September 8, 2009

Mythbusters: Big Blasts Collection

Title: MythBusters: Big Blasts Collection
Year: 2005-2007
Network: Discovery Channel
Creator: Peter Rees
Directors: Alice Dallow (7 episodes), Tabitha Lentle (5), Andrew Farrell (1), ? (2)
Starring: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage
Episodes: 10, at c. 43 minutes, from the third, fourth and fifth seasons
Synopsis: a couple special effects guys and various cohorts test whether various urban legends are possible
How I saw it: online (streaming from Netflix), over the past couple days
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great).
Objective Rating: 6/10 (points off for story [n/a], cinematography, acting [n/a] and music) c. 2.8/4 (Good).

Some of the better episodes. They don't all feature major explosions as the title implies, but there are quite a few good ones. Includes the exploding cement truck episode (which was also edited into a special which is on an earlier "Collection"), and the water heater rocket episode, both of which are pretty crazy.

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