Hey MFM I think you will find your concerns are sadly all too true. History Channel is a sorry state of affairs today as is the entire Main Stream Media. 99% of what is on TV is 100% garbage. And you can count on the fact that WWII HD (If it ever sees the light of day - History may shelve the whole boondoggle...err "project" if things don't get back on schedule). Will be another sorry rehash of the same cliched "Small town farm boy goes to war" and meets some rough and tumble kid from Brooklyn who later dies saving a nurse who goes on to North Africa... well you get the point. Rather than focus on what really matters which is the authentic color film itself they take the "easy" way which really is just making it harder for themselves since all these shows really ever need to do is just research what the damn film actually shows and not try and one up Speilberg, Hanks or Burns! There is nothing worse than a "documentary" showing authentic footage, filmed by people who risked their lives to document real people who were actually fighting the war in front of the camera, then you have these pompous producers misrepresent it, completely disregarding the actual events and individuals in front of and behind the camera. Just look at who is producing this new show: Reda Films, does not have a very good track record as of late. Its last show about the 70's was mind numbing. I'm sorry but how can you have a documentary about American "Pop-culture" in the 1970's and you don't even mention Jaws or Star Wars or Elvis freakin Presley!? They think they're going to create some cutting edge show on WWII by mixing and matching color footage with colorized black and white (which has been done to death) then layer totally fabricated sound fx, only to then weave several "based on true stories" characters back and forth over 10 1 hour episodes all while trying to have it combine into a coherent climactic story arch? Yeah, good luck with that. I'll take a pass on this one, hopefully History comes to its senses and reels this before its too late, if it isn't already...
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Hey MFM I think you will find your concerns are sadly all too true. History Channel is a sorry state of affairs today as is the entire Main Stream Media. 99% of what is on TV is 100% garbage. And you can count on the fact that WWII HD (If it ever sees the light of day - History may shelve the whole boondoggle...err "project" if things don't get back on schedule). Will be another sorry rehash of the same cliched "Small town farm boy goes to war" and meets some rough and tumble kid from Brooklyn who later dies saving a nurse who goes on to North Africa... well you get the point. Rather than focus on what really matters which is the authentic color film itself they take the "easy" way which really is just making it harder for themselves since all these shows really ever need to do is just research what the damn film actually shows and not try and one up Speilberg, Hanks or Burns! There is nothing worse than a "documentary" showing authentic footage, filmed by people who risked their lives to document real people who were actually fighting the war in front of the camera, then you have these pompous producers misrepresent it, completely disregarding the actual events and individuals in front of and behind the camera. Just look at who is producing this new show: Reda Films, does not have a very good track record as of late. Its last show about the 70's was mind numbing. I'm sorry but how can you have a documentary about American "Pop-culture" in the 1970's and you don't even mention Jaws or Star Wars or Elvis freakin Presley!? They think they're going to create some cutting edge show on WWII by mixing and matching color footage with colorized black and white (which has been done to death) then layer totally fabricated sound fx, only to then weave several "based on true stories" characters back and forth over 10 1 hour episodes all while trying to have it combine into a coherent climactic story arch? Yeah, good luck with that. I'll take a pass on this one, hopefully History comes to its senses and reels this before its too late, if it isn't already...