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I really enjoy watching these DVD, this collection of DVD is awesome, A must watch for anyone who enjoys nature and wants to see the never before footage of animals in action! Here's a brief summary of what the DVDs contain! 01. Pole to Pole: Illustrates a “journey” around the world and reveals the effect of gradual climatic change and seasonal transitions en route. 02. Mountains: All of the main mountain ranges of the world are explored with extensive aerial photography. 03. Fresh Water: Describes the course taken by rivers and some of the species that take advantage of such a habitat, as is provided by such habitats. All of which ultimately illustrates that, though only three percent of all the world’s water is fresh, all life is ultimately dependent on it. 04. Caves: Explores the planet’s “final” frontier, as it presents to viewers the world of caves and tunnels found throughout the world. 05. Deserts: Features this harsh environment that covers approximately one third of the planet, as well as the various forms of life that have adapted to survive its harshness. 06. Ice Worlds: Primarily looks at the regions of both the Artic and Antarctica. 07. Great Plains: Deals with savanna, steppe, tundra, prairie, and takes a look at the importance and resilience of grasses in such treeless ecosystems — systems that contain the largest concentration of animal life on Earth. 08. Jungles: Examines jungles and tropical rainforests, two environments that occupy only three percent of the land yet are home to over half the world’s species. 09. Shallow Seas: Is devoted to the shallow seas that fringe the world’s continents — an area that may only constitute only eight percent of the oceans, yet it also contains the most marine life. 10. Seasonal Forests: Surveys the coniferous and deciduous seasonal woodland habitats — the most extensive forests to be found on Earth. 11. Ocean Deep: Concentrates on the most unexplored area of the planet, the deep ocean. Each episode runs approximately 58 minutes in length. This includes “Planet Earth Diaries,” which is a 10-minute feature that details the filming of a particular event. Also, the DVDs have each episode being narrated by the wonderful vocal talents of David Attenborough as it was in the program’s original BBC release, instead of with Sigourney Weaver’s narration as was used in the American airing of the series on the Discovery Channel. The BBC’s Planet Earth is available in Standard Definition DVD, High-Definition DVD, and Blu-Ray DVD formats.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Simply put, the BBC's "Planet Earth" series (aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is one of the two best things ever produced for TV. The other is Ken Burns's epic "Civil War" series for PBS. And Planet Earth may have the edge because, unlike "The Civil War," it's entirely in glorious color and widescreen format. Years in the making, Planet Earth is an astounding feat of film-making by an outrageously dedicated (make that obsessed) group of film professionals who combine the latest in film technology (super high-speed, time-lapse, long telephoto lenses, etc.) with unimaginable patience and an acrobats dexterity to capture fascinating and never-before-seen vignettes of life in the natural world, from pole to pole, from seemingly lifeless desert to teeming rain forest, and from ocean bottom to the tops of our highest mountain ranges. Simply stunning! No one person, no matter how intrepid or widely traveled, has ever seen in person one-tenth of the spectacular snippets of life Planet Earth treats us to in our very own living rooms. It is TV at its finest.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Extraordinary, breathtaking photography like you've never seen before, of the places and animals that we've all THOUGHT we've seen before! Attenborough is the perfect guide to take us around this planet we call home. From the east to the west, and from the north pole to the south, he shows us which animals in the kingdom can survive the highest places on earth and in the deepest trenches of the sea. This is NOT your typical junior high geography class movie! I ordered 5 sets to give to different family members; I only wish I could get them for everyone I know!
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I learnt about this series from a friend of mine and after watching one episode online decided to buy it for myself. It is a collection every nature lover must have. I have not watched the complete series, but am impressed with the area I have covered so far. The photography is breath-taking. And when we realise just how much effort, thought and perseverance went behind taking shots of some rare animals or their life-styles, the appreciation increases further. What I like about the episodes is that they cover what is generally not shown in other series: the uncommon and the unknown [for eg. the episode on Freshwater did not feature Niagara but focused on the other less known falls]. Thereby expanding our horizons. The narrative, while talking about the fragility of nature and how many species are on the verge of extinction, does not push the message of conservation very markedly, in the earlier series. This, I feel, will not put the "pro-hunting" audience on their defensive; thereby helping make a case for conservation of nature stronger in the "Future" series. This series will surely make one appreciate the wonders of the nature and the life-forms we share it with. All in all, I am very happy with the quality of the pictures and the series in itself. I would highly recommend it.Vollständige Rezension lesen
As of its release in early 2007, Planet Earth is quite simply the greatest nature/wildlife series ever produced. Following the similarly monumental achievement of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this astonishing 11-part BBC series is brilliantly narrated by Sir David Attenborough and sensibly organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been magnificently represented by the most astonishing sights and sounds you'll ever experience from the comforts of home. The premiere episode, "From Pole to Pole," serves as a primer for things to come, placing the entire series in proper context and giving a general overview of what to expect from each individual episode. Without being overtly political, the series maintains a consistent and subtle emphasis on the urgent need for ongoing conservation, best illustrated by the plight of polar bears whose very behavior is changing (to accommodate life-threatening changes in their fast-melting habitat) in the wake of global warming--a phenomenon that this series appropriately presents as scientific fact. With this harsh reality as subtext, the series proceeds to accentuate the positive, delivering a seemingly endless variety of natural wonders, from the spectacular mating displays of New Guinea's various birds of paradise to a rare encounter with Siberia's nearly-extinct Amur Leopards, of which only 30 remain in the wild. That's just a hint of the marvels on display. Accompanied by majestic orchestral scores by George Fenton, every episode is packed with images so beautiful or so forcefully impressive (and so perfectly photographed by the BBC's tenacious high-definition camera crews) that you'll be rendered speechless by the splendor of it all. You'll see a seal struggling to out-maneuver a Great White Shark; swimming macaques in the Ganges delta; massive flocks of snow geese numbering in the hundreds of thousands; an awesome night-vision sequence of lions attacking an elephant; the Colugo (or "flying lemur"--not really a lemur!) of the Philippines; a hunting alliance of fish and snakes on Indonesia's magnificent coral reef; the bioluminescent "vampire squid" of the deep oceans... these are just a few of countless highlights, masterfully filmed from every conceivable angle, with frequent use of super-slow-motion and amazing motion-controlled time-lapse cinematography, and narrated by Attenborough with his trademark combination of observational wit and informative authority. The result is a hugely entertaining series that doesn't flinch from the predatory realities of nature (death is a constant presence, without being off-putting), and each episode ends with 10-minute "Planet Earth Diaries" (exclusive to this DVD set) that cover a specific aspect of production, like "Diving with Pirahnas" or "Into the Abyss" (the latter showing the rigors of filming the planet's most spectacular caves, including the last filming ever officially permitted in the "Chandelier Ballroom," a crystal-encrusted cavern found over a mile deep in New Mexico's treacherous Lechuguilla, the deepest cave in the continental United States.) With so many of Earth's natural wonders on display, it's only fitting that the final DVD in this five-disc set is devoted to Planet Earth: The Future, a separate three-part series in which a global array of experts is assembled to discuss these issues.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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