Our Universe 3D

Right from the start of "Our universe" I knew it was going to be bad.

The speed edited voice over spoken in a monotonous weird droning tone had my spider sense tingling. Something wasn't right here. 15 minutes in I wanted to hit stop & eject.

No information regarding the UNIVERSE instead I was being treated to Our Solar System for 11 year olds! Once I'd figured out I been conned by the misleading Our Universe title & my anger had subsided enough I continued to watch hoping to gleam some new insights into our Solar System.

I watched to the end.... I was crushed.

"Our Universe" is Bland, unengaging, boring, uninteresting, average graphics, no real new information, poorly presented at times confusing documentary destined for the bin.

Do yourself a huge favour & watch any or all of the documentaries below instead.

Nova - Fabric of the Cosmos, Stephen Hawking - Grand Design, BBC - Wonders of the Universe, BBC - Seven Ages of Starlight, Science - Through the Wormhole, National Graphic - Inside The Milky Way, National Graphic - Journey To The Edge of the Universe, IMAX - Hubble, IMAX - Cosmic Voyage

OUR UNIVERSE 3D

The Narrator's voice that often has no break from one segment to the next seems to match the continuous flow of the 3D modeling of planets which are quite realistic, giving a sense of how much is packed into this compact special.

In this 50 minute visual tour of the solar system and beyond made in 2013, every major part of our solar system is shown from space and the surface, including major moons and Pluto in its icy Kuiper belt, showing main features, some animated, while explaining facts you may know and some you don't. It seems Mars uses actual photos taken from the surface, made 3D.

The unending variety of computer animation is of course not photo real, but pretty good and gets close sometimes, particularly close views of planets from space that fill much of the screen. Yet in modern fashion, it's all in no particular order, as if to increase variety.

More inspiring are what appear to be actual photos of deep space, given 3D treatment. Nebulas that start to appear after a few planets, and later galaxies.

I think there are more even than in IMAX: Hubble 3D, which were overseen by scientists to be accurate in the 3D. The ones in Our Universe appear as good, maybe ones left out.

There is more packed into this 50 minutes than you'd think, so seems longer or more filling than many a feature movie in a sense. Rarely a dull or wasted moment - forgiving the slightly dusty or goofy made-up rover on some planets, like a 6-wheeled solar beetle whose two eyes on top of its square head seem a little too human.

I finished not wishing they had done one thing more or that they had missed anything, and is pretty up to date, with nothing complicated. Except again being overwhelmed by the ridiculous size of infinity, myself in the middle, and the amount of incomprehensible galaxies.

It's a cosmos knockoff aimed at a much younger and/or poorly educated crowd. Very loose explanation of phenomenon. Extreme visuals that are pretty cool but also overly rely on flashing lights. If you have photosensitive seizures this show is going to straight up kill you. Boring narration and poorly written dialogue. "This sea turtle is going to feast on atoms" "Everything this Cheetah eats in the Serengeti is starlight"

Just an utterly boring rip off of cosmos without any of Sagan/Druins flair. The flashing lights made me feel sick and I have never experienced that before. Coming from a guy who can watch hardcore Henry without feeling sick. Anyways... Guess I will keep waiting for a new cosmos from the people who do really love the field instead of this Hollywood mockery.

I really tried to like this as I devour anything vaguely science related. Unfortunately this falls a little flat; and honestly I couldn't even finish it. Mainly it's the narration but as has been said the content, writing, pacing and graphics are sub-par as well. That voice was the antithesis of David Attenborough (who could make anything sound interesting). Was Neil deGrasse Tyson not available? This COULD have been a much better presentation, but as it stands it's mediocre at best. Pick up Cosmos a Spacetime Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson to see the difference. I had believed I was fairly educated until I watched that. Did you know that photons that are created in the center of the sun take 35,000 years to bounce their way to surface (and then obviously 8 minutes 20 seconds to travel from the sun to the earth).

A must have! I bought this hoping it would be great and I was not disappointed! The visuals are outstanding and really help tell the story through the narrator, plus if you are fortunate enough to own a 3D TV then it really does make it a must watch as soon as you can! The overall content is amazing! Its entertaining, interesting and what really sold it to me was it was accurate. A lot of similar products have had poor research behind them but from having a keen interest and studying aerospace at degree it is great knowing they have put so much time into making this. It is explained so clearly as well that allows it to be watched by anyone, especially those interested in space, physics, astronomy or those who love seeing 3D blu-rays!

The cosmos is a fantastic and extraordinary place that is shown off to all of its glory on this disc! With Christmas coming around I strongly recommend this for any friends or family!