Inmate Central: RE: Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History

Read some scathing reviews of the Burns series - jedrider 08:57:46 09/23/17 ( 4)

RE: Read some scathing reviews of the Burns series - BillH 08:56:58 09/26/17 ( 0)
... maybe it was at Huffington Post? - bjh 07:29:45 09/24/17 ( 2)
- RE: ... maybe it was at Huffington Post? - fantja 10:41:22 09/25/17 ( 1)
  - After reading this guy [also at CP], Burns went immediately into "Sick Puppy" category, for me anyway ... - bjh 08:18:55 09/26/17 ( 0)

Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History - not so much so ... - bjh 17:51:44 09/19/17 ( 7)

I missed only the first episode - jedrider 13:03:13 09/20/17 ( 3)
- RE: I missed only the first episode...see it if you can - user510 14:27:03 09/22/17 ( 2)
  - RE: I missed only the first episode...see it if you can - jedrider 08:54:11 09/23/17 ( 1)
    - RE: I missed only the first episode...see it if you can - Tweaker456 22:51:21 09/23/17 ( 0)
RE: Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History - not so much so ... - srdavis2000 10:56:53 09/20/17 ( 2)
- RE: Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History - not so much so ... - Tweaker456 12:46:35 09/20/17 ( 1)
  - RE: Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History - not so much so ... - srdavis2000 09/20/17 14:30:44 09/20/17 ( 0)

RE: The Vietnam War - fantja 16:32:29 09/19/17 ( 1)

RE: The Vietnam War - Tweaker456 18:39:29 09/19/17 ( 0)

RE: The Vietnam War - Inmate51 09:59:27 09/19/17 ( 0)

Not sure why Burns decided to omit commentary from historians... - MaxwellP 07:22:52 09/19/17 ( 1)

18 hours is not enough for you? -nt - jedrider 13:06:17 09/20/17 ( 0)

RE: The Vietnam War - Inmate51 10:47:26 09/18/17 ( 1)

4 million Vietnamese dead, too. - Timbo in Oz 18:14:51 09/18/17 ( 0)

RE: The Vietnam War - Lee of Omaha 10:47:07 09/18/17 ( 0)

RE: episode No. 1 seen - user510 10:02:13 09/18/17 ( 0)

RE: The Vietnam War - Craiger56 20:34:08 09/17/17 ( 25)

RE: The Vietnam War - FenderLover 06:33:09 09/18/17 ( 24)
- Hows about a little sympathy for the Devil? - Tweaker456 23:28:14 09/23/17 ( 0)
- Second episode - FenderLover 00:05:58 09/19/17 ( 22)
  - Third Episode - FenderLover 23:49:19 09/19/17 ( 0)
  - I decided not to watch. - ghost of olddude55 04:22:07 09/19/17 ( 20)
    - If you want to get angry about Vietnam - jec01 09:29:37 09/19/17 ( 10)
      - RE: If you want to get angry about Vietnam - Tweaker456 10:54:57 09/19/17 ( 4)
        
        RE: If you want to get angry about Vietnam - jec01 11:30:38 09/19/17 ( 3)
        
        RE: If you want to get angry about Vietnam - Inmate51 12:52:13 09/19/17 ( 0)
        
        RE: If you want to get angry about Vietnam - Tweaker456 12:04:33 09/19/17 ( 1)
        
        RE: If you want to get angry about Vietnam - BillH 08:42:29 09/20/17 ( 0)
      - Heard the author via podcast last week. - ghost of olddude55 10:19:45 09/19/17 ( 4)
        
        RE: Heard the author via podcast last week. - Tweaker456 11:10:08 09/19/17 ( 3)
        
        Ditto. - ghost of olddude55 11:57:57 09/19/17 ( 2)
        
        RE: Ditto. - Tweaker456 12:29:10 09/19/17 ( 1)
        
        If you pull yourself up by the bootstraps... - ghost of olddude55 12:39:48 09/19/17 ( 0)
    - Hey, don't be angry - Tweaker456 04:29:57 09/19/17 ( 8)
      - Can't be helped. - ghost of olddude55 04:42:46 09/19/17 ( 7)
        
        Yeah the Americans are so fed up with war that ... - bjh 15:27:09 09/19/17 ( 6)
        
        Bring back the draft . . . - BillH 08:45:29 09/20/17 ( 0)
        
        We never learn. - ghost of olddude55 17:43:33 09/19/17 ( 4)
        
        "The answer my friend... - HarryDStanton 09:57:13 09/23/17 ( 0)
        
        No, the lessons were learned! - bjh 18:00:07 09/19/17 ( 2)
        
        RE: No, the lessons were learned! - Inmate51 18:33:41 09/19/17 ( 0)
        
        Don't blame the media. - ghost of olddude55 18:24:18 09/19/17 ( 0)

I flipped through the episodes and didn't see much about the - bjh 19:38:53 09/17/17 ( 19)

RE: I flipped through the episodes and didn't see much about the - BillH 13:20:20 09/20/17 ( 0)
Kolko's - Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States, & the Modern Historical Experience - Timbo in Oz 03:10:13 09/18/17 ( 0)
It was OK. Problem is the format and the time available. - ghost of olddude55 02:43:23 09/18/17 ( 2)
- Plus, 'The March of Folly" by Tuchmann. - Timbo in Oz 02:46:16 09/18/17 ( 1)
  - Most definitely. - ghost of olddude55 05:37:18 09/18/17 ( 0)
IIRC it gets a bit better, in places. - Timbo in Oz 02:21:04 09/18/17 ( 0)
Riddle me this, bjh - Tweaker456 00:27:13 09/18/17 ( 9)
- Deep tweak, really deep! - Timbo in Oz 02:19:20 09/18/17 ( 8)
  - RE: Deep tweak, really deep! - Tweaker456 12:20:53 09/18/17 ( 7)
    - Does that help explain your penchant for Conspiracy Theories and Aliens ... - bjh 17:08:08 09/19/17 ( 0)
    - I mostly agree with you, but that book will help you figure out how/why it all happened from late in WWII on. - Timbo in Oz 14:33:18 09/18/17 ( 5)
      - RE: I mostly agree with you, but that book will help you figure out how/why it all happened from late in WWII on. - Tweaker456 15:18:07 09/18/17 ( 4)
        
        ? - Timbo in Oz 19:05:02 09/18/17 ( 3)
        
        RE: ? - Tweaker456 21:29:52 09/18/17 ( 0)
        
        RE: ? - Tweaker456 21:07:44 09/18/17 ( 1)
        
        Tweak, you're just scratching the surface. - ghost of olddude55 04:35:25 09/19/17 ( 0)
PBS aired episode 1 tonight - eppis1 23:24:47 09/17/17 ( 0)
RE: 'Well, I've got Thucydides right here....' - kitch29 19:50:42 09/17/17 ( 1)
- The beginnings of historicity, way back when. - Timbo in Oz 02:22:32 09/18/17 ( 0)

RE: Storytelling is Ken Burn's strength ... History - not so much so ...