Planet Earth....no David Attenborough?
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Planet Earth....no David Attenborough?
I am planning on getting this for my dad for his birthday. I think he will love it. I am confused though. Some people said Sigourney Weaver is the narrator(yuck!!) while others have said not to worry BOTH Attenbourough and Weaver are included on here. I am skeptical. I REFUSE to buy this with Weaver, and will only accept the true and original David Attenborough. Are both versions available on either DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?
No Attenborough= No sale!
No Attenborough= No sale!
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Discovery Channel is releasing it with Weaver narrating. BBC is releasing it with Attenborough narrating. Just make sure you get the BBC release and you'll be fine.
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Is this the Attenborough release, why does it say Weaver is listed. I'm confused.
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-C...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-C...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
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Originally Posted by Dalvin
Is this the Attenborough release, why does it say Weaver is listed. I'm confused.
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-C...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-C...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
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Originally Posted by Gunde
I'm guessing you need the R2 realese to get Richard Attenborough
But no, you won't need the R2, just the BBC version. Despite what Amazon has at the top of its listing, down farther it specifically says the BBC version of the DVD is narrated by David (not Richard) Attenborough. This is confirmed in the product description at BBC America's Web store.
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Discovery Channel usually finds American actors to do the narration for the BBC imported series, part of this reason I believe is due to the metric system and different terms between the US and the UK. Kinda reminds me of Walking With Dinosaurs when I heard Avery Brooks' voice from watching it on the Disc. Channel and then being surprised after buying the DVD to hear Kenneth Branagh's voice (which is much superior BTW. Pretty lame if you ask me.
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I love David Attenborough's narration (see: Blue Planet), but I thought Sigourney Weaver's narration was terrific when I watched Planet Earth on Discovery. Truthfully, I will be okay either way.
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The Attenbourough narrated episodes have footage that are not in the Weaver narrated ones. So even if you like both narrations, the one with Attenbourough is the way to go.
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Originally Posted by slop101
The Attenbourough narrated episodes have footage that are not in the Weaver narrated ones. So even if you like both narrations, the one with Attenbourough is the way to go.
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Originally Posted by scoot95
Can someone explain to me why all extras on the Standard Version is not also on the bluray version?
That 150 minute documentary on the standard version sounds great.
That 150 minute documentary on the standard version sounds great.
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Originally Posted by smashthesymbols
Discovery Channel is releasing it with Weaver narrating. BBC is releasing it with Attenborough narrating.
That's what I heard.
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Originally Posted by bdots48
Got shipping confirmation email from DVDPlanet for this yesterday. Isn't this about 2 weeks early?
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Amazon's spec list for this release is 1.33:1 -- could that be true?!?!
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To confirm: there will be four versions of Planet Earth: HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, regular DVD w/ Attenborough, and regular DVD w/ Weaver. All are widescreen 1.78:1. The Weaver version (only available at the Discovery.com website) is the version NOT to get, unless you're a big Ripley fan, as it's cut down from the original version. The high-def versions have no extras.
To confirm: there will be four versions of Planet Earth: HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, regular DVD w/ Attenborough, and regular DVD w/ Weaver. All are widescreen 1.78:1. The Weaver version (only available at the Discovery.com website) is the version NOT to get, unless you're a big Ripley fan, as it's cut down from the original version. The high-def versions have no extras.
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Well if they are widescreen, I'm a happy camper... especially with that applying to the Attenborough version. I still won't really believe it until I see it but this makes me feel somewhat better.
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Originally Posted by Defiant1
The Weaver version (only available at the Discovery.com website) is the version NOT to get, unless you're a big Ripley fan, as it's cut down from the original version.
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i like Weaver's narration (although, Attenborough is also my preferred narrator) but the idea that it may be cut down from the original BBC series bothered me. the description says 90 minutes not shown on Discovery (not sure what that entails however).
i went ahead and ordered the Planet Earth/Blue Planet bundle from amazon UK and it should arrive any day now. the question now is... should i get the $250 Life Collection set from UK as well??? gah, my wallet is crying.
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once the HDDvd/Bluray thing settles... Planet Earth series will be the 1st HD set i will buy!
i went ahead and ordered the Planet Earth/Blue Planet bundle from amazon UK and it should arrive any day now. the question now is... should i get the $250 Life Collection set from UK as well??? gah, my wallet is crying.
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once the HDDvd/Bluray thing settles... Planet Earth series will be the 1st HD set i will buy!
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Originally Posted by xfusejc
If you receive it, post about it. I could just go ahead and cancel my Amazon pre-order and get this one now.