IMAX: Journey To Space (4K UHD / 3D Bluray) [Blu-ray]

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Product Description Brilliantly narrated by film and television legend Sir Patrick Stewart, Journey To Space gives a sweeping overview of humanity’s accomplishments in space, as well as our ongoing activities and future plans.

Journey To Space puts into historical context the magnificent contributions made by the Space Shuttle program and its intrepid space pioneers. It uses the most spectacular space footage (including unique views of Earth and operations in space) such as deploying and repairing the Hubble Space Telescope. It then goes on to show how the shuttle launched and assembled the International Space Station (ISS). Together, these programs have taught us how to live, build and conduct scientific experiments in space. The ISS will continue operating in space until 2024, and the film shows how it is building a foundation for the next giant leaps into space, concluding with a fascinating, realistic scenario of how astronauts will actually get to Mars, live there for long durations, and then return home after a two-and-a-half-year mission.

Includes 4K SDR And 45 HDR For The Full UHD Experience. Ultra HD TV With HDR Needed To Access 4K HDR.

Special Features Include:

-Behind-The-Scenes Footage -4K Photo Gallery -4K Trailers Review Just add this one to your collection, even if you don’t yet have 4K capability. For those with 4K, pop it in your player and be amazed. –Home Theater Forum, May 2016

Early adopters will find plenty to amaze themselves (and their friends and relatives) with here since the technical merits are so outstanding. Highly recommended. –Bluray.com, May 2016

Shout! Factory knocked it out of the park with their first 4K disc. Kudos for including three formats (4K, 3D Blu-ray, and 2D Blu-ray) in this set, as well as featuring all of the extras in both 4K and 1080p. While the documentary is interesting for fans of space exploration, the video quality is excellent and the images are spectacular. It gets a very strong recommendation –DVD Talk, May 2016

Product Reviews

Great 4K quality….except for all the other parts that aren’t 4K and framed

The 4K quality is excellent in this film, very clean and very sharp. It also has dual color range options accessible from the menu so you can play the movie in HDR or SDR (where a lot of 4K discs are HDR by default).The cons:There is a lot of footage on here that is lower res, what looks like 1080 and 480p shots. This is due to the methods that some of the old historical footage is captured in. So this equates to a good 20% of the film being shown within a frame, as the lower res video is shown in its native aspect ratio and size.I would have given this a higher rating, but when you have a 43 minute film and the first 10 min is video in a tiny frame in the middle of the screen, it’s a bit disappointing.I don’t think its a bad movie, but when you are paying for a 4k movie, you expect the entire thing to be 4k.

The curious case of Patrick Stewart and false advertising.

Let me start off by saying that when they claim this is narrated by our beloved Captain Picard they aren’t telling the entire truth. All told he narrates about 4 min of this entire “film” and the rest of narrated by a couple other people.Now the video itself. If you are buying this for the same reasons I did which were to see awesome space stuff in 4k HDR as well as watch a 1080p version in 3d while learning cool stuff then I suggest you DONT BUY IT.First most of the footage isn’t shot in 4k or even 1080p. The stuff that is in 4k is very minimal and reused IMAX footage from something else.This is stuffed to the brim with stock footage presented in a small box in the middle of your 4k tv. Even the 1080p 3d disc has the same issue on a 1080p TV. They use tons of old non hd footage and stick it in a box that sits in the middle of your tv. I’ll edit this review with a screen grab when I’m at a pc to show what I mean.The 3d parts themselves just like the 4k parts are minimal. Sure they do alot of taking old static images and making a person pop out of the background but most of the video is not shot in 3d or 3d at all. The stuff that is shot in 3d looks great as does the 4k stuff but it’s so minimal I feel that the product description is false advertising and that’s just unfair.Don’t buy this looking for great 4k, don’t buy this to learn cool new things or to hear Patrick Stewart narrate and don’t buy it for the 3d because added together each makes up about 10% of this movie.There are better options out there so don’t be sucked in by the way lower than average UHD Blu-ray. In fact there is more informative videos on YouTube some of which are in 4k albeit not as high quality 4k as this.Just don’t waste your money like I did.

A mixed bag

While the topic is presented well, the film is only 41 minutes long (less than the 45 stated on the box). Patrick Stewart narrates about half of it; the balance is narrated by astronauts and others. These people are certainly knowledgable about their topics but lack the professional voiceover skills.Additionally, about 20% of the film is in low-res letterboxed format, albeit with a pretty background.I will give it kudos for an excellent use of sound mixing on takeoffs. Overall, I’d likely buy it again but that’s mainly due to the lack of 4K BRD content as I write this.

Don’t buy this if you want to see real space footage: you will be disappointed

Color me disappointed. I wouldn’t have bought it knowing what I know now. There are a handful of shots that are breathtaking, and because I saw “The Dream is Alive” in IMAX when it originally came out, I know there is a lot of high-def video available. I was hoping for a lot of NASA space shuttle mission film in 4K. Almost nothing is what you get. The bulk is either much lower res, or is of things completely unrelated to the Space Shuttle. To be fair, the title doesn’t say “space shuttle space footage” so I can’t complain too much, but do not buy this to see NASA space flight footage because there is little to see.There’s probably more shots of the Endeavor rolling through the streets of Southern CA and on the back of a 747 than any actual space shots.Oh, and it’s not really narrated by Patrick Stewart. He does maybe 25% of the narration. That’s fine, but saying that’s it’s narrated by Patrick Stewart is like saying it has Shuttle mission video from The Dream is Alive: it’s technically true but ultimately disappointing.

Awesome viewing experience

Ok, this movie is great to begin with, but the viewing experience on Ultra HD was amazing! We will never get anything but Ultra HD from now on!

… the movie at NASA Space Center and I really liked it. Wanted to have a copy but their …

I watched the movie at NASA Space Center and I really liked it. Wanted to have a copy but their souvenir store did not have it, so bought from Amazon. Do not expect you are buying a full length movie. This is a great NASA souvenir that they do not carry at their store.

Its ok

its like an advertisement for NASA. Sometimes, I don’t even recognize Patrick Stewart when he is narrating. He is getting old (I know) but his voice has changed, I wish him well.