[Leica] planet earth series

[passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)]

Well thank you for that.  If it's the same script then Attenborough only
solves half the problem.  Or correct that: three quarters probably. He'll
make the bad prose sound less bad.


On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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