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11-14-2012 , 08:56 PM

wiper

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6-week history channel mini-series.

1st episode was last night, was called 'The Inventors' and can be watched in its entirety here. replays this saturday at from 8pm-10pm on the history channel.

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Saturday, Nov 17, 8/7c Inventors: TVPG L
Tuesday, Nov 20, 8/7c Iron Men: TVPG L
Tuesday, Nov 20, 9/8c Empires: TVPG L
Saturday, Nov 24, 8/7c Empires: TVPG L
Tuesday, Nov 27, 8/7c Warriors: TVPG L
Tuesday, Nov 27, 9/8c Survivors: TVPG

only about 30 minutes into the first episode, but it is awesome. though i guess as a history teacher i do have a couple questions and really hope this thread can take off here, as i mostly lurk this forum but love the discussion.

100% buying the dvd in december and making the last couple days of school in june bearable.

anyone else watching this?

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11-15-2012 , 12:45 AM

Adaptation

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while im certainly glad the history channel is doing actual history instead of ''enter Aliens meme'', im still skeptical but i will be watching. I could criticize but nonetheless its better to have history then pawnshop stars playing on the history channel.

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11-29-2012 , 03:42 AM

Vintage00

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Loved "America: the Story of Us," so was obv stoked when I heard about this.

Overall (I'm two 2-hour episodes in so far I think?), I feel like they gloss over a few things (i.e. the building of the Great Wall), but overall it's pretty damn good. I feel like it would be ridiculously daunting to have to chronicle all of mankind's history in just a few hours, especially compared to the previous series.

Still thoroughly enjoying it.

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11-29-2012 , 10:42 PM

Turn Prophet

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Originally Posted by Vintage00

Loved "America: the Story of Us," so was obv stoked when I heard about this.

I personally did NOT enjoy that series very much, but I am enjoying this new one pretty decently. They still have some pretty wtf-commentators (Brian Williams talking about Rome? Really?), but it's well-constructed and integrates a lot of the more recent work in World History without relying on old cliches. I may consider getting an educational set when it's out on DVD.

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12-06-2012 , 09:43 AM

steelhouse

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I viewed 1/2 of the link. But, I think they are putting a liberal slant on history. Maybe it is for the better, but I don't think it is 100% accurate history. for example, they implied that Cortez only beat the Tenochtitlan due to the smallpox that cut 1/2 their forces.

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12-06-2012 , 06:36 PM

Turn Prophet

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Damn smallpox and its liberal bias!

What is the "conservative" counter-argument? Christianity?

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12-11-2012 , 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Turn Prophet

Damn smallpox and its liberal bias!

What is the "conservative" counter-argument? Christianity?

Racial superiority that allowed them to invent steel and boomstick weaponry.

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