LIFE AFTER PEOPLE Review – History Channel

It is a humbling experience to watch the History Channelâ€™s new documentary LIFE AFTER PEOPLE. The premise of the show goes like this: What would happen if people disappeared all of a sudden? What would happen to our homes, our cities, our cars and our environment?

The answer to those questions is brilliantly demonstrated in a two-hour scientific explanation of what would likely occur after people were gone. Let me tell you one thing: itâ€™s not pretty. What we take for granted today would transform in unexpected ways. For example, the soil would eat away at your house, rust would do a number on skyscrapers and your dearly beloved dog would go back to being a vicious predator.

Now I donâ€™t want to paint a grim picture here. What I took away from the show is that humanity is not what we think of it. Fundamentally, we are not as important as we think we are. Although it comforts us to believe that we are the top of the food chain, we are nothing more than a dot in the history of the world. So in that spirit, I believe it is important that we strive to make the best of it and enjoy every moment thoroughly because after all, there will be life after people.

Don’t forget to watch Life After People Monday January 21st at 9 pm on the History Channel.

You can watch a sneak peek video here and enter our giveaway here.

Author: Sandie | January 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

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John

I was very excited to watch this documentary, however after they started talking about the house pets getting out and visiting Chernoble I started thinking so what. I really just kind of lost interest in the whole thing. My wife and I started laughing about the whole concept. After we’re gone who cares.
http://yahoo.com Stephan

I felt it was greatly exagerated. For instance they said buildings will demolish after some short amount of years. They did talk about the pyramids in Egypt however, and said the only reason they still exist is due to the dry climate. But when you take a look at other structures like the pyramids in mexico and their stone structures that still stand, (in the middle of the jungle i might add). Also the Greek Acropolis still stands today unfortunatley not in as good condition as before the turks destroyed it in the 1800′s.
http://Daemonstv Peter

What a load of ill informed, sensationalist rubbish. Everything that is bad about current media. This was a subject well worth exploring and I know they didn’t have a huge budget but stuff like this should be done properly by the likes of David Attenborough or Discovery channel. Please don’t insult our intelligence with lame documentaries History channel!
Doug

Very well done and informative hypothesis of how life and man’s cilizaion could be after mankind’s demise. It’s unfortunate many people that leave comments without true thought to them, are what could leave mankind to eventual extinction as past civilizations have had transpire.