Search - Rough Science: Gold Rush/Space Race on DVD

Original version available in the UK

eruciform | 12/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the reworked version made for the US. If you want to find the original ones, check out The Open University website in the UK."

Makes you wish you were a scientist

a | massachusetts | 07/29/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"this is a ramble:
I loved this series. These 2 seasons are not as good as the first(season's episodes) but those cost a fortune and I have only found them sold in 1 place.
If I had seen this series as a kid I would definitely have majored in engineering.
Remember Gilligan's Island where the professor could make anything (but a boat)? Well, these guys(men & women) can really do that.
why not 5 stars?:
1- there are lots of cheats where they have or find really needed stuff as opposed to really starting with only common items.
2- They do some really cool stuff - but if it takes more than 1 sentence to explain they don't tell or teach you how. The show will motivate you to want to study engineering (or chemistry, biology, geology) but it will not teach you much. I really wish they had shown how jonathan hare makes his stuff (that would be my dream series).

Even with the lack of details the whole cast is incredibly likeable and the show is fun to watch.

I highly recommend checking it out -especially if you are under 20."