Connections 1
by Mick Jackson
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Actor: James BurkeDirector: Mick Jackson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Published)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-01
Studio: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
DVD Reviews of Connections 1
DVD Review: A Spectacular Series
Summary: 5 Stars
When my father got this series on DVD last Christmas, I was pretty skeptical that I would enjoy it when I sat down to watch it with him. The cover shows Burke, not a particularly interesting photo of him, and the DVD menus were only OK, no high production values there. Indeed, when you start into the series you notice the age of the film. Shot a couple of decades ago the film and the narration show their age. And despite all of this, and my own skepticism, I really enjoyed the series!
The series profiles an invention from historic times and then leads you on a series of "connections" or newer inventions that were brought about by the previous one. Burke does an excellent job making this series of successive inventions interesting and fun to follow. I found myself enjoying the science and history lesson found in each of the episodes. I know some will be turned off by what I mentioned above, and the first episode of the series does a bad job of drawing you in, but those who stick with it will be richly rewarded with a fascinating documentary. I am now looking forward to checking out the second and third series in the Connections line.
DVD Review: Long ago.
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this series long ago on TV. It is as good now as it was then.
Paul McCracken
DVD Review: PRICE CHANGES WEEKLY!! Take note, buy when it's low.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a terrific series...BUT...the reason I am writing this is to let Amazon customers know, the price of this item changes nearly every single day! Put it in your cart and wait. If you're seeing a price of $149.99, it should change to $134.99 within a couple of days. And then back up again, And then down again. It's like watching the stock market. Buy this when it's at $134.99. By the way the same goes on with Connections 2 and 3.DVD Review: Poor quality of the DVDs, bad attitude from AMBROSE VIDEO
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought all Connections (yep, this one too) series... Of course, had no time to watch all discs in a timely manner. One of the disks (so far) freezes and would not play. I contacted AMBROSE VIDEO PUBLISHING and they say that since the set was not bought from them directly, most likely is a illegal copy so they will not replace it.
The DVD is most likely original (I can tell a DVD-R from an original) but it will not play.
On one hand, AMBROSE VIDEO PUBLISHING wants to increase the sales by using Amazon but on the other hand will offer NO support from purchase made outside their site (if even this is true).
Other customers complain also about this kind of problem. Frankly, until this DVD, it never occurred to me to find an original, brand new DVD that would not play.
I suggest avoiding their stuff...
$150 per a 5 DVD set is not cheap so if I pay them money, the least I expect is that the DVD would play.
DVD Review: Could not "connect" with Connections
Summary: 3 Stars
After seeing this rated highly in NetFlix and here, I just had to see this series so I checked the first three discs out at the Library.
Yes the first episode held my attention, and reminded me of the blackout in 2003(wondering why almost 40 years later we STILL had a similar problem to the one in 1965). I took to the idea of "connections" through time via human ingenuity and inventions laid one upon the other overlapping, parallel, non-linear as a fascinating concept and one that is so obvious if you have ever stopped (as he asks us in the first episode) to look around you in wonder at the creations man hath wrought. Fascinating.
Unfortunately.. I found myself time after time falling asleep watching this series. I guess that's my reaction to history.. and although interesting to follow history via invention laid upon invention, I could not get through the rest of the first three disks. Constant reference to the atomic bomb hanging over our heads dates the series some (cold war still simmering), but mostly for me the leap past several hundred years to draw a connection between some of the inventions was too much of a tenuous thread...and found myself asking why we could not see the change that happened in between the inventions of 1500 and 1861 for instance. Not to mention the schizophrenic pace set (the man talks faster that ANYone I have ever met), and after a while I found myself dozing to the sound of his voice. Fascinating topic and approach to History, however I just could not "connect" with this series, and sent all three disks back to the Library having gotten only half way through. Interesting, but could not hold my attention. Giving this 3 stars in deference to the other high ratings, and realizing I was probably WAY too tired to be able to focus on what so many other people see as a great documentary series. Too bad, I was looking forward to seeing this concept played out, and it did not meet my expectations. Would love to see a really thorough remake for the 21st Century done on the Discovery Channel.
Description of Connections 1
This ten volume series was made in 1978 by turning science into a detective story, James Burke creates a series that will fascinate students and adults alike. This interdisciplinary approach has never before been applied to history or science and it succeeds tremendously. Winner of the Red Ribbon in the American Film Festival, the scope of the series covers 19 countries and 150 locations, requiring over 14 months of filming.As the Sherlock Holmes of science, Burke tracks through 12,000 years of history for the clues that lead us to eight great life changing inventions-the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television. Burke postulates that such changes occur in response to factors he calls triggers, some of them seemingly unrelated. These have their own triggering effects, causing change in totally unrelated fields as well. And so the connections begin...
Programs in the series:
The Trigger Effect
Death in the Morning
Distant Voices
Faith in Numbers
The Wheel of Fortune
Thunder in the Skies
The Long Chain
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Countdown
Yesterday, Tomorrow and You
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