This series is mainly for science nerds, and not so much for sci-fi nerds in search of eye candy.
The idea behind Alien Worlds is to take what we know of science on Earth, combine it with observations of how living things on Earth adapt to survive different environments, and then adjust the variables (mainly climate and habitat) to guess at how life might evolve on other planets with heavier gravity, extreme temperatures, etc.
So to those who are complaining about all the Earth stuff in this show, you really missed the point. A certain amount of this series is absolutely science fiction, but it was imagined with real science in mind. And that real science is explained by actual human scientists who go into why this species looks this way and why that species has developed that weird behavior.
The Earth science is all very necessary for justifying the design of the imagined creatures that could be inhabiting other planets.
Overall, I enjoyed this series but I wasn't blown away by it. It was just an interesting series of what-ifs.
The idea behind Alien Worlds is to take what we know of science on Earth, combine it with observations of how living things on Earth adapt to survive different environments, and then adjust the variables (mainly climate and habitat) to guess at how life might evolve on other planets with heavier gravity, extreme temperatures, etc.
So to those who are complaining about all the Earth stuff in this show, you really missed the point. A certain amount of this series is absolutely science fiction, but it was imagined with real science in mind. And that real science is explained by actual human scientists who go into why this species looks this way and why that species has developed that weird behavior.
The Earth science is all very necessary for justifying the design of the imagined creatures that could be inhabiting other planets.
Overall, I enjoyed this series but I wasn't blown away by it. It was just an interesting series of what-ifs.