America: The story of Us
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America: The story of Us
Anyone watching this on the History Channel? The celebrity interviews are puzzling. Ok, I guess I get Donald Trump, but Sheryl Crow and Michael Douglas? Does anyone really need their opinion on westward expansion and how they think the settlers might have felt?
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Re: America: The story of Us
As with most "events" on the History Channel, I figured I'd wait to see if the reviews were good, and catch it in one of the endless cycle of reruns.
The idea is intriguing, but the commercials make it look like "American history as directed by Michael Bay." Is that the case?
The idea is intriguing, but the commercials make it look like "American history as directed by Michael Bay." Is that the case?
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Well, they just interviewed John Legend while talking about Abe Lincoln. He basically said that you can do whatever you put your mind to. Other than the celebrity interviews and a few actual historians, the whole thing is re-enactments and CGI. I'm turning it off.
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CGI Abe Lincoln sounds awesome. Especially if he was fighting dinosaurs attacking Washington DC or some awesome shit like that.
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Re: America: The story of Us
did someone say "abe lincoln" and "dinosaurs" in the same sentence?
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he may not be fighting them, or CGI, but they're both ghosts!
http://www.taranormal.com/?p=585
he may not be fighting them, or CGI, but they're both ghosts!
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Re: America: The story of Us
Honest Ape!!!!
So, is Tara Normal going to be collected in paperback, or do you have any idea?
So, is Tara Normal going to be collected in paperback, or do you have any idea?
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apparently, but i don't know when.anarky wrote:So, is Tara Normal going to be collected in paperback, or do you have any idea?
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Re: America: The story of Us
No CGI Lincoln, but they did have a re-enactment of Daniel Boone getting attacked by a bear.
CGI was mostly used for showing maps. Everything else was live action.
CGI was mostly used for showing maps. Everything else was live action.
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Bah. I would've "embellished" the history of America with giant squid monsters and George Washington actually being a gestalt robot made up of hyper-intelligent pygmys in Voltron style battle suits. And Teddy Roosevelt could shoot lasers from his eyes and invented sharks.
What a waste of CGI.
What a waste of CGI.
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i thought you said you'd embellish, not just quote from textbooks.Rollo Tomassi wrote:And Teddy Roosevelt could shoot lasers from his eyes and invented sharks.
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This is all the Presidential history I need:
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*For the creation of the Golden Deuce Award.
*For the creation of the Golden Deuce Award.