Comments about PBS NOVA: Australia's First 4 Billion Years DVD:

My whole family was amazed and enthralled by this story of a whole Continent! We knew next to nothing about Australia and being whizzed all about the landscape, and through 4 Billion years of time and history, was really riveting. We didn't think that films about fossils and rocks and geological time periods would hold our attention - but it did! Really enjoyed the delivery of all these new facts, places and images. Well done NOVA! We would have liked the series to go on for a few more episodes, it contained so much that was new and interesting for us all - particularly the younger people.

Comments about PBS NOVA: Australia's First 4 Billion Years DVD:

I watched this on DVR with my ten year old son. He watched with eyes wide open and I want myself and my son to go there and touch those giant foot prints. Others complained about it jumping from one scene to another - and it did - but in the beginning the Biologist explained he would be traveling through time at a very fast clip. No complaints here. Wish there was a book we could read to get the details....I have a MSc in Env. Eng. Sciences and I always enjoy when a scientist can relay some science while keeping it entertaining.

Comments about PBS NOVA: Australia's First 4 Billion Years DVD:

I tried really hard to like this show but it is terrible. I'm a geologist and teacher and always on the lookout for a useful earth science documentary. This video jumps from scene to scene, one can barely see what they are discussing, many shots (Permian extinction layer) are shown but not discussed, etc., etc. The editing is headache-inducing and the script is all flash and no substance. The script also is very "infomercial" -like in that it promises great things to come, but you never get there. Awful. A complete waste of money and time.

Comments about PBS NOVA: Australia's First 4 Billion Years DVD:

What a great story - and a great ride. Making geology - a bunch of rocks & fossils - watchable can't be all that easy, but this series pulls it off. Great writing, pictures and really imaginative presentation.

Comments about PBS NOVA: Australia's First 4 Billion Years DVD:

It is an astonishing program, full of first rate scientific information, and superb photography. Just wished for less dizzying and confusing image bites. I give it five stars for content, but the presentation includes too many useless image bites.