The Universe: Season 3

I highly recommend this box set for anyone interested in purchasing this series. The money saved is quite substantial and despite what other reviews have claimed this box set does include ALL the episodes from ALL three seasons to include the 13 episodes and the special feature length documentary "Beyond the Big Bang" for season 1, all 18 episodes for season 2, and all 12 episodes for season 3.Season 1(Disc 1) Secrets of the Sun, Mars: The Red Planet, The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to Our Planet, Jupiter: The Giant Planet, The Moon(Disc 2) Spaceship Earth, The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus, Saturn: Lord of the Rings, Alien Galaxies, Life And Death Of A Star(Disc 3) The Outer Planets, The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe, Search for ETBonus: Beyond the Big BangSeason 2(Disc 1) Alien Planets, Cosmic Holes, Mysteries of the Moon, The Milky Way, Alien Moons(Disc 2) Dark Matter, Astrobiology, Space Travel, Supernovas(Disc 3) Constellations, Unexplained Mysteries, Cosmic Collisions, Colonizing Space, Nebulas(Disc 4)Wildest Weather in the Cosmos, Biggest Things in Space, Gravity, Cosmic ApocalypseBonus: Backyard AstronomersSeason 3(Disc 1) Deep Space Disasters, Parallel Universes, Light Speed, Sex in Space(Disc 2) Alien Faces, Deadly Comets and Meteors, Living in Space, Stopping Armageddon(Disc 3) Another Earth, Strangest Things,Edge of Space, Cosmic PhenomenaBonus: Universe Facts, Image GalleryI 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.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. Each Season is individually packaged in separate Blu-ray boxes.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.

First, I must say that most facts given or theories discussed are as beyond my comprehension as are the distant galaxies & Black Holes, yet, most of those interviewed or those scientists that are featured on this series are American. As a teacher in the American Public School System, I often drive home from work even more cynical than when I arrived that morning. After hearing and watching many of the scientists featured on this series, I am elated and refreshed by the genius minds of the many young people in this presentation. Yes, the American Public School System is still, very much, in trouble and is what could bankrupt this country if we do not get the politicians out of the decision making processes as well as to revamp curriculum in the very same system. The Public School System caters not to the American born child, rather, plays into the hands of those children of the world, who have just come to the shores of America but speak no english and have much lower learning skills. It is a politicians dream come true and they play into their whims, day in and day out. The American born student is an afterthought and is why America now ranks approximately #37, in the world of education. You can say goodbye to any future universe series, as long as this trend continues. The Universe Series is a mind-blowing phenomenon, creatively presented, however, with, at times, far too many CG charged scenes. I believe with the photos I have viewed, which were taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, there should be fewer times when CG are needed. In any event, the Universe, in BlueRay, is something not to be missed or forgotten and should be studied by young and old. I have not seen the entire series but can emphatically state that I will be ordering the remaining episodes in the series. The one thing it did not have to offer was, Dr. Carl Sagan, a genius, a brilliant, forward thinking mind, lost to the ravages of cancer.

A lot of animation with good narrations. 4 disks Set. Every disk 3 episodes about 45 min duration.Disk 1"Deep space disasters""Parallel Universes" - Our co-existence in parallel dimensions"Light speed"Disk 2"Sex in space" - kinda awkward theme but gives you a thought about impossibility to develop healthy body in weightless conditions."Alien faces" - like Sci Fi movie based on guesses and graphic"Deadly comets and meteors" - Endlessly dieing dinosaurs and continuously falling meteors on Earth, theories of evading deadly meteors.Disk 3"Living in space" - Animated theories of possible life on Mars or other planets. Mars expedition preparations."Stopping Armageddon" - Dinosaurs dieing "again" and again. Too much death the same animated poor animal."Another Earth" Animated theories about possible planet like EarthDisk 4 - is my favorite"Strangest things" - Animated presentation about our Solar system, Galaxies, Black wholes, Pulsars and Magnetars and so on."Edge of Space" - Possibility of private flights for regular persons."Cosmic phenomena" - Auroras, Gamma rays, Sprites, Elf's, Blue Jets. Last three I did not know about before watching this DVD. This is amazing lightnings which are not like regular lightnings we can see but much bigger in the Earth scale and invisible for regular eye reaction.Good set.I'd recommend it!

as with series 1 and 2 the graphics in this series are absolutly stunning they are well informed questions asked and some answers future outlooks of our solar system posed the 3 part set series 1,2 and 3 also make the viewer think but rarely its not boring i watched all 3 sets back to back im still stunned by all the information contained its even formated into sections covering a vast range of topics 5 stars is not enough for this set 10/15 is nearer the mark even if you are not into astronomy you will not fail to be totaly spellbound very highly recommended