I've already watched all of Wonders of the Universe And I certainly did NOT fall asleep I still prefer Solar System though, I felt Universe could have been longer and more in depth for sure.
Not really impressed this time. The word "shallow" comes to mind. There's no substance and a great reliance on pretty pictures and seeing Brian wistfully looking off into yet another Namibian sunset. The concept of entropy can be reasonably explained in a couple of minutes, so where was the rest of the show?
I tried to get my son to watch it as well, his attention span was quite limited. I suppose it was a bit drawn out in some areas. I am though not much interested in presentation style just the content.
Enjoyed last nights episode on gravity, episodes of late seem to be more focused on Earth, but more interstellar stuff here. Collision of Andromeda and Milky Way ... lucky I wont be here in 3 billion years time.
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The Planetary Gravity simulation is quite funny.
The ladies wont go so glassy eyed when they see his G-force induced facial contortions !
Hmm ... was a bit yucky Stu I must admit.
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I didn't get a word he just said abou spacetime. My mouth was ajar from the incredible mountain scenery. Goodness me.
I wonder if that's New Zealand?
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Yes, scenery was bful, at one time he was perched right on the top of a scary looking mountain, what a brave man he is.
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.
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Hmmm.. just caught up with this on ABC's iView.
Not really impressed this time. The word "shallow" comes to mind. There's no substance and a great reliance on pretty pictures and seeing Brian wistfully looking off into yet another Namibian sunset. The concept of entropy can be reasonably explained in a couple of minutes, so where was the rest of the show?
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.
I would have liked more info too, but was just pointing out that the series is far more compelling in hi def on a bigger screen, than via the pixelated iview.
I would love to see some seriously deep astronomy on TV, but am glad that at least there is still some money being spent to put together science programming at all, and I think this show was always meant to target, and attract a wider audience than astrobuffs.
And I agree with my daughter, that guy is weird looking.
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And I certainly did NOT fall asleep 
I still prefer Solar System though, I felt Universe could have been longer and more in depth for sure.
