Lawman Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Has anyone seen this "World Wars" show on the History Channel?? I thought maybe, just maybe they'd salvage the crap they put out for Idiot America, I was wrong. I consider myself a super history nerd, so you tell me if I'm being over sensitive here. They glossed over the Holocaust, keep showing P-51's and B-17's as German and British in 1940's, and even showed an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer as a Japanese warship in 1940. Oh yea, and its supposed to be a WWII documentary, but has a dubstep them song. WTF It's not just you. There is definitely a lowest common denominator element to he show.between the terrible continuity and being told everything 6 times to recap it over and over again I feel like it should have been narrated by John Madden. 1
Danger41 Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 I'm not a super history nerd, so I'm enjoying the show quite a bit. I will grant you that several things are a tad goofy/historically inaccurate, but I think it's well done.
Herk Driver Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 For a 6-hour program (including commercials) that spans the time period between the beginning of WWI and the end of WWII, what did you really expect? They glossed over the Holocaust? They completely skipped the war in North Africa, among other things. For a program covering 30-ish years (in 6 hours), they did about as good as could be expected. The ship and aircraft inaccuracies are missed by the average American... 1
sky_king Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Did they talk about when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? 1
338skybolt Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 At least they're showing something actually historical. Most of their shows have nothing to do with history.
Stitch Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Did they talk about when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? Germans? Forget it, he's on a roll...
HeloDude Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Germans? Forget it, he's on a roll... Some people who should watch The World Wars on History: (the video below is worth watching because of the hot chicks)https://nation.foxnews.com/2014/05/28/south-won-civil-war-beach-babes-bomb-watters-world-memorial-day-quiz
pawnman Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 At least they're showing something actually historical. Most of their shows have nothing to do with history. They should rename it to "The Aliens Channel"
FUSEPLUG Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 I don't think this has been posted on BODN yet. I waited for the punchline, but it never came... Holy Hell.
Buddy Spike Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 I don't think this has been posted on BODN yet. I waited for the punchline, but it never came... Holy Hell. 1
ExBoneOSO Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Brings new meaning to the joke "does a bear shit in the woods...?" 1
hispeed7721 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 I don't think this has been posted on BODN yet. I waited for the punchline, but it never came... Holy Hell. This looks like a movie you'd see on SyFy at 3 am Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
DEVIL Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 I don't think this has been posted on BODN yet. I waited for the punchline, but it never came... Holy Hell. I have no bearing on whether or not this exists.
M2 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Yep, the few bits I bothered watching were shit. I noticed the same thing, B-17s as a part of German raids on London. If they're not going to get the basic facts right, they shouldn't have bothered at all!
ExBoneOSO Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Never mind that they used footage of C-130's dropping paratroopers on D-Day...I mean, the plane is old, but not that old. And apparently Hitler killed himself alone in the bunker, and not with Eva Braun. But the masses probably didn't notice, or didn't care. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
Danger41 Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Damn, tough crowd. You guys hate Top Gun because of the inaccurate portrayal of tech data on MiG-28's as well?
Jughead Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Damn, tough crowd. You guys hate Top Gun because of the inaccurate portrayal of tech data on MiG-28's as well? Dammit, Danger, for the last time: it was a 4G inverted dive! I got a Polaroid!
DEVIL Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Damn, tough crowd. You guys hate Top Gun because of the inaccurate portrayal of tech data on MiG-28's as well? dude no one had been that close before 1
ExBoneOSO Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Aimpoint..airspeed....aimpoint... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FDDPzQQNg Pilot Juergen Drucker got a bit behind the power curve on approach to the airport on the island of Heligoland, missing the unsuspecting sunbather by inches before landing short and crashing through a low perimeter fence, eventually ending up on the runway with damage to his airplane. He also appears to narrowly miss another beachgoer near the fence. Drucker apologized for the poor airmanship, saying it wasn't one of his greatest moments as a pilot, according to British newspaper Metro.
gmwalk Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Aimpoint..airspeed....aimpoint... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FDDPzQQNg Now I know where Asiana Airlines gets their pilots. 4
GKinnear Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Someone in the SS thought it would be a good idea to record the President working out on their cell phone. Not a smart guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQcrf80OSI These jokes write themselves: "O-broski, do you even lift? " Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
Darth Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Oh good lord............somethings once seen can never be unseen. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/91-year-old-girlfriend_n_5453292.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
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