Our Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell (2012 TV Movie) User Reviews

A Tiny War between Viruses and Human Cell

[yilmazdalkiran · 9/10 · 13 October 2014]

The documentary is about human cell, yes OK but the story is about viruses mostly, not the cell. Vast majority suppose the size of viruses are like bacterias. Actually they are much much smaller than any other microbe. This documentary shows the truth by "adenovirus". It explains the reproduction process of the virus step by step.

We learn how viruses cheat the parts of a cell, such as cell membrane, motor proteins, cell nucleus. They use these parts for their master plan. However armed force of human body (antibodies, white blood cells and proteasomes) tries to neutralize virus army. The conclusion doesn't change at first. Virus wins. Antibodies take their lesson. They learn how to fight against adenovirus and after the war, some of antibodies are stored in our "bone marrow" for the future battles. Learning this information is priceless.

At some part of the documentary, the viruses are questioned as they are alive or not. For me, they are acting, they seems alive only in human body like zombies. And they don't have a nervous system like ours.

Visual effects of the documentary are great and you don't get bored when watching. The light effects and colors were a little bit scary for me, but I was in awe also. Every human being should watch this documentary for their general knowledge.

what about the t-cell

[ops-52535 · 9/10 · 1 June 2020]

I really thought i had competance on the cellular basics, but that was 30 years or so ago. its a science fiction animated documentary on the universal cell, and its protective devices against virus, and a comprehensive introduction to the why what where and how there are viruses. extremely well made and will scare the guts out of every hypochndriac at the surface of this planet.

what i didnt like production wise where the filming of the interview object, they are filmed so close up and with such a shaky camera handling, that it made the grumpy old man feel nauseaus and sick, if it hadnt been for that it would have been a 10 for sure.

The Greatest Science Fiction Story Ever Told...

[JNFattorini · 10/10 · 27 November 2012]

Spending time writing a lengthy review of this documentary is pointless. The visuals are perfectly artistic and still biologically accurate. The information is engaging and valid, the stories engrossing and exciting. This should be required viewing for all students before they graduate - it manages to boil down about 4 months of high school Biology into a three- part miniseries.

This is simply the most enthralling and important documentary I've seen since Planet Earth.

Visuals - 10/10 Presentation - 10/10 Information - 10/10 Importance - 10/10 Intrigue - 10/10

Excellent video for high school biology classes

[bluestemphotos · 10/10 · 10 April 2019]

This is my favorite video to show my Human Biology classes. Most of the students are seniors and they are definitely not bored. I show this during our unit on the immune system. I tell students beforehand that this plays a bit like a video game on steroids! It depicts the inner workings of the cell in a beautiful yet haunting way, so different from the images of Biology textbooks.