Modern Marvels
| Reviewers Male / Female |
Recommend Yes / No |
Number of Reviews | Characters, Acting, Personalities | Story, Plot, Writing | Production Quality, Sets, Cinematography | Overall Rating | Total Average Rating |
| 1 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 9.50 |
| Date Submitted: | March 1, 2007 |
| TV Show: | Modern Marvels |
| Genre & Network: | Documentary :: History |
| Characters, Acting, Personalities: | 10 out of 10 |
| Story, Plot, Writing: | 9 out of 10 |
| Production Quality, Sets, Cinematography: | 9 out of 10 |
| Overall Rating: | 10 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | An entertaining way to learn something new I find that Modern Marvels on the The History Channel is one of the most interesting and intriguing shows on television. I learn new things about how things are made or how complex processes work every time I watch. Whenever I'm flipping through the channels and see Modern Marvels is on then I usually stay there. Seems like I'm always running into a new episode as well. They explore everything from heavy equipment to food production and always present it in a way that answers all the questions you might have and even all things you never thought of before. Last night I saw the freight trains episode. It was so interesting seeing how rail technology has progressed over two centuries from being very labor intensive to being so highly automated today with massive network control centers that can see everything happening on a continent wide rail network. I was amazed and impressed at the developments of modern rail and even at how fast 19th century rail improved year over year. It reminded me a bit of Moore's Law with computing power, except this was heavy machinery. I could go on, but that's enough about that particular episode. Anyway, every Modern Marvels episode has pretty much the same format, which I think is nice and easy to follow. They start off with the origins of whichever particular technology the show is about. Then they go through how it changed and improved over the years. Finally they usually end up showing how things are done today. Straight forward, but oh so fascinating. Comments [ 0 ] |
| Submitted by: | Marc 35 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: South Florida |