Oh if only more TV was this quality! Well shot, well produced, execellent narrative, meaningful. Every bit as good as Blue Planet. For every age 3-103. Thank you to all who labored to bring us this incredible program. I hope it is long lived.
108 Reviews
Simply amazing!!!!!
sstardancer28 March 2018
Entertaining, beautiful, and able to keep the interest of 100 9th graders!
russelllford30 March 2018
As an Earth Science teacher in an urban school district I was very happy with my students engagement in the first episode of this series. Although just one episode I would rank this with the best episodes of cosmos, planet earth, and blue planet for student interest and behavior. I personally enjoyed it as well. Some of the photography is stunning and unlike what you will see in "Blue Oceans" and "Planet Earth" (not necessarily better but refreshingly different). Will Smith by no means makes the show but I don't think he takes anything away from it either, and he can be amusing at times. The Astronauts are going to be the real stars of the show, and they have come across great so far.
Offers a different perspective
zenmateisshite19 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I never totally and wholeheartedly disagreed with the negative reviews before - usually everyone is entitled to their own subjective opinions about movies/shows - but not in this case.
I do agree that the show may not have offered the latest information about the specific subjects it talked about, but that is because it was not mean to - it is not a TED talk. You can go watch these if that's what you're looking for.
This show had a different purpose. From the first episode it was clear they wanted to highlight a few points. That: 1- life on earth is very complex, very diverse, and interconnected, 2- there is very little chance of complex life existing in other places, or us finding it, or it finding us, 3- if we as a species are to survive then we need to find ways to move away from earth.
I really liked that they gave me a different perspective about things. For example I knew that as humans each of us has more bacteria cells in us than human cells, that's not knew. I also knew that if we are to find a habitable planet we are most likely to build a generational ship because it will take hundreds, possibly thousands of years to get there. But I never connected both points to realize that we will need to get bacteria as a stowaway on this journey because we need it and it needs us. Which means the ship needs to be able to sustain bacteria (unlike current space ships) otherwise we will not the same humans we are now (humans less bacteria) and it will need to sustain other life as well including animals, not because we need to eat them but rather that they need to eat each other.
The main reason for the show was not meant to be about education but rather what are we going to do about the knowledge we have. I am sure it will inspire a lot of people to go and look for ways to help humans survive and escape this planet. And for anyone who did not see that I suggest to rematch.
I do agree that the show may not have offered the latest information about the specific subjects it talked about, but that is because it was not mean to - it is not a TED talk. You can go watch these if that's what you're looking for.
This show had a different purpose. From the first episode it was clear they wanted to highlight a few points. That: 1- life on earth is very complex, very diverse, and interconnected, 2- there is very little chance of complex life existing in other places, or us finding it, or it finding us, 3- if we as a species are to survive then we need to find ways to move away from earth.
I really liked that they gave me a different perspective about things. For example I knew that as humans each of us has more bacteria cells in us than human cells, that's not knew. I also knew that if we are to find a habitable planet we are most likely to build a generational ship because it will take hundreds, possibly thousands of years to get there. But I never connected both points to realize that we will need to get bacteria as a stowaway on this journey because we need it and it needs us. Which means the ship needs to be able to sustain bacteria (unlike current space ships) otherwise we will not the same humans we are now (humans less bacteria) and it will need to sustain other life as well including animals, not because we need to eat them but rather that they need to eat each other.
The main reason for the show was not meant to be about education but rather what are we going to do about the knowledge we have. I am sure it will inspire a lot of people to go and look for ways to help humans survive and escape this planet. And for anyone who did not see that I suggest to rematch.
With a different Narrator... this is a 10
austinjconyers8 January 2020
This show is wonderful. Story is amazing and cinematography is incredible but man... the Will Smith narrative scenes are cringe worthy. We have these awesome scientists and astronaut interviews then we get clips of Will Smith narrating to us like we're children. I hate to be harsh but his scenes are so distracting. Without him speaking this is the best Earth documentary since the original Planet Earth.
Stunning, Thrilling, Captivating and Mindblowing
Djarie0931 March 2018
Outstanding
jbdecker8 April 2018
Incredible show must watch
dudde1629 March 2018
One Of The Best
joleree-186-5206871 May 2018
Some of the negative reviews here do tell a certain truth, One Strange Rock does not necessarily break all.sorts of new ground with a sorts of new information. It does deliver though, it's a beautiful show and the information is delivered in new and stunnunstu beautiful ways. To not watch this show because you think you've heard it all before would be a practice in absolute arrogance and unfortunate ignorance. The last thing any of us need to do is fool ourselves in to thinking we have learned enough. We owe it to all of these people to educate ourselves with the information they gave their lives bringing to all humanity:
Mission: Apollo 1 Date: Jan. 27, 1967 Fatalities: Gus Grissom, Edward White II, Roger Chaffee What happened: During a launch-sequence rehearsal for NASA's AS-204 Apollo mission, the cabin was filled with pure oxygen as part of its environmental control system. An electrical fault sparked a flash fire in the cabin. The fire spread quickly in the pure oxygen atmosphere, suffocating all three Apollo 1 crew members through smoke inhalation. The launch pad test site was renamed Apollo 1 in honor of the crew, and the accident led to major design and engineering modifications as well as revisions to test planning operations and manufacturing procedures.
Mission: Soyuz 1 Date: April 24, 1967 Fatalities: Vladimir Komarov What happened: Soyuz 1, the Soviet space program's one-day mission, launched on April 23, 1967, but soon began experiencing various mechanical issues the solar panels did not unfold, and the vessel experienced stability problems. After the Soyuz module re-entered the atmosphere April 24, its parachute did not open properly, causing it to crash to Earth at almost full speed. Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died on impact.
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Mission: Soyuz 11 Date: June 30, 1971 Fatalities: Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov What happened: Soyuz 11 launched on June 6, 1971, and docked with the space station Salyut 1 for a three-week stay. When the vehicle undocked, a valve on the Soyuz 11 accidentally opened, causing a pressure leak in the cabin. The three cosmonauts were killed as the capsule depressurized during preparations for atmospheric re-entry on June 30. The malfunctioning valve was discovered only when the module was opened by a recovery team.
Mission: STS-51-L Date: Jan. 28, 1986 Fatalities: Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee What happened: During the Space Shuttle Challenger's 10th mission, STS-51-L, the rockets propelling the vessel exploded 73 seconds after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All seven crew members were killed. President Ronald Reagan formed the Rogers Commission to investigate the accident, and its analysis concluded it had been caused by the failure of an O-ring seal on one of the solid rocket boosters. The Challenger disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus for the shuttle program .
Mission: STS-107 Date: Feb. 1, 2003 Fatalities: Rick D. Husband, William McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel B. Clark, Ilan Ramon What happened: At the end of its two-week mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. The accident was determined to have been caused by damage that had occurred during liftoff, when a chunk of insulating foam broke off from the external tank and hit the orbiter's left wing. The structural failure of the shuttle's leading wing ultimately resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart, killing the seven-person crew. All of the NASA space shuttle program's flight operations were delayed for 29 months following the disaster.
Mission: Apollo 1 Date: Jan. 27, 1967 Fatalities: Gus Grissom, Edward White II, Roger Chaffee What happened: During a launch-sequence rehearsal for NASA's AS-204 Apollo mission, the cabin was filled with pure oxygen as part of its environmental control system. An electrical fault sparked a flash fire in the cabin. The fire spread quickly in the pure oxygen atmosphere, suffocating all three Apollo 1 crew members through smoke inhalation. The launch pad test site was renamed Apollo 1 in honor of the crew, and the accident led to major design and engineering modifications as well as revisions to test planning operations and manufacturing procedures.
Mission: Soyuz 1 Date: April 24, 1967 Fatalities: Vladimir Komarov What happened: Soyuz 1, the Soviet space program's one-day mission, launched on April 23, 1967, but soon began experiencing various mechanical issues the solar panels did not unfold, and the vessel experienced stability problems. After the Soyuz module re-entered the atmosphere April 24, its parachute did not open properly, causing it to crash to Earth at almost full speed. Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died on impact.
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Mission: Soyuz 11 Date: June 30, 1971 Fatalities: Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov What happened: Soyuz 11 launched on June 6, 1971, and docked with the space station Salyut 1 for a three-week stay. When the vehicle undocked, a valve on the Soyuz 11 accidentally opened, causing a pressure leak in the cabin. The three cosmonauts were killed as the capsule depressurized during preparations for atmospheric re-entry on June 30. The malfunctioning valve was discovered only when the module was opened by a recovery team.
Mission: STS-51-L Date: Jan. 28, 1986 Fatalities: Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee What happened: During the Space Shuttle Challenger's 10th mission, STS-51-L, the rockets propelling the vessel exploded 73 seconds after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All seven crew members were killed. President Ronald Reagan formed the Rogers Commission to investigate the accident, and its analysis concluded it had been caused by the failure of an O-ring seal on one of the solid rocket boosters. The Challenger disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus for the shuttle program .
Mission: STS-107 Date: Feb. 1, 2003 Fatalities: Rick D. Husband, William McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel B. Clark, Ilan Ramon What happened: At the end of its two-week mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. The accident was determined to have been caused by damage that had occurred during liftoff, when a chunk of insulating foam broke off from the external tank and hit the orbiter's left wing. The structural failure of the shuttle's leading wing ultimately resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart, killing the seven-person crew. All of the NASA space shuttle program's flight operations were delayed for 29 months following the disaster.
The only thing wrong with this show is will smith!
alizanjankhah6 May 2018
Seriously,I think they wanted a-deep-voice black man like Morgan the legend but they went for the wrong one,other than voice and face mimic 60% of a whole episode you recognize that will smith doesn't have a clue what is he talking bout and hes trying so hard to make it interesting. MENSA? lol okay hoax
Just... WOW
d_correa7 May 2018
Everything from the narrative, to the camera work is just magical. As magical as Earth and space itself. This series puts many of the mundane things we see into a whole different perspective. Highly recommend. Bravo, National geography.
Does what it aims to do
Bertaut4 June 2018
Executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, and made by Will Smith's production company (Smith is also the presenter), One Strange Rock is essentially about the experiences of eight astronauts, and how their time in space led them to see Earth with new eyes. That, in turn, is used as a jumping off point to examine several different branches of Earth Science, with each episode focusing on a specific astronaut and dealing with a specific topic; the planet's respiratory system, the Theia Impact theory, how the planet protects us from the sun, the origin of life, the Permian-Triassic Extinction, the possibility of colonising another planet, how life has both transformed the Earth and been transformed by it, the evolution from single celled microbes to complex organisms, the development of the human brain, and the concept of Earth as home.
Along the way, the show throws up a litany of hard to believe facts. To give just a sampling; the Amazon produces twenty times more oxygen than all of humanity could use, but none of it leaves the Amazon Basin, as it is used by the animals living there; the magnetic field generated by the planet's core stretches for 400,000 miles into space in every direction; every strand of DNA in the world contains billions of carbon atoms to bind it together; the human body has 37 trillion cells (more than the stars in the galaxy); tropical islands are composed of up to 70% parrot fish excrement; photosynthesis generates 100 terrawatts of energy per year, six times more than humanity could use; the human brain is the most complex object in the known universe; 95% of all animals that have ever existed are extinct. Easily my favourite take from the show, however, is that it's 250,000 miles to the moon, 700 million miles to Saturn, 9 trillion miles to the edge of the solar system, 24 trillion miles to the nearest star (with our current technology, it would take 17,000 years to get there), and 25,000 light years (150,000 trillion miles) to the edge of the galaxy. That's a whole lotta miles!
Very enjoyable stuff. My one complaint would be that most of the episodes feel a little padded, with each one containing two or three diversionary stories only tangentially related to the core theme. But it's still well worth watching; terrific visuals, great sound, experts who know what they're talking about, and mind blowing information, if the goal was to make the viewer look at Earth in a new manner, they certainly succeeded with me.
Along the way, the show throws up a litany of hard to believe facts. To give just a sampling; the Amazon produces twenty times more oxygen than all of humanity could use, but none of it leaves the Amazon Basin, as it is used by the animals living there; the magnetic field generated by the planet's core stretches for 400,000 miles into space in every direction; every strand of DNA in the world contains billions of carbon atoms to bind it together; the human body has 37 trillion cells (more than the stars in the galaxy); tropical islands are composed of up to 70% parrot fish excrement; photosynthesis generates 100 terrawatts of energy per year, six times more than humanity could use; the human brain is the most complex object in the known universe; 95% of all animals that have ever existed are extinct. Easily my favourite take from the show, however, is that it's 250,000 miles to the moon, 700 million miles to Saturn, 9 trillion miles to the edge of the solar system, 24 trillion miles to the nearest star (with our current technology, it would take 17,000 years to get there), and 25,000 light years (150,000 trillion miles) to the edge of the galaxy. That's a whole lotta miles!
Very enjoyable stuff. My one complaint would be that most of the episodes feel a little padded, with each one containing two or three diversionary stories only tangentially related to the core theme. But it's still well worth watching; terrific visuals, great sound, experts who know what they're talking about, and mind blowing information, if the goal was to make the viewer look at Earth in a new manner, they certainly succeeded with me.
All style, no substance
tarsolya3 April 2019
Every 45 min. episode of this show is built like this:
I can be persuased to forget the absolutely annoying structure, but please stop pretending this is anything remotely close to a documentary. It's not even infotainment.
It's an animated screen saver, music video, infinite kiosk demo loop, etc. - you get the point - and for these purposes, it's damn near perfect: the visuals, the photography, the editing are absolutely breathtaking, reaching almost Revenant levels of beauty.
If you want some actual knowledge and information about our planet, watch Attenborough's Planet Eearth. If you want just an excellent visual ride, watch both.
4K and HDR recommended.
- Add ~30 minutes of super slo-mo landscape / cgi screen saver as filler
- Add ~10 minutes of random "cool" people doing random "cool" stuff (in slo-mo) unrelated to the topic of the actual episode.
- Add 3 minutes of astronaut close ups with talking points usually about some Coelho level pseudo-philosophical enviromentalist bable mixed with some actual information which might be new for children attending elementary school.
- Make no information block longer than a few sentences at maximum. This is to streamline the show for the millenial crowd with all information blocks fitting into the average length of a glance up from mobile device screens.
- Use multiple superlatives in every sentence to help "attention capture" for attention spans shorter than a lifetime of a Higgs boson.
- Finally, add 2 minutes of Will Smith repeating 'Can you believe how awesome cool this is, bro?' multiple times, in different words and not in slo-mo.
I can be persuased to forget the absolutely annoying structure, but please stop pretending this is anything remotely close to a documentary. It's not even infotainment.
It's an animated screen saver, music video, infinite kiosk demo loop, etc. - you get the point - and for these purposes, it's damn near perfect: the visuals, the photography, the editing are absolutely breathtaking, reaching almost Revenant levels of beauty.
If you want some actual knowledge and information about our planet, watch Attenborough's Planet Eearth. If you want just an excellent visual ride, watch both.
4K and HDR recommended.
One Out of this World Doco
anamconcepcion30 May 2018
This is truly one of the most amazing documentary about who we are in the great expanse is that is our Universe. Kudos to the astronauts for their amazing narrative about their time in space and their new found relationship with One Strange Rock.
What a breathe of fresh air to have such a welcoming narrator complete the story line. The child like wonderment that Will Smith brings to this documentary is a testament to all involved in the production of this show.
This show is both informative and engaging and a very emotional roller-coaster of information.
One of the best
kooshini14 May 2018
Amazing Show, BUT...
azaamalmasudi4 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Will Smith is the BUT!! He is absolutely terrible at this. I lose the thrill about our universe and my goosebumps just disappear when Will Smith starts talking! Other than Smith, the show is magnificent specially episode 3 (About the sun)!!! Man oh man! Go earth!!
Informative
dpalmz24 September 2019
This is how to do it!
jrarichards3 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Love, passion, experience, beauty, joy, spirituality and understanding are motivators in life for all of us, but many people fear how progress with one may somehow impair the others. Perhaps the commonest version of this is the suggestion that either scientific understanding or practical daily experience can take the joy and beauty (and/or the spirituality) out of the world and the universe.
Yet those of us who work theoretically or practically on the world and the universe know - have always known - that this is not so.
Now a series has managed to show the public how that works by making a number of knowing and calculated decisions that each prove to have been correct.
"One Strange Rock" is trying to explain - scientifically - how the Earth is so very, very special and complex (special because complex); and in so doing it is drawing on the work of millions of scientists who have been working quietly for years to show how all those many bits (within the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, aquasphere and so on) fit together into something whose magic is NOT lost on them, just as it is not lost on the viewer here.
But the Earth is so complex, so magnificent, so special in line with 300 billion fascinating scientific facts elucidated and established about it that would bore the heck out of (or simply blow the mind of) anyone, if presented to the extent of even 1%.
So how to choose, how to present, how to get the most message (i.e. truth and reality and fact) conveyed, and the most magic preserved and enhanced?
Answer: by doing EXACTLY what has been done here.
Will Smith as presenter offering cool and sassy one-liners was an inspired choice. I am a Brit but I love the guy and his presentation style (even as I am upset that, when Brit Prof. Brian Cox presents some of the same ideas about the workings of the Earth - also very effectively, in his own inimitable fashion - in "The Planets" from the BBC, the US audience apparently gets Zachary Quinto instead of him - nothing against Zachary, BTW, but Yanks can easily take Brian Cox, just as I can easily take Will Smith).
Anyway, NatGeo is as it is - i.e. not quite the BBC and with slightly simpler levels of presentation. But that's OK too. I am an expert on Earth planetary science after decades of study on the matter, so very little is new to me here (though SOME things actually are - so I'm grateful there too), but that allows me to appreciate the complexity of the task that is "One Strange Rock", and the skill and class with which that task is being pursued.
So core (but still often astounding) scientific content - pared down to the minimum and supported by staggering and glossy National Gegraphic imagery and vignettes of people's lives - is sandwiched between Smith as down-to-Earth presenter-summariser and former astronauts who are not always scientists (though some are), but are - always - respected practitioners and people we look up to for their experience at seeing and working with the Earth as a whole planet. People for whom space is a "day at the office", yet who still repeatedly find theselves choked by emotion and wonder - and a need to protect and nurture - when faced by the fragile grandeur of it all.
Yes, this is indeed EXACTLY how to do it and the result DOES INDEED give us an experience infused with the aforementioned love, passion, experience, beauty, joy, spirituality and understanding. Given that the subject is our amazing home-world (possibly unparalleled anywhere in the universe and certainly the most complex system we yet know and can realistically imagine), this is just as it should be.
Don't know who the scientific advisors are here, but their excellent choices of subject matter are clearly shaped by people who have really thought deeply about the message and how to convey it, and have homed in on actor and astronaut presenters that can really achieve the effect we need.
A huge achievement, which also encourages me into a very deep and sincere expression of gratitude to all involved in the programme.
Yet those of us who work theoretically or practically on the world and the universe know - have always known - that this is not so.
Now a series has managed to show the public how that works by making a number of knowing and calculated decisions that each prove to have been correct.
"One Strange Rock" is trying to explain - scientifically - how the Earth is so very, very special and complex (special because complex); and in so doing it is drawing on the work of millions of scientists who have been working quietly for years to show how all those many bits (within the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, aquasphere and so on) fit together into something whose magic is NOT lost on them, just as it is not lost on the viewer here.
But the Earth is so complex, so magnificent, so special in line with 300 billion fascinating scientific facts elucidated and established about it that would bore the heck out of (or simply blow the mind of) anyone, if presented to the extent of even 1%.
So how to choose, how to present, how to get the most message (i.e. truth and reality and fact) conveyed, and the most magic preserved and enhanced?
Answer: by doing EXACTLY what has been done here.
Will Smith as presenter offering cool and sassy one-liners was an inspired choice. I am a Brit but I love the guy and his presentation style (even as I am upset that, when Brit Prof. Brian Cox presents some of the same ideas about the workings of the Earth - also very effectively, in his own inimitable fashion - in "The Planets" from the BBC, the US audience apparently gets Zachary Quinto instead of him - nothing against Zachary, BTW, but Yanks can easily take Brian Cox, just as I can easily take Will Smith).
Anyway, NatGeo is as it is - i.e. not quite the BBC and with slightly simpler levels of presentation. But that's OK too. I am an expert on Earth planetary science after decades of study on the matter, so very little is new to me here (though SOME things actually are - so I'm grateful there too), but that allows me to appreciate the complexity of the task that is "One Strange Rock", and the skill and class with which that task is being pursued.
So core (but still often astounding) scientific content - pared down to the minimum and supported by staggering and glossy National Gegraphic imagery and vignettes of people's lives - is sandwiched between Smith as down-to-Earth presenter-summariser and former astronauts who are not always scientists (though some are), but are - always - respected practitioners and people we look up to for their experience at seeing and working with the Earth as a whole planet. People for whom space is a "day at the office", yet who still repeatedly find theselves choked by emotion and wonder - and a need to protect and nurture - when faced by the fragile grandeur of it all.
Yes, this is indeed EXACTLY how to do it and the result DOES INDEED give us an experience infused with the aforementioned love, passion, experience, beauty, joy, spirituality and understanding. Given that the subject is our amazing home-world (possibly unparalleled anywhere in the universe and certainly the most complex system we yet know and can realistically imagine), this is just as it should be.
Don't know who the scientific advisors are here, but their excellent choices of subject matter are clearly shaped by people who have really thought deeply about the message and how to convey it, and have homed in on actor and astronaut presenters that can really achieve the effect we need.
A huge achievement, which also encourages me into a very deep and sincere expression of gratitude to all involved in the programme.
Wow
kevingbarrera19 January 2021
Just wonderful.
Don't pay attention to people complaining just because the host or the shots. Oh my gosh 🙄🙄
Is just WOW, makes you realise how young we are as species, how much we have to learn about our own home, how much we have to take care of it.
Enjoy it please, just focus on what's matter, the documentary itself, not silly things the people want to talk about like "why is will smith there?" 🙄🙄🙄
Is just WOW, makes you realise how young we are as species, how much we have to learn about our own home, how much we have to take care of it.
Enjoy it please, just focus on what's matter, the documentary itself, not silly things the people want to talk about like "why is will smith there?" 🙄🙄🙄
Experts- Talking Out of Their Expertise...
aubie841 March 2019
Very Good show- Well presented. Rock on Fresh Prince... But you need to understand that some biological and science topics are missing the quals & creds to talk about some of these subjects. An Astronaut or a woman that played on Star Trek - Don't equate to being an Authority on DNA and cell generation in remote bio-cultures. Space, yes. NASA, yes... but the origin of life... mmm Nope. Knowing that premise- enjoy the show. Not knocking- just informing and defining - what I think others are low scoring this show for. Very interesting watch- MJ
Absolute MASTERPIECE!
nja8928 October 2019
One Strange Rock is one of the very best documentary series' that I have ever experienced. I say "experienced" because that is what it is, a full out experience.
From the first frame of episode one until the very last shot, its hypnotic. I knew when I saw that David Fincher was the Director that it would be an incredible docu-series, but he really out-did himself on this.
If you enjoy learning about the planet & humanity, this is the ultimate show for you. It blows others like it away. Its so detailed/descriptive & the music/sound effects are AMAZING. It really is like being put into a trance. It invokes deep emotions & answers serious questions about life.
I recommend this for people of any age. Its a MUST see!
Will Smith ... WHY????
mmccauley-5230910 March 2019
This is clearly a big-budget production. The camera work is amazing and they have a full cast of actual astronauts who provide their own perspectives on the science of life. That's all great. And then, inexplicably, Will Smith starts running his mouth.
I like Will Smith as an actor, but he doesn't belong in this thing. He brings no authority to the topics being discussed, and it mostly sounds like he's talking to a child. Like he's trying to convince his 9-year-old son that science is cool. Maybe that's the intention? Who knows.
I don't think a series like this needs Will-Smith-level star power. Yes, charisma matters, but I'd say it's more important to have someone you can take seriously. Will Smith just drags this show down.
I like Will Smith as an actor, but he doesn't belong in this thing. He brings no authority to the topics being discussed, and it mostly sounds like he's talking to a child. Like he's trying to convince his 9-year-old son that science is cool. Maybe that's the intention? Who knows.
I don't think a series like this needs Will-Smith-level star power. Yes, charisma matters, but I'd say it's more important to have someone you can take seriously. Will Smith just drags this show down.
Absolutely Wonderful
susi-233-68738822 February 2019
This is a mind-blowing cacophony of splendid! Every episode is beautiful. I can't believe the photography and the amazing incredibly interesting angles and scenarios that photographers have caught. The astronauts are wonderful! It's just so good! Everybody should watch this to gain a critical beautiful perspective on our Fabulous living pulsating gorgeous planet Earth!
Do your brain a favor, and watch it.
andreamsasko27 February 2019
Will Smith did a wonderful job as the narrator of this documentary, and made it fun to watch. My 16 year old son, and my 6 year old daughter were both as mesmerized as I was, watching it. The film itself, hits on all the key elements that we all wonder about. It explains things in such a fascinating way that sparks your curiosity and makes you want to know more. The filming, the interviews, the camera work, are all beautifully executed. I hope they decide to make more episode for this very interesting, brain stimulating, scientific gem.
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