Alien Planet ~ See what Science Predicts (DVD, 100 minutes)

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Type: DVD
Directed By: Pierre De Lespinois
Running Time: 100 minutes
Based upon the book "Expedition" by Wayne D. Barlowe, "Alien Planet" is no longer just a domain of science fiction. The film dramatizes an exciting and possible answer to what alien life really looks like and when we'll find it. Computer animated documentary will take you on a journey to another planet, Darwin IV, 6.5 light years from Earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth's gravity and an atmosphere capable of supporting life. Having identified Darwin IV as a likely home for life, scientists send a series of unmanned probes to the planet. Initially, the expectation is to find microscopic life. But the probes soon find themselves in the middle of a developed ecosystem, teeming with diverse creatures of all sizes. Peering through the "eyes" of the probes, marvel at the planet's bizarre inhabitants - like the lumbering Groveback, which supports a mini forest of vegetation on its back; deadly Prongheads who hunt in packs like wolves; and the graceful Gyrosprinter, an elk-like creature with a body dotted by luminescent biolights. The look and biology of each animal is based on the laws of evolution and physics, then modeled to fit the hypothetical environment of Darwin IV. Leading minds in the fields of paleontology, astrophysics and astrobiology explain how these creatures might evolve otherworldly characteristics like hollow bodies, "jet" propulsion and piercing tongue skewers. The drama on Darwin IV is motivated by real science missions, such as the NASA Origins Program and the NASA/JPL Planet-Finder Mission, as well as the European Space Agency's Darwin Project. "Alien Planet" is a cosmic expedition along side Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, John Horner, Curtis Clark, Craig Venter, George Lucas, and NASA's Chief Scientist Jim Garvin.

Alien planet
This is a very opened minded documentary about when we find a planet like Earth and the life that it holds. It has extremely good graphics there is however some parts that should have been left out like when the scientist pop out and start talking idk why they did that they should have done a voice over.