Alien Planet (2005)

Directed by

Pierre de Lespinois

Genre

docufiction

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV special imagines what alien life might look like on a fictional planet. It presents the creatures and environment in the style of a nature documentary with commentary from real scientists.

speculativecontemplativeinformativeawe-inspiringscientificimaginaryexploratory

What happens

Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary. Although closely following Barlowe's depiction of Darwin IV, Alien Planet features a team of scientists and science fiction figures discussing Darwin IV as if it had actually been discovered. Among the people featured are Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, Jack Horner, James B. Garvin and George Lucas. Alien Planet garnered positive reviews as a thought-provoking programme, though some criticism was raised concerning the strange creatures featured, which some reviewers saw as bordering on implausible. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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