Time Commanders

[joe33]

.......Would rome 2 just not be perfect for a new updated series of this wicked little uk show from 2003 ?, loved it back then and they are all still on youtube, heres one of them to watch if you have not seen it before



Was cool watching the gens and there officers in the teams (4 on each team 2 gens and 2 officers) trying to control there army, i do believe the on screen AI cheated like hell haha, but it was a great series, they also had 2 experts per week to watch and offer advice to us at home when the camera was on them, and then at the end they would show the teams what happened in the real battles, just damn good tv with a bit of millitary history thrown in, it did not get much better then that.

Think the 2nd series covered medieval total war, with rome being done in the first. the experts are people who i have a ton of there books, Mike Loades, Saul David, Mark Urban or Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy, all of whom made good fun tv over all. Funny enough just a bit later Dr. Aryeh Nusbacher of Sandhurst who was also on the show had a sex change and is now known as Lynette Nusbacher

[King Gambrinus]

We already had a thread on this.


The answer is fairly simple : BBC have cuts, and the show failed for a reason.

[joe33]

We already had a thread on this.


The answer is fairly simple : BBC have cuts, and the show failed for a reason.

Did not see a thread and that was years ago nearly 10, also why the BBC ?, so many other channels to choose, look at say how red dwarf has been brought on dave tv, doubt the show would cost to much

[King Gambrinus]

Did not see a thread and that was years ago nearly 10, also why the BBC ?, so many other channels to choose, look at say how red dwarf has been brought on dave tv, doubt the show would cost to much

Dave just show repeats of other channels' stuff.



It would have to re-branded, renamed and reformed. A history channel is the only place you'll find it now though. The British public are more interested in Simon Cowell's latest "talent" scam than historical battles recreated with a video game. And the BBC is more interested in competing with Simon Cowell.

They'd also have to find another main historical advisor since the previous one had a sex change, and I doubt the high brow newspapers in Britain would accept this.


Your closest hope is a return of Decisive Battles.

[Legio]

Linking to full episodes of programs is not allowed.

[Lord Baal]

The British global public are more interested in Simon Cowell'sany crappy latest "talent" scam than any of the million of things that are more important

There, fixed for you. And sadly the doom of mankind. We no longer dream into expanding to space to ensure our survival as species, but instead waste all the time dreaming what stupid thing a idiot living on a beach near New York would do the next week, or whom some of the Kardashians will sleep with this weekend... pathetic.

[shireknight]

Dave just show repeats of other channels' stuff.



It would have to re-branded, renamed and reformed. A history channel is the only place you'll find it now though. The British public are more interested in Simon Cowell's latest "talent" scam than historical battles recreated with a video game. And the BBC is more interested in competing with Simon Cowell.

They'd also have to find another main historical advisor since the previous one had a sex change, and I doubt the high brow newspapers in Britain would accept this.


Your closest hope is a return of Decisive Battles.

If there is a demand then the small channels will regenerate old shows, Dave themselves have already recommissioned Red Dwarf.

They trialled the idea with an exclusive to them 90 minute Red Dwarf special a couple of years ago which was successful and they've already filmed series ten and will be airing it in the autumn so yeah there's no reason why they couldn't do a Time Commanders series 3 if there was enough interest.

[Maximus_54]

This show was pretty funny. You had ill-knowledged people epicly failing at everything.

[swoosh so]

ye it was fun fun fun and my god dident it make u shake with anticipation of the release of rome totalwar, pity the battles looked better on that series than they ever did play still the sp game was good with all its mods i remember first being enchanted by spqr mod then by the long road or was the long road for mtw2 i forget :p

[Maximus_54]

If anything this show should be remade into some sort of tournament with skilled TW players reenacting old battles.

[Kaap]

If anything this show should be remade into some sort of tournament with skilled TW players reenacting old battles.

This...

In the opposing teams if anybody had any decent clue of ancient warfare they'd have a huge edge.

[Moorish guy]

Don’t think the history channel would want to have anything to do with this game, unless there are a bunch of mini games where your generals can hunt elephants or something, or a part of the game focusing on merchants bringing their goods from distant lands and having to avoid barbarians and staying close to the shore because their terrible sailors, or maybe events where aliens come from mars and teach the Romans how build aqueducts and give them modern technology

[Crusader Invasion]

Yeah, a new Decisive Battles is pretty unlikely as well considering the state of the "History" channel.

[Savoyard]

You know, I always saw staying home from school as a chance to watch History in the Classroom on the History Channel. It's not the same anymore.

[Gaius Augustus Caesar]

Seeing this show or Decisive Battles make a comeback would be cool but I doubt it as the general public doesn't seem to care about history. But with all the new total war games they could do a lot more than just Antiquity era battles. With games like Napoleon or Empire they show off the Battles of Waterloo, Trafalgar, maybe even battles from American Revolution to sastify Americans.

[Maximus_54]

A show of this sort could easily air on G4TV if it doesn't have a high budget. They used to have some show with people competing in tourneys with shooter games.