Remember how stuffy History Channel used to be when they first got started in the mid-1990s? When, they still had “The” in their name? It was “The History Channel”. I’m still not sure about the decision to drop the “The” – thinking about the loss annoys me.
Hey, I’ve always had a lady boner for proper article usage. Lawrence O’Donnell saying “an historical” is like porn for me.
Anyway……
History Channel in the mid-1990s: SO MUCH BLACK AND WHITE!!!!
Now, it’s all about ACTION! It’s all about being EPIC! And their new mini-series, Mankind: The Story of All of Us, promises to make the simple human act of breathing feel like a triumph of survival on a HARSH, BRUTAL PLANET (even the mouth breathers!).
I poke fun, but I’ve always found this stuff to be exciting and I’m happy to see that FINALLY someone is treating human evolution as the awesomely epic thing that it is.
This week, we have a MANKIND!!!!!!! prize pack to give away. One winner will receive:
- Mankind The Story of All of Us Coffee Table Book
- Mankind Graphic Novel
TO ENTER:
Answer this question in the comments below:
You have a time machine (TARDIS, DeLorean, whatever you want). When do you go?
Mankind: The Story of All of Us premieres on tonight at 9/8c on History Channel.
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Wow, this is a tough question. I love history and would love to really experience so much of it. I’d love to see the first moon landing and see how they really built the pyramids, experience the religious sacrifices of the 1st century Jews, hear Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address. But it would also be amazing to travel 50 or 1500 years into the future to see what life was going to be like. I think that might be even more exciting. So, if I was forced to pick a when to travel to, I think I’d go to 7 July 2518. Just to see what things are like above 505 years from now.
I would have to go to the Renaissance, France and England more than Italian time period (so late 1500′s). I would like to see how accurate what we think it was, is to the real thing.
Which one of us won?
Sorry, gang. I’ve been up to my neck in a family emergency and completely spaced on drawing a winner!
The winner is Rue!