern Marvels and...its about cereal. How the HELL do you fill an HOUR with CEREAL?!? Show an hours worth of crappy 60's commercials? Talk about wheat?
The next day, theres a four hour special on some duel between Aaron and Burr. Yes, duels are fine. But four hours? Sheesh.
Hell, theyve even dropped World War Two, which half the shows used to be about.

One of the few things I really miss about the 90's was the History Channel having goods shows on practically 24/7. Tales of the Gun appears of have vanished for whatever reason, Modern Marvels has been pussified, and Histories Mystries somehow morphed into a crime drama.

I even miss Roger Mudd. That guy was exactly who you would expect to host a show about history, even if he was older than most rocks.

End Rant :P

You think that's bad? Take a look at The Learning Channel. Used to be sort of like what the history channel was, now it's nothing but a gayer version of Bravo.

yeah man, what the hell, seriuosly, it used to be All Hitler, All The Time, that was fucking cool, where did all the shit about the civil war go too?

however you cant forget the Revolution series thats on now, it fucking kicks ass!

The history channel is eclipsed, in my eyes, by the History International Channel and the Discovery Times Channel.

The history channel became something other than it's name for me when they aired a program about finding a dragon's lair. A little too Sci Fi for something called the history channel.

But one thing that does bug me about the History Channel is all the UFO, "paranormal", and big foot crap. That's not history. Save it for Sci-Fi.

Meh, most of it does go into the history of these things, sightings, etc.

Thats why I don't complain about the religious stuff, I refuse to watch it, but its history regardless, so I don't ask them to take it off.

You think that's bad? Take a look at The Learning Channel. Used to be sort of like what the history channel was, now it's nothing but a gayer version of Bravo.

Man, I remember when they had robot fights. Now it's all childbirth, marriage, and interior design. :headbang:

But one thing that does bug me about the History Channel is all the UFO, "paranormal", and big foot crap. That's not history. Save it for Sci-Fi.


Exactly, they ought to make another channel for the fictional stuff like that.

It used to be the ultimate channel; guns,bombs, war and things that went boom.


Now its shit like "Mega Movers","American Eats", and of course we can't forget "Mega Disasters".

the civil war shows are still on at 7:00 am eastern time. they are showing some cool WW 2 stuff at 9:00 am eastern time.

They have Mail Call, which is still great.

Ooo-rah!

If you want old-style documentaries, go to History International channel ( the logo for the channel says HInt). It is far less dumbed down, but you have to sit through Christians Children's Fund commercials or Q-Ray bracelet ads every break, because the target demographic for the channel is senior citizens.

What about that the 'Shoot out' Series my favorites have to be the Iraq stories.

You read my mind. I used to love Modern Marvels; it always had interesting and engaging specials about great public works projects and construction efforts -- things like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, and the Great Wall of China.

Now, they've apparently run out of cool things to profile, so they're reduced to covering things like bricks. And runways. And glue.

Here are some actual episode titles of late, pulled from Wikipedia:

Lube Job (8/10/2005) [note: wtf?!]
More Snackfood Tech (12/20/2005)
Containers (1/4/2006)
Shovels (5/3/2006)
BBQ Tech (6/28/2006)

Yes, no modern marvel is more inspiring than Tupperware. Or shovels. It's a toss-up, really.

I even miss Roger Mudd. That guy was exactly who you would expect to host a show about history, even if he was older than most rocks.

Man, Roger Mudd was a bad motherfucker. I always paid rapt attention when he was on.

The last good thing I saw on the History Channle was something about Saladin and Richard the Lionhearted a few months ago. Everything since then has blown.

Save the History Channel from insurance, loan or compensation adverts. Greenhill finance, ocean thingy and all other stupid adverts!

If you love your history I suggest you try this game:
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/_pastmaster/

I pretty much lost confidence in them when they showed their "most Civil War re-enactors are racist white-trash nutjobs" show. It pretty much all went downhill from there

Save the History Channel from insurance, loan or compensation adverts. Greenhill finance, ocean thingy and all other stupid adverts!

Don't forget levitra ;).

Don't forget levitra ;).

Or Capital One :p

Or Capital One :p

But... I like the vikings... :(

I mean, really.
The History Channel used to be cool. There were shows about guns, wars and so forth. There were lots of explosions and tanks and propeganda footage of WWII.
Now I turn on the TV, skip ahead to Modern Marvels and...its about cereal. How the HELL do you fill an HOUR with CEREAL?!? Show an hours worth of crappy 60's commercials? Talk about wheat?
The next day, theres a four hour special on some duel between Aaron and Burr. Yes, duels are fine. But four hours? Sheesh.
Hell, theyve even dropped World War Two, which half the shows used to be about.

One of the few things I really miss about the 90's was the History Channel having goods shows on practically 24/7. Tales of the Gun appears of have vanished for whatever reason, Modern Marvels has been pussified, and Histories Mystries somehow morphed into a crime drama.

I even miss Roger Mudd. That guy was exactly who you would expect to host a show about history, even if he was older than most rocks.

End Rant :P

Did you bother to watch it? It was pretty interesting.
That, the candy, and the Disney World one were all pretty interesting.

Maybe you're just annoyed that they're expanding to cover more interests than just military? There IS more to history than death, ya know.

[old guy mode]
Kids today! When I was a kid, all we got were two channels, and they both looked grainy! And no one complained
[/old guy mode]

And we walked to school.... barefoot... in the snow... uphill both ways!

You had feet? HAH! I had STUMPS and I was GLAD FOR THEM, I tell you, GLAD!

;)

Wait history didn't begin in 1937 and end in 1945? Crazy talk.

I actually like the broader range of topics, but then, I'm not a military fetishist.
If you want old-style documentaries, go to History International channel ( the logo for the channel says HInt). It is far less dumbed down, but you have to sit through Christians Children's Fund commercials or Q-Ray bracelet ads every break, because the target demographic for the channel is senior citizens.
It probably has more to do with the low veiwership produces advertising rates that those groups can afford. More viewers, more ads for Pepsi.

While we're discussing dissatisfaction with formerly great channels... What's up with all of the Motorcycle shows on the Discovery Channel?

Did you bother to watch it? It was pretty interesting.
That, the candy, and the Disney World one were all pretty interesting.

Maybe you're just annoyed that they're expanding to cover more interests than just military? There IS more to history than death, ya know.
Its not just the military stuff, I miss Histories Lost and Found (which now shows on Mondays at 4 AM, I beleive. Too early for me.), the GOOD Modern Marvels about (as mentioned) the Eiffle Tower, computers, and similar things that warrant an hour of air time, rather than...shovels.
Dont even get me started on shows like Save Our History (although this one was showing in the 90's, at least), and...urgh...Back to the Blueprint.

Yes, they do occasionally do cool specials, Crusades: Crescent and the Cross definitly sounds good. And I heard about their Great Empires series, but it never showed up for me, it seems.

As to TLC...its dead to me...it died around '98, I think, when they stopped showing Junkyard Wars. The Discovery Channels only redeeming show is the Mythbusters :P

Try getting digital cable (or satellite). They have the Military Channel. No boring crap, just wars, jets, tanks, explosions, and special forces. :D


I love war shows. :D

if there is anything we have learnt here today its that tv has gone to crap and for some reason we as a public continue to fund it while it becomes more and more crap. i think they just stopped trying to produce something as quality and its all about having a falsshy show that dazes people for 30 minutes (5 minutes of show and 25 minutes of comercials)

MTV no longer shows any music videos, neither does MTV2 (the one they made so they can still show their crap shows on MTV and please others with the MTV2 channel)

VH1 well i dont think thats ever been great

TLC is baby story, wedding story, and stupid "lets trade houses for a day or two and do really cheap low quality fix ups"

history channel has lost its ww2 and occasional ww1 trademark it used to have, but i still think it is a good channel.

if there is anything we have learnt here today its that tv has gone to crap and for some reason we as a public continue to fund it while it becomes more and more crap. i think they just stopped trying to produce something as quality and its all about having a falsshy show that dazes people for 30 minutes (5 minutes of show and 25 minutes of comercials)

MTV no longer shows any music videos, neither does MTV2 (the one they made so they can still show their crap shows on MTV and please others with the MTV2 channel)

VH1 well i dont think thats ever been great

TLC is baby story, wedding story, and stupid "lets trade houses for a day or two and do really cheap low quality fix ups"

history channel has lost its ww2 and occasional ww1 trademark it used to have, but i still think it is a good channel.


G4TechTV Lost all its charm and has turned into the worst channel on tv. YUCK!

G4TechTV Lost all its charm and has turned into the worst channel on tv. YUCK!

Amen to that. It started going downhill for me in the summer of 2005, and when "Barbed Wire Biscuit" showed up, I was on my way out the door.

300 channels and so little to watch...

Amen to that. It started going downhill for me in the summer of 2005, and when "Barbed Wire Biscuit" showed up, I was on my way out the door.

300 channels and so little to watch...


The only plus is that cute asian chick.

The only plus is that cute asian chick.

The one who hosted Filter? Diane something-with-an-M, right? They canned her recently, I think. :(

The only plus is that cute asian chick.
Didn't they fire her?

I mean, really.
The History Channel used to be cool. There were shows about guns, wars and so forth. There were lots of explosions and tanks and propeganda footage of WWII.
Now I turn on the TV, skip ahead to Modern Marvels and...its about cereal. How the HELL do you fill an HOUR with CEREAL?!? Show an hours worth of crappy 60's commercials? Talk about wheat?
The next day, theres a four hour special on some duel between Aaron and Burr. Yes, duels are fine. But four hours? Sheesh.
Hell, theyve even dropped World War Two, which half the shows used to be about.

One of the few things I really miss about the 90's was the History Channel having goods shows on practically 24/7. Tales of the Gun appears of have vanished for whatever reason, Modern Marvels has been pussified, and Histories Mystries somehow morphed into a crime drama.

I even miss Roger Mudd. That guy was exactly who you would expect to host a show about history, even if he was older than most rocks.

End Rant :P

You see all of that on The Military Channel. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The one who hosted Filter? Diane something-with-an-M, right? They canned her recently, I think. :(



Those bastards! How could they do such a thing! This is terrible! They replaced her with some blonde chick named betho! I hate them! I am gonna go cry now! :( :( :( :( :( :(



FYI, her name is Diane Mizota.:(

Television sucks like a kugelblitz.

Didn't they fire her?



:(

You see all of that on The Military Channel. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Which cant be purchased from my provider except in a package with a ton of other crap channels I WOULDNT watch for an extra $30 per month.

Didn't they fire her?



Where did you hear that anyway?

FYI, her name is Diane Mizota.:(

Ah, I thought there was another syllable in there. My mistake. You have a point though, she is cute. :p

You know who gave me the creeps? Tommy Tallarico. I think they took his show off the air, too. Thankfully.

Ah, I thought there was another syllable in there. My mistake. You have a point though, she is cute. :p

You know who gave me the creeps? Tommy Tallarico. I think they took his show off the air, too. Thankfully.



http://www.dianemizota.com/index.html


:(


Support her, The USA needs more asians. Why did they can her?

TLC is baby story, wedding story, and stupid "lets trade houses for a day or two and do really cheap low quality fix ups"

I've worked on that show...I don't think I'm allowed to tell you what I know, though. I don't read the confidentiallity agreements that well...just the part that says "Fined $7,000,000" But, uh, yeah...I don't need to tell anyone how much reality is in a reality show...

Kugelblitz are cool and you know it

http://www.dianemizota.com/index.html

:(

Support her, The USA needs more asians. Why did they can her?

Speaking of Asians, Connie Chung gives me the creeps.

http://www.dianemizota.com/index.html


:(


Support her, The USA needs more asians. Why did they can her?

You've never been to New Jersey. Especially my town. Lots and lots of Asians.

You've never been to New Jersey. Especially my town. Lots and lots of Asians.



Have you ever been to San Francisco? I used to live there....It's a mini-asian at some places. Half of the nations asians live in california anyway. But 10 million isn't enough, we need 30 million!


Also I was takling about actors, not many asians.

Speaking of Asians, Connie Chung gives me the creeps.



Try Lucy Liu.

Kugelblitz are cool and you know it
Cooler than what's on offer most nights, no matter where you happen to be.

Have you ever been to San Francisco? I used to live there....It's a mini-asian at some places. Half of the nations asians live in california anyway. But 10 million isn't enough, we need 30 million!


Also I was takling about actors, not many asians.

Do what I did and interbreed your Asian-ness into other "races".


After a while, we'll all be assimilated.

Cooler than what's on offer most nights, no matter where you happen to be.



What in the hell is a Kugelblitz?

Do what I did and interbreed your Asian-ness into other "races".


After a while, we'll all be assimilated.


You're asian?


Nah, I like ethnic asians!

Where did you hear that anyway?
(Back into my preferred name) I saw an ad for the show with some blonde chick. Diane MADE that show. I'll watch X-play when it's on, but since they fired Diane Mizota from filter, I've made it a point to not watch anything else from G4.

You're asian?


Nah, I like ethnic asians!

Just wait. In time, we'll all be speaking Mandarin, and eating rice.

My father came over to America on the "I'll Assimilate Them" Plan. So I'm half. And I am continuing the work...

(Back into my preferred name) I saw an ad for the show with some blonde chick. Diane MADE that show. I'll watch X-play when it's on, but since they fired Diane Mizota from filter, I've made it a point to not watch anything else from G4.



I agree.

Try NYC. :) We got lots of Asians, and we like 'em!

As of the 2000 census, my town only has a 0.62% Asian population. *Cries*

My town:

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 21,655 people, 6,962 households, and 4,970 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,981.3/km² (5,129.9/mi²). There were 7,190 housing units at an average density of 657.8/km² (1,703.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 57.89% White, 9.51% African American, 0.42% Native American, 13.86% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 12.95% from other races, and 5.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.01% of the population.

Try NYC. :) We got lots of Asians, and we like 'em!


and pay 3 income taxes? I'll pass. As I said california has over 5 million asians and 50% of the asian us population.:D

The next day, theres a four hour special on some duel between Aaron and Burr.

Who won?

Asian
4,256,198
12.1


so cali has 4.2 million, But that is still 35% of the countries asian population. Only Hawaii has more asians. So i was a bit off.:D

Who won?



I did, I went back in time and shot them both!

I did, I went back in time and shot them both!

With one shot, no doubt.

With one shot, no doubt.


Well DUH!:rolleyes:

I would complain abnout the decline of the scifi channel, but I don't think it was ever good...

I would complain abnout the decline of the scifi channel, but I don't think it was ever good...
At this point I'm pretty sure you can just go to them and go, "Give me money, I'm making a movie."

"What's it-"

"Sh-sh-sh. Let's not pretend you care there, Mansquito..."

Though showing Dr. Who and the redux of Battlestar Galactica have been pretty cool.

Speaking of Asians, Connie Chung gives me the creeps.


I think her TV show is the only one ever eviscerated by the New York Times on the front page.

At this point I'm pretty sure you can just go to them and go, "Give me money, I'm making a movie."

"What's it-"

"Sh-sh-sh. Let's not pretend you care there, Mansquito..."

Though showing Dr. Who and the redux of Battlestar Galactica have been pretty cool.
Sci-Fi was good, I miss their Anime-Fridays, they showed some freaky stuff there on occasion. I watched it once when I was eight or so, gave me nightmares for two days...I dont remember much about it, but it seemed to involve demons eating people quite a lot, fourtunatly for my little eight year old mind it was set in fuedal Japan so there werent any schoolgirls to rape.

Sci-Fi was good, I miss their Anime-Fridays, they showed some freaky stuff there on occasion. I watched it once when I was eight or so, gave me nightmares for two days...I dont remember much about it, but it seemed to involve demons eating people quite a lot, fourtunatly for my little eight year old mind it was set in fuedal Japan so there werent any schoolgirls to rape.
Ah, I never saw those. I was introduced to scifi around season six of stargate SG1.

Ah, I never saw those. I was introduced to scifi around season six of stargate SG1.

I watch Sci-Fi for the made-for-TV movies with crappy acting. It makes me smile to see people fail at their jobs. :)

I watch Sci-Fi for the made-for-TV movies with crappy acting. It makes me smile to see people fail at their jobs. :)



ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW!!!

History Channel was also boring with all the WW2 stuff. Show some Chinese, Japanese, Russian, African, and Arabic (pre-Islamic and Islamic) history for god's sake. Not every show has to be American history.:headbang:

I watch Sci-Fi for the made-for-TV movies with crappy acting. It makes me smile to see people fail at their jobs. :)
I don't get Sci-Fi here (Canada; we get Space instead, but I gather they're fairly similar in content) so I can't comment on the crappy acting - but I find the most frequent problems with lower-tier science-fiction productions to be sloppy direction, poor stories, and poorer dialogue.

Post-production shouldn't have to save every film made, and can't anyway. Even if there's a large enough budget (and there never is - I oughtta know).

Try getting digital cable (or satellite). They have the Military Channel. No boring crap, just wars, jets, tanks, explosions, and special forces. :D

The military channel, now that is aman's channel. Nothing but war 24/7. From analyzing battle tactics to analyzing weaponry and technology. They even had an awesome show on once about the 10 greatest naval ships of all time.

I don't get Sci-Fi here (Canada; we get Space instead, but I gather they're fairly similar in content) so I can't comment on the crappy acting - but I find the most frequent problems with lower-tier science-fiction productions to be sloppy direction, poor stories, and poorer dialogue.

Post-production shouldn't have to save every film made, and can't anyway. Even if there's a large enough budget (and there never is - I oughtta know).

You are lucky. The Sci-fi channel added professional wrestling to its lineup.

Haven't figured the connection yet.....

TBF, surely you jest? :confused:

You are lucky. The Sci-fi channel added professional wrestling to its lineup.

Haven't figured the connection yet.....
They can either show B-movies that rival the made-for-tv shit Disney puts out for pure shittiness or they can put on wrestling, which I'm sure gets alot better ratings and more viewers. They are running out of shows they have the licenses to rerun incessantly because they have run them too much - it's old and boring.

I don't get Sci-Fi here (Canada; we get Space instead, but I gather they're fairly similar in content) so I can't comment on the crappy acting - but I find the most frequent problems with lower-tier science-fiction productions to be sloppy direction, poor stories, and poorer dialogue.

Post-production shouldn't have to save every film made, and can't anyway. Even if there's a large enough budget (and there never is - I oughtta know).

Surely you never get tired of generic group-of-(scientists/mercenaries/explorers/townspeople)-hunted-by-(aliens/mutants/robots/their own creations)-in-(underground bunker/town/swamp/forest/house)-while-defeating-the-evil-(government/organization/giant corporation)?
When your tired of that, youre tired of life!

TBF, surely you jest? :confused:

http://www.scifi.com/ecw/

They can either show B-movies that rival the made-for-tv shit Disney puts out for pure shittiness or they can put on wrestling, which I'm sure gets alot better ratings and more viewers. They are running out of shows they have the licenses to rerun incessantly because they have run them too much - it's old and boring.

I miss farscape. :(

I miss farscape. :(
Farscape was more like science fantasy, but at least it was more SciFi than what their programming shovels out now. I mean "ECW?" WTF, over??? :headbang:

WTF is up with the History Channel showing programs about this sci fi BS? Bigfoot, area 51, Aliens in the Bible, and so on...Crap I tell you! CRAP!.

I'd rather much watch a show on medieval life, or wwII, or the roots of modern civilization, or somehting on Alexander...NOt fricking aliens and mutated spacefeces

I'd love to see some stuff on the Iran/Iraq war, it's a shame that there are basically no documentaries about it :(