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jeriendhalFor those of you who don't get the Science Channel, it's a documentary series on... well... how things are made. Most often looking at specific industrial processes like manufacturing appliances or packaged food processing, but occasionally looking at handcrafted items such musical instruments or even tattoos.
And it's a very odd show, at least in this day and age, because it's very drama and human interest content free. Most of the focus is on the machinery. When humans are seen it's normally closeups of their hands or looking at their backs while they manipulate equipment. There are no talking heads. The only sound is a very low key musical score and the narrator, Brooks T. Moore, who is one of those people who can make an automated weather announcement sound overexcited.
It's all very Zen. Or maybe it's the Dogme '95 of documentary shows. But the damned thing is fascinating, even if it's the sort of show if you watch several episodes in succession it'll put you to sleep faster than an overdose of Melatonin and the Weather Channel.
And it's a very odd show, at least in this day and age, because it's very drama and human interest content free. Most of the focus is on the machinery. When humans are seen it's normally closeups of their hands or looking at their backs while they manipulate equipment. There are no talking heads. The only sound is a very low key musical score and the narrator, Brooks T. Moore, who is one of those people who can make an automated weather announcement sound overexcited.
It's all very Zen. Or maybe it's the Dogme '95 of documentary shows. But the damned thing is fascinating, even if it's the sort of show if you watch several episodes in succession it'll put you to sleep faster than an overdose of Melatonin and the Weather Channel.
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Date: 2012-12-20 01:55 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-20 02:41 pm (UTC)Except for the episode with the artificial eyes. We kinda skip over that one whenever it comes up.
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Date: 2012-12-20 02:47 pm (UTC)"Today on 'How It's Made': Cocaine, Improvised Explosive Devices, and Zombies."
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Date: 2012-12-20 08:56 pm (UTC)We'll watch the show sometimes - several episodes in a row - but by the third one, Geordie's swearing at the Overly Excited And Yet Inaccurate Narration and complaining about how many steps they've skipped. His favorite for that was when they showed how an ambulance was made. They showed a few little bits get sort of press-formed, then suddenly a nearly complete ambulance showed up in the factory, all painted and everything and Ta Da, the little bits were screwed into place and OMG, ambulance.
It's great as 'background music', for a while, though.
Heh.
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