I’m proud of myself: Last year, I managed to spend more hours watching the Discovery Channel than America’s Next Top Model marathons and learn important things like that the Real Genius house of overflowing popcorn could never have happened. This year, I’m going to try watching the Science Channel for more than Survivorman repeats. After viewing a clip from a six-month-old episode of Nar Williams’ Science of the Movies currently making the Twitter rounds, I’m feeling optimistic. He finds out how they make the fangs on HBO’s True Blood. The secret: They’re lateral incisors (as opposed to canines), and modeled after Diamondback Rattlesnake fangs. (We also find out that the Queen’s ginormous fangs in the season 2 finale weren’t that far-fetched after all, and that props are due to True Blood‘s sound department, which perfectly mimics a pissed-off rattlesnake bite as heard at 4:57 in the clip below.)
Anyone got a Science Channel show they’d like to recommend?
P.S. For Longshadow’s death and Bill’s walk in the sun, watch Part I.
P.P.S. On this Thursday’s episode, Nar helps FXPERTS reconstruct a 20-foot replica of Bumblebee from Transformers and morphs into a video game character at Image Metrics. He also digs into the science of 3D moviemaking at Stereoscope and gets his brain waves read by neuromarketing company fMRI.
Is Dr. Michio Kaku’s show that’s based on his book Physics of the Impossible on yet? The book was a great read.
Brooke – that show is on Tuesday nights.
Ever seen their Punkin Chunkin show? A lotta fun. And, how it’s made is strangely very addicting.
Thanks for this. The idea of the show interests me and I’ve set it up as a season pass.
I don’t actually recall any shows on Science Channel, but I know I’ve seen a few, because my TiVo tends to record them as suggestions.
I do love this show. The host is great. But really, where is the Nat Geo Channel love? Discovery isn’t the be-all, end-all.
This show is entertaining and the host Nar knows his stuff. I remember him from G4 he always makes me laugh. Great job Science Channel!
Never miss an episode of Science of the Movies. The host is living the nerd DREAM!
BTW: Survivorman whups Bear Grillz any day of the week.
I’m a huge movie fan and love to watch this show to see how it’s all done… not the typical cookie-cutter stuff you’ve seen before, it really digs into the science behind it all. If you enjoy movies, check it out!
Wow… I’m glad you liked the clips and I’m really glad I uploaded them. The show is just awesome, I have every episode on my DVR and I watch them often. It’s kind of like getting to watch a whole show of DVD exclusives, even though most of the time the cool stuff Nar gets to see and talk about isn’t on any DVD anywhere. ^_^