Mars: The Quest For Life (Discovery Channel/Genius Blu-ray)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Feature: D
While
many of the Discovery Channels programs are very fun to watch and learn at the
same time, Mars: The Quest For Life
one is not. It is very boring, feeling
more like one of those bad made for high school sleepers we all were made to
sit through. Too bad, because the
subject is always an interesting one, but this is so by-the-numbers that it
just never works.
The 1.78 x
1 digital High Definition picture does not look very good at all, but what can
you really expect from it. The Dolby
Digital 5.1 sound is just like it would be watching the program on cable
television, a weaker older sound codec that does not add anything to the
experience of watching this. There is no
reason to own this unless you are a school teacher wanting to put the class to
sleep, and definitely no reason to own the Blu-ray. There are far better programs on Mars
available and here are links to a few of them:
Roving Mars IMAX Blu-ray/DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5775/Roving+Mars+(IMAX/Blu-ray+++DVD
Mars: Dead Or Alive DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/2628/Mars:+Dead+Or+Alive+(Nova)
- Nate Rutkus
