Sphere Las Vegas Is the Ultimate Theater Experience

October 31, 2023 10:23pm

I took my wife to see Darren Aronofsky's "Postcard from Earth" at Sphere Las Vegas today because I wanted her to see the incredible new entertainment venue in the world's greatest entertainment city. Having seen U2 in concert there a few days before, I already knew how spectacular Sphere is. But I also knew that all the sensory enhancements at Sphere were not utilized at the concert, and that "Postcard from Earth" would utilize it all because it was produced specifically for that venue.

So was the film outstanding? Yes and no. I'll start with the "yes" reason. The film was outstanding because the cinematography was superb. Every inch of Sphere's near wrap-around 16K LED video screen was filled with unbelievably beautiful and life-like images of Earth and its inhabitants. From our planet's immense natural beauty to the dominating architecture of human civilizations, the film presented the artistry of Earth as no other venue in the world can. I won't get into the details of Sphere's state-of-the-art theatrical technologies in this post, but you can read what I wrote about that last week at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/blog/231028-1712

Now for the reason "no." I fully expected the film to be a propaganda piece about how humans are destroying our planet via anthropogenic climate change. What I didn't expect was for it to be so direct, deceptive, and defenseless. The entire premise of the film is that, at some unspecified date in the future, mankind has destroyed Earth to the point that the planet cannot heal if there is even one human left on it. So all humans left Earth to populate other planets. The number of people evacuated from Earth was never specified in the film. But billions would be unrealistic even with the future's space travel technology. Presumably, we killed off most human life through our destruction of Mother Earth. I won't give away the ending in case you plan to see it yourself and want to hold on to at least some suspense. But suffice it to say that the plot was too unrealistic and preachy, even for a climate activist's science fiction piece.

Do I recommend going to an event at Sphere? Yes, I absolutely do. The one-of-a-kind entertainment venue offers a spectacular sensory experience that isn't available anywhere else. Concerts that incorporate Sphere's potential to enhance the performance will be amazing. The resident "Postcard from Earth" film is also amazing; visually, audibly, and physically (because the haptic seats vibrate with appropriate timing synchronized to the sound). Just know before you go that the film's message is a disgusting one; that "humans are evil, and Earth would be better off without us."

But the irony of that message is that, while the film's narrator describes how humans have ALWAYS destroyed everything we've touched, the planet is somehow still here. And so are we; the homo sapiens that, without any explanation of the non sequitur, somehow managed to survive on the planet we supposedly destroyed multiple times already. But if anything is consistent among the climate change alarmists, it is never having to explain when they err.