Well, I know the debate about stretching without cropping to conform to 16:9 by heart.
Trust me, I have already caught a lot of crap for doing that.

I agree, planets look a bit “egg-shaped” and it’s certainly not according to everyone’s taste. But all I can work with are the materials I have available. Since I am not a CGI-artist and have no experience in VFX or blender work, I can’t recreate the effect scenes.

I am aware of Tom Smith’s work and it’s absolutely beautiful and stunning. It would be a dream come true to have such effects available. I actually considered contacting people who have knowledge in such areas.
And here comes the reality check (which shocked me a bit as well, but still, here it is): I actually got hold of someone who runs his own effects company and they are doing work for SciFi, but there were three problems:

Legal issues (that one is obvious, I guess I don’t have to explain further)
Time-related issues (60 seconds of completely re-done effects - which includes creating models, calculating movement, textures, blender work and such - would take about 2 weeks to do, working 24/7)
Money-related issues (again, 60 seconds of CGI would cost about 1.500 Dollars)

So, as you can see, there are problems I can’t solve. Re-working effects is a long, expensive and difficult task. I am an enthusiastic amateur, doing the best I know to do with what I got.
This is it.
If you don’t like it, that’s ok. You are under no obligation to take it.
But please remember: I did mention that I was stretching the effects. Of course, it’s always a difference to look at pictures and the video. I get that.