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How the Earth Was Made (History Channel)
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| Part No: | B00126808K |
| Manufacturer: | A&E HOME VIDEO |
| MFG Part: | AAED110540D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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The history channel plots the course of earths amazing journey from an ocean of radioactive molten rock to a beautiful refuge for life. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 04/15/2008 Run time: 94 minutes
There's a lot of information in
How the Earth Was Made, but perhaps the most interesting relates to time. Quite often, the numbers are so staggering that scientists refer to it as "deep time," an appropriate term when one grapples with the notion that our planet is 4.5 billion years old, or that the oceans were formed by rainfall that lasted literally millions of years, or that 700 million years ago, Earth was completely covered by ice that was a mile thick, with surface temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. On the other end of the scale are numbers that seem surprisingly small: for instance, it wasn't until 220 years ago that the accepted church doctrine regarding the planet's age (no more than 6000 years, according to the Bible) was seriously challenged and that the key to its past was found in rocks, not scripture, while the discovery that dinosaurs once ruled the Earth came considerably later than that. Using a combination of computer graphics and animation, various drawings and diagrams, photos, location footage, and expert commentary, this fascinating, 94-minute History Channel production takes us from the very beginning, when the planet was formed by meteors colliding in space, through numerous major events (including the appearance of water, granite, and oxygen) and mind-boggling catastrophes (such as mass extinctions caused by volcanic eruptions or the enormous meteor that wiped out 75% of all living things, including the dinosaurs, some 65 million years ago), right up to the present; there's even a glimpse into the future, when Earth will likely end up as barren and lifeless as Mars (no need to hit the panic button yet, though--a few billion more years will pass before that happens). Bonus features include additional scenes and a documentary entitled "Inside the Volcano."
--Sam Graham
| Best Science Documentary of Earth's Creation | 2008-12-28 | 5 / 5 |
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| "How the Earth Was Made" accurately tells earth's creation events from its beginning to the present day, and should be made a part of study materials in science classes in all high schools in America. |
| Don't Waste your Money on this DVD | 2008-12-03 | 1 / 5 |
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| I personally thought that this DVD was a big waste of money. I bought it under the impression from others here and from the product label that it presented a honest view of the Christian viewpoint of how the Earth was made. Instead, it set up the biblical view at the beginning, and then made you feel like an uninformed individual if you believed in creation. It then had the gall to admit within five minutes later that there was still controversary on how the oceans were created, so if you expect an honest viewpoint you are not going to get it here. Instead this DVD is basically a short CliffNotes version of a College 101 Physical Geology textbook as it attempts to cram 16 weeks of lecture material into 90 minutes of video. If I had not taken such a class within the past year, I would have been lost within the first few minutes since the DVD assumes you have a basic understanding of physical geology and what the main theories are, but for a balanced viewpoint of how the Earth was made, this DVD falls far short of all reality in that endeavor. |
| great, very informative!! | 2008-11-25 | 5 / 5 |
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| Loved the doc. Well paced. Naration great. I loved the fact that I actually learned something. I highly recommend this for all. I think children would also find it interesting. |
| An interesting subject, our planet... | 2008-10-17 | 5 / 5 |
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| Loved this one, as it went into more detail about the planet itself.I'm glad these are coming out as it has been hard to find anything on Geology, or about Earth in general that doesn't confine itself solely to the animal kingdom in one form or another. |
| Great content, horrible packaging | 2008-10-13 | 3 / 5 |
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For some reason the creators of this documentary thought it would be a good idea to package the DVD in 100% post-consumer recycled material. As a result, it looks and feels of extremely poor quality, and the packaging will not withstand the slightest bit of wear and tear.
If they wanted to improve my opinion of post-consumer goods they colossally failed.
The quality of the actual content of the DVD is excellent, however.
When I buy a DVD, I expect to be able to store it with my other DVDs, but in this case, I'm going to need to throw the original packaging away and find an actual plastic case so that it can go on the shelf without being squished. |
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