History Channel

[beloitpiper]

Yeah, Gibson has managed to trick everybody into thinking the Scots were kilted since the Ice Age and lived in mud huts until the union!

[Matthew Siegmann]

Yeah, Gibson has managed to trick everybody into thinking the Scots were kilted since the Ice Age and lived in mud huts until the union!

What?!? They don't live in mud huts anymore?!? Dang I need to get out of my little box more...

Anyway I agree. As much as I like Braveheart Gibson did create an injustice depicting the Scots of Wallace's time.

Kudos to the History Channel

[Mike1]

I don't know I would go so far as to offer any special credit to the History Channel, as I've seen them air more than one grossly inaccurate show.

The Lost World program was actually a rather interesting one and I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in Scotland's history. The material was being presented by serious students of that history, and whilst some of it was obvious conjecture, it was being proposed by individuals with learned backgrounds in their respective fields.

Having had the opportunity to become acquainted with a couple of the people interviewed for the production, and to have actually visited some of the historic sites with them made it all the more interesting to me.

[bubba]

What you see on the History Channel has to be taken with a grain or two of salt. It's often inaccurate and designed to attract viewers like any other channel. Sometimes the shows are spot on, sometimes not. Anything you see that interests you should be researched in more detail rather than take these programs at face value. Movies are another kettle of fish. Everything portrayed in a movie should be presumed incorrect until proven otherwise.