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Summary: Baby Galileo
Review: This new entry into the "Baby Einstein" family was a dissapointment. It was very clear from the moment the title came up (with the new font change, and intro screen)this was no Julie-Aigner Clark production. The entire look and feel of the DVD was well in a word "Disneyized". Now excuse me, as I am a Director of Marketing, so I do understand the value of a "brand". Disney has taken the "Baby Einstein brand" and messed with it. What made the Baby Einstein series so rare, (and established it's brand) was the mix of home spun/child touches (ie hand drawings, fun characters with great music that drew my child and many of my friends children in for 30 glorious minutes- laughing and pointing to each character and scene) The Baby Galileo DVD didn't follow the format, look or feel of any of the others in the series- as I shared in a word it was Disneyized- panned/commerical touches which left my daughter (and me) flat. While I know it is important to expand and grow the series Disney should have never lost sight of the real value to the mix- Julie Aigner Clark. This was the first Baby Einstein where my daughter (24 months) got up out of her chair and went to play with her toys. Disney- Listen up! I don't know where she is- but BRING JULIE BACK!
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Summary: Too Glossy
Review: I recently purchased this DVD for my 8 month old. He loves the other Baby Einstein titles, even those a little over his age level, so I thought I would get this one. As soon as I put it in, it was apparent that BE had gone commercial. Whereas the other titles have almost a "homemade" video feel to them, this one is obviously filmed like a studio movie. The pictures of cityscapes and sky look too professional and to me seem beautiful but boring. There are some pluses, the kangaroo puppets are delightful, and the classical music joined by a few children's favorites is still there, although the addition of a beloved Disney song is very noticable and out of place. This one is our least favorite of the bunch, with my son only turning to watch the puppetry. I hope the next one is better.
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Summary: A bit disappointed
Review: I was rather disappointed with this DVD. I'm a mother of a two year old, and we have a number of the Baby Einstein products (DVDs & videos, puppets, books). (Favorite DVDs are Baby Van Gogh, Speakspeare, and Newton.) While the earlier videos were made with a great deal of artistic and creative flair, this seems like a pale imitation. (To me, it feels like this video was conceived of and designed by a bunch of executive-types in suits, sitting around a board room table and borrowing bits and pieces of earlier videos.) Specifically:
(1) Baby Galileo is NOT cute. He's small and sort of creepy, and always looks surprised - whereas in past videos, the hand puppets could show a range of emotion. The sunglass-wearing duck in Baby Newton, for instance, was cool and suave; whereas the other duck was excitable and frustrated. Same actual puppets, yet detectably different personalities/ emotions. They were fun to watch; Baby Galileo kangaroo is not.
(2) Past puppet hosts of the videos had a logical link - a goat as the host of Baby Van Gogh, who is named Vincent Van Goat. (Ha, ha, inside joke for parents.) But - a kangaroo (and his mommy) as an astronomer?... Yeah, the connection is SO obvious. (Not.) Also, my daughter keeps calling him "cat" (i.e., doesn't really look like a kangaroo).
(3) Whoever was the puppeteer this time isn't very good. This puppeteer tries to imitate past videos' puppets' movements - such as Bard the Dragon's funny mouth movements in Baby Mozart (I think). Lousy job. The puppets move too fast, lack nuanced expressions. Also, they're not always completely fitted to the puppeteer's hand - in particular, in the 'Evening Stroll' sequence.
(4) The last 10 minutes or so of the video focus on the 9 planets, and galaxies. Since these videos are aimed at children under three years old, I would question the wisdom of including things that pre- and newly verbal children can't see, touch, or really comprehend at this point. Fine for a five year old. But for my daughter, Mars, Venus, and Pluto are really just different colored circles.
I plan on returning this to the bookstore this weekend.
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Summary: Would give 10 stars if I could
Review: I first came to know the Baby Einstein series while being a nanny for my now niece and nephew. I not being a mommy then thought they were corny and strange. But I still enjoied listening to the classical music. When I had my first child in 2002. I said what the heck and gave the Baby Einstein collection a try with my lil man. Lets just put it this way THANK YOU MRS CLARK and BABY EINSTEIN CREW. You are all genius'!! I highly reccommend the entire Baby Einstein Series to any parents-to-be, new parents, veteran parents, and grandparents. This Series Rocks in the classical and artistic sense!!
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Summary: Stellar images and soothing music
Review: I got this title in an audience gift bag at a taping of The View. All three of my children are fans of the Baby Einstein series, so I was excited to take this newest title home. This one lives up to the others (although Baby Van Gogh is still our favorite). The basic theme is the sky, the sun, the stars and the planets. My 4 year old has pretty much outgrown the Einstein videos but he watches this one, along with his younger twin sisters. He likes learning the names of all the planets. Great music too.
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Summary: Excellent DVD
Review: My 22 month old thoroughly enjoys this DVD. I was hesitant to buy it due to the poor reviews it had received, but she can't get enough of it. Highly recommend it to all parents.
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Summary: my little ones favorite
Review: Unlike the other people who had negative feelings about this DVD, I think it is wonderful. I purchased this in the Volume 3 four pack, and it quickly became my daughter's favorite. She squeals with glee at the Kangaroo puppets, and is mesmerized throughout the video. She is only 4 months old, and now I dream of the day my little scientist grows up. I enjoy watching it with her also, the pictures are beautiful, and I can bounce her on my knee with the familiar tunes and she just giggles. It has definitely created a bonding time for us to savor every day.
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Summary: Bad Encription!! Try VHS?!
Review: We have several of the Baby Enistien titles on both DVD and VHS. Our three children love them. We recieved a copy of Baby Galileo on DVD for christmas. The movie is cute but the video encription must be off. The motion of the toys and puppets is jerky and kind of nausating to watch. None of our other titles have this problem. This was a 2003 release maybe someone at disney will get hip and fix it. Cute video, dont like to watch it a lot.
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Summary: Love it!
Review: My daughter is 2 1/2 years old now and she loves this dvd. It was our first baby einstein video 2 years ago and she still enjoys it. My other daughter is 1 now and she enjoys it very much as well. We do usually watch it before bedtime as it soothes and relaxes my children.
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Summary: A little slow
Review: This one might be good for before bedtime as the music and scenes are sometimes pretty slow. Not my son's favorite, but still worth having.
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