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Flame-Broiled Adventure! Things heat up fast for a zany band of intergalactic adventurers on a red-hot tour of the earth's active volcanoes, Captain Rip Rayon and his crewman Squeege embark on a molecular transport mission that has them walking on 2,000F lava - yeow! They soon find out that there's more to volcanoes than scorched feet: You just can't outrun the fastest lava! Pillow lava is anything but soft! Why some 500 million earthlings live near volcanoes! All this hot stuff guarantees you a LAVA BLAST! - just one of the AMAZING PLANET adventures available from National Geographic Kids Video.
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Reviews:
My kids love it, and they learn
... It is both educational and stupidly funny - that's why my kids (4 and 6) have watched it dozen's of times. My older son now has a great interest in volcanoes, and has checked out several books on the subject. And yes, the cheezy comedy keeps them entertained, without being vulger. Compared to what else kids are exposed to today, I'll take a couple of "snot" jokes...MK
Educational and fun
I read the other reviewer's opinion and I admit to a blush and a chuckle. While I cannot argue with what was written in that review, my 4yo son dearly loves this video, and as a result enthusiastically tells friends and strangers all about subduction and lava volcanoes and about the layers of the earth from core to crust. Being sci-fi fans my husband and I also chuckle at the goofy in-jokes.
Shame on National Geographic
I watched this video with my sons (aged 4 and 6). There is some great footage of volcanos, as one would expect, and I did learn some things about different kinds of volcanos that I didn't know. However, the dumb cast and story of them landing in an alien spaceship on volcanos leaves a lot to be desired. Typical of the rubbish remarks in this video are: "No, you pinhead.";"'No, it's not.' ' Snot?'"; "The volcano barfs its guts out." And it goes on and on. We have a collection of informative videos, which my boys enjoy every bit as much as this one, that don't use this sort of language. Do kids really need this kind of crudeness to get them interested in volcanos? I think not. In the future I shall borrow National Geographic titles from the library to preview them before buying.
