How smart are we as a civilization? Smart enough to control our own destiny and avoid the cataclysms that could end life as we know it? Using state-of-the-art computer-generated graphics and interviews with the world?s top... more » scientists, Last Days on Earth takes viewers inside seven of the deadliest threats to humanity. Some have the power to render us extinct, others can destroy the planet; all could entail the end of our civilization. How likely are they to occur, what exactly would happen if they did, and could we survive? Last Days on Earth goes beyond science fiction to science fact, as it takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride through black holes, intelligent robots, asteroid strikes and deadly plagues. Viewers will journey from the outer reaches of the universe to the inner world of DNA.« less
"The Special on ABC was out of this world...it actually scares you. Makes you wonder how will we go...anyway it was a awesome special and I recommend this to anyone who wants to know how we will be destroyed."
AWESOME!
H. Hernandez | FL USA | 05/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"THIS SPECIAL WAS VERY GOOD AND BY FAR MOST INTERESTING. IT AIRED ON ABC ON AUGUST 31 06.....JUST THE POSIBILITIES OF OUR PLANET DESTROYING ITSELF WAS SO AMUZING TO WATCH BUT VERY FRIGHTNING. THEY EXPLAIN ABOUT 7 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN. FROM SHOOTING STARS EXPLODING BY OUR PLANET, TO PLANET EARTH BEING SUCKED INTO A BLACK WHOLE. ALSO THE AFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND VIDEOS THEY SHOW OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN WERE THE BEST WAY THAT YOU COULD KEEP PEOPLE LIKE ME INTERESTED."
Informative, Interesting and Intriguing
D. Lane | Bear Creek, NC United States | 01/18/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Most people would think of this as depressing..but I found it very interesting. It reminds me that whatever little problems I have going on in my life..it could be worse and they're just not that important in the long run. The interviews were very interesting and the information was well thought out. I loved the CG graphics and explanations and overall just really enjoyed watching this."
More sensationalism than science
E. J. Zita | Olympia, WA, USA | 04/21/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"While the science in this review is mostly accurate, it has a silly focus. It tries to grab the audience with scary speculations about cosmic disasters. Stephen Hawking hits the nail on the head. When the reviewer asks him to speculate about how gamma ray bursts could destroy Earth, he sensibly responds that this has not been a problem in Earth's 4.5 billion year history. Earth is in far greater danger from human actions, he says. Indeed.
Unfortunately, Neil deGrasse Tyson continues the alarmist drumbeat uninterrupted, ignoring Hawking's wise words. Tyson plunges on to the next scary speculation - ooh, how could a black hole destroy us!? Get real. We don't have to sensationalize science to make people interested. Reality is interesting enough, and more important."
WE'RE DOOMED! DOOMED!
Michael Valdivielso | Alexandria, VA | 11/09/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"No, we're not. I mean, most of the stuff they list isn't going to happen in our life time or even mankind's life time. Or there isn't really anything we can do about it anyway, so why worry. As for the nuclear missiles, germ warfare and global warning, if we don't stop it now we deserve to die anyway. Lots of fun to watch. I enjoyed the part about artificial intelligence the most. Go ROBOTS!"