14 part space Documentaries starts tonight

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Well, I loved the show last night!!!!

The amazing Graphics are really helpful is 'showing' rather than explaining in scientific jargon. My 14 year old son absolutely loved the show too! He said he learnt a lot from it.
So did I

I didn't really see any cataclysmic fear warnings at all, considering they did mention that the Sun won't explode for several billion years yet.

As far as fear-mongering about the radiation, they showed clearly how Earths magnetic field protects us. And how the bit that sneaks through gives us great Aurouras!

I failed to see any 'scarey' bits.

As for the advertising, the only ads I got were Promos for other 'History Channel' shows.

But for crying out loud, it will never come to a point were everyone is happy about anything, let alone a TV show. Just enjoy it as entertainment if the 'Science' isn't up to your level of satisfaction. If it was any more scientific my son would not have enjoyed it and learned.

It was a damn good show with excellent graphics and clear and easy narration and explanations.

Next week is 'Mars'.

If you don't think it will be 'scientific' enough, then don't watch it. The shows are made to teach the masses, not the already learned!

agreed

[Lee]

Forgot about it! Stupid Ben Affleck Christmas movie! Lucky its on again tomorrow night....

[Dooghan (Dooghan)]

Well I don't have pay TV so I had to get a copy from itunes for $22. I watched 13 out of the 14 parts so far (only the big bang to go) and have really enjoyed the series. My kids are watching the series and are learning heaps from it. They have got right into it. Good thing about it we been able to sit down and have had a number of discussions about the shows. We have found the shows easy to understand and excellent graphics. Easy enough for anyone to understand. The best $22 I've spent in a while. They are making or have made series 2 which comes out on DVD in April in the US next year. I'll definitely will download that series when it comes out.

[Outbackmanyep]

I noticed on the website you can buy the DVD set, which they DIDN'T advertise on the tv......

[fringe_dweller]

wow Dooghan how many ways are there to view this series!!!! omg, talk about choices i watched it again last night, enjoyed it all over again, i am good graphics junkie tho lol only one ad that wasnt foxtel self promo, a very short one?

[night-vision]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

has everyone already seen this off torrent?

I grabbed it a few days ago and the quality is excellent.

[night-vision]

Breach of Copyright.

Opps my bad, Thanks for editing that out.

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by night-vision

I grabbed it a few days ago and the quality is excellent.

lol cheers night vision, at least you owned up!

i guess i wasnt really expecting an answer to that one!
altho ive often seen people talk very freely about that on a pretty prominent mainstream news website, lot was surprised! it kind of reminds me of when they tried to stop people videoing movies off/from tv way back in time, very similar? everybody did it? even tho it was illegal

[fringe_dweller]

I liked watching the secrets of the sun on foxtel coz it brings back memories of the solar max or just after rather, and watching the radio storm first via the net, when there was very strong activity it used to correspond timing wise and interfere with the foxtel picture, and knew there was possibly a good CME coming. Even with cable, it is still connected to a bigarse satelite base receiver somewhere not to far away? so the sats still get a slight roasting.

[coldspace]

Hands up class who is enjoying this series so far, I know I am.

Matt

[Outbackmanyep]

It's a good series, but i think they hype it up a bit too much, some of the scientists interviewed tend to overact a little bit!

Great stuff though!

[fringe_dweller]

its better than good, ...its a GREAT series imagine a total noob, sit em down in front of that series, ...no more nooob! watched last nights pluto, outer planets one, sweeeeeet - i want to write a sci fi about the period when atmosphere is fluffed up, but receding and they have x amount of time to leave before it freezes and collapses on them OH YEAH - in i dont know ghosts of mars vein edit: better still, 'pitch black' riddick possibly hmmm
and bring 2015 WOOHOO - erm not too fast, altho i'm sure it will