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Yet another example of a historical show that is, in fact, crap.
Over the past couple decades, I've noticed that with so many channels on TV devoted to history and so many shows, they'll sometimes do or say anything to get our attention. Shows implying Jesus was an alien or that the Egyptians were helped by aliens are the rage--as are dopey shows like "Secret Societies". Why do I say dopey? Because they are short on facts, big at making mild accusations with no clear proof and feature self-proclaimed experts who are just idiots trying to promote themselves and their books. Because of this less than historical approach, crap like this show gets made.
Now I would have loved to learn more about groups like the Illuminati, The Knights Templar and the Freemasons. But instead of giving us history and interviews with its members, it's a long succession of tired 'experts' making wild and seemingly baseless claims. According to these idiots, the Knights Templar are actually now the Freemasons-- who cares that there was a 400 year gap between the end of one group and the creation of the other...thousands of miles away! Who cares that these folks claim the Illuminati and Freemasons started the United States if they cannot prove this?!
The bottom line is that the "History's Mysteries" folks really blew it with this one. It's all insane conjecture and 'what ifs' instead of history or hard evidence. A thorough waste of my time.
Now I would have loved to learn more about groups like the Illuminati, The Knights Templar and the Freemasons. But instead of giving us history and interviews with its members, it's a long succession of tired 'experts' making wild and seemingly baseless claims. According to these idiots, the Knights Templar are actually now the Freemasons-- who cares that there was a 400 year gap between the end of one group and the creation of the other...thousands of miles away! Who cares that these folks claim the Illuminati and Freemasons started the United States if they cannot prove this?!
The bottom line is that the "History's Mysteries" folks really blew it with this one. It's all insane conjecture and 'what ifs' instead of history or hard evidence. A thorough waste of my time.
- planktonrules
- Jun 23, 2015
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