Bill Nye: Science Guy & Anything Bill Nye

[albabe]

I just watched the first two episode of "The End is Nye," obviously with Bill Nye as the Host. Co-Created and Co-Written by the likes of Seth MacFarlane and Brannon Braga and others. It was choice.

Judging by the first 2 episodes, “The End is Nye,” is a fantastic series. It’s really dramatic and scary and has some pretty awesome Graphics and Effects - State of the Art, in fact, and Bill is incredibly charming and funny too. In that way he’s got Carl Sagan, Joe Campbell, David Attenborough and Brian Cox all beat to hell.

By far the most terrifying and educating fun I've ever had with Science.

I see lots of Blu-Ray Boots of his different series out there, but as far as I can tell, "Bill Nye: The Science Guy" is the only Bill Nye Blu-Ray on the market.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bill-...lu-ray/198361/

So... I'm curious what anyone knows?

[meremortal]

Enjoyed his 90s PBS show. Apparently he was a legit engineer who transitioned to an inspiring comedy career and then to tv science educator. An early look into his Science Guy persona was during the live-action segments of the Back to the Future animated series. It's probably tough to make educational science programming interesting for general audiences and he arguably did a great job in that role. Also enjoyed Mr. Wizard, though it was a tad before my time and I can barely remember the show. Also can't really recall Beakman's World.

[albabe]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Enjoyed his 90s PBS show. Apparently he was a legit engineer who transitioned to an inspiring comedy career and then to tv science educator. An early look into his Science Guy persona was during the live-action segments of the Back to the Future animated series. It's probably tough to make educational science programming interesting for general audiences and he arguably did a great job in that role. Also enjoyed Mr. Wizard, though it was a tad before my time and I can barely remember the show. Also can't really recall Beakman's World.

I thought I had mentioned Mr. Wizard... I did, didn't I? I certainly meant to. And now it seems it's been edited out of my comment. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating.

[albabe]

Oh wait... I guess I'm getting paranoid in my old age... I was writing two (2) little thangs; One being this bit on the Bell Labs Science, and the other being a review for "The End is Nye," that I was gonna post on my FB page... sigh... my bad. But interesting that we were sorta in the same place.

[ben6543]

I loved Beakmans World. I was A Beakman kid growing up. But became a fan of Bill Nye later in life

[albabe]

Originally Posted by ben6543

I loved Beakmans World. I was A Beakman kid growing up. But became a fan of Bill Nye later in life

Dunno Beakmans World at all. I'll investigate< Thanx.

[filmbuffTX]

I preferred Beakman's World to Bill Nye. It was more weird and funny. Before them, I also liked Mr. Wizard on Nickelodeon. He was the OG TV science guy.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Are there any DVDs of his old 90s series?

[filmbuffTX]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Are there any DVDs of his old 90s series?

The Disney Movie Club was selling them for $5 a piece right up until they closed. I believe each DVD is just one or two episodes. There was never a complete series set, but every episode was released in some form.

[jzbadblood]

Saving hungover teachers since 93

[albabe]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

The Disney Movie Club was selling them for $5 a piece right up until they closed. I believe each DVD is just one or two episodes. There was never a complete series set, but every episode was released in some form.

I wish this was available on Blu. I'd snatch it up in a sec... just because I LOVED "The End is Nye..." and I've never even seen it.

I guess Dizzy is not much into Physical media these days, so we'll likely never see it.

All of the seasons are available in "The Usual Places," but they're all H265 and my Blu-ray and PS4 play DATA but not H265... sigh.

I need to get a nice DVD/Blu-Ray/4k Player that plays All Region and DATA including H265.

I just noticed Dizzy's "deal" here: The Complete Series for $1,499. I thought that was a joke at first.

[albabe]

It seems someone upscaled these and put them all up on YT at some point in the somewhat recent past. A friend of mine collected them and now... ta-daaaa... I can watch them. They're all H265 so a lot of DVD/Blu-Ray/4K players won't play them... but there is, of course, Handbrake. : )

I wonder if "The End is Nye" will eventually be released on Blu? I really dug it.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

The Disney Movie Club was selling them for $5 a piece right up until they closed. I believe each DVD is just one or two episodes. There was never a complete series set, but every episode was released in some form.

I like how they say you can buy the entire series for just $1,499. That's quite a huge price. I mean, how much did it cost to make a single episode? If you make something cheap, pass the savings onto the consumer.

[starsteam]

You'd save $500 buying the complete series vs buying the DVDs individually. Is that not passing the savings?

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by starsteam

You'd save $500 buying the complete series vs buying the DVDs individually. Is that not passing the savings?

Yes, but not by very much.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by PhysicalMediaMaestro

Yes, but not by very much.

$500 is a lot. It's just overpriced for what they were offering. Hence why they later marked them down to $5 a pop.

Anyone remember Star Trek on VHS? Two episodes per tape, $20 per tape. And that was late 80's money. Phewww.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by starsteam

$500 is a lot. It's just overpriced for what they were offering. Hence why they later marked them down to $5 a pop.

Anyone remember Star Trek on VHS? Two episodes per tape, $20 per tape. And that was late 80's money. Phewww.

$5 a pop sounds much better.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by jzbadblood

Saving hungover teachers since 93

None of my teachers were ever hungover. But I still saw a few Bill Nye episodes during my K-12 school years. I watched the show on a regular basis when it came on at 5:30 PM on weekdays where I lived, so every time my teachers used a Bill Nye episode in class, I had already seen it. I recorded twelve Bill Nye episodes on a six-hour VHS cassette, and I still have his Up-Close-Ifier.

There are lots of people who say "Words Have Power", but the truth is, there are many times in life when your words don't have power. You can't believe everything you read or hear and you can't expect everyone to believe everything you write or say. Some things must be seen to believed or understood. Ideally, every science teacher could teach their lessons by doing experiments or in-class demonstrations, but not all schools have a lot of money to throw around.