Customer Reviews

Time Warp: Season One [Blu-ray]

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I am an 8th grade teacher and I show this in my science classes. My students love watching this show. They get to see things happen in slow motion and the show explains the science behind why things happen. Educational and fun for the class.

This is definitely a collector's edition especially for science enthusiasts. The combination of Science and State of the art Technology unveils astounding visual ecstasy. Never before visualized and detailed footage of high velocity impacts caught in action. An edition that could proudly fit in to the racks of your elite video collection.

Show this one to your kids. It's entertaining and kind of silly, but teaches solid science, as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ok, despite my cynical title, the show is fun to watch. The premise is simple: Shoot in high definition with high speed cameras things that explode. Once they get through to doing it, watching the slow motion versions are beautiful to watch. I am reminded at times of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where some of this stuff could be set to music rather than the annoying narrator. Well, I say annoying. But I think the aim is not for adults, but rather for middle and high school level. It really would be great stuff in a class room setting.

Some of my problems with the show is that there is not a huge educational point in the show outside of the constant reinforcement of "don't try this at home". But thats either irrelevant or common sense and seems more as a disclaimer. Whats missing behind the show is a basic philosophy or principle it wants to impart. There is no real investigation, so what is learned is truly minimal to just observation, which has its own merits. The other thing that I find annoying is when they keep reversing the film. An effect I have yet to understand what it is achieving.

That said, this definitely something that makes high definition great fun to watch. I would certainly recommend it on blu-ray if you have that set up, as the high definition really lends itself for the slow-motion stuff. If there was a collection of just the slow motion stuff compiled to music, it would be like natures ballet. But because that does not exist, the show itself will suffice.

I thought this would be a great Blu ray show off title, but there is was too little slow mo of interesting things and way too much chat yak blab and slow mo of really stupid things. Cheerleading in slow mo?? ReallY??

The most annoying thing in the whole series is the narrator keeps saying "DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME"!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, if you could get it on Blu-Ray, it's better for watching all these details in Slow-Mo!