*Originally posted by Adam Y. *
**The Science Channel most likely will be selling tapes of it since Discovery, The Science Channel, and TLC all appear to be in cahoots. **
Discovery owns tlc, science channel, discovery health, discovery kids, etc…the list goes on and on!
~Mike
Hey guys just a reminder to you all, tonight is the firts broadcast of the Documentary on the Science channel. i would suggest to those who can tape this and show it to their sponsors and/or others that would be interested to see what FIRST really is. the link below will bring you to the show schedule and a short description of the show.
Show Description show schedule
~Mike
*Originally posted by Andy Baker *
**Well, I don’t get the Science Channel. I am cheap - no satellite TV for me means no viewing party.Andy B., aka Mr. Thrifty **
Mr. Thrifty -
You are more than happy to come down to Indy and watch with Chris and I.
Signed,
You’d Think With All This Tuition Money I’d Get Some Decent TV
I can’t offer anything now, but I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRY to get some copies in DVD/CD form. I’m talking to some friends of mine, BUT DON’T E-MAIL ME ABOUT IT! I WILL POST SOME INFO HERE!!!
Of the 300 some channels that I get in my house I knew I’d be able to find something good to watch 
Im going to tape it tonight and then attempt to digitize it this weekend. Im pretty new in the digitizing field, so it might be a few days if at all, no promises those. I’ll see what I can to.
Wow, this is really good, not to make fun of anyone who dosn’t have TSC… I wonder of Sparky is on here… I see MOE.
Yeah! So far this is doing, in my opinion, a great job of portraying FIRST. Hope the rest is just as good. Ok, back to it 
*Originally posted by skyman9000 *
**Yeah! So far this is doing, in my opinion, a great job of portraying FIRST. Hope the rest is just as good. Ok, back to it**
I kind of have to disagree with you there… It only showed 3 teams… I thought it was going to be a documentary on FIRST not just 3 different teams…
All in All it was good
*Originally posted by Pin Man *
**I kind of have to disagree with you there… It only showed 3 teams… I thought it was going to be a documentary on FIRST not just 3 different teams… **
Yes, it was only 3 teams, but that I think gave it a personal touch as opposed to glossing over very generic details about FIRST and the competition. Almost any publicity for FIRST is good and I think this was one of the better ones. Yeah Discovery!
*Originally posted by Pin Man *
**It only showed 3 teams… I thought it was going to be a documentary on FIRST not just 3 different teams… **
Yeah, that was kind of disappointing. They also made a couple of mistakes explaining things and whatnot. And does anyone know why they didn’t use the standard FIRST scoring software?
*Originally posted by skyman9000 *
**Yes, it was only 3 teams, but that I think gave it a personal touch as opposed to glossing over very generic details about FIRST and the competition. Almost any publicity for FIRST is good and I think this was one of the better ones. Yeah Discovery! **
Very true… I wish someone would put one out about the overview though or something like it…
I was hopeing that they would show lots of teams, not just three too, but the only way for that to happen would be to have an hour episode for each regional.
WHy didnt they say anything about the atonomus time?
I thought it was going to be a cool series like American Chopper… that would have been cool… but just one episode come on! This year, they should definitely follow 1 or 2 teams very indepthly with the building, and the design, and the competeing… or they should do several hour long shows showcasing 3 teams at a time, like this one was… but do it for more than 1 episode with like 3 teams per episode. It didn’t look like they stuck with the teams for too long, other than at the regionals, and for a day or two during construction.
i watched it!!! i was so excited to be able to watch it in canada. after reading everythign in this thread, i would have thought it to be impossible. however, at 730, my cousin saw me reading this thread and when i explained to her what it was about, she told me she had american satellite. so im still ever so glad to have watched it.
my opinion on it: IT WAS AWESOME. i liked how it went through the whole season from the design to the building to the regionals and to the nationals. but what i liked the most about it was how they showed the perseverance of the teams like how they didnt always win everything and not everything came easily and the setbacks. to me, that was the most important, because it showed that despite all trials and tribulations, it is worth it in the end. i also liked the three teams idea because it did make it more personal.
A couple points, my two cents.
First and foremost, I was disappointed that there was no mention of the Chairman’s Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, or even a passing glance at Gracious Professionalism…but winning the championship was certainly graced. I understand that winning a medal is a high award, nothing to be sniffed at, but I certainly believe that the Chairman’s is much more to be honored with. This can’t be stressed enough.
Second, I was very happy to see that an all-girls team was presented. It made an excellent name for the program.
I wish they would have thrown some Chairman’s winners in it - maybe, a Chairman’s winner, a team with a Woodie Flowers mentor, and a fledgling newbie team - excellent. Just to show the various aspects and what we all overcome.
I thought the students being profiled and followed through their FIRST experiences was excellent. Commentary from Dean, Woodie, and Jason topped it off.
Let’s see what kind of backlash this sparks for the program - I hope many a great team start from this.
There were a couple parts I was unsure of - like whether the Cheesy Poofs lost in the final of Newton or the Championship (the documentary made them sound as though they had already won the division and were competiting for the national title). A couple other minor things too.
All in all, a GREAT leap for FIRSTers, and a great promo video. I am so proud to be involved in something of this magnitude, and that only furthered my confidence in this program.
**The 2003 FIRST Robotics documentary was the absolute best television program I have seen in a very long time. **Why the heck didn’t it air on normal Discovery channel that everyone gets?
My only two gripes about it is that they did not capitalize all the letters of FIRST and they didn’t mention the autonomous period.
Anywhoo, I bought some tapes tonight and will be taping it when it airs again tomorrow.
Did anyone happen to make a (shhhhh!) digital copy of the broadcast? I haven’t been able to see it and I really want to.
Future airings:
First Robotics 2003, SCIENCE Sep 17 11:00pm
First Robotics 2003, SCIENCE Sep 18 04:00am
First Robotics 2003, SCIENCE Sep 18 07:00am
First Robotics 2003, SCIENCE Sep 18 12:00pm
First Robotics 2003, SCIENCE Sep 18 03:00pm