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Summary: COLORFULLY UNINFORMATIVE
Review: Seldom have I seen a documentary illustrate so much yet communicate so little. Using a futuristic holographic projector on a sun-parched plain, Sam Neill explores and explains a variety of astronomical phenomena in six thirty-minute episodes. Watching him roam the majestic landscape gives viewers a breath of fresh air and a dramatic sense of scale. The artistic effect is compelling, but the scientific content is more wanting. Spectacular computer animations of stars, comets, nebulae, black holes, wormholes, and galaxies come at the expense of methodical analysis and educational narrative. I nonetheless enjoyed the "Hyperspace" DVD. I just think that it could have taught me a lot more than it did in the time allowed.
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Summary: Mars Colonization
Review: The one thing that I loved was how to convert Mars atmosphere to one we could breathe. When he told how we could do it, I hoped we would would realy do it one day. I remember a movie I loved called Red Planet that told of doing it and thought we failed. When we go in 10 years sooner or later, it shows some of the things we need to do. Go there first not just send unmaned rovers. When I saw this I loved it.
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Summary: second best cosmos documentary yet
Review: This is the second best space documentary yet, the first being amazing space narrated by mark leonard in the early 90's. This is a must buy for all space buffs the quality of this program is very high and sam neill is perfect for the job. so go out and buy this dvd right away!!!
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Summary: Educational AND entertaining
Review: This program shows that these two words can, and in fact must be related. Over 3 hours of space related knowledge divided into 6 shows focus on various space themes from the "SETI search program" to "What does a Black Hole look like" to "Will we ever colonize Mars?". Produced with state of the art computer images that enhance the presentation and make it fun, Hyperspace is deeply rooted in scientific knowledge, but doesn't leave out the always present "what if..." - as opposed to many other similar documentaries. Interviews with experts from all around the globe in the different fields covered in the programs make them reliable and informative. Sam Neill hosting takes the viewer by the hand and kindly places him/her inside the video. With his soft, convincing tone he could turn the yellow pages into poetry ;) This has to be the greatest documentary of this kind that I have ever seen. Once you sit down to watch it you will not want to stop. Hope they make another run of six! If you're into space exploration and knowing our universe, you can't let this one pass.
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Summary: Beautiful graphics and very informative
Review: This set of DVDs has wonderful graphics designed to bring to life and down to earth what goes on out in space.
The DVD takes you through the birth and death of the stars and planets, then onto comets, asteroids and black holes, the relationship between all of the above, and constant dangers, which give these DVDs somewhat gloomy flavor.
Due to impending dangers - for that matter everything that is created in the physical world has beginning and the end, and so will eventually planet earth - the later DVDs in this series project us into the future attempting to provide possible and most likely solutions for life on earth by colonizing Mars.
That is an interesting possibility. Number of scientists were interviewed - yet all that they came up with was rooted in our current knowledge and understanding. That does make sense, but one may also consider the fact that science has made rapid progress even in the past 100 years, so it would only make sense that some more viable solutions that those which are presented as possibilities on these DVDs will emerge.
In the span of 100,000 years one could expect not only undreamed of advances in technology, but also raise in consciousness and understanding. Perhaps one day quantum physics will get married to astrophysics and even the axiom that the "expectations of the Observer ifluence the outcome of the observed experiment" will bring yet other interesting solutions - the fact that we are not victims and at the mercy of the material world, but are creators of it. That, though, is beyond the scope of these DVDs.
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Summary: This is the DVD for the deserted island scenario
Review: Totally mesmerized, I watched this in one sitting. The CGI is totally incredible. The interviews and information so extremely interesting and well spoken, that it's heartwarming. ASTONISHING if you like space documentaries. Also the most informative one I've ever seen. It really was from the beginning to the end of the universe (or at least what we know of it). There are dozens of stories that get more incredible than the last. If you have a 16X9 tele, your going to have a field day with this disc, it's the kind that I'm sure you will see vendors using to sell TV's. Gorgeous and engrossing. This is my favorite disc to date.
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