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Summary: Not what you think you are getting!!
Review: All music and still pictures - not really a movie!
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Summary: Excellent educational material
Review: an outstanding view of the universe, this DVD helps you to present ASTRONOMY to the public in elegant way, with its sharp images and space tune music people will travel with jaw-dropping thru space and time.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: At bottom, astronomy is the study of light. It is a discipline which seeks & sorts out information from light all the way across the spectrum, some of which can be seen with the naked eye, and some of which cannot. Scientists use this information, gathered from deep space, to determine the size, composition and temperature of stars, the expansion rate of the universe, and much more.While watching this DVD, it becomes readily apparent that the light which is observable in the universe is nothing short of exquisite. The film is endowed with the garish luminescence of the entire universe; dazzling colors and brilliant contrasts fill the screen. We get to see various stars, starclusters, supernovae, nebulae galaxies, pulsars and interstellar star nurseries. I have seen plenty of other space documentaries in my time, but nothing comes close to the spectacular images bestowed by this one. All of the photographs surveyed in this DVD originated in the lens of the Hubble telescope. Named for the famous early 20th century astronomer, Edwin Hubble, it is the first space-based telescope. The idea of a space-based astronomical tool dates back to the 1950s, but did not come into fruition until the late 1980s. There are 3 ways in which one may view this DVD. The first is with just the images. The second is with subtitles which point out what feature / locale of the universe is being shown in each frame. The third option is to watch the photographs whilst reading elaborate subtitles which detail the various observations, the history and accomplishments of the Hubble telescope, as well as plans in the works to launch the next space telescope (Hubble's replacement). There are also several languages to choose from on the main menu. I cannot fathom how anyone who is interested in astronomy could possibly be dis-satisfied with this effort. It is very, very well done & is broken up into roughly 10 segments. The music is listenable & pleasant as well, so the whole format does a great job of showing off the prowess your DVD / HDTV / stereo system.
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Summary: Mindless use of great photos
Review: Don't get this DVD, unless you want nothing more than insipid new age music (sic) and no science at all. I was very dissappointed with this DVD, but I was even more shocked by the reviews here that lulled me into such a false expectation. The photos are fantastic, but what good are they without any substantive script? The narration is pitiful. A real shame.
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Summary: Hubbles View of the Universe: EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT IS
Review: I can see where the negative reviews are coming in from this title, but the negative reviewers obviously thought this was supposed to be some sort of computer generated movie of the universe. If they had any knowledge of Hubble or Space, they should realize that there is no movie footage of the cosmos they are speaking of...only pictures. No where did the DVD state that you should sit back and enjoy a wild ride, expect to get your learn on, or fail to communicate what this was. It's HUBBLE's VIEW of our Universe set to music and motion. If you want to be extremely educated then goto the NASA website and print out the pages and read along. For the commentary comments..what were you expecting? Sunday Sunday Sunday...at the Nebula this Sunday, Monster STARS!!! Again this isn't some Hollywood title with one of the actors doing the commentary, it's a voice over person explaining what is on screen. If you don't like it, switch back to the music track (you are NOT forced to listen to anything and they have multiple audio tracks with just music, music and narration, just narration, and so on. As for the subtitles, it shows what you are looking at on the screen. Could there have been more information, of course, but this is a DVD, it's for viewing, not reading. The title shows us the beautiful images that the Hubble space telescope has taken up to the year 2000. Just staring at the images and what is out there is mind blowing and when you set it to a music track, it even gives it more of an ghostly or erie feeling (if you don't like new age, then what did you suggest? Rock? Rap? New age is what fits with space, if you don't like it, turn it down and put on your favorite music track). There is a StarGaze 2 coming out this Summer and according to their website, they have addressed the positive suggestions of the reviewers on here and have made the zooms show more of the images, it is progressive scan (can't wait to see the new images look even more amazing!) and they have informational pages on every object shown on the title. I for one like my StarGaze. Is it something I throw on at a get together...not really, maybe to show some astronomy fans, or a friend (in fact, the non-astronomy people seem to be more sucked in then the space geeks). I watch it when I want to relax or when I am in a deep mood it makes me realize how small we are compared to what is out there. I would take the negative reviews with a few grains of salt and also the positive ones. It's more then just a screen saver, but it's not a movie. It's a special interest title. If you have any appreciation of titles like this, and don't go in thinking you are getting Hollywood special space effects from George Lucas or Star Trek, then I think you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Review: I expected the photos to be sharper and was hoping to hear more about what was being viewed. The DVD is strangely designed (for example, the default soundtrack mode is music only and it's not immediately obvious there is a narrated track).
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Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Review: I expected the photos to be sharper and was hoping to hear more about what was being viewed. The DVD is strangely designed (for example, the default soundtrack mode is music only and it's not immediately obvious there is a narrated track).
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Summary: TV Screensaver - who needs it?
Review: I guess I should have paid more attention to the negative reviews than the positives on this DVD. This movie is little more than a television screensaver with some over-text or audio. First, the thing defaults to music and pictures. You have to figure out that you can select a running dialog about the Hubble. You can select closed captioning of the actual dialog or you can elect to have it simply place image titles on the bottom while the narration takes place. They call this "nomenclature" as if anyone can figure out what that means! The dialog is dishwater dull. It doesn't correspond directly to the images so you find yourself listening/reading the text and not looking at the images. The music is nice, but if I want new age music and a screensaver well... well, truth is, I never want new age music or a screensaver so I can't see the point in this. Maybe if you have a large screen TV and are having a party it might be cool to have it on in the background, but other than that, I see absolutely no point in a $22 screensaver! I enjoy astronomy very much. I *love* deep space objects over planets. But this DVD has already lost my interest and I'm thinking I wish I'd never bought it or that Amazon would take it back after it has been opened. I feel like it is a waste of money. This is only the second time I've ever given such a negative review on Amazon. I wanted an educational DVD and this just doesn't cut it.
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Summary: Hubbles View of the Universe: EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT IS
Review: I love this DVD! You people with the negitive reviews kill me! If you can't figure out how to get the narration (Audio 4), maybe you shouldn't buy educational DVD's. Also, complaints on the content being a "slideshow"? Hello!!! The Hubble is a telescope not a movie camera morons!!!!!! I guess they don't really understand what they are looking at or the significance of the scientific break through the Hubble is. What this DVD provides is beautiful, crystal clear images that have never been seen before with ground telescopes. The DVD runs about 1 hour and I wish it was longer. But the content is incredible! The narration is dry, but who cares? The information is mind-boggling. Even I have a hard time comprehending the size, distance and space-time factors of the images on the DVD. I really can't stress what a revolution in astonomy the Hubble is and I am greatful we can all share in its glorious accomplishments. Negitive reviewers take a beginner DVD course or something! AHHHH! GOOOOOO HUBBLE!!!!!!!
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Summary: WOW! WHAT AN AWESOME DVD!!!!!
Review: I love this DVD! You people with the negitive reviews kill me! If you can't figure out how to get the narration (Audio 4), maybe you shouldn't buy educational DVD's. Also, complaints on the content being a "slideshow"? Hello!!! The Hubble is a telescope not a movie camera morons!!!!!! I guess they don't really understand what they are looking at or the significance of the scientific break through the Hubble is. What this DVD provides is beautiful, crystal clear images that have never been seen before with ground telescopes. The DVD runs about 1 hour and I wish it was longer. But the content is incredible! The narration is dry, but who cares? The information is mind-boggling. Even I have a hard time comprehending the size, distance and space-time factors of the images on the DVD. I really can't stress what a revolution in astonomy the Hubble is and I am greatful we can all share in its glorious accomplishments. Negitive reviewers take a beginner DVD course or something! AHHHH! GOOOOOO HUBBLE!!!!!!!
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