National Geographic will broadcast this show Sunday, March 9. I don't have cable or satellite, so I won't see it, but I would be interested in reading any comments viewers might post afterwards.
I haven't viewed all the trailers at the NG website yet. National Geographic goes "doomer"?
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Aftermath - Population Zero
by PeakOiler » Sat 08 Mar 2008, 11:35:51
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Re: Aftermath-Population Zero
by Newfie » Sat 08 Mar 2008, 11:46:12
If this is the show I think it is it is pretty non-controversial. It does not deal with WHY there are no people but a fanciful scenario where all humans "disappear." Rapture for all?
So they wonder what will happen to pets locked into McMansions but not decaying corpus in the streets.
It has its interest because it does go into how dependent our cities are of continued electric supply to dewater the subways, etc.
It was OK, but not a must see.
So they wonder what will happen to pets locked into McMansions but not decaying corpus in the streets.
It has its interest because it does go into how dependent our cities are of continued electric supply to dewater the subways, etc.
It was OK, but not a must see.
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Re: Aftermath-Population Zero
by Ferretlover » Sat 08 Mar 2008, 12:03:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'I')t was OK, but not a must see.
Oh, I don't know about that; if it gets even one person to look into Why it could happen...
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Re: Aftermath - Population Zero
by Heineken » Sat 08 Mar 2008, 17:50:40
Is this based on "The World Without Us"? It's the book I'm currently reading. It describes what might happen on a hypothetical (or maybe not-so-hypothetical) Earth on which all people suddenly disappear.
Sort of a "Great Cleansing."
This world definitely has a future without us!
Sort of a "Great Cleansing."
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Re: Aftermath - Population Zero
by Tanada » Sat 08 Mar 2008, 18:25:39
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'I')s this based on "The World Without Us"? It's the book I'm currently reading. It describes what might happen on a hypothetical (or maybe not-so-hypothetical) Earth on which all people suddenly disappear.
Sort of a "Great Cleansing."
This world definitely has a future without us!
Sort of a "Great Cleansing."
This world definitely has a future without us!
The show on Discover Channel was based on that book, this is a different one on the National Geographic Channel. It might be based on the same book, or it might just be an imitation to make money because the Discovery channel show had good viewership for the advertizers.
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