Episode 1: FIRE AND BRIMSTONE [DISCUSSION]

[ronxo]

This week on Scientific Tuesdays, Dylan sees what happens when you experiment with Sulfar and Iron. You might want to cover your nose.

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[nlsthzn]

Good start, nice build up and then... well, then the whole show kind of fell flat... some fizzling, some gunk, no real TADA moment... the end... ??

[prince21]

I did overall enjoy the new scientific Tuesdays show and enjoy how different it is from a lot of the other shows I have been watching. I think this guy can keep improving but for a first show not bad at all. I will stay tuned.

[ksboyintx]

........waiting for the reactions that require a fume hood or the outdoors requiring a lot of space.

I think the Lead To Gold episode is going to have a huge following

[echuu]

Was it just me or was the sound out of sync?

[alex-wigmore]

Originally Posted by nlsthzn

Good start, nice build up and then... well, then the whole show kind of fell flat... some fizzling, some gunk, no real TADA moment... the end... ??

Completely agree.
First episode, you should definitely start with a bang, not a fizzle, and certainly at least have a pop!
What was the point in that really? I didn't find it educational or cool, what is the use of iron sulphate.

I've not given up hope yet though, I'll watch next weeks .

[eylander]

The clip starts nice and then loses steam around the time you are heating up your iron rod. Also, you should give examples of the usefulness of your result. If your result isn't useful, you need to make it entertaining, perhaps by animating why the chemical reaction works.

[madmarv]

I think I can see where you want to go with this show, but I also think your scriptwriting needs to be tightened up a lot.

The title is Fire and Brimstone, but I didn't get how it tied in to this episode until after Google directed me to Wikipedia and how sulphur = brimstone. I'm not religious, but the cliche "fire and brimstone" is very well known and it doesn't point towards chemistry. The title builds up the viewers' expectation and I don't think any viewer was satisfied at the end.

The pacing felt slow to me. When you spend a 30 - 60 seconds measuring your ingredients, my attention begins to wander. Take a look at Mythbusters. If they need to make a data dump, words are written on a white board and they accelerate the writing in post. It's a simple and cheap production shortcut. The total time you should have spent explaining the recipe is about 5 seconds.

The ending didn't wrap up the show. You made it seem like the ratio of 8 grams of iron and 4 grams of sulphur was important, but I couldn't see why. The chemical reaction was cool, but there didn't seem to be a purpose to why it was performed in the first place. A story about the uses of iron sulfide seemed to be missing. If you could recap and tie the formation of iron sulfide into the title Fire and Brimstone, that would have been a good conclusion to your show.

[sembazuru]

In the video description the work "Sulfar" is used. Sulfar is a fiber made from polyphenylene sulfide. See: http://www.fibersource.com/f-tutor/sulfar.htm

"Sulfur" or "sulphur" is correct. Probably want to go with "Sulfur" because that is how the bottle in the episode is labeled, and "Sulfur" us used elsewhere on this site in the episode description.

[aelin]

I actually thought that this would be interesting....this was 7th grade....well, 5th grade show and tell, no science here. Please, if Rev3 is going to delve into science please give your viewers some credit and actually talk about science. Please don't give us a "show and tell." We are much more intelligent than that.