MrX

Atleast they share

monkeyboy

Does the Attenboro version have the same script as the Weaver? I'm also annoyed with all the, "And now, for the first time ever" backpatting. And as for the snow leopard hunt being the FIRST EVER ON FILM, I saw a show a year or two back that showed video footage of snow leopards chasing something around the Himalayas, so I'm not so sure they're totally honest when touting all the "firsts".

MrX

Pretty much the same.

JohnSlider

You can already pre-order standard, HD, or BR, DVDs at DDD. http://search.deepdiscount.com/searc...ollection&rk=1

This show is awesome, I've already pre-ordered my copy!

monkeyboy

I sat down to watch "The Jungle" last night and it opened with the Birds of Paradise in New Guniea. I thought to myself, "Oh, I've already seen this one" and nearly shut it off. But I kept watching and realized they were just showing the same footage from a previous episode. Kind of lame.

Another thing I always wonder about these shows is how much is staged. They film a huge tree falling in the jungle, from multiple angles. That can't possibly be a 'right place at the right time' situation. So assuming they had a hand in knocking that tree down, even if it was dead anyway, is that still what you want a nature film crew to be doing?

Dan G

It's not lame at all. The very first show was "Pole to Pole" which covered everything you'd see in the next 10 episodes. It was more like a highlight reel of what you're about to see.

Giles

question: in 'Fresh Waters' did they state only 3% of the water on the planet is fresh water? that seems awfully low, did I mishear that number?

kantonburg

I started recording these in HD after reading this thread a few days ago. This show is utterly amazing. Words can't describe some of the emotions I've had watching this.

Thrush

"Oceans contain 97 % of the earth's water while the remaining 3 % is classified as freshwater. Seventy-seven percent of this surface freshwater is stored as ice and 22% as groundwater and soil moisture. The remaining freshwater, making up less than 1 % of the world total, is contained in lakes, rivers and wetlands."

Doc MacGyver

As another poster already noted, the first couple of eps were clips shows, or highlight reels - a primer, giving you an overview of the planet and the different areas that we would later examine in greater detail.


It's also a perspective thing. When we were following the wildabeasts in their desperate search for water, the pan up to the massive river was this big relief moment for the animals. We'd just seen how difficult their journey was and their arrival at the river was the climax of their tale. Then in another episode, we're following the river from the mountain snow melt, to waterfalls, to a bend it takes in the plains and... the wildabeasts from before.
It's like a nature documentary equivalent of a Tarrentino film. We're following different plot threads that occasionally intersect.


Doc

Giles

the ducklings jumping out of the tall tree in 'Forests' was soooo cute

aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

as was that cat like creature eating the moths.

the time lapse footage of the clouds/storm behind the tall Madasgar trees was spectacular.

kenbuzz

Dude, I watched that episode yesterday for the first time and those were nearly my exact thoughts - word for word. My wife was tearing up a little, particularly the part where Mama Panda had to choose which of its cubs to feed, so I had to hold back my thoughts as being in the best interest of marital bliss, but my thoughts were

• Panda can't hibernate because it only eats bamboo, which is of low nutritional value, so it can't build up enough fat to sleep through the coldest part of winter.
• Panda can't go down the mountain because it only eats bamboo which only grows in a narrow altitude band so it can't avoid the coldest part of winter.
• Panda can't feed for three weeks after giving birth because its newborn cub is the size of a chicklet and can't possibly survive on its own. But Panda only eats bamboo which has so little nutritional content that Panda has to starve while it feeds the cub and provide it warmth to protect it from the coldest part of winter, which Panda can't avoid by hibernating or going down to lower altitudes (stop me if you've heard this).
• Panda has to let surplus cubs die because it can barely care for one (see above).

Sounds like Panda needs to learn to eat a nice juicy cheeseburger or maybe a passing monkey.

MrX

There's a story on Yahoo that one of the last seven female Amur leopards, that were part of the forest episode last night, that are still in the wild was found shot to death yesterday

http://www.yahoo.com/s/563902

McHawkson

"Hunters kill one of last Amur Leopards" should change to "Murderers kill one of last Amur Leopards"! Hunters should only hunt for food, not kill and leave it behind. sheesh.

maingon

that gets me mad when people just kill for just the fun of it. especially something thats so rare

atlantamoi

Our baby was sleeping next to us and we were trying so hard not to bust out laughing. That was hilarious. I actually rewound the DVR after the first one not knowing an avalanche of flying chicks was on the way!

CKMorpheus

Just got the HD-DVD...

Amazing amazing show. I work at Best Buy so I got the guys in Magnolia to use the Blu-Ray discs as demo material. Less than a day after we put it on the TVs we sold all of our Blu-Ray, half our DVD and HD-DVD copies.

Loving this. Just started 'Ice Worlds'

maingon

Got the HD-DVD friday and love it. Watched the Cave, Iceworld ones so far. In the Ice world one it was so sad seeing that Bear die. Seeing him swim for days and not get any food then getting wounded. I couldnt be the camera man I would intervene.

RichC2

I clicked on this thread thinking I clicked the Rosie O' Donald leaving the View thread and saw chimps. I laughed.

I may get an HD-DVD Player just for this show (and a few backlog titles ).

The Bus

This is one of my favorite things that's been on TV for the past few years. A lot of times I get that "whoah" feeling I get while watching, say, Lost, but this time it's (mostly) real.

And the Birds of Paradise are hilarious. They've been in at least three episodes, IIRC.

dpz301

ordered my dvd copy yesterday. ships today or tomorrow. can't wait!