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Super Volcano on Discover Channel.
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<blockquote data-quote="Heinrich Hundekok" data-source="post: 23802" data-attributes="member: 354"><p><strong>Re: Super Volcano on Discover Channel.</strong></p><p></p><p>Phantomlord,</p><p> </p><p>True! But I think this has to do with the increased use of "edjutainment" on this particular channel (Discovery, that is). Scientific- and wildlife/outdoor tv-shows used to be far more objective say 5-10 years ago, but today a "scientific" show often contains action-scenes indistinguishable from those you'd see in high-budget catastrophy/sci-fi/action movies. </p><p>This change has become possible due to the fast development of computer-animation techniques, and it has quickly become economically desirable to use this technique in order to attract viewers.</p><p> </p><p>The problem is that this sort of visual candy distracts the viewer's attention away from the actual matter - that being the scientific content of the show.</p><p>Now, <strong>having still not seen the actual super-volcanoe show</strong>, it is my general opinion that especially the shows on the Discovery-channel tend to be still more focused on visual/special effect and still less on a substantial content of educational value. </p><p> </p><p>Of course the average vaguely scientifically-interested viewer would interpret this as the channel having gone through a successful development from beeing "sorta' boring" into beeing "pretty cewl!" </p><p> </p><p>But you know...</p><p> </p><p>H.H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heinrich Hundekok, post: 23802, member: 354"] [b]Re: Super Volcano on Discover Channel.[/b] Phantomlord, True! But I think this has to do with the increased use of "edjutainment" on this particular channel (Discovery, that is). Scientific- and wildlife/outdoor tv-shows used to be far more objective say 5-10 years ago, but today a "scientific" show often contains action-scenes indistinguishable from those you'd see in high-budget catastrophy/sci-fi/action movies. This change has become possible due to the fast development of computer-animation techniques, and it has quickly become economically desirable to use this technique in order to attract viewers. The problem is that this sort of visual candy distracts the viewer's attention away from the actual matter - that being the scientific content of the show. Now, [b]having still not seen the actual super-volcanoe show[/b], it is my general opinion that especially the shows on the Discovery-channel tend to be still more focused on visual/special effect and still less on a substantial content of educational value. Of course the average vaguely scientifically-interested viewer would interpret this as the channel having gone through a successful development from beeing "sorta' boring" into beeing "pretty cewl!" But you know... H.H. [/QUOTE]
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