NOVA: Universe Revealed
J**.
Wonderful visual experience; Off-putting narration.
I’ve been watching this show on broadcast television. I was very much looking forward to it. But… the narration makes it near-unwatchable. The good: The visuals are amazing and the information is new. The very bad: The narrator hits word emphasis at awkward points; infuses unnecessary verbal drama into the script. (Hint: It’s science; not theatre. The script does not need to be dramatically infused.) I don’t like to go on about this, but I was truly looking forward to this PBS NOVA series and now I’m so disappointed. One feels as though one is being talked to like a fourth grader.