History channel [Archive]

frazz

05-19-2006, 1:25 AM

So who here watches the History Channel? I may be considered an Uber geek due to the fact that it is my favorite channel.
I find that I often know a lot more culturally than my friends because of the History channel.
I'd like to know if anybody else watches their stuff.

Giantfish

05-19-2006, 1:29 AM

I watch the history channel

TinyDancer

05-19-2006, 1:39 AM

I don't have cable. I watch it sometimes when I babysit though.

B1x

05-19-2006, 1:55 AM

My Dad's obsessed with it. Therefore I watch it. Making me Obsessed as well...

B.A.Baracus

05-19-2006, 2:02 AM

The history channel kicks ass. I love WW2 and civil war shit. I got digital cable so I got the the military channel, and another one thats just like the history channel.
Have you guys seen "how its made" or "Battle Fields"?

Doombringer64

05-19-2006, 2:23 AM

Uber geek? No you're not an uber geek until you start noticing the horrible inconstancies/misstated information that the history channel feeds to the gullible masses. Case in point: Conspiracy Monday. When David Icke is considered an expert kiss your credibility goodbye.

frazz

05-19-2006, 11:36 PM

Oooooh ya. The conspiracies. You know, when the show has roswell, conspiracy, or UFO in it, you know that everything isn't going to be exactly right.

Spartan-II

05-19-2006, 11:58 PM

I loved History channel, but since I stopped watching TV, I haven't watched it. (Obviously.)

Protoss_Honor

05-20-2006, 12:16 AM

I don't have cable, so I can't watch it. But when I did have cable, I watched it sometimes. Every now and then, it had an interesting show that caught my eye.

Neo

05-20-2006, 3:59 AM

EvilEggCracker

05-20-2006, 5:05 AM

David Icke pisses me off.

I love watching the History channels on things like conspiracies, ancient mysteries, <anything egyptian>, sometimes theyll do ufo related stuff that I enjoy... Edgar Cayce docus are interesting as well.

But for actual history stuff (ie: old war stuff and the like) I only find it marginally interesting.

-Neo

Same thing here actually. I love UFO's and conspiracys, can't get enough of 'em though. They get a little but boring, however, when you already know all the facts.

Neo

05-20-2006, 2:29 PM

Same thing here actually. I love UFO's and conspiracys, can't get enough of 'em though. They get a little but boring, however, when you already know all the facts.
I dislike that almost all of them are reruns though.

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The old history stuff I get into sometimes depending, although not to often since my dad is/was a huge history channel fan so that kind of stuff kinda got old... hehe.

My favorite history channel shows tend to do with past conspiracies, or mysteries and stuff. I also like catching that hidden tunnel (whatever its called) show about hidden passages in and out of places, I think those things are so neat.

-Neo

Ktan

05-20-2006, 4:45 PM

There is nothing wrong with wanting to learn about the past, it helps guide us towards a better future. I hope...

hammocksleeper

05-20-2006, 7:15 PM

history channel is sweet, when there's nothing else on that's the first place i go. they usually have something cool on.

MidnightGladius

05-20-2006, 11:06 PM

Yeah, History Channel and/or Military Channel are probably my two favorite channels - of course, my dad, my resident uncle, and my best friend are all history fanatics, so that may have something to do with it.

Conquest was fun, but they stopped showing that; the ancient battles re-enacted with Rise of Rome (forgot the name) was interesting, too, but they kept on re-using the same clips over and over...

Modern Marvels and Tales of the Gun were pretty good, too.

It's a shame a lot of the funding went out of that channel - now there are a lot more re-runs than I would like :/

kongurous

05-21-2006, 2:29 AM

Yeah, History Channel and/or Military Channel are probably my two favorite channels - of course, my dad, my resident uncle, and my best friend are all history fanatics, so that may have something to do with it.

Conquest was fun, but they stopped showing that; the ancient battles re-enacted with Rise of Rome (forgot the name)

Conquest was that game thing. You're thinking of Decisive Battles, and it was made with Rome Total War.

Jedi_Templar

05-21-2006, 12:28 PM

Same thing here actually. I love UFO's and conspiracys, can't get enough of 'em though. They get a little but boring, however, when you already know all the facts.

I'd rather have the UFO stuff on Discovery Channel or National Geographic, instead of History Channel. When I want to watch history, I watch History Channel; when I want to watch science stuff, I turn on one of the other two channels.

That said, I get goosebumps when they show that one documentary about the ancient Greek inventor who discovered steam power. Hero of Alexandria or something. However, he only used it to power a spinning toy- imagine if he'd figure out he could power a vehicle with it, or a forge. It would have been the Industrial Revolution 2,000 years before the real one.

frazz

05-21-2006, 5:11 PM

Modern Marvels is probably the best.

Pisces

05-22-2006, 4:15 AM

I don't watch much TV so I never bothered with cable. I've watched the history channel occasionally but whenever I get the chance I flick it over to one of the nature channels. Something on the Roman empire or Egypt can usually make a convert out of me though.

JenJen

05-24-2006, 12:09 AM

i dont watch it because i hate history. i dont find any of it interesting besides WWII and even that i dont know an uber lot on. i find history monotonous and boring and i hate memorizing things.

Neo

05-24-2006, 4:05 PM

i dont watch it because i hate history. i dont find any of it interesting besides WWII and even that i dont know an uber lot on. i find history monotonous and boring and i hate memorizing things.
You don't have to memorize anything, I simply like to watch because its fun watching shows on past stuff. =P

Besides its not like your going to given a test on what you learned ^_~

-Neo

JenJen

05-24-2006, 5:34 PM

i was speaking more about history in general you have to memorize things for class.

EvilEggCracker

05-24-2006, 5:41 PM

Well, I personally find it really easy to memorize facts in History...French and Geography on the other hand...

GenocideAlive

05-24-2006, 5:48 PM

The Hitler Channel is OK, but they're really hit-or-miss. I prefer Discovery or Court TV.

Make mine Forensic Fridays. Down with re-runs.

Yoda

05-25-2006, 9:02 AM

I have heard of the History Channel from one of my friends at school. Since I don't have foxtel, I can't listen to it. But I wish I could... I am the Supreme Pro at history. :) ;)

JenJen

05-25-2006, 5:42 PM

The Hitler Channel is OK, but they're really hit-or-miss. I prefer Discovery or Court TV.

i like discovery channel. i like the show It Takes a Theif...they use to be theives but now people let them into their homes watch them steal their stuff and then get it all back and a complete security makeover.

frazz

05-25-2006, 6:55 PM

JenJen:
I'm no history fan either. But the History channel is so much better. Like Neo said, you don't have to remember anything. All I really remember is a few of the really interesting things I watched 10+ times. Like the Lee Harvey Oswald thing.

U-238

05-26-2006, 10:53 PM

I like the history channel. Mainly because I like to learn how things were back then and why things were caused. I also like the "Mega Movers" show they had on. That is kickass.

David Icke pisses me off.

"But David Icke said..."

"Nothing you idiots! David Icke's dead he's locked in my beasment!" :P

MatGeo

05-31-2006, 1:58 PM

I love history and watch all sorts of stuff about it including the histroy channel.

Aya

06-04-2006, 1:13 AM

The Hitler Channel is OK, but they're really hit-or-miss. I prefer Discovery or Court TV.

Make mine Forensic Fridays. Down with re-runs.

They've actually cut back on WWII shows and increased specials about other stuff. Example, they just aired one about the Mughal Empire a few weeks ago and just finished another about George Washington.

They have another channel, called History Channel International, which focuses on more international events (dur). Then there's the Military Channel. Kinda obvious what thats about. Its not connected directly to the History Channel, but the Military History Channel is. Unfortunately, only one cable company has it.

My favorite show on THC is Modern Marvels. That show can make anything interesting. Take glue for example, the episode about that stuff had my attention the entire time. Weird.

Glad_2_bestoned

06-05-2006, 7:30 PM

OMG.. i can't believe someone made a topic about this xD.. i love history channel, though i do prefer national geographic, discovery, and court tv more.