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Aug 23, 2009 04:32AM
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Does the science movie need to be a theatrical release (played in movie theaters)? I'm hoping we can use TV movies because there are some great 'movies'/programs put out by Public Television, and the Discovery Channel, etc. that I'd like to use for this task.
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I love Neil deGrasse Tyson!! You should check out his lecture series on Astrophysics from the Teaching Company (otherwise know as Great Courses). My husband and son are science nerds, but even I can get a lot out of his stuff.
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I also really enjoyed Death by Black Hole And Other Cosmic Quandaries! Neil deGrasse Tyson is a joy to watch, read or listen to.
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I suppose I could peek at the Discovery Channel for a movie evening!
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I think I have one episode of that, or something similar. Where would would I be able to find it/them?
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The task requires one fiction and one nonfiction item, so if your forensics book is fiction, you will need to watch a nonfiction science for the other part of the task. If the book is nonfiction, you will need to watch a science fiction show with it.
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Also, I second the question about An Inconvenient Truth, although I cannot see why it would not count as a science movie.
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Also, I second the question about An Inconvenient Truth, although I..."
Nicole, I would think if they were hour-long episodes, you could probably watch 2 since most movies are an average of 2 hours in length. As far as An Inconvenient Truth, I think it classifies as a science movie. Especially since we're allowed to use Plant Earth or Disney's Nature Earth and they're both about the Earth too :)
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Yeah, they're hour-long episodes. I was planning to watch 2.
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Yeah, they're hour-long episodes. I was planning t..."
Discovery Channel is running the entire Planet Earth series a little later today. Starts as 7 on the East Coast.
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Cool, I'll have to DVR them and save them for later when I do the task.
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Cool, I'll have to DVR them and save them for later when I do the task."
Actually, I think it's only part of the series tonight, but it does look like the whole thing will be on next Sunday.
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Some of my coworkers have seen it and said the same thing. I really hope that it will count. If not I will watch my Planet Earth.
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Have you ever seen the tv show The Big Bang THeory? On the show, 2 of the characters go see this and the perverted one says something like "And those skinless ladies were hottttt" That's all I can think of whenever I hear about this show now. But I did see it before and it was interesting.
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