Life After People (History Channel) | 
| Director: David De Vries
Actor: Life After People Dv
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 3763
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: AAED110900D
UPC: 733961110906
EAN: 0733961110906
ASIN: B0012IV3PU
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: March 18, 2008
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Product Description
This explores the question - what will the world be like when mankind has vanished from the planet? Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 03/18/2008 Run time: 94 minutes
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The very notion is deliciously ghoulish: What happens to earth if--or when--people suddenly vanished? The History Channel presents a dramatic, fascinating what-if scenario, part science fiction and part true natural science. "Welcome to Earth, Population: 0" is the catchy tagline, Life After People's 94 minutes are so gripping you nearly forget while you watch that you, yourself, will be gone too. It turns out that earth can go along very nicely without us. The hardest part of the special is probably in the first 15 minutes, when pet owners confront what likely will happen to their dogs (thankfully, the show follows those dogs who break out of their houses, and the prognosis for them to survive as scavengers is good). As the fictional days and weeks tick by, the process of nature's reclaiming the planet becomes less grim and more fascinating. The impact of the lack of people will be noticed right away, as most power grids shut down around the planet. The one holdout: Hoover Dam, whose hydro power lights up the American Southwest. Scientists say the dam can continue to operate on its own for months, maybe years, keeping the Vegas Strip alight. Only the eventual accumulation of quagga mussels, an invasive species, in the cooling pipes of the power plant--currently being cleaned by humans--will shut down the dam. Elsewhere, critters and plants will have their run of Manhattan and every other previously "civilized" spot. Inventive photography shows bears clambering out of subway stations, and vines pulling down brownstones, then skyscrapers. It may not be a surprise when the Eiffel Tower and Space Needle meet their eventual fates, but the scenes nonetheless provide a pleasant sting of shock. Life After People is humbling, yet exhilarating. -- A.T. Hurley
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 Eerily Amazing March 17, 2008
B. Wise (Bouse, AZ USA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
This show, along with the National Geographic Channel's Aftermath: Population Zero, both bring across the interesting concept of what life on Earth would be like after Humans disappear from the face of the earth, though in the case of both these shows there is no explanation of how we disappeared and only that it was basically overnight. In any case, this and its consort both propose an idea which I myself find intriguing in the one of the most terrifying ways. A must see as well as something I simply could not take my eyes away from while watching it.
This one by the History Channel shows more over a broader range of years since our disappearance, and for a few of the earlier ones compares them to current examples that exist (i.e. 20 years to the land around Chernobyl).
All else I can say is that this is a MUST SEE!
Fascination but incomplete March 22, 2008
T. W. Yates (Silver Spring, MD)
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
Right up front this documentary states that they won't address how people disappear/die off--but that would seem to have a profound effect on what happens afterwards. There is no discussion of the six and a half billion, or so, bodies that would be left behind after a massive die off--unless there was a large-scale alien abduction or some gradual dying off that allowed for most of the bodies to be disposed of, there would a lot of bodies left exposed and available as food to all sorts of species. Also the cause of our extinction could have a major effect on the aftermath: a major climate change, ecological disaster, or nuclear disaster large enough to wipe out all of mankind would likely take out a few more species and have major effects on what occurs afterwards. This show describes a fascinating story of how most of our man-made structures would gradually disappear--which, depending on how humankind disappears, might be moot--most of them might be destroyed when mankind is destroyed.
Food for thought March 10, 2008
Lola (Central Florida, USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I watched this video on the History Channel. It presents a realistic view of what earth will look like and become after man has managed to destroy himself. Makes you realize just how much we have manipulated earth to suit our needs. Sad to think that everything we've done will be lost and have to be discovered all over again, if human life re-emerges,
at some point in time. The movie doesn't give much hope of preserving
anything between the cock roaches and micro-organisms feeding on and changing the composition of all man made materials. This video will
definitely cause you to think about what really matters.
Very objective vision of one possibility... April 8, 2008
Donna (South Florida United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this objective, well-researched and thoroughly explained account of what would happen to the earth if mankind were to disappear. To me, it's not important how this happens, as that would be another film (or several) entirely. This one is about what the results would be on earth if this happened. It does not delve into the causes, but rather the effects, which I thought was enough for any 2-hour program. I was impressed by how well the visuals complimented the dialogue. I didn't feel sad about the loss of mankind's knowledge or achievements- who would they be passed on to, and would they be able to be understood, and would this knowledge only contribute to a faster demise of a future civilization? No, it's up to future beings to develop in their own way. It's good for us to occasionally be reminded how insignificant and expendable we all are. A little humility is not a bad thing!
Depressing yet engrossing March 10, 2008
Rob (Prattville, AL United States)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating video and well worth watching, but I don't know what depresses me more about "Life After People" -- to think that all of mankind's achievements and knowledge may one day be lost forever or the almost gleeful way the people involved in the story imply that it's all right if we disappear because at least the cockroaches will survive, and hey, we didn't deserve to be here anyway. Also missing were any suggestions for averting a complete loss of our knowledge, such as improved recording media, possible changes in the way we build things, etc. Sorry, human race, but so long, goodbye and good riddance!
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