One Strange Rock

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.

Vivid and thought provoking. Photography and visuals are stunning. Fascinating perspectives from astronauts. Planet Earth on steroids!

The visuals are breathtaking, as well as some of the side stories. However, Will smith hosting and the obviously scripted astronaut interviews puts a dent in the quality of it. Will Smith doesn't know about all of this and it's obvious. Great guy but not the man for this job. Also, sometimes you can tell how extremely scripted the astronauts interviews are. You can constantly see them, and will Smith sometimes, looking to the side of the camera to read the script. Also over-empathize simple points to avoid going very in-depth.

Despite my complaints, I still very much enjoyed the show. The visuals are stunning and the science is still fascinating. Definitely a good watch overall.

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.

A very well written script. Story telling is mesmerizing. It keeps the audiences attention at all times. Learned a lot about our planet and exciting science that should everyone know.