Battles B.C.

[desert]

http://www.history.com/content/battl...about-the-show

Just what we needed?

Sounds cool, if you ask me.

Edit: http://www.history.com/content/battles-bc/videos

Oh God, I take it back.

I'll never get the image of a barechested, 7 foot tall Hannibal decapitating a Roman with dual swords and then emitting a classic 300 scream out of my head now.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Argh. I fear the day they gonna buy it over here.

[A Very Super Market]

*facepalm

I don't see why you would bother having historians when you're going to make such a silly show.

[Ibrahim]

ah, yes, I was going to make a thread about that Frank-miller poisoned abomination of a documentary, but desert beat me to it..

but as you can tell from above half, I do not like the fact that battles BC is being made 300 style...TPC is not the only one who despises Miller and whoever follows him(though for slightly different reasons)...

EDIT: doesn't the blood letting in those commercials seem to much to you?

[desert]

I know people will decry the visual battle bits for being inaccurate because well, they are, but to me that doesn't matter. When I thought about it I came to the conclusion that had those leaders who participated in the battle had the chance the tell the tale in a visual format they would do something like this. When stories of the battles were told they were not told in an accurate fashion, they were sensationalized as is one to do when one is the victor. Characters turn into larger than life legends to live for the ages. I will be tuning in.

I would be inclined to agree, but seriously, those scenes in the trailers where Hannibal is showing off his 6-pack, killing dudes with dual swords...I might have been able to tolerate it, but the teeth-baring, slow-mo closeup screams that follow are just so ludicrous.

*slash*

BYRREYUEUEUEEUUAAAAGH!!

[Ibrahim]

I would be inclined to agree, but seriously, those scenes in the trailers where Hannibal is showing off his 6-pack, killing dudes with dual swords...I might have been able to tolerate it, but the teeth-baring, slow-mo closeup screams that follow are just so ludicrous.

*slash*

BYRREYUEUEUEEUUAAAAGH!!

indeed. you can thank/curse frank miller. he started the tendancy by writing comics that ended up in movies (e.g 300 and sin city)

[Elukka]

Ow, my brain.

How can they pass this off as history? 300 type things are okay, because they don't claim to be historically accurate. This, however, markets itself as a documentary type thing. :/

[Macilrille]

I have not seen it, I do not intend to even see the trailers. I despise telly as a way of propagating history. I started feeling that way about ten years ago as Discovery took off "Battlefield" and started doing some crap. I have not owned a telly for 3 years. It has gone down the drain, even the net is better as you *can* actually dig up something good here and there :-(

Fortunately the gaming industri now surpasses the movie one in terms of production and income. THIS is the next, the future way of propagating and teaching history together with the I-net. Which is why things such as EB is so nice to find and why even RTW is important as it at least has many of the basics right, and might tempt some to learn more.

What we really need is to spread EB everywhere. Personally I am a substitute teacher these days and I intend to make the 6th + graders learn about RTW and EB.

[sgsandor]

All I can say is that, yes i was very very very disappointed. Like it was said i thought it was the history channel not Frank Miller Tv

[Lysimachos]

It's ridiculous. Have you read under "upcoming episodes"? They have an episode about David, obviously based on what is written in the bible, although it's not certain if he even existed! And may I quote from the description of the episode "Joshua: Epic Slaughter":

Joshua's special operations forces secretly infiltrate and destroy Jericho from the inside out

His special operations forces?!

[Dutchhoplite]

I hope they give Hannibal those rhinosaurs from 300 or it will a real disappointment!

His special operations forces?!

His secret ramshorn unit

[Hax]

On March 9th, Hannibal Rises!

<insert obvious Silence of the Lambs joke here>

Hannibal's merciless attacks on Roman soil dealt a near fatal blow to the soon-to-be Empire.

Yes.."Empire". I think they might be confused about 200 years now

[the tokai]

THIS. IS. CARTHAGE!!!

Also, why did they have an anthropologist commenting on the battle of Cannae and what the hell is Hasdrubals cowvalry?

[delablake]

Usually I like the History Channel...but that 300 rip-off I can't stomach:
Hannibal baring his teeth, with body-builder muscels and blue contact lenses?
Really sad :(((

[Aurgelmir]

Usually I like the History Channel...but that 300 rip-off I can't stomach:
Hannibal baring his teeth, with body-builder muscels and blue contact lenses?
Really sad :(((

Yeah its like watching a 50-cent video under influence on narcotics lol

And thats really a shame,the footage on itself and the edeting work where not bad,actually quiet good...but why in Brennus name don't they use equipment...what they historially used,like the roman armor's...or the NO armor of hannicent.

No prob when they try to get more audience with good budget productions.But pls...you have the money to make this,why using ribbed cuirass,when you only have to check a book or 2 to see.....hej it looked like this.....
There historians must allready know that.

I really like the technical side of movie/making,camara work,eding,musical composition and go on...
Despite the good animations,i can't watch a docu with such a nice budget and handling the hannibal timeframe...to see how they fuck up when it comes to equipment....And i'm not start again to talk about the next Mr.Universe..he should cast himself in the next terminator movie

[Africanvs]

My favorite part of ROME -- I own both seasons by the way -- was that it was human, and yes part of being human is having sex. Most of that goes on in our private lives, behind closed doors, but ROME took us behind those doors, and into the lives of these people. Sure, some of it was probably to get few million more viewers, but sex is a big part of life, and as a few people have already said, they didn't have the religious qualms about it that people do today. Anyone who has been in one of the many brothels in the ruins of Pompeii knows this. The other thing I loved about it, is it gave human reasons for major world events. Like the part "How Titus Pullo brought down the Republic." I mean who is to say it didn't happen that way? I think as history buffs, we know often times what happened, or at least what happened according to archeology and what sources we have, but we don't know why they happened. Sometimes the humanity becomes lost in historical facts. I always love historical dramas like Alexander, or ROME, because they are human. Even 300 had human elements in it. Battles B.C. is simply crap. It isn't accurate, it isn't human, it's simply a cheap knock-off of the 300 template designed to grab viewers with a hollywoodesque blood bath. And by the way, the blood effects suck.

[SwissBarbar]

ROME = awesome
300 = cool
Battles BC = crap