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Documentary coming up, is it any good?
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This evening the Belgian TV channel Canvas is showing the documentary "Darwin's Nightmare". Has anyone seen it before and if so was it any good?
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you 
 (June 17, 2009 at 3:20 am)leo-rcc Wrote: This evening the Belgian TV channel Canvas is showing the documentary "Darwin's Nightmare". Has anyone seen it before and if so was it any good? There's a review here ... I'm not entirely sure what this has to do with Darwin in any real sense, seems more about the effects of commercialism. Kyu Angry Atheism
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Indeed, I read a few reviews now and my first reaction was "what does this have to do with Darwin?". Okay, putting the fish in a lake in a completely different environment without natural enemies is a pretty stupid thing to do and works against natural selection up to a point, but that is where the whole "Darwin Nightmare" ends.
Anyway, I will watch the documentary and let you know what I thought of it. It might even surprise me.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
I thought Darwin's nightmare involved rabid bunnies and a half naked duck.
"On Earth as it is in Heaven, the Cosmic Roots of the Bible" available on the Amazon.
For me it was a waste of time.
After viewing this film, I still know nothing about the ecology and future of Lake Victoria besides some general ominous predictions (the most informative part of the film was where they showed another film being screened at a conference). Maybe it was actually a movie about importing weapons. Besides some general references to Europe and empty planes (annoyingly repetitive), I know absolutely nothing more about weapons in Africa. This movie gave no answers and fumbles along by trying to shock the audience scene after scene, either through the very real trauma and hardship some of these people face, or by patronizingly eliciting answers from people. I honestly do not see why this documentary got such great reviews and awards. Perhaps I missed something. I'd give it a miss.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
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