Why do we love action films? Let me count the ways... There's the overblown heroes. The over-the-top bad guys. The cheesy and physics defying fight scenes. The beautiful damsel who has gotten herself into some predicament or another. (With the always present chance she'll drop her top at some point.) And of course, the explosions.

You can leave out any of the above, but they'd have a tough time putting our butts in the seats without some huge structure, aircraft, or series of enemy vehicles, blowing to pieces in red-flamed glory.

And the brainiacs over at Discovery Channel know this. So they created an entire show that revolves around blowing shit up.

Smash Lab, premiering tonight at 10pm, features a team of maverick engineers who take everyday technology and apply it in revolutionary new ways. (Basically they can blow shit up in the name of science.) For example, could bullet-proof Kevlar protect an airliner from bombs, or could truck dampers be used to earthquake proof a house? Who knows? So they figure, let's pack a boat load of TNT in there, or ram it with a bus, and see if it survives. Exactly how I solve all my problems.

You can see a preview of the carnage here.