Product: Savage Earth [VHS] (1998)
Rating: 2.0
PBS caves in to RealTV
This series is a huge disappointment, in comparison with the fine nature programming I grew up with on public television. The scientific content here is low, and thus the educational value is poor. Instead, we are treated to disaster porn--stitched-together footage of calamaties and their aftermaths, plus alleged "human interest" stories as shameless as anything on the six o'clock news. Insultingly voyeuristic, if that's possible for Americans these days.