Ancient Earth (2017– )
2/10
Could be interesting if it weren't so appallingly produced
23 March 2023
SPOILER ALERT: All the dinosaurs die.

This show could be okay. However there are many production and delivery mistakes that make it barely watchable.

  • The sound is awful. The mix is terrible and there's just continuous blaring strings over the top of everything. It doesn't need music, but it especially doesn't need music if it's going to drown out the dialogue.


  • "Glorious 4K" is a lie. You can actively see the MPEG4 compression on it. Even in fairly still settings like the talking heads, you can pause it at any point and their face will look like it's been pixellated for anonymity. The sound is also poor quality. This happens on the TV app and desktop.


  • The animations are comically bad. It's like something from Encarta 98. I was shocked to discover this was only produced a few years ago.


  • The episodes are SO SHORT! Seriously, I was expecting to sit down to a half hour, perhaps 45 minute episode. And then they're all 10-15 minutes. Less than you might even expect from a YouTube video, which would probably have more love put into it.


  • Curiosity Stream is just generally broken. The app glitches out and shows the wrong information. This isn't the fault of Ancient Earth, just thought I'd continue the list.


In short, it's amateurish.
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