How the Earth Was Made
 | History ChannelDirected by Peter Chin Starring: How the Earth Was Made A&E HOME VIDEO, 2007, DVD Customer Rating: 11 reviews Recommend |
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From a once seething, hellish mass of molten rock to the world that inhabits life today, take a rollercoaster ride through the entire history of Planet Earth. Its 4.5 billion year epic, a story of unimaginable timescales, earth-shattering forces, incredible life forms, radical climates and mass extinctions. Discover how the continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the world's animals live where they do.
DVD Features: Additional Scenes; Bonus Documentary Inside the Volcano
There's a lot of information in How the Earth Was Made, but perhaps the most interesting relates to time. Quite often, the numbers are so staggering that scientists refer to it as "deep time," an appropriate term when one grapples with the notion that our planet is 4.5 billion years old, or that the oceans were formed by rainfall that lasted literally millions of years, or that 700 million years ago, Earth was completely covered by ice that was a mile thick, with surface temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. On the other end of the scale are numbers that seem surprisingly small: for instance, it wasn't until 220 years ago that the accepted church doctrine regarding the planet's age (no more than 6000 years, according to the Bible) was seriously challenged and that the key to its past was found in rocks, not scripture, while the discovery that dinosaurs once ruled the Earth came considerably later than that. Using a combination of computer graphics and animation, various drawings and diagrams, photos, location footage, and expert commentary, this fascinating, 94-minute History Channel production takes us from the very beginning, when the planet was formed by meteors colliding in space, through numerous major events (including the appearance of water, granite, and oxygen) and mind-boggling catastrophes (such as mass extinctions caused by volcanic eruptions or the enormous meteor that wiped out 75% of all living things, including the dinosaurs, some 65 million years ago), right up to the present; there's even a glimpse into the future, when Earth will likely end up as barren and lifeless as Mars (no need to hit the panic button yet, though — a few billion more years will pass before that happens). Bonus features include additional scenes and a documentary entitled "Inside the Volcano." — Sam Graham
Title: How the Earth Was Made (History Channel)
Sales Rank: 3510 in DVD
Actor: How the Earth Was Made
Director: Peter Chin
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO, 2008-04-15, Theatrical Release: 2007
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 94 minutes
Item Dimensions: 1 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
- Don't Waste your Money on this DVD
- I personally thought that this DVD was a big waste of money. I bought it under the impression from others here and from the product label that it presented a honest view of the Christian viewpoint of how the Earth was made. Instead, it set up the biblical view at the beginning, and then made you feel like an uninformed if you believed in creation.… More reviews
- great, very informative!!
- Loved the doc. Well paced. Naration great. I loved the fact that I actually learned something. I highly recommend this for all. I think children would also find it interesting.… More reviews
- An interesting subject, our planet...
- Loved this one, as it went into more detail about the planet itself.I'm glad these are coming out as it has been hard to find anything on Geology, or about Earth in general that doesn't confine itself solely to the animal kingdom in one form or another.… More reviews
- Great content, horrible packaging
- For some reason the creators of this documentary thought it would be a good idea to package the DVD in 100% post-consumer recycled material. As a result, it looks and feels of extremely poor quality, and the packaging will not withstand the slightest bit of wear and tear.
If they wanted to improve my opinion of post-consumer goods they colossally failed.
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- Awesome explanation of the earth's manufacture
- Interesting and scientific explanation of the Earth's beginnings and including the next philosophized stage of existence. Great visuals and narration. Saw it on the History Channel and had to have it for my own DVD library. More reviews
