THE UNIVERSE: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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Employing cutting-edge computer-generated imagery to move apart planets and lost stars up close, story and scholarship hit in this desirous review of the Universe.
THE UNIVERSE: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM takes viewers on an refreshing excursion by the cosmos. Witness the sun’s bieing born at the emergence of the solar system, and the death, billions of years in the future; try the probability of a tellurian allotment on Mars; and sense about the harmful threats acted by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids which customarily hit with Earth.
From the furthest planets and stars in the solar system, behind to the informed face of the moon, HISTORY brings the mysteries of the heavens down to earth.
DISC 1: Secrets of the Sun / Mars: The Red Planet / The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats To Our Planet / Jupiter: The Giant Planet / The Moon
DISC 2: Spaceship Earth / The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus / Saturn: Lord of the Rings / Alien Galaxies / Life and Death of a StarAmazon.com
The sky and outdoor space have preoccupied male for centuries and the History Channel’s array The Universe is the story of man’s investigate of the creation from his beginning attempts to map and assimilate the heavens by modern-day systematic studies, advances, and theories. A brew of chronological footage, complicated space imaging, and unpractical mechanism graphics presented in high-definition, the visible member of this prolongation is positively breathtaking. Each of the 44-minute episodes starts with a ubiquitous key of subjects trimming from the object to particular planets. Each subject is afterwards damaged down in to a array of segments which item specific ideas, theories, or components constituent to the bargain of the main subject as well as chronological material, stream studies and theories, and projections of intensity destiny events and systematic advances.
The Blu-ray book of The Universe: Our Solar System consists of 10 episodes from the initial season: “Secrets of the Sun,” “Mars: The Red Planet,” “The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to Our Planet,” “Jupiter: The Giant Planet,” “The Moon,” “Spaceship Earth,” “The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus,” “Saturn: Lord of the Rings,” “Alien Galaxies,” and “Life and Death of a Star.” –Tami Horiuchi
The Universe: Our Solar System
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We already have a number of “The Universe” titles in our DVD library, but we just received a new Blu-ray player as a gift and I can’t wait to get this new “Universe” Blu-ray release and see how much better it looks!
Rating: 5 / 5
2 Blu-Ray Discs, 7 hours 50 minutes of content, released August 24, 2010
“The Universe: Our Solar System” is another History channel special in HD just gleaming with hi-def celestial images and CGI blends of space and our planets. It is a ridiculously gorgeous travel through the solar system complete with expert interviews and narratives focusing on the most impressive facts and figures as well as driving for information relevant to today, for example: How could sun spots impact the weather and future of our home planet, Earth?
Leave it to the history channel to take something we all take for granted like our sun, put it under a microscope of analysis to conclude that while it has been existence for millions of years, that it may burn out and die under our watch and annihilate the human race (we don’t have enough problems, right?). It adds a little extra excitement and sensationalism to entities that should be fascinating enough on their own, but I can sympathize with today’s attention spans that throwing in a little fear can be the best way to get interested and absorb by putting a personal stake on matters. After all, this is what I remembered the most about this episode!
Beyond the sun, this set also journeys to Mars exploring the possibility of a human settlement there someday (I think I’ve seen a movie about this….). The Ends of Earth are explored in the most devastating ways possible with the deep space threats to the planet (now I KNOW I’ve seen that movie 2-5 times). Not to be outdone, the History channel focuses on Jupiter: the Giant Planet, The Moon (could’ve used more Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force but otherwise a very cool place to visit. You should watch the movie, “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell if you haven’t already!!), the Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus (underappreciated), and Saturn: Lord of the Rings (the trilogy is one of my favorite movies ever as a whole and should be left with me if I’m stuck on a deserted island). Alien Galaxies and the Life and Death of a Star are also touched upon with their own episodes.
The science is just plain cool when it comes down to it and these are the best images you’ll see beyond getting your own super-powered telescope (and I’m willing to bet these are STILL better). The History channel once again excels at bringing in the information, making it educational, relevant, interesting, and exciting which is great for targeting students or those of us adults who just have a joy for learning all the time. Pick it up for the brain in your household!!
Bonus Features: None
Rating: 5 / 5
Please be aware that this set is the first and second disks of The Universe: The Complete Season One. Disc 3 of The Complete Season One (not included in this set) also contains one episode on the outer planets.
Rating: 3 / 5
While certainly a great 2 disk video set, it it misnamed. The series is extremely detailed and looks great. The disks cover Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, the Sun, Mars, and Jupiter. It does not cover the outer gas giant planets; nor mention them. Many moons of the large gas giants are fascinating; the ones around Jupiter get short shrifted. I don’t enjoy commentaries that over over dramatized either; this set has a bit of that. I want the facts, not dramatization. I know the sun will self destruct eventually, for instance; no need to be dramatic. The great plus to the set is the CGI is up to date and done well. Great teaching tool for the planets mentioned. The detail on the Moon was very good!
Rating: 5 / 5