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Subject: [Leica] planet earth series
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:26:10 +0530
References: <3e7573d41003071555t1530ce64ic935e037f1e908b@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89991003071950m77612562wb7e76d373cb81f82@mail.gmail.com> <47DF796E-A5BC-4470-891C-A9F3E82C88E0@embarqmail.com> <4cfa589b1003072145v64c98160t9ea4d382f7d3fa69@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003072234p5ac3c52ds700ab35c7362402d@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89991003072238s76640875qd0126dd3baeb134f@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003072250l48e5e662xae6bf39754404b3a@mail.gmail.com>
 
Get yourself this one, then - don't bother with the Discovery Channel
version:

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-David-Attenborough/dp/B000MR9D5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1268031269&sr=8-1

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Ah. Interesting. The American version on the Discovery Channel offered no
> David Attenborough I'm afraid. It was narrated by Sigourney Weaver. If you
> follow the link in the original post of the thread you'll get to the
> Discovery Channel Planet Earth page and you can hear what an actor in a
> coma
> sounds like. It was the language that did it to her too.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Planet Earth is a BBC series, brilliantly narrated by David Attenborough,
> > and upto the usual very high BBC standard. Where does Sigourney Weaver
> come
> > into this?
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
> > gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > I am -- based on these encomia -- going to go back and try to watch
> them
> > > again. My problem was the narration which is a pile up of relentless
> > > cliches
> > > ("To avoid overgrazing the migrating caribou truly eat 'on the run'..."
> > and
> > > "For the seals the sea is a banquet, but the feast comes at steep
> > > price..."). Sigourney Weaver's reading it as if its her kidnappers'
> > ransom
> > > note and they're holding a gun to her head. It's almost all like this,
> > > truly
> > > relentless, so I stopped watching it though I did see the snow leopard
> > > sequence and yes, the photography is absolutely amazing. If I were to
> > > listen
> > > with the sound off I wouldn't know half the time what exactly I was
> > > seeing... oh well.
> > >
> > > I hope the Life series got a better writer.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > reving up the TiVo even as we speak...
> > > >
> > > > ab
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > same crowd has a new one starting march 21-- Life
> > > > >
> > > > > ric
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:50 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> I have the whole thing on DVD - absolutely brilliant!
> > > > >> Cheers
> > > > >> Jayanand
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:25 AM, leo wesson <leowesson at 
> > > > >> gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Anyone else seen any of the Planet Earth series?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/video-player/video-player.html
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Just finished watching the "Mountain" chapter.  Stunning film.
> >  Don't
> > > > >>> know how they do it.   There was a shot of a Snow Leopard hauling
> a
> > > > >>> kill up a mountain face in a snowstorm.  Amazing.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Leo Wesson
> > > > >>> Photographer/Videographer
> > > > >>> 817.733.9157
> > > > >>> www.leowesson.com
> > > > >>>
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