Life After People (History Channel)
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HISTORY CHANNEL - LIFE AFTER PEOPLE (DVD MOVIE)
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The very notion is deliciously ghoulish: What happens to earth if--or when--people suddenly vanished? The History Channel presents a dramatic, fascinating what-if scenario, part science fiction and part true natural science. "Welcome to Earth, Population: 0" is the catchy tagline, Life After People's 94 minutes are so gripping you nearly forget while you watch that you, yourself, will be gone too. It turns out that earth can go along very nicely without us. The hardest part of the special is probably in the first 15 minutes, when pet owners confront what likely will happen to their dogs (thankfully, the show follows those dogs who break out of their houses, and the prognosis for them to survive as scavengers is good). As the fictional days and weeks tick by, the process of nature's reclaiming the planet becomes less grim and more fascinating. The impact of the lack of people will be noticed right away, as most power grids shut down around the planet. The one holdout: Hoover Dam, whose hydro power lights up the American Southwest. Scientists say the dam can continue to operate on its own for months, maybe years, keeping the Vegas Strip alight. Only the eventual accumulation of quagga mussels, an invasive species, in the cooling pipes of the power plant--currently being cleaned by humans--will shut down the dam.Elsewhere, critters and plants will have their run of Manhattan and every other previously "civilized" spot. Inventive photography shows bears clambering out of subway stations, and vines pulling down brownstones, then skyscrapers. It may not be a surprise when the Eiffel Tower and Space Needle meet their eventual fates, but the scenes nonetheless provide a pleasant sting of shock. Life After People is humbling, yet exhilarating. -- A.T. Hurley
HISTORY CHANNEL - LIFE AFTER PEOPLE (DVD MOVIE)
Amazon.com:
The very notion is deliciously ghoulish: What happens to earth if--or when--people suddenly vanished? The History Channel presents a dramatic, fascinating what-if scenario, part science fiction and part true natural science. "Welcome to Earth, Population: 0" is the catchy tagline, Life After People's 94 minutes are so gripping you nearly forget while you watch that you, yourself, will be gone too. It turns out that earth can go along very nicely without us. The hardest part of the special is probably in the first 15 minutes, when pet owners confront what likely will happen to their dogs (thankfully, the show follows those dogs who break out of their houses, and the prognosis for them to survive as scavengers is good). As the fictional days and weeks tick by, the process of nature's reclaiming the planet becomes less grim and more fascinating. The impact of the lack of people will be noticed right away, as most power grids shut down around the planet. The one holdout: Hoover Dam, whose hydro power lights up the American Southwest. Scientists say the dam can continue to operate on its own for months, maybe years, keeping the Vegas Strip alight. Only the eventual accumulation of quagga mussels, an invasive species, in the cooling pipes of the power plant--currently being cleaned by humans--will shut down the dam.Elsewhere, critters and plants will have their run of Manhattan and every other previously "civilized" spot. Inventive photography shows bears clambering out of subway stations, and vines pulling down brownstones, then skyscrapers. It may not be a surprise when the Eiffel Tower and Space Needle meet their eventual fates, but the scenes nonetheless provide a pleasant sting of shock. Life After People is humbling, yet exhilarating. -- A.T. Hurley
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- Great Blu-ray disc, fascinating subject
This review is regarding the Blu-ray version of this video. Nice, crisp video rendering (not great, but definitely worth the extra $$$ for the Blu-ray version). Audio is average, nothing spectacular, but then it's a documentary. Disc plays fine in my Samsung BDP-1500. Special features are interesting. Will probably buy more History Channel features on Blu-Ray as they become available.
As far as the feature and subject matter - absolutely, utterly amazing.
Personal anecdote. ... Read More
Rating: - Fascinating treatment
This was riveting, extremely well-done time-lapses. excellent video quality, and very reasonably-priced. Very informative and fact-filled. Definitely worth buying and watching.
Rating: 
- A brief comment
Although I enjoyed the visual presentation and the special effects, compared to the book, this is more eye-candy than anything really substantial about how our civilization might end. I would have preferred a bit more detail and in-depth analysis to the presentation, but what the heck, it's intended for the general public and you can't get too scientific, otherwise the viewing public will switch from your channel to something else that requires less of an attention span, and no one will see the sponsor's ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful and disturbing.
I remember seeing the commercial for this on tv but never actually saw the program.
So I decided to plunk down the money for the DVD.
All I can say is I'm impressed.
As soon as it was over I watched it again right after.
It's a somewhat disturbing take on what would happen if people just vanished.
I was very surprised that every trace of humanity would be more or less gone in about a thousand years.
I was even more surprised at what would happen within a few weeks.
Read More
Rating: - Incomplete DVD but Fascinating look into a possible future Earth!
WARNING: I have watched the first two 1 hour episodes of Life After People which begun airing on the History Channel April 2009.The season is slated for a total of 10 hour long (including commercials) episodes, but this DVD is only 90 minutes.So I'm guessing you only get 2 episodes, which is a shame, as I would gladly buy the entire season based on my experience so far.However, knowing that, on to the review:
The premise is that some disease wipes humans completely off the planet, and the ... Read More
- Great Blu-ray disc, fascinating subjectThis review is regarding the Blu-ray version of this video. Nice, crisp video rendering (not great, but definitely worth the extra $$$ for the Blu-ray version). Audio is average, nothing spectacular, but then it's a documentary. Disc plays fine in my Samsung BDP-1500. Special features are interesting. Will probably buy more History Channel features on Blu-Ray as they become available.
As far as the feature and subject matter - absolutely, utterly amazing.
Personal anecdote. ... Read More
- Fascinating treatmentThis was riveting, extremely well-done time-lapses. excellent video quality, and very reasonably-priced. Very informative and fact-filled. Definitely worth buying and watching.
- A brief commentAlthough I enjoyed the visual presentation and the special effects, compared to the book, this is more eye-candy than anything really substantial about how our civilization might end. I would have preferred a bit more detail and in-depth analysis to the presentation, but what the heck, it's intended for the general public and you can't get too scientific, otherwise the viewing public will switch from your channel to something else that requires less of an attention span, and no one will see the sponsor's ... Read More
- Beautiful and disturbing.I remember seeing the commercial for this on tv but never actually saw the program.
So I decided to plunk down the money for the DVD.
All I can say is I'm impressed.
As soon as it was over I watched it again right after.
It's a somewhat disturbing take on what would happen if people just vanished.
I was very surprised that every trace of humanity would be more or less gone in about a thousand years.
I was even more surprised at what would happen within a few weeks.
Read More
- Incomplete DVD but Fascinating look into a possible future Earth!WARNING: I have watched the first two 1 hour episodes of Life After People which begun airing on the History Channel April 2009.The season is slated for a total of 10 hour long (including commercials) episodes, but this DVD is only 90 minutes.So I'm guessing you only get 2 episodes, which is a shame, as I would gladly buy the entire season based on my experience so far.However, knowing that, on to the review:
The premise is that some disease wipes humans completely off the planet, and the ... Read More
