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Mankind: The Story of All of Us: Warriors (2012)
Very one-sided re-telling of the Crusades
I'm mostly enjoying the series except in episode 4 in the re-telling of the Crusades there was no mention of the Muslim conquests that preceded them. The Crusades purpose was to restore access to holy lands that were conquered previously by Mohammad and Rushindun and other warring Muslims. There is no mention of that at all; no mention of the Byzantine - Arab wars, no mention of the Muslim take-over of North Africa, Constantinople, Syria, Cypress, Georgia, etc. The Crusades, by all accounts, were brutal and horrific and I wish they'd never happened. But,when retelling history it is pertinent to report the context under which events took place. Unfortunately the producers fail to do that and the portrayal of the Crusades appear to be an unprovoked unilateral slaughtering of innocent Muslims. Why such an intellectual dishonest production? It's very important to tell the whole truth, always. Without the whole story all you have is a propaganda piece. The producers of this travesty really need to explain themselves. Is it "political correctness"? People who think that Truth matters prefer plain "correctness," no modifier needed just as you don't need one for the word "truth".
The Pyramid Code (2009)
It's amusing, but not like it was intended to be
At home alone I was looking forward to watching a good documentary. In about 5 minutes I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was literally astounded at the vacuous script accompanied by pretty footage of the ancient sites. I kept pausing to voice my stunned protestation to no one. It was so bad that I was motivated to get on the net to see what others thought about it. I've never done that. I saw the 7.6 rating and I was again astounded. One reviewer likened it to Ancient Aliens. That was in support of it! Ancient Aliens is by far the best/worst pablum on tape. If one or two of my friends were present we would have watched the whole 44 minutes, laughing I'm sure; it lays itself open to ridicule pretty much every cut. Since I had no one to share the humor with I decided to let it go, but I couldn't resist chiming in. Yes, it's that bad. However, I will save it on my NetFlix play list to enjoy with some good friends ala Mystery Science Theater 3000.