Probably THE Worst Show ever on TV
EVER
shareIs that all you could come up with ? Try harder next time - your brain cells might start working.
lol To be a fan of this show with all it's wanton and blatant historical inaccuracies - YOU should be questioning if YOUR brain cells are working lol. *beep*
shareUm...if "historical accuracy" is the key to a show being good, there are a long, LONG list of shows that by YOUR definition should be pure crap!
We don't watch TV to only see reality...we often watch it to escape reality.
I wasn't a true fan of "Relic Hunter," but it did have it's moments, and often it was a fun show to watch, even as I wouldn't rank it a "classic" by any stretch.
Why don't you shelve the "LOL" elitism...your totalitarian nature may force you to mock those whose taste is different from yours, however the show was on TV for a couple of years BECAUSE not everyone is like you!
Thomas Kretschmann, who appeared in a couple of episodes, is absolutely heavenly!
I totally agree with andell here. At the conclusion to the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy and his father travelled to the temple containing Christ's holy grail which is supposedly located in Alexandria, Egypt. In fact, as anyone can tell, it is actually located in the famous Al-Khazneh Nabatean temple of Petra in Jordan. The producers totally made up their own set of historical facts. If lhamud wants adventure films with 'historical facts', he should skip most of the Indiana Jones' shows. All these fictional shows were created to draw the viewers attention from historical reality as andell writes.
Even in the first and famous 1980 Indy show--Raiders of the Lost Ark--the producers write that Pharaoh Shoshenq I stole the Ark of the Covenant when he pillaged Jerusalem and brought it back to Egypt's capital city, Tanis, which was now reportedly long lost under Egypt's deserts. This is definitely historical fiction. Tanis was never 'lost' under Egypt's deserts; how could it be when it was located in Egypt's fertile waterlogged Delta region? Egyptologists located it long ago in the 19th century; it was always above ground due to its location and the fact that it bore numerous massive ruins of Ramesside era statues and stone columns. The Bible states that the king of Judah, Rehoboam, gave all of the treasures out of the temple of Jerusalem to bribe Shoshenq I to leave Jerusalem alone in Year 5 of this Judahite king's reign but I doubt he would have surrendered the Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of God's link with the Hebrew peoples, himself.
Each writer and producer made up things as they go in history--even Shakespeare. The key question is whether the end product is worth watching and I believe that most episodes of Relic Hunter (RH) meet this test. RH was a very funny and interesting show overall even if it had some minor repetitive Indy themes of hidden rooms, passageways and traps, for instance. But there were some innovations too such as the climatic scene in 'Roman Holiday' when we find out that even Julius Caesar's reputedly invincible breast-plate could not save the life of a man wearing it from the spear of a dead Roman soldier. Could anyone have imagined that outcome? Who could not be emotionally moved by the powerful climax to the season 1 episode, Irish Crown Affair, when the O'Donnell clan's loyalty to the late king Boru's memory and his crown was tested beyond all boundaries of comprehension and they were labelled traitors by their own Irishmen for allegedly swearing loyalty to Henry II of England when they were, in reality, swearing loyalty to king Boru, the last king of Ireland.
The only major loss I noticed was when the unconventional but energetic Buffy-like office secretary Lindy Booth left the show at the end of season 2 and was replaced by the tad more generic Tanja Reichert. While Reichert was funny in some season 3 episodes especially for her overacting in 'Arthur's Cross' and her improvisation in 'Antianeiral'--in saving Sydney's collection of ancient relics--basically in the final season of Relic Hunter, the producers focused more on Sydney and Nigel at Tanja's expense. That was why we mostly saw her at the office desk taking or making phone calls for the most part.
I'm with the OP, I just finished watching an episode and I'm almost angry at how bad it was. Tia Carrere should have just called it quits after Wayne's World.
shareReally now, The show was a very cool show in it's time, of course it seems hoky now. So do the original power rangers and old sci-fi movies like invasion of the body snatchers. However, those are considered classics and were amazing in their time, this show was pretty well done with plots and such, and had a nice bit of humor. Since it's only recently that people began researching to make their shows as accurate as possible (and they still fail) I'm actually surprised all the historical elements weren't simply made up. This show, may, in time, become one of those shows that the true fans turn opinion around and people began buying the DVD's or something. In any case, I am still a fan, and Nigel is still my favorite character.
shareAre you kidding? This show wasnβt good for its time. It was, and will always be, Indiana Jones for feminists.
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So you clearly never saw True Lies.
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