Las Vegas Sphere

[Online Veteran]

I am going to the Sphere when I go to the WSOP this year. I want to see Darren Aronofsky's "Postcard From Earth." I was wondering if any of you guys have seen it? I would love some advice on the best place to sit, should I walk or take a taxi from the Horseshoe (I don't do Uber), best time to see it on a Sunday (or Monday if I run deep in tourney), etc...

I have never been to anything like this before, and have heard it is absolutely amazing. This is a once a year trip to Las Vegas for me, so I want to make the most of it. Thank you in advance for any and all advice you guys have to offer.

[Dan Druff]

I am going to the Sphere when I go to the WSOP this year. I want to see Darren Aronofsky's "Postcard From Earth." I was wondering if any of you guys have seen it? I would love some advice on the best place to sit, should I walk or take a taxi from the Horseshoe (I don't do Uber), best time to see it on a Sunday (or Monday if I run deep in tourney), etc...

I have never been to anything like this before, and have heard it is absolutely amazing. This is a once a year trip to Las Vegas for me, so I want to make the most of it. Thank you in advance for any and all advice you guys have to offer.

I have not been inside the sphere before. I know the Postcard from Earth show has mixed reviews, though, so you should be aware of this.

Here's the general consensus...

The good:

- The visuals are amazing and extremely well done

- The first 15-20 minutes showcase earth's natural beauty and human culture, to where some reviewers described their feeling as "on the verge of tears"


The bad:

- The final 30-35 minutes of the show descend into an obnoxious, in-your-face, depressing left-wing message which casts humans as a parasite on the planet

- The show is incredibly expensive for the 50-minute runtime. The remainder of the time you spend in the "atrium", and not watching the show itself

- Some have complained that the hour you spend in that atrium is boring, and you're basically just watching unspectacular animatronic robots speak to you



BOTTOM LINE: This could have been a great, albeit pricey experience, where you find yourself immersed within a 360-degree world of beautiful sights and sounds. Instead, for whatever reason, the majority is a depressing political message about environmentalism -- one which even those who care about the environment will find grating.

It's really too bad, because even the 1-star reviews concede that the first 15-20 minutes are absolutely beautiful and well produced.

[Dan Druff]

I do want to say one other thing regarding the environmental message.

You might picture that I just hate all environmentalists because I'm a Republican. That's false. When it comes to environmental matters, I am actually a centrist, and not right wing at all. I agree with setting aside land for national and state parks, I agree with the government funding these, and I agree that corporations polluting the environment need to be reined in. On the other side, while I think climate change is real, the evidence that it's human-caused is spotty, and even if it is, it's impossible to combat without the entire world's cooperation (which we don't have). So I think all the climate change based policy is BS virtue signaling, whereas environmental policy tackling the immediate and near-term future is very important.

I grew up in LA which was full of smog in the '70s and '80s, and was very pleased to see it start to vanish in the mid-90s thanks to stronger environmental regulations (and better technology). Now LA doesn't have much of a smog problem at all. Great success!

Anyway, I can appreciate a message of, "It's a beautiful planet, we need to be careful not to fuck it up, and we need to keep certain spaces away from any kind of development."

I cannot appreciate an obnoxious message shaming humans for ruining the planet.

In general, entertainment venues really should keep the politics out. The best way to get people to support environmentalism is to show them the earth's beautiy, and then calmly explain the tangible, near-term solutions to keeping greed or carelessness from ruining it. Once you get beyond that, you're just soapboxing, and nobody wants to pay money to hear that shit.