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Post by dit on Jun 20, 2011 23:39:04 GMT
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Post by pie on Jun 21, 2011 0:46:52 GMT
Was anyone able to record it?
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Post by Wyvern on Jun 21, 2011 0:50:22 GMT
So yes, it was a quirky broadcast, in a style that suited James, but somehow didn't quite work in that timeslot - it might have been more comfortably placed, say, after Horrible Histories at tea-time on Sundays (and that's not an insult, Horrible Histories is brilliant and again offers factual information in a quirky way). This pretty much sums up everything I thought about it (and about Horrible Histories, come to think of it, which I've been addicted to since it started a couple of years ago). But at least it made a refreshing change to see the human body presented in a fun way - it's not srs bsns after all, we've all got one - rather than the boring, over-produced thing that was on a few weeks ago with the excessive use of CGI that was so offputting I gave up part way through. It wasn't James at his best, but it was more coherent than the first episode of Man Lab. It might have taught me nothing (I had a fairly complete grasp on the facts of life when I found a book on the subject in the school library when I was 7, and when I was about 11 we had a whole biology topic on 'growth and development', a subject in which our science teacher solemnly told us there would be 'no practicals'), but it taught me nothing in an entertaining way  |
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Post by meimichan on Jun 21, 2011 6:14:55 GMT
The link's up on thebox.
I was kinda...bored...for most of it actually. I should not have to pause a half hour program to take a break and go cook dinner then come back to it because I needed a distraction.
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Post by eolise on Jun 21, 2011 6:58:23 GMT
lol, bored?? Hmm, promisses me a lot then, heheh. I didn't get to see it, I found out that only MY telly doesn't have BBC 2.......................................
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Post by eshalda on Jun 21, 2011 7:44:19 GMT
I didn't like this programme much, it seemed very 'unJamesy.' I'm used to seeing James being active and using beasutiful hand movements and expressions. The facts seemed to be given out quickly with tenuous links to the next set of facts to be presented. As for the leather armchair, 'Jakanory' sprung to mind ( for those of you that are old enough to remember this programme.)
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Post by crumbs on Jun 21, 2011 9:12:47 GMT
When this was first announced and I saw the trailer, I questioned the time slot in an earlier post (at least I might have done!). Agree that this should have been put much earlier.
Interesting that our opinions differ. I will watch the others - I love animation and this made fine use of it. James was not the star of the show - the information illustrated via animation was. I did learn little details - and it reminded me of stuff I'd forgotten too (rods and cones for example).
I enjoyed it more than Man Lab - I always found 'quirky' rather appealing. I appreciate I'll probably be the only one here that does prefer it though.
I'm just a big kid really!
One more thing that struck me (you ain't gonna like me for this) - I didn't think he looked as good. (Runs for cover)
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Post by eshalda on Jun 21, 2011 11:59:19 GMT
Perhaps that is what is at the crux of it for me, I dislike animation.
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Post by jacqui on Jun 21, 2011 12:00:23 GMT
Mmmm can't put my finger on it (unfortunately  ) but i didn't " enjoy" it.  The animation was very Monty Python'esque and I did enjoy the quirkyness of it. James presented eloquently and professionally as always. I will watch it again but only because James is presenting. ;D |
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Post by lindenchase on Jun 21, 2011 12:23:21 GMT
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Post by eolise on Jun 21, 2011 13:12:09 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Jun 21, 2011 13:41:16 GMT
I agree too Linden - it did ring bells of the sort of format and content that 'school programs' that were screened on the telly in the mornings back in the * ahem* sixties  |
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Post by eshalda on Jun 21, 2011 14:35:46 GMT
It's alright Jacqui, I remember the 60's well and the school programmes we watched sitting on a hard hall floor, where we had to crane our necks because of the elevation of the telly. I think I would have preferred James' comfy leather armchair.
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Post by jacqui on Jun 21, 2011 15:31:44 GMT
weren't they a nightmare?!?... usually followed by the statutory warm milk |
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Post by dit on Jun 21, 2011 17:20:41 GMT
I used to like the dinky little milk bottles.
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Post by eshalda on Jun 21, 2011 17:33:20 GMT
Yes one third of a pint, and as you say Jacqui, usually warm. Talking of third of a pints, we were at Theakston's Brewery last Saturday, and the sampling glasses they gave you were one third pint. But this is digression from the topic, sorry.
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Post by dit on Jun 21, 2011 17:43:12 GMT
Not entirely a digression, eshalda. You probably wouldn't need information about what causes a hangover if you were only allowed a third of a pint at the brewery (though I suppose it would depend on how many different beers you were allowed to sample!)
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jun 21, 2011 19:34:31 GMT
I am pleased it wasnt just me then!
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Post by devil-may-care on Jun 21, 2011 19:57:45 GMT
I loved the animation!! ;D The cat attacking the man in the dark had me laughing. ;D ;D It was fun to be reminded of things I had forgotten from a long ago biology class. But I agree it was aired too late in the evening. The topics were fine, but if James were given free reign with them, it would have been a totally different program. Would I watch it if it hadn't been presented by James?? Maybe. But I think the presenter is 3/4 of the show. I've watched programs about subjects I find totally boring or uninteresting simply because I liked the presenter. James seemed perfectly comfortable and professional. Although I would like to see him move about a bit more. I'm interested in seeing the other episodes. I might even get MOH to watch the weather ep. ;D ;D |
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Post by eolise on Jun 21, 2011 20:14:06 GMT
I agree that I found the episode less interesting, as James was constantly sitting in his chair and not moving like he usually does. For the rest: I knew pretty much all about everything he's told, though it was okay yea, as James presented it ;D
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Post by liverbird on Jun 21, 2011 22:17:44 GMT
 Only screen cap I was able to get that hasn't been done. Oh, I do love blue eyes especially with little crinkles around them. quote] I'm loving this pic - and do I detect that Mr May has now taken to wearing contacts? I took the pic up to 400% and it looks like a lens to me. |
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Post by pie on Jun 22, 2011 12:19:58 GMT
I just watched it, and I'm glad I did because it really cheered me up. Maybe all the indifferent comments and reviews helped (I hardly had massive expectations). The animation was very amusing, I actually learnt something and yes, I laughed out aloud with the cat in the dark too. ;D It felt like one of those clever comedies that you have to watch again and again because you know you've missed stuff. (I must admit I was surprised when my birthdate nearly appeared at one stage...)
Would I have watched it if James wasn't presenting it? Put simply, no.
And I agree with the general consensus regarding the timeslot - it does seem a bit odd.
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Post by dit on Jun 22, 2011 15:43:36 GMT
Now, I find this interesting.
A biophysicist from Oxford university has tweeted
That 'human body' stuff - were we used anywhere? Was it on TV last Mon? I couldn't see any of us. with a link to James' programme.
The response was
We filmed for the international version dude. James May is celeb presenter for UK market. We're in the international versions.
This would suggest that James may have been 'slotted in' at a fairly late stage. Also, if the programme is going onto the international market in a different format, perhaps it does have an educational purpose.
(On the other hand, I could be talking b*ll*cks!)
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Post by amie8 on Jun 22, 2011 22:55:32 GMT
The word "dude" in that sentence completely alters my mental picture of a biophysicist from Oxford University
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Post by dit on Jun 22, 2011 23:49:39 GMT
Hey, biophysicists can be cool guys, I guess! (These did seem to be quite young biophysicists, to be fair)
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Post by meimichan on Jun 23, 2011 0:03:42 GMT
Hey, biophysicists can be cool guys, I guess! (These did seem to be quite young biophysicists, to be fair) Biochemists are too! Okay. No. We're not cool. We try. But we're not.  Ok, so I'm just a chemist. And I at least know I'm not cool. Well, I'm cool compared to most chemists I've met. Not sure if that's the art interest, cause I think artists are by default at least semi-cool at times? As a general rule though we're not cool.  |
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Post by kjaera on Jun 23, 2011 14:17:32 GMT
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Post by amie8 on Jun 23, 2011 21:53:58 GMT
Hey, biophysicists can be cool guys, I guess! (These did seem to be quite young biophysicists, to be fair) I'm seeing Professor Denzil Dexter from The Fast Show |
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Post by adrianmay on Jun 27, 2011 18:00:25 GMT
Is everyone up for part 2 in....3 hours?
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Post by lindenchase on Jun 27, 2011 18:15:37 GMT
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) but i didn't "enjoy" it. 
I love a man who can handle a gun 
