Connections 1
by Mick Jackson
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Actor: James BurkeDirector: Mick Jackson
Brand: PBS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Published)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
DVD Reviews of Connections 1
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.
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