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Travel through time, look at the most dramatic eruptions in history and on different continents. Experience a journey deep inside volcanoes. An instructional documentary about how different... See full summary
Travel through time, look at the most dramatic eruptions in history and on different continents. Experience a journey deep inside volcanoes. An instructional documentary about how different types of volcanoes are created and where they are or were located, what they have done and what they might do when and if they erupt. The details of the type of volcano one is and the devastation it caused when it did erupt.

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    • Author: Rexfire
    While informative, this documentary is more a reenactment of historical volcano eruptions with a prolific use of computer graphics, condescending narrative, and over-simplification of easy-to-grasp concepts with an almost alarmist flavor.

    For whatever reason, I have always enjoyed a great fascination with the world's volcanoes. I have studied Strombolli, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Herculanium, Hawaii, Yellowstone, and Mt. St. Helens prolifically over the years, reading and viewing all that I could.

    This documentary somehow managed to make a life-time interest seem boring! I found myself wishing to change the channel half way through the broadcast. I managed to control that urge; however, hoping it would improve as the show wore on, but unfortunately, I must report that it did not. While it was informative, this was about as dry as chewing a piece of cardboard.

    How disappointing.

    It rates a 4.6/10 from...

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  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Rosaly Lopes Rosaly Lopes - Herself - Volcanologist, NASA (as Dr. Rosaly Lopes Gaultier)
    Michael Rampino Michael Rampino - Himself - Volcanologist, NYU (as Dr. Michael Rampino)
    James Webster James Webster - Himself - Curator, American Museum of Natural History
    Mike Poland Mike Poland - Himself - Geophysicist, USGS
    Floyd McCoy Floyd McCoy - Himself - Geoarchaeologist, University of Hawaii (as Dr. Floyd McCoy)
    Christos Doumas Christos Doumas - Himself - Director of Excavations, Akrotiri
    Jelle Zeilinga de Boer Jelle Zeilinga de Boer - Himself - Author, 'Volcanoes in Human History'
    Don Evely Don Evely - Himself - Curator, British School of Athens (as Dr. Don Evely)
    Sandro De Vita Sandro De Vita - Himself - Volcanologist, Vesuvius Observatory
    Vincenzo De Gregorio Vincenzo De Gregorio - Himself - Chapel of San Gennaro (as Padre Vincenzo De Gregorio)
    Charles Mandeville Charles Mandeville - Himself - Volcanologist, American Museum of Natural History
    John Pallister John Pallister - Himself - Geologist, USGS
    Daniel Dzurisin Daniel Dzurisin - Himself - Geologist, USGS (as Dan Dzurisin)
    Don Swanson Don Swanson - Himself - Geologist, USGS
    Kupano McDaniel Kupano McDaniel - Himself - Park Ranger, Volcanoes National Park
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