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 elrais
  
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 |  | Cities of the Underworld
< on 10/17/2008 6:37 PM >
|  | | | I'm sure a lot of people here know this show. If you don't know it, it's basically about a guy exploring all the cool underground places of different cities while incorporating history into it. I think on a couple of episodes they had some urban explorers as guides. It's probably the only decent show on the history channel. They show some pretty awesome places. Here's the wikipedia link with a list of general locations they've shown(not exact locations):
http://en.wikipedi..._of_the_Underworld
Has anyone seen the show and gone to some of the locations?
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trent
    
I'm Trent! Get Bent!
Location: Drainwhale hunting
Gender: Male
Not on UER anymore.
| |  | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 1 on 10/17/2008 7:01 PM >
| | | | I used to DVR this show, but now i never even really care to watch it. It started out as being very interesting, but some episodes they used crap as subject matter.
I mean some of the places are probably very historically significant, however today there's nothing left bug some crumbled rocks and they talk about an underworld that used to be there. That's no fun.
Still a good show I guess. Half the time it's good, half the time it sucks.
I'd rather watch that guy walk trough a university steam tunnel rather than some 1000 year old historical nothingness.
He who rules the underground, rules the city above.
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IDChris
Location: Southern Idaho Wasteland
Gender: Male
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 2 on 10/17/2008 7:36 PM >
| | | | I liked the one on the Vietnam tunnels and the German bunker. The rest were so-so.
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elrais
Gender: Male
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 3 on 10/17/2008 7:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by IDChris
I liked the one on the Vietnam tunnels and the German bunker. The rest were so-so.
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Yeah, the military bunkers make up the better part of the show. The fort with a tunnel going underwater was especially cool.
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elrais
Gender: Male
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 5 on 10/17/2008 8:14 PM >
| | | | Posted by shotgun_mario
the one under new york harbor?
Hopefully, some REAL explorers got on their hands & knees, and crawled until they could no longer fit...
the show's pretty neat. It seems that they give a taste of what exploring is like, as it is slated toward a television audience, not people who actually go out and do something...
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Yes, the tunnel goes under the east river from Fort Totten.
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Neophile
Location: Chicago, IL
Gender: Female
She dreams in digital.
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 6 on 10/17/2008 8:19 PM >
| | | | I saw Cities of the Underworld Istanbul and Cappadocia around the time I was deciding where to go for my next vacation. We went to both and it was pretty awesome. The 7-story underground cities were very cool and the cisterns were still beautiful. I put some pictures of my travels in this thread:
http://www.uer.ca/...d=1&threadid=60390
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KublaKhan
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
With Satan, it's always gimmie, gimmie.
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 7 on 10/17/2008 10:17 PM >
| | | | I saw one a while ago about underground Paris. Very cool.
I made a doc about the tunnels in Victoria.
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| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 8 on 10/18/2008 11:50 AM >
| | | | I like their current commercial where the host lifts a manhole cover with his finger.
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Mowgli-dog
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 9 on 10/18/2008 12:38 PM >
| | | | I thought the talk of the steam locomotive sealed up in the tunnel was very interesting (New York City). But I was disappointed when they just made thir way up to the wall that it was supposedly sealed up behind, talked about it, then walked away! Dig man!!
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 10 on 10/18/2008 12:42 PM >
| | | | They had the G-Cans in Japan also. Very cool show!
On a similar note, does anyone remember the series (5 shows) Urban Explorers on the discovery channel? They explored Gates, The Buffalo RR Terminal and a bunch of other locations that are familiar. I was wondering if any of that crew is on this site?
I thought it was a pretty cool show personally.
Here's one of the guys who hosted the shows page.
http://media.under...-explorers-tv.html
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shotgun mario
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
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| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 11 on 10/18/2008 4:31 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mowgli-dog
I thought the talk of the steam locomotive sealed up in the tunnel was very interesting (New York City). But I was disappointed when they just made thir way up to the wall that it was supposedly sealed up behind, talked about it, then walked away! Dig man!!
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On another show (secrets of the past or something) they were at the same location, and they said that if they took the wall out, it could damage another tunnel nearby (I think it was a subway). They also said that the city puts on tours of it, but how often/how much for that I'm not sure.
For the 5 show series Urban Explorers, I've been trying to find it for a long time. I might have seen the Paris one, but not sure. I was quite young, and they talked as if going into the catacombs was basically a death sentence, as there's absolutely no one down there. ever.
But I'm from milwaukee, where they filmed one, so I really want to check it out (although I've heard it's pretty ham'ed up and dramatic). They don't sell it, and I can't find it for download anywhere. Anyone else have a copy, and would they be kind enough to spread the wealth?
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DragonMinded
Location: Chelsea, VT
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 12 on 10/18/2008 5:03 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mowgli-dog
I thought the talk of the steam locomotive sealed up in the tunnel was very interesting (New York City). But I was disappointed when they just made thir way up to the wall that it was supposedly sealed up behind, talked about it, then walked away! Dig man!!
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This is the problem I have with the show and why I stopped watching it. It seems just as it gets interesting, the guy will get bored and wander to the next location. Half the places they go to, he just yammers about it without ever going in, or going only until he wimps out. I always finish the show frustrated.
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jake baker
Location: toronto
life is short stunt it
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 13 on 10/20/2008 4:10 PM >
| | | | i like the bones tunnel one
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trent
I'm Trent! Get Bent!
Location: Drainwhale hunting
Gender: Male
Not on UER anymore.
| | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 14 on 10/20/2008 4:15 PM >
| | | | Posted by jake baker
i like the bones tunnel one
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Yah some of those episodes were really cool like the Paris Catacombs. I might have to start watching again. I've seen about 5 episodes. Though each one I've seen got progressively worse. There has to be some better ones that I've missed.
He who rules the underground, rules the city above.
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Shane
Moderator
Location: Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
| |  |  |  | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 15 on 10/21/2008 9:40 AM >
| | | | Posted by Bustedknuckle
They had the G-Cans in Japan also. Very cool show!
On a similar note, does anyone remember the series (5 shows) Urban Explorers on the discovery channel? They explored Gates, The Buffalo RR Terminal and a bunch of other locations that are familiar. I was wondering if any of that crew is on this site?
I thought it was a pretty cool show personally.
Here's one of the guys who hosted the shows page.
http://media.under...-explorers-tv.html
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Steve Duncan is on this site, his username is undercity. He rarely checks in here though.
"Because there's no possibility of real disaster, real risk, we're left with no chance for real salvation. Real elation. Real excitement. Joy. Discovery. Invention. The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better." -Chuck Palahniuk |
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Shane
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Location: Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
| | | | | | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 16 on 10/21/2008 9:47 AM >
| | | | Posted by Mowgli-dog
I thought the talk of the steam locomotive sealed up in the tunnel was very interesting (New York City). But I was disappointed when they just made thir way up to the wall that it was supposedly sealed up behind, talked about it, then walked away! Dig man!!
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Bob Diamond is the guy that found the tunnel and dug out the entrance a while back. They city doesn't give tours, he does, with the city's permission. I've been on the tour before, it's certainly entertaining. I just wouldn't put too much faith into there actually being a locomotive down there, Bob seems like he's a few cards short of a full deck if ya get me. He also says that the missing pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary are in there too.
The reason they haven't dug through it is because there's a crapload of telco and power conduits running right through the end of the tunnel. They'd actually have to dig into the tunnel sideways from the basement of one of the buildings along it on Atlantic Ave. It'll happen eventually though.
"Because there's no possibility of real disaster, real risk, we're left with no chance for real salvation. Real elation. Real excitement. Joy. Discovery. Invention. The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better." -Chuck Palahniuk |
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 17 on 10/22/2008 2:37 AM >
| | | | Did you see the Secret Soviet bases...? The "dummy apartment complex" that was a decoy to throw people off "Object 221". 1 mile tunnel into a mountain side. 3 buildings 5,4 and 5 stories high - 250,00 sq.ft, 600 feet underground! What was even better was the dummy mine nearby created as a front.
I'm not to keen on the Billy Mayes inspired host, and the really poor lighting techniques tho. You can't see anything inside the buildings because they are using crappy $4 flashlights, but some of the sites they visited were interesting.
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MindHacker
Location: Suburbs of DC
Gender: Male
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
| | Re: Cities of the Underworld
<Reply # 18 on 10/22/2008 4:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by shotgun_mario
For the 5 show series Urban Explorers, I've been trying to find it for a long time. I might have seen the Paris one, but not sure. I was quite young, and they talked as if going into the catacombs was basically a death sentence, as there's absolutely no one down there. ever. |
We passed around a torrent of that back when it was coming out. Want me to dig it up? I know I have it somewhere...
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