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.

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

Excellent story of evolution before the human concept of God came into the picture.

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

I thought it spent too much time on the "pretend" journey back in time. I couldn't connect with it.