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12 episodes on three discs
Bonus features; Meteors: Fire in the Sky, Comets: Prophets of Doom
Bonus features; Meteors: Fire in the Sky, Comets: Prophets of Doom
Editorial Reviews
Journey back to the beginning of history on a mind-blowing adventure through space and time.
Using stunning HD graphics, THE UNIVERSE returns in SEASON FOUR to transport viewers past the wonders of our own solar system and out to the bizarre far-flung reaches of the cosmos. From death stars to ringed planets, star clusters to space wars, THE UNIVERSE uses new discoveries and more advanced CGI to help explain the mysteries of outer space. From wormholes to transporters, examine which elements from popular sci-fi movies could really exist; and discover how the universe is awash in all sorts of strange liquids, from oceans of methane to blobs of alcohol floating in space, and even iron rain. Watch and marvel as experts cook up ten ways to destroy the Earth, including blowing it up with anti-matter, hurling it into the Sun, and colliding with another galaxy.
This 3-disc special Blu-ray set features all 12 episodes from SEASON FOUR plus additional never-aired segments.
BONUS FEATURE: Featurettes 'Meteors: Fire in the Sky' 'Comets: Prophets of Doom'
DISC 1: Death Stars / The Day the Moon was Gone / It Fell From Space / Biggest Blasts
DISC 2: The Hunt for Ringed Planets / 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth / The Search for Cosmic Clusters / Space Wars
DISC 3: Liquid Universe / Pulsars & Quasars / Science Fiction. Science Fact. / Extreme Energy
Using stunning HD graphics, THE UNIVERSE returns in SEASON FOUR to transport viewers past the wonders of our own solar system and out to the bizarre far-flung reaches of the cosmos. From death stars to ringed planets, star clusters to space wars, THE UNIVERSE uses new discoveries and more advanced CGI to help explain the mysteries of outer space. From wormholes to transporters, examine which elements from popular sci-fi movies could really exist; and discover how the universe is awash in all sorts of strange liquids, from oceans of methane to blobs of alcohol floating in space, and even iron rain. Watch and marvel as experts cook up ten ways to destroy the Earth, including blowing it up with anti-matter, hurling it into the Sun, and colliding with another galaxy.
This 3-disc special Blu-ray set features all 12 episodes from SEASON FOUR plus additional never-aired segments.
BONUS FEATURE: Featurettes 'Meteors: Fire in the Sky' 'Comets: Prophets of Doom'
DISC 1: Death Stars / The Day the Moon was Gone / It Fell From Space / Biggest Blasts
DISC 2: The Hunt for Ringed Planets / 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth / The Search for Cosmic Clusters / Space Wars
DISC 3: Liquid Universe / Pulsars & Quasars / Science Fiction. Science Fact. / Extreme Energy
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The first three seasons of this show were really much better than the fourth season. In the fourth season they have gone much more
into speculation and sensationalism with much less real science.
Still, it is interesting and worth watching, just don`t expect too much from it.
Call it three and a half stars.
into speculation and sensationalism with much less real science.
Still, it is interesting and worth watching, just don`t expect too much from it.
Call it three and a half stars.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I owned the first three seasons of this EPIC series on dvd and had been disappointed by the double black bars (fullscreen letterbox) presentation of this series. A quick fix was to change your zoom settings on your set or player, but this fix was quite awful in what seems to be lower than a 480i resolution.
This product on Blu-ray is awesome, it contains all 12 episodes of season 4 plus additional never-aired segments presented on 3 Blu-ray discs.
Episodes include:
(Disc 1) Death Stars, The Day the Moon was gone, It fell from Space, Biggest Blasts
(Disc 2) The Hunt for Ringed Planets, 10 Ways to Destroy The Earth, The Search for Cosmic Clusters, Space Wars
(Disc 3) Liquid Universe, Pulsars and Quasars, Science Fiction/Science Fact, Extreme Energy.
Bonus features include; Meteors: Fire in the Sky, Comets: Prophets of Doom.
The Blu-ray release of this series is truly wonderful in full 1920x1080 HD. This is a true widescreen release. The audio is presented in lossless 2.0 Dolby Stereo.
The graphics and special effects can be and most of the time are the best of any production I have ever seen. It stands alone in comparison to anything the BBC, NOVA, The Science Channel, or The Discovery Channel has ever created.
If you are interested in a mind blowing, educational, heavily entertaining piece of eye candy, then do not pass this product up.
This product on Blu-ray is awesome, it contains all 12 episodes of season 4 plus additional never-aired segments presented on 3 Blu-ray discs.
Episodes include:
(Disc 1) Death Stars, The Day the Moon was gone, It fell from Space, Biggest Blasts
(Disc 2) The Hunt for Ringed Planets, 10 Ways to Destroy The Earth, The Search for Cosmic Clusters, Space Wars
(Disc 3) Liquid Universe, Pulsars and Quasars, Science Fiction/Science Fact, Extreme Energy.
Bonus features include; Meteors: Fire in the Sky, Comets: Prophets of Doom.
The Blu-ray release of this series is truly wonderful in full 1920x1080 HD. This is a true widescreen release. The audio is presented in lossless 2.0 Dolby Stereo.
The graphics and special effects can be and most of the time are the best of any production I have ever seen. It stands alone in comparison to anything the BBC, NOVA, The Science Channel, or The Discovery Channel has ever created.
If you are interested in a mind blowing, educational, heavily entertaining piece of eye candy, then do not pass this product up.
63 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Imagine that you work for the History Channel. Suppose that your job is to put together a DVD set for season four of one of your prestige shows; one that looks great on your HD network and really serves to highlight what an excellent network you have.
If you were this person doing this job would you:
A: Release this DVD set as anamorphic, so that when people watch it on their 47" screen the image takes up all the screen and looks spectacular.
B: Release this DVD as non-anamorphic so that either people have to see a stretched version where all the planets are ovals instead of spheres (which they aren't actually, but that's another issue), or they have to watch it both letterboxed and pillarboxed in order to see everything in the correct aspect ratio?
If you selected B, I think the folks at History might have a job opening for you.
"The Universe", the TV show, looks great when it airs on History HD and is really entertaining and informative. I love everything about the show, even if this current season focused a bit much on the "gloom and doom" aspects of space and not as much on space science. I have the first three seasons on DVD and love watching them.
But, well, they're non-anamorphic and that's just not acceptable. This will, as a result, be the last DVD set of this program that I buy until the folks at History wake up and give the show a proper DVD release.
5 stars for the show. 1 star for the DVD set.
If you were this person doing this job would you:
A: Release this DVD set as anamorphic, so that when people watch it on their 47" screen the image takes up all the screen and looks spectacular.
B: Release this DVD as non-anamorphic so that either people have to see a stretched version where all the planets are ovals instead of spheres (which they aren't actually, but that's another issue), or they have to watch it both letterboxed and pillarboxed in order to see everything in the correct aspect ratio?
If you selected B, I think the folks at History might have a job opening for you.
"The Universe", the TV show, looks great when it airs on History HD and is really entertaining and informative. I love everything about the show, even if this current season focused a bit much on the "gloom and doom" aspects of space and not as much on space science. I have the first three seasons on DVD and love watching them.
But, well, they're non-anamorphic and that's just not acceptable. This will, as a result, be the last DVD set of this program that I buy until the folks at History wake up and give the show a proper DVD release.
5 stars for the show. 1 star for the DVD set.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A lot of corny crap mixed in with some good stuff...
Corny crap like: THE DAY THE MOON WAS GONE and 10 WAYS TO DESTROY THE EARTH. This is put out by the HISTORY CHANNEL so I did NOT expect all that much. Read more
Published 26 days ago by oscar
The universe
This is like a sequel, not as good as the original. It is better than season three because some new ideas are explored but is not comparabe to season one and two.
Published 10 months ago by D. Williams
Average Universe
Not as good as earlier seasons. The "Ask The Universe" feature that crops up in the middle of each episode in Seasons 4 and 5 is a bit annoying and not always relevent to the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jason Toddman
Diappointing
The first three seasons of The Universe was a good watch. By the fourth it seems as if the producers? have run out of things to show and the same topics/subjects are reviewed. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Doco
Spectacular! If a bit far fetched
I use the entire series to bolster the content of my high school Astronomy course, and Season Four is a worthy addition to the previous three. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Todd Guthrie
Very interesting and entertaining
The graphics are good and it is easy to imagine how the universe really looks like .
The series has many different narrators . Read more
The series has many different narrators . Read more
Published 17 months ago by konroth
Awesome
Excellent picture quality, best space biography i have ever watched
I highly recommend this!
I highly recommend this!
Published 20 months ago by Knight
Simple Series
Why is the DVD version in Full Screen 1.33:1 format and Blu-Ray is in Widescreen 1.85:1? It appears that this is a new way to force DVD obsolescence and move everyone to Blu-Ray. Read more
Published 21 months ago by John Eckart
fast shipping and a great product
Amazon is a great place to shop for anything..My husbands birthday is June 20 and he would NOT tell me anything he wanted..but on June 16... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Glenda Johnson
Way better than season 3
I've watched all 4 seasons of the Universe so far, and I was left disappointed by the third, rest assured the fourth is much better. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Michael T. Rogge
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