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Minimalist · 07-25-2012, 03:46 PM

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the argument, apparently, is that the existence of the Bible's stories is itself history.

Great. The History Channel does not know the difference between history and fiction. Well....Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers proved that.

What's next? Ghost Hunters?

mountainman · 07-25-2012, 05:35 PM

I want to see the bit about Jesus as the intrepid pilot of a Water Taxi with two angels in the back driving a bunch of bonehead apostles down to the Land of the Cannibals in order to rescue Matthew from certain death. (People were being killed all around him. Matthew closed his eyes and prayed)

Toto · 07-25-2012, 06:26 PM

Pete - that's not in the Bible. Get your own Apocryphal series.

braces_for_impact · 07-25-2012, 08:37 PM

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The History channel, as we all know, puts a premium on the veracity and historical truth of its projects. That was the ostensible reason, for instance, that the channel rejected the miniseries The Kennedys, saying that the political story did not meet its standards of accuracy.

Whaa?!

outhouse · 07-26-2012, 12:07 PM

A ilittle heavy on the actual history dont you think lol

Toto, I think they should be stating

“We’re not stepping back to examine anything that could be called history"

Toto · 03-03-2013, 01:10 AM

It starts tomorrow.

LA Times TV Critic: "Tiresome."

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Its creators are Mark Burnett, the man behind "Survivor" and "The Voice" and other monuments of reality television, and his wife Roma Downey, who starred in "Touched By an Angel" (and plays Jesus' mother, Mary, in her older scenes). They are not in it for the money: "I've loved Jesus all my life," Downey told the Christian Post recently, adding that "Casting began with prayer."

Theirs is a Christian view, in which the Old Testament is a prophetic prelude to the New. Five of the 10 hours are taken up with Jesus — the last of them, post-crucifixion, follows the fortunes of the apostles — which allows that story more room to breathe The first five are a bit of a greatest-hits package, hurried along by the narration of Keith David, whose voice you know as well as your own, and titles reading "12 years later," "40 years later" and so on.

Many viewers will be satisfied that TV is telling these stories at all, and not even on a Christian network, though they do make their way pretty regularly to the tube. They are, after all, the most illustrated stories in the West. That the Bible itself does not offer much in the way of description or dialogue leaves a lot of space for elaboration that has kept it adaptable through the ages, the source of works of high and low art over millenniums, from medieval mystery plays to the songs of the Golden Gate Quartet, from small painted icons to huge Gothic cathedrals. But it is the source of much awful kitsch too.

Rating: TV-14-V (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 14 with an advisory for violence)

HuffPo

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Part entertainment, part evangelism, "The Bible" is accompanied by a tremendous commercial push, with trailers in movie theaters and ads across A+E Networks channels, including Lifetime. There are also three books based on the series and a DVD study kit.

As Christians who say they believe the Bible is the “living word of God,” Downey and Burnett have partnered with many of the country's biggest churches to promote the production, among them Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas and prominent evangelicals, including Jim Daly of Focus on the Family and Sam Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. The series' website includes lesson plans for pastors who want to incorporate the show into Sunday sermons and study groups.

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren, the founder of Southern California's Saddleback Church and an adviser to the film, said he will host a webcast on the series on Saturday and plans to use it in the church's weekly study groups. "I have seen probably every film made on the Bible in the last 50 years. This is by far the best one,” Warren said.

Invisible 1 · 03-03-2013, 02:17 AM

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They must have run out of things to say about Hitler and the Nazis.

Must of been awhile since you've been on. It hasn't been the WW2 channel in awhile. A least Hitler and Nazi's were history.

Now the line up is things like: American Pickers, Ax Men, Big Rig Bounty Hunters, Top Gear and Swamp People.

I have my fingers crossed that the upcoming series on the Vikings will be accurate. :worried:

credoconsolans · 03-03-2013, 10:35 AM

I mistakenly opened another thread on this, and have asked the mods to close it.

Here is my comment from that:

History Channel hits a new low with this series:

http://news.yahoo.com/husband-wife-b...161636981.html

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They tried to concentrate on stories in depth and on characters who would emotionally engage the audience.

IOW, they won't show the cruel and callous Chosen People committing genocide.

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"Our job has been to present this as an epic tale of adventure."

With good guys and bad guys and nothing in between.

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"We knew we could make it faithful."

Which of course completely contradicts their earlier statements.

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Burnett and Downey have also reached a deal to make parts of the film available as part of a religious education curriculum for churches.

And which tells you completely this will be yet another made-for-Christian-channel-and-church-viewing production and not be anything 'faithful' to the material.

But the amusing thing will be watching your Irony Meters jump off the scale as Roma Downey, a 3 times divorcee on her 3rd husband being so pious about the production and giving herself the Virgin Mary role. Guess she didn't want to be identified with Mary Magdalene? :devil1:

Montgomery Scott · 03-04-2013, 03:57 AM

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The History channel, as we all know, puts a premium on the veracity and historical truth of its projects. That was the ostensible reason, for instance, that the channel rejected the miniseries The Kennedys, saying that the political story did not meet its standards of accuracy.

Whaa?!

I admit, I am a fan of a lot of reality programming. Yes, I like Honey Boo Boo. That shit is like a live action Beverly Hillbillies. Sure it's stupid, but it is somewhat real, and I get a laugh from it, which is what it is all about. Many people have looked down their noses and picked on this program as being for stupid people, but there is stuff on television that is much more dumb than Boo-Boo ever could be.

The following subjects of documtary programs I cannot stand and honestly feel markets to more idiots and bottom feeders than Honey Boo Boo.

1.) The Paranormal. There is nothing of the kind. Not a shred, tiny iota of evidence of ghosts, spirits or hauntings. It's all absolute 1000% bullshit and if I am watching an introduction of a program that talks about the above subjects, I change the channel quickly. Same with ghosts. Ghosts do not exist, so why do they do documentaries on them?

2.) Fucking Bigfoot. Again, there is no such thing as Bigfoot. No evidence whatsoever. Some backwoods, otter fucking lumberjack 50 or so years ago took a shaky video of some other clown in a monkey suit and have tried to pass that for real, fooling the rubes. Still today, there are documentaries on that damn film like its fact.

If Bigfoot exists, it would have been caught by now, and there would be evidence left behind of the creature. There just isn't. No seven foot tall, Chewbacca looking bastard is going to stay hidden forever.

((*Note, there is an actual Bigfoot, which is a nickname of a Texas alligator hunter on Swamp People.))

3.) Prophecies of any kind. I don't need to preach to the choir here that prophecy is pure horse manure of the highest caliber. Nostra-fucking-damas, and his "prophecies" that made no sense at the time and have been shoe horned to mean something over time after the supposed event happened.

Really the above shows really insult the intelligence, because it is fake, unscientific tripe being peddled as real, and MORONS keep watching them!

outhouse · 03-04-2013, 08:41 AM

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Fucking Bigfoot. Again, there is no such thing as Bigfoot. No evidence whatsoever. Some backwoods, otter fucking lumberjack 50 or so years ago took a shaky video of some other clown in a monkey suit and have tried to pass that for real, fooling the rubes. Still today, there are documentaries on that damn film like its fact.

If Bigfoot exists, it would have been caught by now, and there would be evidence left behind of the creature. There just isn't. No seven foot tall, Chewbacca looking bastard is going to stay hidden forever.

Way too sure of yourself on this.

The show is about worthless, and every bump in the night turns into a hairy man. But I dont let that stop the possibility.

I look at it this way, if there was another species of upright walking primate. They would have top be masters at avoiding Homo Sapiens to have survived this long.

Prints are found every year.
Credible people are reporting them
Those that are from credible people are in remote areas, not cities.

Its more plausible then this bible show on TV, and the majority believe this hocus pokus

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07-25-2012, 05:35 PM	#12
mountainman Contributor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Falls Creek, Oz. Posts: 11,192	I want to see the bit about Jesus as the intrepid pilot of a Water Taxi with two angels in the back driving a bunch of bonehead apostles down to the Land of the Cannibals in order to rescue Matthew from certain death. (People were being killed all around him. Matthew closed his eyes and prayed)

07-25-2012, 06:26 PM	#13
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Pete - that's not in the Bible. Get your own Apocryphal series.

07-26-2012, 12:07 PM	#15
outhouse Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Auburn ca Posts: 4,269	A ilittle heavy on the actual history dont you think lol Toto, I think they should be stating “We’re not stepping back to examine anything that could be called history"

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