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| View Larger Image | My Fantastic Field Trip to the Planets | DVD
| List Price: | $14.98 | | Price: | $13.49 | | You Save: | $1.49 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 9 to 11 days |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 70 minutes | | Format: | Color, NTSC, Surround Sound, Dolby | | Studio: | Wonderscape Entertainment | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 | | Release Date: | September 13, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 15,161th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Description
Blast off with Jake on a live-action, musical, outer space adventure featuring ten original songs! Traveling inside his toy rocket, Jake's survival depends on the help of nine friendly planets, who magically talk and sing. Will Jake make it through the dangerous asteroid belt? Can he get back home before his mother discovers that he is gone? Songs combine fun lyrics about the planets with memorable melodies for one big whopping, planet-hopping experience that's out of this world! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 44 reviews)
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DVD by Pastor's Kid (GA)  3 Stars
September 20, 2009
DVD was received in a timely manner. Toddler friendly. DVD skips in certain places and sound doesn't work in certain places as well.
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A great introduction to the planets! Both my kids love this DVD. by Coffee Queen (South Florida)  5 Stars
September 16, 2009
This DVD is a bit kooky with the music and catchy songs but you have to keep in mind that it is geared toward kids. Each planet has a face and talks and sings. My 2 1/2 year old and 5 year old just love it and can practically recite the script and sing all of the songs. The only negatives are that it includes Pluto as a planet (Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet) and also the planet Venus says that she is a gassy planet and she is teased with names like "Fart ball" and "stinky". This has not been a big deal for us because the kids have learned so much about the planets and my son and daughter both can recite the names of the planets and the order in which they are in. This DVD has truly sparked an interest in space for my son. He now enjoys books that are about space which are not even childrens books! He often watches history channel documentaries on space which are geared toward adults! This is a great movie! I am even making my son's halloween costume this year based on this movie!
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Barney in space by Myk Olsen  1 Stars
September 01, 2009
My son is four and loves any astronomical information. He's FOUR and he said, "Daddy, this show is boring." The only real educational element is that it gives the order of the planets. Other than that, you get songs on the level of Barney, dialogue so bad it annoyed my dogs, and the kind of sets that make Dr. Who look like Cecil B. DeMille. Again, my son is obsessed with anything interplanetary and he wouldn't sit through it.
If you love Barney, get it. If Barney makes you itch and/or you're looking something with even a modicum of educational content, don't bother.
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Both Good and Bad by Madge (Pennsylvania)  4 Stars
June 20, 2009
My 3 year old son loves it and watches it all the time. Which is great! This is why I bought it and I'm glad I did for my son's sake.
However, my husband and I find it difficult to watch! Its a low budget live action/computer animated film and its very obvious in the quality of animation. And the songs are annoying to me. The lead character, Jake, is also a little whiny at times, which is not behavior I want my son to emulate.
The only thing we can watch is the actual movie. I can't access the DVD extras (lost our DVD player remote control). So I can't give a review on those.
My review: Good for kids, can be annoying for adults.
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My Moronic Field Trip to the Planets... Terrible DVD by Mama Canary (USA) 1 Stars
March 09, 2009
I bought this based on all the good reviews. This is probably the worst kids DVD I've ever seen. My 4 year old son loves learning about outer space. This is the first dvd I've found about the planets rather than rocket etc. My four year old could even tell that the info is out dated. One could easily overlook the cheesy special effects, but the horrible singing and dancing can not. With the quality of kids informational dvds available today, its a wonder this dvd is still being distributed. We thought, well hoped, that the NASA footage would make up for the disappointing main feature, no luck. All it is is some regurgitated NASA promotional films that move way to fast for any child, and you can barely hear or understand the voice over. We have returned this dvd.
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