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« on: July 04, 2012, 09:47:52 pm » |
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Beside the usual documentarys, what non-fiction show tickle your steam boiler ?
My Pick:
Lizard Lick
Crocodile Hunter
Cajun Justice
Dog The Bounty Hunter
The Colony
Mythbusters
The Re-Inventors
the four firsts have a weird west feel and the three last one is the nearest we got of genuine steampunk reality shows.
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 09:55:07 pm » |
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Is Mythbusters too obvious?
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2012, 11:02:17 pm » |
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Crescat Scientia
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2012, 10:00:26 am » |
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Are old and limited series acceptable? I was always fond of James Burke's "Connections," for example.
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Professor Ross
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2012, 02:41:33 pm » |
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"MegaStructures" on the National Geographic channel.
I also loved "Dogfights" on the History channel, but it hasn't been on in a while, replaced by things like "Ancient Aliens" and "UFO Hunters".
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2012, 06:36:21 pm » |
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"MegaStructures" on the National Geographic channel.
I also loved "Dogfights" on the History channel, but it hasn't been on in a while, replaced by things like "Ancient Aliens" and "UFO Hunters".
I agree, the History Channel has gone way downhill lately. I was once quite fond of "Modern Marvels" (they even once had an episode about Nikola Tesla). |
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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2012, 06:50:37 pm » |
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2012, 07:26:15 pm » |
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Would Derren Brown qualify for this list, or is it strictly documentaries? The Salvager (not quite sure why  ), Scrapheap Challenge, Anything with Fred Dibnah. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2012, 09:57:39 pm » |
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Besides the character drama of the show I somewhat enjoy watching Pawn Stars on the History Channel. And especially Antiques Roadshow US and UK.
Dogfights I bought on DVD because I really enjoyed that series.
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2012, 01:51:12 am » |
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I'm rather fond of Tony Robinson's "Worst Jobs in History." More wide-ranging than the Steampunk era, but amusing nevertheless.
I also have been fond of "Time Team." Their gung-ho enthusiasm for modern archaeological excavation has been a joy to watch.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2012, 10:13:23 pm » |
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I'm rather fond of Tony Robinson's "Worst Jobs in History." More wide-ranging than the Steampunk era, but amusing nevertheless.
I also have been fond of "Time Team." Their gung-ho enthusiasm for modern archaeological excavation has been a joy to watch.
I agree, but have you ever wondered why, no matter what other treasures they may or may not find, they always find the remains of a kiln? |
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2012, 02:24:00 am » |
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I'm rather fond of Tony Robinson's "Worst Jobs in History." More wide-ranging than the Steampunk era, but amusing nevertheless.
I also have been fond of "Time Team." Their gung-ho enthusiasm for modern archaeological excavation has been a joy to watch.
I agree, but have you ever wondered why, no matter what other treasures they may or may not find, they always find the remains of a kiln? Very droll. I telegraph a symbol of a smiling face. Kilns are eminently practical and useful. I shouldn't be surprised if there were ancient kilns under nearly every acre of Europe and Asia. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2012, 10:01:56 am » |
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Also Salvage Hunter with Drew Pritchard, based somewhere in North Wales. See if yuo can find the ep where he goes to Suffolk to see a chap called Jeremy Trinder. His house and things he makes have to be seen to be believed. He is an inventor, he is an artist - he doesn't wear a weskit but his soul does. He actually made a full-size version of the Time Machine (from the George Pal film, whirly disc and all) for his little son! It looked the absolute cat's braces. What a dad!
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2012, 10:09:36 am » |
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Are old and limited series acceptable? I was always fond of James Burke's "Connections," for example.
I've been racking my brains for years to remeber the name of that show....Off to youtube now to see if its as bizzarley intellectual as I remember seeing it as a child. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2012, 12:43:41 pm » |
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There's a show on 'Quest' (freeview channel 38) on Sunday evenings called 'Prophets of Science Fiction'. I've only seen the H G Wells episode, and 15 minutes of the Arthur C Clarke one, but the one tonight is Isaac Asimov. I think Jules Verne has an episode as well in the near future.
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« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2012, 05:59:54 pm » |
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There's a show on 'Quest' (freeview channel 38) on Sunday evenings called 'Prophets of Science Fiction'. I've only seen the H G Wells episode, and 15 minutes of the Arthur C Clarke one, but the one tonight is Isaac Asimov. I think Jules Verne has an episode as well in the near future.
I caught a couple of those, and though the ones I saw were, undoubtedly, very good, I found the title and accompanying advertisements to be a little misleading: they both suggested that it was going to be a 'where science fiction has become science fact' type show, when, in fact, they've just been about the individual in question's work. Good, but not what I was expecting or hoping for. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2012, 09:37:56 pm » |
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Thanks for the "Connections" reminder. I got one DVD from the library yesterday and will watch it at my leisure. When I get some.
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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2012, 10:19:32 pm » |
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Thanks for the "Connections" reminder. I got one DVD from the library yesterday and will watch it at my leisure. When I get some.
You're welcome. I was always rather fond of the one that included mine pumping mechanisms, myself. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2012, 04:22:45 am » |
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I had the book for a while, and dearly miss it...still keeping an eye open for an ebook version...:| The History Channel used to be either WWII footage, or a screaming drill instructor (no names, please). Then one day it became the Pawnshop Network... |
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« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2012, 04:51:34 am » |
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« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2012, 12:54:21 pm » |
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"Industrial Revelations" and "Men of iron" are both fantastic, and on youtube.
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« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2012, 10:07:27 pm » |
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Well I just finished the entire first season of Gold Rush. Watched all of it in two nights!
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« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2012, 10:12:21 pm » |
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American pickers is quite interesting reality television series where two guys travel around the states and buy old junk, antiques and collectables from old farm houses, barns or junkyards and sell them for profit.
Most of the time they buy old commercial signs, retro toys, oil cans, motorcycles and stuff like that, but I have seen there also some nice looking 19'th century stuff like penny-farthings, railroad lamps and so on.
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