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Alien Planet

starring: J. Craig Venter, Randy Pollock, Jamie Haines, Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking
directed by: Pierre de Lespinois

: Alien Planet
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404977143
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404977147
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 22598
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 14, 2005



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Description:
The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration to another inhabited planet seven light years away. Alien Planet creates a realistic depiction of creatures on another world, where life is possible, if not provable, according to scientists' theories. Take this fascinating journey created by state-of-the-art animation and photo-realistic affects, leading NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory experts and, of course, imagination.

Amazon.com:
'A spacecraft from another solar system invades the night sky. But this is not our sky, and we are the invaders. The search for alien life has begun.' So begins Alien Planet, a Discovery Channel production that combines cutting-edge computer animation and video technology, interspersed with interviews of top scientists and filmmakers (Stephen Hawking and George Lucas, among others), to examine what life might really be like on another planet. Darwin IV, the subject of this interstellar journey, is home to a wild variety of dinosaur-like creatures, bizarre beasts, and exotic vegetation of every kind. The idea is human beings have sent an unmanned spacecraft, packed with computer-driven droids--something right out of Star Wars--to a planet 6.5 light years away. We follow along as the probes explore the planet and encounter aliens and situations of every kind, as the scientists weigh in on what they think we might really find there, and why. It’s all motivated and informed by real missions being undertaken today. While it’s all speculative, the story itself is still fascinating and events unfold according to the laws of physics, just as they would here on earth. The viewer experiences Darwin IV through the eyes of the probes; the spectacular computer animation offers stunning recreations of their explorations, and the creatures the writers have come up with are highly imaginative. The scientists’ insights add to the experience by explaining the thinking behind the moments in the story, and by being appropriately relatable (one contributor compares sending the unmanned probes to the planet to watching your child at a spelling bee, hoping they make the right choice). While it’s obvious that Alien Planet is a great show for students and educators, its appeal is far wider,this is a highly entertaining program that should feed the imagination of anyone who’s ever wondered about life on other planets.

--Daniel Vancini



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Uhm... No
This could have been an entertaining and educational production. It definitely has its moments: the ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Interesting but not without some issues
First off let me get some of the issues out of the way.

1) This movie is listed as widescreen ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Alien Planet
It was very boring, and more about the fictional machines that were exploring a planet than what could on other ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - enjoyable, great "alien" point of views!
I love sci-fi - watching it, reading it and writing it. I would highly recommend this work because of the alien ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Buy "Expedition" instead
I love Wayne Barlowe's book "Expedition", which this video is based on, and I really don't think the video does ... Read More

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