Is Family Movie Night back for you?
Posted by tom | Jul 14, 2010
At first I thought the pictures for The Jenson Project indicated another young Jedi series. Not so. But after watching the trailer, I'm not sure if I'm much more interested in this movie for my 4 young girls than I would be for a well done young Jedi series, even it were done well.
Turns out that we'll actually be at a family cabin, where I think the fun will be much more than watching the earlier movie in the Walmart - P&G Family Movie Night series, i.e., Secrets of the Mountain.
What would I dream of in a Family Movie Night series sponsored by Walmart - P&G Family Movie Night and sold in their stores? How about a walk through the history of and the cutting edge of our story as those who inhabit the earth (i.e., significant moments, places, times where ideas were watershed ideas were generated and decisions made). Maybe some characters could travel in a time machine (or with a time travel tool), get involved in the action, and share what might be learned/applied today based what they've learned. No, I'm not presently advocating Dr. Who, who has come back on the scene on it's own ;-)
Instead a mix of Voyagers, The Day the Universe Changed (Connections, etc. by BBC historian and science reporter James Burke), and an encouragement to families to visit the library/web together to learn more ;-) Maybe I'll look into ordering a copy of the ill-fated Voyagers series and then move onto The Day the Universe Changed/Knowledge Web Project. Possible on NBC or this only currently possible on PBS or cable?
Any other suggestions regarding Family Movie Night for TV and/or our family's own version?
“Learners may study either history or physics, or perhaps only
Renaissance history and astrophysics. People tend to become experts in
highly specialized fields, learning more and more about less and less.”
James Burke
James Burke
