Impossible to watch

as far as the makers are concerned, i doubt you are significant (don't mean to cause offence)

however "Do they think viewers are too stupid to follow a storyline unless it is accompanied by great big flashing lights?" - Yes

"do they think the narrative will bore us" - Yes

a few years ago documentaries were less 'glamourous' and dealt with the subject in a clear, largely non dramatised way ie they let the actual subject do the talking. For example i watched an episode of 'Earth Story' with Aubrey Manning telling the history of the Earth. This ten year old series is devoid of whoops and bangs and instead keeps you gripped through intelligent dialogue and explaination. Even the BBC (which this was) have had to acknowledge the competition from cable in worrying about keeping the viewer's attention.

someone said one of the reasons the graphics were not so good (in this show)was because of the budget. Well if they haven't got the budget to do it right, they shouldn't go it at all IMO

it makes me feel like they take me for an idiot with low budget programming like this.

I don't suffer from epilepsy but I also found it highly irritating, to the point of almost ruining the show. A documentary shouldn't be edited like a music video targeted at 12 years old with the attention span of goldfishes. It is ridiculous.

I watched it anyway and do they think I'm stupid to fall for that crap?

I know better than to believe in that man made Global Warming *beep* and people are not just going to disappear = this was not a documentary it was a couple of guys with way too much time on their hands.

what the heck has happened to the history channel