14 part space Documentaries starts tonight

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #1 02-12-2007, 06:16 PM

If you are fortunate to have Pay TV, the 'History Channel' starts its 14 part space documentaries tonight at 9:30pm AEST.
It will be on for 14 weeks on Sunday nights.

Tonight, Part 1: The Big Bang theory and the Beginnings of the Universe

cahullian · #2 02-12-2007, 06:19 PM

I hope it doesn't clash with the football Ken. Sounds liike good viewing.

Gazz

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #3 02-12-2007, 06:46 PM

Sounds great, I wish I had pay TV.

I havent seen a show like that for a long long time.

Geoff.

h0ughy (David) · #4 02-12-2007, 07:55 PM

well i havent got pay tv - oh well

sejanus (Gavin) · #5 02-12-2007, 07:57 PM

it's on the torrent sites.

Outbackmanyep · #6 02-12-2007, 09:31 PM

Thanks, already marked to watch it....

Thanks for the warning! Almost got stuck on Foyles War on UKTV!!!!

Cheers!

Starkler (Geoff) · #7 02-12-2007, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejanus

it's on the torrent sites.

Whats the shows title?

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #8 03-12-2007, 01:21 AM

If you don't have PayTV, apparently the episodes can be downloaded from the 'History Channel' website

Tonights was excellent. Went for 2 hours!

Next Sunday nights episode is called 'Secrets of the Sun' and is on at 8:30pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starkler

Whats the shows title?

Geoff, the series is called 'The Universe'.

Outbackmanyep · #9 03-12-2007, 09:44 AM

I wonder if you can buy this series on DVD?? Would be worth getting, i noted how they said our solar system has 8 planets......it sounds wrong doesnt it!!

fringe_dweller · #10 05-12-2007, 12:38 PM

i saw the repeat of 'beyond the big bang' in the the history channel universe series, and i am seriously, seriously impressed, the almost constant use of extremely clever top shelf graphics was a highlight. I have been saying that for years 'SHOW US THE CLASSY GRAPHICS!" The best tv show i have ever seen on this subject - not the usual beginners stuff *YAWN* that you see (altho important still, but not when you have heard the same stuff over and over for 20 or more years.
it reminded me of the old rock history series program were they have a tree and the interconnectiveness of the 'players' in this case the theorists thru history AWESOME! I'm gonna have to record that on the HD when it repeats again

EDIT: I believe it is HiDef quality too, pic looked good - definitely no 'fat' on this show

fringe_dweller · #11 09-12-2007, 11:18 PM

well did anyone watch tonights installment about the sun?, it wasnt bad at all, it has the same production values budget and imaginativeness as the first one, some decent graphics, again in HD!, good sign I spose. well put together, as this is a subject i have read a reasonable amount on over the years, and have basic rough understanding or rather awareness of. they definitely have damn good consultants or are scientists themselves, the people behind series for sure,. interestingly they talk about the mystery of the superheated/hot as the centre corona, funny how HINODE stuff was just released with x-ray flares lol, they are still on the acoustic heating theory, and say it was the answer, maybe its both?
anyway good to see some Ceduna footage in there, in total solar eclipse related sequences, altho not mentioned - looking good

has everyone already seen this off torrent? lol your all a bit too quiet on subject thats all - i havent *beaming halo*
anyway wouldnt be d/l full res version off there anyway? no HD then

JohnH · #12 10-12-2007, 09:08 AM

Err is it just me or is the style of this show more akin to the air crash investigations than serious science documentary? Great graphics yes but massive focus on the "threat" from the sun, with repetition after every add break just in case you were more interested in the WallMark (sic)specials....

fringe_dweller · #13 10-12-2007, 11:34 AM

errm have you seen a show on foxtel or tv in general meant for general consumption newbies that didnt have an alarmist bent or at least a trace of it? I'd be interested to hear about it.
are you saying there was no science mentioned? I think it is actaully hard to hyperbole the sun really, if you cant hyperbole the sun what is worthy of hyperbole? lol

fringe_dweller · #14 10-12-2007, 12:40 PM

anyway the sensationalist element in just about everything on mass tv i think reflects more on the audience than it does on the makers, they are only giving a now seriously jaded audience what they DEMAND.
I reviewed it with the assumption that there would naturally expected to be an element of this, it would be a given, i am yet to see one that doesnt, and was happy the level of fat wasnt as high as it can be, and besides it is up to date, almost, which is the most important thing possibly.
as a long time aurora chaser, this sort of thing that gets my juices going

as for wallmart ads - i didnt know we had walmart in oz? I didnt see those ads, were we watching the same show even?

JohnH · #15 10-12-2007, 01:03 PM

Oops - that was tounge in cheek ! Hence the mis-spelling ref to a US company! And yes I have seen better - but when I think about it it was from the BBC - I think of the Planets series for example but there has been good stuff on Catalyst recently too and once (it seems long ago now) even on the Discovery channel (before they came up with Shark week, month, year)....and I suppose I was not expecting sesnsationalist style from the History Channel...oh well...

fringe_dweller · #16 10-12-2007, 01:11 PM

ok, but most of the ads on history channel are self promotional for their own shows, not sure if i saw general food ect. advertising on there. and come off it, i have seen plenty of sensationalist stuff on catalyst, they arent immune to the stuff/fluff pieces. or the BBC, i wouldnt put them on a pedestal exactly. were they in HD!? geeez lol

JohnH · #17 10-12-2007, 01:29 PM

Kearn - you seem to be taking this personally - so please let me say sorry this was (and is) in no way intended as any kind of criticism of you, just my 2c worth on the 1 show I watched.

BTW re your point on HD Foxtel is only SD on the cable service, can you get this show in HD ?

fringe_dweller · #18 10-12-2007, 01:29 PM

whats happening to IIS?, whats with the hostile atmosphere?

seems like an excuse for veiled personal attack to me, rather than a genuine critique

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #19 10-12-2007, 03:18 PM

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!

fringe_dweller · #20 10-12-2007, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnH

Kearn - you seem to be taking this personally - so please let me say sorry this was (and is) in no way intended as any kind of criticism of you, just my 2c worth on the 1 show I watched.

BTW re your point on HD Foxtel is only SD on the cable service, can you get this show in HD ?

John
any response that starts with 'er' or 'erm' or 'umm' i will take it personally, unless it is the context of a jokey thread. it is very condescending IMO. And your criticism of the show was a little harsh and OTT, like it had not one redeeming factor, i'm still not sure we watched the same show

re HD, even tho you're correct about cable, and sat is even worse? being true HD. I dont have the digital IQ box with scart and component out, it is still widescreen and I still think the picture is better than if it wasnt originally HD, on my HD tv, and if you bought the DVD series on amazon ect. you would of course have HD in spades i expect.