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It ISN'T Life after people. It's LIfe after America. This is just jingoism disguised as reputable

Posted by CharlesV on 07 January 2010

Frankly I was disgusted at this series. When will the Americans realise that they aren't the only people on this planet. Who in the rest of the world really gives a crap about what happens in the Nevada Desert after people (aside from what happens in every desert in the world after people). The series is really Life after America or Life after Americans and its Amerocentric nature made me almost puke from its arrogance. Get reality producers and directors of this crap. If you want to sell to an international market at least make an effort to make it internationally relevant. The few references to the effects of life after people in places like Europe were so infrequent as to be only "lip-service". Trash, trash, trash, jingoism, trash, trash, trash and did I mention that it is garbage?

7 replies so far...

  1. Mxracer6y

    3:26 PM, 27 March 2013

    Holy crap... How much bigotry and ignorance can you pack into one post? Clearly you are but hurt and are just DYING for opportunities to bash and slander America and its people First of all. Its an American produced show, filmed in America, by american born citizens, on an American network..... WHAT THE HELL DID YOU EXPECT???????? WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU EXPECT THEM TO FILM AND BASE THEIR SHOW???????? Did you think they were going to film in china ??? and people stereotype Americans as stupid and ignorant ??? WOW this post absolutely BLOWS my mind. Besides, even if the points i bring up aren't good enough of reasons for you... Do you understand the concept of budgets ? Do you understand the concept behind television production, the way things cost money to produce? And that usually there's a BUDGET that they are allotted, a specific amount of money that they can use to produce film and produce their show.... and USUALLY television shows are produced with the goal that it will eventually MAKE them money .... and making money takes priority over pleasing ignorant American-hating jackasses such as yourself(because lets face it, it doesnt matter the content of the show, you would find a reason to bash and slander IT and American people) With that being said... DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MORE MONEY IT WOULD COST TO PRODUCE/FILM OVERSEAS??? IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ??? (Because then you'd cry and say WTFF!! IT SHOULD BE CALLED "LIFE IN CHINA AND/OR AMERICA" !!

  2. philthegreek

    12:24 PM, 16 August 2010

    What has this programme got to do witth History? Apart from the obvious bias its also about a theoretical future. This is obviously something mixed and matched from the Discovery channel.

  3. ozbuffinatic

    2:56 PM, 12 February 2010

    the worst part about the series is that they seem to repeat the same things about different buildings in different cities each week so they are basically repeating themselves even more than the original documentary did. I agree that they focus on the United States for most of it and was surprised to see something in London the other week. Today's epsiode said something about oil refineries and there was either no mention or it was in the first 10 minutes of the show as I got held up and missed the start of the show (I sure do miss history channel +2)

  4. davidgeg

    9:58 AM, 11 February 2010

    What abput the native races who had litle or no contact whith"white man" The series seems to life after civilized man. Reference was made to the animals but only for the purpose of conparison,the native populations could come under that catagory.

  5. Stockcarfan

    9:43 AM, 20 January 2010

    Yes I agree. Its a pity that is focused on the usa but thats to be expected. Things can still be applied here. I would imagine the Auckland Harbour bridge going through a similar process to the Golden Gate Bridge. I've been taping the series and will put it in the collection, for all that.

  6. Andrewhislop

    11:27 AM, 08 January 2010

    Americans watch more TV than anyone and this will always affect perspectives, I find this documentary frustrating for other reasons, more concerning perhaps is the American preoccupation with who won WWII.

  7. Shadyone

    11:37 PM, 07 January 2010

    Well unfortunately you have to see it from a American producer and directors view point. Americans know so little about the world outside their own country that this would be the only way for them to really understand. And also, consider this, if it was a Australian comapny that made the show, most of the shots would be from Sydney, Melbourne maybe even Brisbane. And lastly, the same thing would happen here, so instead of concentrating on the American parts, just see it as any other city in the world.

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