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Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed
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Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Well done, facts are spot on, but no subtitles 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
This is an excellent DVD with amazing images and quality.
Living and working in education in Brazil, found this to be very interesting and spot on with the facts and figures. It really does tell the story of Brazil though her people. Most importantly it does capture the real heart and nature of the Brazilian!
Worth watching if you are interested in Brazil and/or Latin America.
One downside - no subtitles in any language. The dvd itself is all in English, but sometimes with language learners it is handy to have English subtitles at the same time.
Editorial Review:
Discover the world, one person at a time...Discovery Atlas! Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. Witness the roles that history, geography, culture, religion and the natural environment have played in shaping one of the most fascinating countries in the world. From a government worker who dreams of performing the samba at Carnaval, to a young man whose life is capoeira, to a river trader whose livelihood depends on the Amazon, and a maid determined to win the biggest amateur soccer tournament in the world, meet some of the individuals who personify the energy and intensity of this tropical South American paradise. Using the latest HD camera technology coupled with movie-caliber cinematography and effects, hear the stories of several Brazilians whose lives sum up the essence of Brazil and epitomize its people's natural habit of "seizing the moment."
Austin Stevens, Snakemaster - In Search of the Giant Lizard, Monster Rattler and More!
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Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Dramatic, But It's Pretty Damn Cool!! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 7 people found this review helpful.
I could sit back and drink beer all day to this DVD! Yeah Boy!! I highly recommend this DVD along with a few brew haaas to compliment it. The cold ones will help tone down all the needless dramatic screenplay he does. I was a little disappointed he couldn't ID the shed he found, which was from an Eastern DB (you can tell if you put it in slow motion), in the Eastern Diamondback episode. Who ever said you can't learn and drink at the same time?!
Editorial Review:
Come face to face with danger as Austin Stevens the world's greatest wildlife photographer brings you up close and personal with the deadliest creatures on earth. In these three extraordinary adventures join Austin as he risks his life in search of the planet's most lethal reptiles: the Borneo jungle's ultimate predator a 30' reticulated python; the Australian outback's largest lizard the 7' Perentie; and the most dangerous rattlesnake known to man the Florida Panhandle's 8' eastern diamondback.System Requirements:Running Time: 125 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 043396115378 Manufacturer No: 11537
Discovery Atlas: France Revealed
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Journey to France -- a country where life itself is an art form, and food, history and tradition are taken seriously. Discovery Atlas: France Revealed explores the history, culture and geography of this spectacular region, with its unique citizens serving as guides. Meet an explosives expert, a radical chef, a man who scales skyscrapers without ropes and a bullfighter, as they share their country, their lives and what it means to be French. It starts with plans to blow up the Eiffel Tower -- with fireworks -- for Bastille Day and journeys up the Alps to avalanche territory, across to still dangerous battlefields, into territorial farmlands and through gorgeous architectural treasures.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
American Chopper The Series - The Third Season
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Total reviews: 9
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Abusive Father and Submissive Son Make Bikes 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 52 people found this review helpful.
This series really sucks. Now, I don't how much of that Paul SR dude is for real or how much of his acting is hyped up for "Good TV". But let me tell you something, if that dude is as insane as he appears on T.V. and I was his son, I'd leave and start my own company.
That series just grates on my nerves, to listen to that jerk scream and yell and put people down all the time and say the F-word like every other word. It's no wonder his wife divorced him.
Paul Jr. does makes some good bikes and he is really talented, and it's really cool to see the end result.
But you have to deal with hours and hours of that insane man's mental baggage before you can see the final product.
Many times Paul SR. has impaired judgment on many of the things he says and asks of his coworkers. I think cleaning up your work area, while you are working is just insane. It's a shop for gods sakes.
Perhaps he was just abused as a kid and now he's taking it out on his son. Or perhaps "hollywood" has written some pretty convincing scripts for him, and he is just an actor.
Spare yourself being bored and the agony of listing to an unbalanced, red neck freak yell and scream.
Just go to their website and see the final products or if you do get the dvd, just fast forward to the end.
better yet, Don't buy into this junk. It's worthless television.
Paul Jr. should get the hell out and start his own company. He wouldn't be able to run it, he's more of a craftsman, but I think he would evolve and grow much better. A human being can't grow and evlove under the thumb of an abusive jerk like that. Father or no father.
The're probably millionares many times over from "good acting" or "behaving normally" whatever the case is. So why would they want to mess up a good thing?
If you spend your hard earned money on this DVD, it's only going to end up in your next garage sale in a few years when their stupid show is no longer popular. You're not buying a classic movie here.
The bikes ARE cool no doubt about it, but you'll look back 10 years from now and say, "I can't believe I acutally sat through and watched that c*ap!"
This is just junk, hollywood hyped television at it's best. Avoid it.
American Chopper Season 5 - DVD Set (Part 2)
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Editorial Review:
American Chopper, Discovery Channel's mega-hit featuring Paul Teutul, Sr. and his sons, rides again. Join the boys at their Orange County Choppers garage where they're up against deadlines, and each other, to create the world's most outrageous custom motorcycles. The arguments fly right along with the sparks in this celebration of man over machine, and one family's struggle to run the business of their dreams.Season 5 (Part 2): At the OCC shop, fabrication continues on the Rick Bike, as the guys pitch in to finish this old school bike for Rick to keep. Then, watch as the OCC crew travels across the nation to surprise four lucky FANtasy bike winners. It's the dream of a lifetime for these OCC and bike enthusiasts. Finally, after his trip to Europe and witnessing an array of vintage motorcycles, Paul Sr. feels inspired and decides to start his own collection of vintage bikes.
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Future Weapons Season 1 (3 DVD Set)
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FutureWeapons is an exciting new series that takes the viewer into the macabre and secret world of weapons development. Ex- Navy SEAL Richard Machowicz "Mack" takes us on a wild ride in his search to find the ultimate weapon. It's a journey that will take us around the globe as Mack tracks down the most lethal and the most sinister weapons yet devised. The series will explore the science and technology that goes into making the latest weapons - and we'll meet bizarre characters who spend their lives inventing new ways to obliterate the enemy. Mack gets 'hands on' with the weapons and tries them out for himself: firing anything from smart missiles to futuristic lasers. "FutureWeapons" has already lined up a series of world scoops - revealing test firings that have never before been tried or seen. The series is formatted into six compelling themes: "Stealth", "Smart Weapons", "No Place to Hide", "Maximum Impact", "Future Shock", and "The Power of Fear". Each program will leave the viewer gripped, fascinated and perhaps even shocked!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Dinosaurs: Return To Life?
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Dinosaurs: Return to Life follows scientists who are using the latest technology and amazing advances in genetic research to explore the DNA of dinosaur's descendants - the birds - and to uncover ancient traits that once belonged to these giants of the Jurassic. They're reviving the possibility of creating a living breathing dinosaur, but in a different way than we ever imagined.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Super Comet
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Too much cheese, not enough bread... 3 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Super Comet - After the Impact is a Discovery Channel special that basically takes the comet that wiped out the dinosaurs and puts into modern times. They used the same type of cometary body assumed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, the same size, same impact location, and utilized all the computer modeling they have done on this past event to try to show what might happen (and to show what they think happened then). Not terribly creative and suggests that they really don't know all the effects of such an impact and are just putting things together from what little they have been able to figure out about that one impact, some (or much) of which may be just speculation, though I'm sure that there is some good science going on there.
The cheesiest part of this "docu-drama" was, of course, the depicted foibles of the humans experiencing the event. The show included some cheesy drama, following the struggles of several individuals or groups, before, during, and after the impact, to show how people would react to such a global cataclysm. Even though cheesy, maybe those depictions were useful. The one guy who simply couldn't grasp the nature of the event, kept traveling "home" (which happened to be the site of the impact) even when it was clear that there was no home left. His emotions and his ignorance basically drove him to his own death.
Other people continued to act as if the world was still the same place and suffered thereby, though they learned to cope. There's the typical dumb teenager whose inability to grasp the nature of what is happening (not to mention that her parents weren't very forthcoming with information), who goes running off after a dog. Her parents go after her, eventually find a car, and then the father and teen run off and leave the mother sitting in a running car like it was double parked at the bank! Like desperate people weren't going to steal it immediately with the sleeping mother inside?! Sheesh. Mainly, the characters all acted like they fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down! What was clearly evident was that it was lack of knowledge about such events that was the chief problem for all of them.
There were a number of experts trotted out for the "docu" part of the docu-drama. I think I would rather have seen a show that was just about the science with the experts and special effects than the silly way this thing was put together.
One interesting item: at one point, one of the experts made the remark "WHEN it happens," as though he - and the rest of them - knew for a fact that this was on the agenda for our near future. The very fact that so many scientists are working on these problems, including a large number of them studying the possible human reactions and behaviors and how to deal with masses of people, should warn us that there IS something they aren't telling the masses in the headlines of our daily newspapers, though certainly they are "testing" public reactions with shows such as Super Comet - After the Impact.
If you want to know what is really in the future, read Victor Clube's The Cosmic Winter and Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
I had to make myself continue watching this one since I wanted to get up and leave several times. I kept thinking "I could be reading a good book..." But I stuck with it just to see if they had anything new to say. They didn't. It was weak and unsatisfying... cheese with no bread.
Editorial Review:
Imagine a world cloaked in complete darkness. Food and water supplies disappear, tsunamis and fires rage, and scorching temperatures plummet to an Ice Age cold within months. Many scientists believe these cataclysmic environmental changes wiped out the dinosaurs after a gigantic asteroid struck the planet millions of years ago...and some say humans could be the next species to face extinction. SUPER COMET: AFTER THE IMPACT dares to bring the unthinkable to life in a fascinating look at how humans could adapt to a new world plagued by devastation on a global scale. You'll be riveted as you watch this unfolding of ultimate destruction that also celebrates the will of our species to survive despite incredible odds.
Discovery Atlas: Mexico Revealed
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Born in the wake of empire, conquest and revolution, Mexico today is home to the New World's largest Catholic Church, the largest indigenous Mayan community in the Americas, and most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. Discovery Atlas: Mexico Revealed explores this diverse region, combining state-of-the-art, high-definition cinematography with pivotal moments. Take a journey into the heart of the ancient, modern, restless and pristine in Discovery Atlas: Mexico Revealed. From the famous single cry 'Viva Mexico!' that sweeps the country every Independence Day, to the spectacle and pageantry summoned by reverence for the Virgin of Guadalupe, this fascinating voyage introduces you to storied traditions, rich heritage and unique citizens.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Monster Garage - Season One
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Great B-day Present 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I got this DVD for my husband's birthday. He watched the whole season in one weekend. I'm not usually into these kinds of shows, but I liked it too. Can't wait to get Season 2.
My nephews love this show! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I got this as a birthday gift for my two year old nephew. He and his three year old brother LOVE this show. Over the holidays, both would bug me constantly to watch this show, and I even caught the two of them playing "monster garage" on one of their own toy vehicles. I personally find the narration a bit overdramatic, and most of the time the races seem very staged...but my nephews do love it and that is what counts most. I will be getting the second season for my other nephew when he turns four.
Editorial Review:
A Chevy Impala ice re-surfacer. A Ford F-150 nutshaker. A NASCAR street sweeper. A Meteor Cadillac car-crusher. Jesse James and his posse of maverick designers and builders churn out a baker's dozen of the coolest baddest and meanest mean machines on the planet! Taking no more than seven days and $3000 worth of raw materials James and his band of outlaws transform an ordinary street vehicle into a monster-sized masterwork of motorized mayhem in each episode. See for yourself the custom-made madness in Season 1 of Discovery Channel's top-rated series MONSTER GARAGE.System Requirements:Starring: Jesse James Running Time: 650 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396105416 Manufacturer No: 10541
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