7/10
Exploring Genuine Possibilities
6 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
CNN Films has contributed something significant with "The Hunt for Planet B". This docu was a pitch-perfect tour through one of the darkest futures we can envision for the human species.

Judging by how things currently stand, "The Hunt for Planet B" possessed more truths than I'd expected. Plenty of notable personalities, scientists, and professionals lent their voices to this remarkable documentary.

Paul Leonard-Morgan did great work on musical scoring for this one. Robert Richman and Vassili Spiropoulos contributed some memorable cinematography work. Sabine Krayenbühl's editing was aces. Michael Wharton's VFX was neat and precise. Good work by all other crew members.

The docu focused on a region of space where seven planets are presently orbiting a Red Star named Trappist-1., among which planet 'e' is the most viable candidate. They came across this location when signals transmitted in the '70s were only now arriving at that spot in space, finally granting scientists a look at what's out there in the cosmos that could help provide us a new home.

I loved the way they used Dr. Carl Sagan's words to highlight the documentary - that man was a visionary, in the strictest sense of the word. Plenty of scientific elements were included, and I admire the team for doing just that.

Plenty of hope rests with the James Webb Space Telescope that recently launched. They covered some interesting people and moments around this event.

Nathaniel Kahn directed a splendid documentary. He has genuinely given the world a no-nonsense take on the dire and looming prospect of leaving Earth and going elsewhere. However, he did not merely celebrate the fact that we were seeking new planets to colonize.

I liked how he also covered the negative situations getting out of control right here on Earth that in turn prompted us to search for another home. This, more than anything else, made "The Hunt for Planet B" on Amazon Prime VOD worth watching.
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