Watch out for the six-winged herbivores grazing on seed clouds on Atmos, a hypothetical exoplanet double the size of Earth and with twice the gravitational pull. Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist Didier Queloz and ecologist Thomas Crowther put in appearances to lend credibility to the mind-boggling things you'll see, (and the fact that we now believe there are more planets beyond our solar system than there are grains of sand on Earth is pretty humbling) but it's the critters that will keep you hooked.
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This four-part British mini series premiered on 2nd December 2020, and if it weren't for the velvet voice of Sophie Okonedo ( Dirty Pretty Things) making us aware that this isn't one of David Attenborough's triumphs, we'd have thought it was another stunning documentary about the natural world and what we're doing to it.īut no, what we're actually watching is a carefully researched CGI depiction of the creatures that might live on planets beyond our solar system, if scientists apply the laws of life on Earth (gravity, atmosphere, tidal forces) to the rest of the galaxy.
It is intense, poignant, very well-written, and incredibly addictive. Contestants who refuse to play (or allow their visas to expire without a fresh win) are zapped to death by a laser that shoots down from the sky.
A few cars litter the streets, abandoned, but Shibuya is otherwise deserted – and if you've ever been there, you will find yourself wondering how on earth they managed to film this.Įventually, this apocalyptic dimension becomes a gaming arena – where the reluctant gamers have no choice but to keep winning games in return for visas that last but a few days. Thinking the coast is clear following a convenient power-cut, they emerge – only, it appears as though Arisu's wish has actually been granted. The three young men hide in a bathroom cubicle to escape arrest. Using Trinket's ingenious invention, the pair escape over the wall and embark on an adventure that will take them out into the wider world and ultimately down the path of sweet Arthur's true destiny.This eight-part Netflix Original series premiered on 10th December on Netflix, but it's actually based on a popular Japanese suspense manga series that ran from 2010 to 2016.Įssentially, in the moments before he danced in the middle of Shibuya crossing in Tokyo and garnered the unwanted attention of police, Arisu, one of a trio of friends, had wished he "could go to some unknown place".
But unexpected courage leads him to acquire the loyalty of a young bird groundling named Trinket, who gives the Home's loneliest inhabitant two incredible gifts: a real name, Arthur, like the good king in the old stories, and a best friend. For the Wonderling, an innocent-hearted, one-eared, fox-like eleven-year-old with only a number rather than a proper name, a 13 etched on a medallion around his neck, it is the only home he has ever known. Part animal and part human, the groundlings toil in classroom and factory, forbidden to enjoy anything regular children have, most particularly singing and music. Welcome to the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an institution run by evil Miss Carbunkle, a cunning villainess who believes her terrified young charges exist only to serve and suffer.