| |  | DVD Life After People (History Channel) |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - Not as good as it could have been
The computer simulations of NYC etc in 100 years after people are interesting, even if the buildings falling remind you of the WTC on 9/11. The speculation is about what it would like if people disappeared, a very pleasant thought, indeed. Evidently, house cats would take over, the film posits.
Rating:  - Facinating and thought provoking
I really enjoyed this video. I found it very plausable and the effects were very well done. It doesn't go into so much technical detail as, say, the book, "World Without Us" but this is a plus if you're looking for a short trip into the possible, this is a marvelous video.
Rating:  - Cutlural snuff porn
This production is an excuse to show off computer graphics of stuff "blowin' up real good!" Which they do ad nauseum in slow motion. Understand, if they didn't have those simulations... no video would be produced. Nada. It's cultural snuff porn. Other themes for these "science" producers:
1)What if Godzilla smushed a bunch of buildings? What would THAT look like? Whut? It's been done!?
2)Okay ,what if the sun turned into a big marshmallow or no... flamed up so bright that all the peoples were blinded! Holy Jesus!
3)Robots gone mad. Oh...yeah...
It offers zero conjecture on its necessary underpinnng, the bizarrely immacuate unconception of humans,because science...need not apply, only computer programmers: "Uh, you ever made a video where somethin' blowed up...? Uh huh, good. Okay, same thing, only it gotta crash down, and real good!"
The "demise of humans" scenario satisfies sadomachoistic cravings that are common enough to turn a profit for the production-- just like most pornography.But that doesn't make it laudable. Or interesting.
Rating: - Life After People...
As the title suggests, this documentary isn't about HOW we leave (though there are bonus features suggesting possible scenarios for our disappearance) but HOW life continues. I didn't find the movie depressing or eerie...I found it both amazing and heartening that should our interferring and encroaching stop, things will continue quite nicely...OK, with the possible exception of some specifically bred brachycephalic canines who won't fare so well...but, then again...that's OUR doing...not nature's doing. This movie was well thought out and well supported in it's content by interviews with engineers, ecologists, biologists, et al. This is one great work!!
Rating: - 4.5 stars: Very good with minor flaws
This program explores the likely outcome of a sudden disappearance of all humans from the Earth.How or why this would happen is not covered: the subject of this DVD is the succession of events following such a disappearance, as things arranged and constructed by humans fail over time (out to 100,000 years after said disappearance).
Pros:
- The show is very dramatic and maintains interest.
- Graphical effects demonstrate likely outcomes, including spectacular sequences of large-scale collapses.
- Experts showcased on the show seem authoritative and provide relevant insight.
Cons (these are all minor, in my opinion):
- At times, this program seems a little too dramatic.The narration sometimes comes from the perspective that nature is hostile, and surprise is expressed at the notion that "the planet and life on it would go on without us".
- One of the featured experts was a little too philosophical.Though I liked hearing most of what he had to say, he was given too much air time.
- Given the extremely low cost of computer-generated special effects today, visual quality should have been better.
This is not a "con", but my guess is that the depicted timeline is somewhat accelerated.
In short, this production poses a very interesting hypothetical question, explores the likely answer with experts and presents the whole package very well.
Flaws are relatively small.
If one is interested in this subject, note that a similar program has been developed, "National Geographic: Aftermath - Population Zero" (2008).
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