Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Universe (2007)--No score, but it's probably close to a 1/5

I don't know if I read this somewhere, but I expected "The Universe" to be like "Planet Earth." Beautiful HD images of the planets, stars, and so forth. Enlightening and humorous voice over. Like that.

Instead, "The Universe" is like the local weather report in the style of BattleBots. The first episode, "Secrets of the Sun," spends half the episode comparing electrons to billiard balls and the other half frightening the audience about solar flares. (They're the "deadliest danger you've never heard of!" or something). Please.

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