Lord Frieza
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Bill Nye Saves the World Trailer
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What? Evidence of Noah's Ark?
N° 2048
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Yep. Pretty much falling asleep. They are doing like basic experiments :/
I'd rather just see them talk. No audience too.
Lord of Castamere
Member
How are all the animals still alive if Noah didn't save them? Checkmate.
Yeah I don't care for the live audience format but the show itself was passable. Good information presented in a way that felt kinda hokey to me.
Yeah, there's nothing too deep. I feel they targeted adults due to nostalgia. This being on Netflix will make it easy for teachers to show it to their students so I'm not really disappointed that the show isn't very in depth. Still interesting to watch and see the points being made though.
LordOfChaos
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Feels like this is targetted a bit younger than I was expecting I guess, thought it was going after the crowd that grew up on him, but it seems aimed a bit younger (how do, fellow emoji kids?). Some of the humour is also forced and the storytelling pacing was a bit off. Enjoyable enough though, hopefully it gets better as it goes.
I thought one of his co-hosts was stupid attractive, go figure, Karlie Kloss is a model everyone but me knew I guess
I thought one of his co-hosts was stupid attractive, go figure, Karlie Kloss is a model everyone but me knew I guess
BossDarkseid
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As a Brit I've been confused about Bill Nye references on GAF before, but the video made everything clear.
I thought it was Bill Nighy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy
I would watch the shit out of Bill Nighy Saves The World...
The advertising definitely did ("I'm back!" Videos) but the show itself seems to be for pretty much all ages.
it's weird because the humor seems like its aimed at kids, but then out of nowhere he references black tar heroin or says some other adult stuff.
I've got mixed feelings about this show, cause there are a lot of adults in america that need to hear this stuff, but i'm feeling the "preaching to the choir" feeling as well, and i feel like anyone who doesn't believe in climate change is just going to ignore him or not watch it.
I do really like what he's trying to do, though.
Feels like this is targetted a bit younger than I was expecting I guess, thought it was going after the crowd that grew up on him, but it seems aimed a bit younger (how do, fellow emoji kids?). Some of the humour is also forced and the storytelling pacing was a bit off. Enjoyable enough though, hopefully it gets better as it goes.
I thought one of his co-hosts was stupid attractive, go figure, Karlie Kloss is a model everyone but me knew I guess
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old manatee
Banned
My 4 year old nephew is obsessed with the old show, so I put on the new one when I was babysitting him today. Bill Needs a Minute was cracking me up. You know we're in a bad spot when Bill Nye sounds like Peter Finch in Network.
Aarglefarg
Member
Wait for Rachel Bloom's episode 9 song on sexuality. I love it, but it's not for all ages.
Featuring lyrics like:
"This world of ours is full of choice
But must I choose between only John or Joyce?
Are my options only hard or moist?
My vagina has its own voice."
"Cause my sex junk is so oh, oh, oh
Much more than Either-or, or, or
Power bottom or a top off
Versatile love may have some butt stuff"
"Give someone new a handy"
"Who enjoys a Fleshlight in the cold moonlight"
Cow Mengde
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I'm sorry, that's not Beakman.
Buba Big Guns
Banned
Watched the first episode...it was ok. Liked his explanation of global warming but I dont necessarily agree about his stance on nuclear. He didn't even let the panelist speak.
Kinda seemed a bit amateurish as well but that's to be expected from the first episode.
Kinda seemed a bit amateurish as well but that's to be expected from the first episode.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Finally. A track to rival Jazz Fever
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
She was trying to play it off as "not NOAH'S ARK, but an ark. And we do know there were FLOODS".
Emerson
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That shit was honestly painful to watch. It's got absolutely nothing to do with the message, but man it was really rough.
infinit777
Member
Then it's at the same mental level as the people denying climate change
jk
I have been watching the show and i enjoy it. The audience is cheesy and i could do without that but i still like the show. Also, Bill Nye was the last person i expected to have a rap song as his shows theme.
TwntyOneTwlv
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I must be in the minority, because I just watched the first episode and thought it was straight fire. I mean gotdamn, does Bill go off here. Straight to the point, no bullshit. I loved it.
Then I went to the shows IMDB page and saw the reviews and got very very sad for the world. We're fucked, people.
Then I went to the shows IMDB page and saw the reviews and got very very sad for the world. We're fucked, people.
It gets worse.
I watch the whole season over the weekend in the background. It's just very basic and corny as hell. Also the audience makes things really awkward sometimes. Karlie Kloss was actually the best part, which is strange for a science show. She always seemed really into whatever report she was giving. Speaking of, the reports were very short. You send someone across the world for a 2-3 minute video? Just burning that netflix cash. I think the show would be better as an hour.
And now I can't even give it 2 or 3 stars. Damn netflix.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
This show is hot garbage... it's not really something my kids will like or watch.. and it's all shit we already know.
The people it seems to be aimed at teaching aren't going to watch.
Then again, call it blasphemy.. but Mr. Wizard was so much better... then again that's nostalgia as I grew up in the 70's-80's.. but the time Nye became a thing I was in High School.
The people it seems to be aimed at teaching aren't going to watch.
Then again, call it blasphemy.. but Mr. Wizard was so much better... then again that's nostalgia as I grew up in the 70's-80's.. but the time Nye became a thing I was in High School.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This reminds me of that Mythbusters B-team show, where you don't really learn anything.
The panels seem pointless, the skits are pretty bad, and they only do anything scientific for less than a minute. That leaves the remotes, which are okay, but they're a tiny part of the show.
The panels seem pointless, the skits are pretty bad, and they only do anything scientific for less than a minute. That leaves the remotes, which are okay, but they're a tiny part of the show.
There isn't even that much to teach, I watched a few minutes of episode 2 and I'm wondering why are they covering such low hanging fruit as using sounds from a guys mouth to cure illnesses. I can't imagine the folks that believe in that shit to even know of this shows existence. The show is capable of interesting stuff like how Venice is trying to solve its rising tides problem and the panel on energy (if Bill would let them answer questions for long enough).
I just heard about this earlier. I only watched the first three episodes. I'm really surprised that was on the show considering the tone of the first three episodes. Would love to know what they were thinking with that.
Seems that the show mixes target audiences for different episodes. Doesn't seem ideal/smart at all.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Time to bring back Beakman!
Buba Big Guns
Banned
That panelist 'discussion' was a joke. Anything that went against Bill's opinion he was straight up "NOPE LALALA UR WRONG LOL" condicendingly
For being so pro-science, his views seem ideologically motivated and not pragmatic.
Time to bring back Beakman!
Day 0 for that!!!!!
PurpleMoustache
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Tried watching it, turned off the first episode halfway through.
It has the same problem a other fairly recent Bill Nye show-thing had: it lacks good pacing.
What made the original show so good is it was quick, frantic pacing. Bill was hyped up and ready to go, and the editing, while cheesy and obnoxious looking back, helped move things along at a brisk pace. You never spent too much time on one topic, hoping from piece to piece, which built on top of each other for that episodes lesson.
What they're trying to go for here is a much more mature take on that show, which is commendable, but they've slowed it the fuck down. The opening thermometer bit took 2x too long than it should have, because they didn't want to edit it, because they have this live audience gimmick. The correspondents provide interesting takes on the topic around the world, but again, too slow. The kids segments in the original show provided a similar role, doing experiments and showing real world examples, but the new show is trying to be more documentary like rather than fun and educational.
It has the same problem a other fairly recent Bill Nye show-thing had: it lacks good pacing.
What made the original show so good is it was quick, frantic pacing. Bill was hyped up and ready to go, and the editing, while cheesy and obnoxious looking back, helped move things along at a brisk pace. You never spent too much time on one topic, hoping from piece to piece, which built on top of each other for that episodes lesson.
What they're trying to go for here is a much more mature take on that show, which is commendable, but they've slowed it the fuck down. The opening thermometer bit took 2x too long than it should have, because they didn't want to edit it, because they have this live audience gimmick. The correspondents provide interesting takes on the topic around the world, but again, too slow. The kids segments in the original show provided a similar role, doing experiments and showing real world examples, but the new show is trying to be more documentary like rather than fun and educational.
Killer Queen
Banned
Only on the first episode but I'm really enjoying it. I think it's great but fuck the live audience.
my name is ed
Banned
watched a few episodes, feels like it has a lot of potential but the editing is really fucking it up
i loved bill nye when i was a kid but i really hate this wil wheaton felicia day geeky nerd culture pandering bullshit that netflix has been pulling lately. also i thought the show format was really weird and didn't work in my opinion. i felt like i was being talked down on. seems like a show for the same brain-dead morons that love the "I Fucking Love Science" facebook page
Killer Queen
Banned
I think it's generally to teach middle aged uneducated people to stop believing dumb shit.
Many people do believe the shit that the show talks about, there's a reason shows like Dr.Oz are popular.
I mean yeah a lot of us know this shit already, but there are many that don't and just believe whatever is put Infront of them. It's nice to have someone talk against that shit even if I already know and understand what they're talking about.
Many people do believe the shit that the show talks about, there's a reason shows like Dr.Oz are popular.
I mean yeah a lot of us know this shit already, but there are many that don't and just believe whatever is put Infront of them. It's nice to have someone talk against that shit even if I already know and understand what they're talking about.
I disagree. The town I live in is very liberal and doesn't deny climate change, but has the second highest vaccine exemption rate in the country and is full of people who are scared of GMOs. I think people in general who grew up with Bill Nye will be interested regardless of their political background or scientific knowledge.
QuantumSquid
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For real.
My Sex Junk - Rachel Bloom - Bill Nye Saves The World
One of the greatest atrocities in the history of mankind.
There are no words for what I have just seen.
One of the greatest atrocities in the history of mankind.
There are no words for what I have just seen.
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