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Old 04-08-2011, 10:15 AM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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Originally Posted by Poita View Post
You miss a lot of the specatcle of it watching on iview, I've just watched it with the kids in HiDef and it really makes a big difference.

Though my eldest daughter doesn't like the host, says he is too freaky-looking and holds her hand in front of the screen whenever he is on!

Both girls were mesmerised by the imagery and information though, it has rekindled their interest in peering through the scope, and the binoviewer has also made that more attractive too them. The driveway is currently decorated with chalk drawings of all of the planets and some crazy looking nebulae as well, and their borrowings from the library this week were all astro-related.
So even if the information was a bit 'light' on the show, it has prompted them to explore in more detail, which is a great thing.
Nice to see some money spent on a science program rather than reality TV.
That's great and wonderful if you are justifying the content based on what your kids want to see. Whilst that's still a good thing, I'm judging it on what I want to see, and it's sadly lacking.
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