06-03-2009, 08:04 PM
The Battles B.C. series on the History Channel was extremely disappointing... a bunch of facts you already know interspersed with flat-out falsehoods that are demonstrably untrue, and some cartoonish violence thrown in to please the rabble.
It's one thing to make shallow, superficial documentaries on ancient history... but it's another thing to make downright amateurish mistakes and let them slip by the editing room... for example, "Hasdrubal was Hannibal Barca's older brother," and "the Gauls sacked Rome during the 3rd century BC."
It's awfully hard to enjoy a documentary series when you notice inaccuracies flying into your ears left and right.
It's one thing to make shallow, superficial documentaries on ancient history... but it's another thing to make downright amateurish mistakes and let them slip by the editing room... for example, "Hasdrubal was Hannibal Barca's older brother," and "the Gauls sacked Rome during the 3rd century BC."
It's awfully hard to enjoy a documentary series when you notice inaccuracies flying into your ears left and right.
