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 Patrick Stewart: Narrates the Planets Epoch 2000 :: 140120760X
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Author: Guest
First, let me say that I really like this DVD. The scientific material is excellent and I love Tomita's version of the Holst symphonies. The problem is with the video quality. It would appear that the culprit is a combination of poor source material and really bad mpeg encoding. Hopefully it will be re-released in a cleaned up version with the option to turn off the narration so that Tomita's music can be enjoyed.
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Author: Guest
This DVD is pretty cool, but I think it's geared more twords kids and laypersons of space(not that I'm an expert or anything).There are a lot of old NASA footage mixed in with the most recent images(at the time of production). The soundtrack goes from pleasant to highly annoying thoughout the DVD. I would reccomend this for kids or anyone who has a passing interest in space. There just is not much new information or eye-popping pictures. But hey, it has Jean Luc Piccard narrating it. We all like Jean Luc..don't we? Number 1,engage! And tell Data to take out his emotion chip...or something. Bye.
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Author: Guest
The prenatal techno music from the 70's/80's sinks this DVD from the start, but that is just one of many horrible aspect to this DVD. It is impossible to sit through without being completely annoyed not to mention the narration by Patrick Stewart. One would think that would be a selling point, but they manage to screw it up by making Stewart read in what is best described as a generic god-like voice. To make matters worse, the imagery is older than old school. No polished CGI here. Yes, I know this is a remake of a great classic, but that just does not cut with this title. Let Patrick Stewart read in a normal voice, update the CGI, and for the love of god find less outdated techno trash music to play. Sorry, this is not worth your money!! Mike
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Author: Guest
I can't believe some of the reviews about this magnificent documentary. First someone says it's amateurish. Well, the guy that made it has won 5 video of the year awards from the American Film Institute, TV Guide and Billboard Magazines. This particular video was listed by the University of Kentucky as one of the 75 best films for the humanities of the 20th century. Then there are those who think Patrick Stewart overacted. Patrick's voice perfectly mirrors the music. What these reviewers fail to see is this is a breakthrough documentary cast as a dramatically narrated long form music video. It is currently in over 2500 school systems and has sold more copies than Cosmos. Give me a break. You've spent too much time watching the garbage on the Discovery Channel to know a true work of art, which this is. Oh yes, regarding the audio, on a properly maxed out sound system, it ranks with the best sound I've ever heard. If Patrick Stewart is too loud for one's individual taste, they can turn down the center channel where he is perfectly isolated. Bass? Listen to the blast off sequence with a subwoofer and your room will shake. There I've said it and I'm glad.
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Author: Guest
This DVD looks to be a very promising DVD. You have an good actor from Star Trek the Next Generation doing the narration. You have the very fascinating subject: our planetary system. You have lots of good information given. Lots of NASA material from the many planetary space probes. But the presentation is sloppy and inconsistent. There are high quality scenes mixed with scenes that look like a high school student put them together. Some of the animation in this film looks like "cardboard cutout" animation! ...This is not at all an impressive DVD. The "cardboard cutout" animation sequences have bad color, are blurry, and look like they were filmed using a low quality web camera! ...To top it off the narration is way too dramatic. At times the narration sounds like the man is about to have a fit. At other times his voice is so smooth and delicate he sounds like a woman about to cry. This is not a drama. This is a space documentary. ...There are some very good still photos and film from NASA and some interesting facts and theories given in this film. But a lot of the visual material made for the DVD is of very poor quality. Its a DVD. I expect it to look at least as good as VHS. And its a documentary, not a horror film. Why is the narration so extreme at times? That type of narration does not belong in this type of film. Its ridiculous. I have other DVD's on the same subject and all of them are at least 4 stars or more. I gave this film 2 stars because the information is good, some of the animation is quite good, the NASA material is good and some moments of this film are quite good. But the presentation is way off base. This is the type of documentary that would make children in school crack up laughing. Its way over dramatized. I mean WAY OVER DRAMATIZED. We have possibly the producer to thank for that. I'm not sure if its the narrator's fault. He was probably told to overly dramatize his dialog to make it sound more interesting. I feel swindled by this DVD. I've seen many amateur documentaries that are far better than this production. This film could be improved. If they cut the poor quality animated sequences, and toned down the narrator's emotional fits, and cut the 50's style sci-fi music, this DVD could be very good. The poor quality moments in this DVD ruin the whole thing.
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