My parents recently retired and moved closer to my siblings and I and they had some of our old stuff. There were some VHS tapes I had recorded of the sci fi channel back in the day and I got a tv/vcr combo at a thrift store to relive when the channel was great.
I do wonder what happened to the channel? Is it just another case of marketing to people who don’t like your product like video games and comic books? It seemed to be a great place for nerds at one point. I even liked their take on wizard of oz and Alice in wonderland, but this was when a twist on a classic could be interesting.
I used to read their website but the last straws for me was a review of fantasy novels where the author started talking about Tolkien, GRRM, and Robert Jordan only to dismiss their work due to them being white males and she went on to hype some current year fantasy written by the usual “the patriarchy is everywhere” type feminists. Then they did a review of Brightburn that talked about white supremacy and I was done.
But my original question... what happened to the channel?
As much as I love ghost shows and Ancient Aliens and paranormal shit in general, it physically pains me that these are the most popular shows on History.
Like, fuck, at least Vikings was thematic.
That’s true. History channel did used to do a very good job with actual history
The problem was, their older shows didn't have much variety - I guess they assumed that if people were bored of endless shows about Rome and World War II, they must not be interested in "history" at all.
Well aliens/UFOs/paranormal are interesting to me but I get your point.
I find speculation interesting, especially if one can present modern evidence, but those shows feel like someone trying to sell me religious bullshit as historical truth. Anyone remember that Sun Media show about Noah's Ark? Yeah, like that.
History channel 2 was a pretty good watch for a long time. But one day it just evaporated, replaced by the gutter garbage Vice channel. I have never watched more than 5 minutes of Vice, I don't know why they're still on.
Millions of people complained to the cable company about the abrupt disappearance of History 2. They gave zero shits.
Jesus christ, there's even a show about heavy-truck breakdowns on the 401. I watched a little bit of it, and nearly threw up a little bit over how over-dramatic the narrator tries so hard to sound. Fuck me, but they're not doing this in fucking outer space with a leaky suit, bud.