"...this is the 'Planet Earth' of the human body" - MSNBC
Human Body: Pushing the Limits takes you across continents and introduces you to people who have pushed their bodies to the max. This groundbreaking program uses CGI technology and hi-tech camera work to examine their physical ordeals in vivid detail both externally and internally!
You've never seen the HUMAN BODY like this before. In this groundbreaking series, we push the human form to its extremes, capturing both the power and the poetry. You will be surprised and even shocked as stunning CGI effects and the latest in cutting-edge photography reveal the body's inner and outer workings in vivid detail.
- SIGHT: Sight is the king of the senses; more than 80 percent of what we know of the world comes through our eyes. Experience one of the body's most critical and fascinating components from the inside out.
- STRENGTH: The human body is engineered for strength, power and endurance. Bone is as sturdy as concrete but flexible enough to resist breaking. It's even light enough to allow us to be quicker off the mark than a racehorse.
- SENSATION: Less than one twentieth of an inch below the surface of the skin are the ultra-sensitive "antennae" that allow us to sense the world around us. This vital layer is the gateway to the original information superhighway...the nervous system.
- BRAIN POWER: The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. A central processing unit that generates as many electrical impulses in a single day as all the telephones in the world put together.
Image Entertainment and the Discover Channel are planning DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of
The Human Body - Pushing the Limits. Both versions arrive day-and-date on
July 29th. The cost of the DVD edition is $19.98 SRP for 2 discs presented in widescreen video and English - Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The Blu-ray Disc edition is the same, but presented in 1080p High Definition. Cost for the Blu-ray version has not come through yet, but package art for both editions is right here:
