Product Details

• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC VID
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003BI76WS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,307 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Traveler's Guide to the Planets" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 06/29/2010 Run time: 300 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Use this to show off your Blu-Ray!, July 3, 2010

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Richard J. Bartlett (Louisville, KY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This looks truly stunning - you have to watch it on a large screen TV otherwise you won't get the full effect. It's pretty amazing how much detail the special effects team managed to put into the graphics. There were a number of times I sat there and thought "wow" :)

Besides that, the programs themselves are quite informative and live up to the title - they act as a good general guide to the planets. Earth is not covered, but that's okay. I guess the producers are assuming you're already familiar with the third rock from the Sun. However, all the others - including Pluto - are included.

My only gripe - and the reason for the 4 stars, as opposed to 5 - is the lack of extras, although, to be fair I didn't expect a whole lot. There are two very short videos about the Sun and Moon - standard def, I think - and neither run more than five minutes long. It would have been nice to see how the graphics were created or to see some other behind-the-scenes stuff but I understand it costs money to produce that.

Anyway, if you want something to show off your Blu-Ray then this is a definite candidate. If you're new to the planets you'll find it fascinating and informative and even if you're not new to these alien worlds, you'll probably find the effects spellbinding.

Enjoy!

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars opportunity missed, October 13, 2010

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Paul Zborowski (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (DVD)

When will producers realize that not all humans have only a 2 second attention span? I looked forward to this title enourmously. I was going to drown in the glorious modern visuals of the planets and their myriad colourfull moons. Instead someone thought they were making an action movie for teenagers, and not a documentary. Machine gun scene changes did not allow the viewer one moment of visual pleasure. A total frustrating waste of pixels, and a crime. Because when is someone going to finance another (proper) go at the same title now ?

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, July 21, 2010

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M. Kolias (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (DVD)

I really liked this because it tried to stick to
currently known facts about the Universe. If you have
watched other programs of the same type you know
that sometimes they spend all of the episode guessing
about what you will find on other planets etc...

I also like that they didn't present things in a
negative way. Example; When the Sun explodes in an
estimated 5 billion years the outer planets will lose
all of their mass and all that will remain are the cores
of once giant planets.

When possible I like to deal in known facts not
theories. Anyway, this is just the opinion of one
person. Overall, I found it enjoyable.