Bad Universe S01E01 Asteroid Apocalypse HDTV XviD-MOMENTUM

imdb says that it is a documentary and created in the us, that's about it. i will write a review
after i have seen it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571437/

ok
i would describe it as a fun easy science lesson
he goes over scenarios of asteroids and meteoroids hitting the earth, what they are made of and what
we could do to stop it.
there are many experiments used to help him explain what is happening.

from tvrage.com:

a show debunking junk science, from the creator of badastronomy.com phil plait. the universe is a
dangerous place. threats can come from any direction. but pop culture has played fast and loose with
the facts, and quite often the things we know are all wrong, and when you're dealing with the
universe, ignorance can be deadly. that's where phil plait comes in. he's an 'alpha nerd' with a phd
in astronomy, on a mission to debunk all the junk science out there and reveal the truth. in each
episode, he'll show you the real science behind the mysteries of this planet, our solar system and
the bad universe we all live in. it might just save your life.

episode 1:
65 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than mount everest slammed into the earth wiping out the
dinosaurs. are we in for the same fate? phil plait investigates the possibility and tests some
explosive measures that may just save our planet.


might give it a go 🙂

not bad. a bit like mythbusters.

wrong, there's more science in this show than in most of anything else on cable television. yes its
science for the masses but there is nothing wrong with that.

the host has a very good blog loaded with information
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/

haven't watched it yet, but i will. phil plait actually cares about real science.

do we know how many parts/eps this will run?

i've had a look, without luck.

a litttlleee bit too adam-mythbustery, but overall i enjoyed it.

didn't really say much in this ep that wasn't already well known (as far as i'm aware) but it's
always fun to watch people having fun with explosives !! 8]

i thought i heard some where that the dinosaurs were not wiped out from the meteor.
there was proof of them for thousands of years after.
it was something like the mosquito that wiped them out.

the two are acquainted, i believe doctor plait was one of the consultants on the mythbusters moon
landing episode.

anyone else having trouble playing this?

no, have you tried using vlc (its about a 18mb download)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
(it has almost every video codec bundled into it. in short it will play almost everything and its free)

(thanks scifi3001 i have just updated post to quote properly)

to make a quote look like this

hit the link marked 'quote'

yawn, i could take the series more seriously if the first episode wasn't about a silly overexposed
topic like rocks hitting the earth

why was this show removed from the list of shows?

from phil plait's blog:

are we under the threat of alien attack? is hollywood right? could monsters from another world already
be on their way here to steal our water and enslave or eat us?*

find out in the thrilling second episode of "phil plait