Planet Earth on Discovery Channel!

Postby **ilikegir33** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:24 pm

There's a new miniseries that the Discovery Channel, BBC and NHK collaborated on called Planet Earth. This awesome 11 episode miniseries shows God's creation in a new light. The first three episodes were on yesterday from 7 to 10 PM Central Time.

The first three episodes are truly remarkable because they show footage of rare animals. Although the show is secular and doesn't give God credit, you can give it yourself. Besides that, this show is awesome and I can't wait to see more! XD

Postby **ilikegir33** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:26 pm

The next two episodes are going to come on 2nite! I don't know what they're about but the show is dazzling. You've gotta see it. It's amazing. By the way, it's rated TV-G. There's only a few natural predatory killings by carnivorous animals. I say about 6-up.

(EDIT: The two new episodes are about "Deserts" and "Ice Worlds".)

Postby **CrimsonRyu17** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:40 pm

I've been watching this as well. It's pretty awesome and the visuals are amazing, like you said. I'm totally watching it.

Postby **ilikegir33** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:38 am

BTW it was originally on BBC. The Discovery Channel version airs episodes in a different order and has a new narrator: Sigourney Weaver!

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:15 am

So David Attenborough isn't good enough, or just hard to understand.
I missed this series when it was on in Australia several months ago (at night church) but I've reserved them from my library. I've heard they are excellent (hopefully the evolutional worldview is minimal).

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:38 am

I'd so be watching this if it weren't on Sunday *pouts*

Postby **Kenshin17** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:42 am

I am buying the DVD set...I got to see the first couple episodes...so awesome...

And you know it all happened by accident and mutation....

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:01 am

They have it on DVD? Cool...

Postby **ilikegir33** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:36 pm

The minor evolution worldview doesn't detract to the gorgeous imagery. There are two more episodes tonight.

Postby **Technomancer** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:41 am

I saw a few episodes when it aired on CBC, then again I'm also a big fan of David Attenborough's so it was sort of obligatory. It wasn't bad, although Attenborough's other shows were better IMO. Of course, this was supposed to be a more general sort of programme, and not meant to go into real depth with any of the topics.

So David Attenborough isn't good enough, or just hard to understand

I really don't get that. Aside from being a great author, he's also an incredibly good narrator, and has a very clear voice.

PS. My personal favourites:
The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man

The Living Planet

Unfortunately, I have yet to see his series 'Life on Earth' (which I'll get from the library).

Postby **ilikegir33** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:39 pm

Technomancer wrote: I really don't get that. Aside from being a great author, he's also an incredibly good narrator, and has a very clear voice.

Yeah. Attenborough is such a good narrator! I wonder why they'd choose Sigourney Weaver!

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:03 pm

Oh, I realise David Attenborough is a great narrator and voice but maybe American audiences in general couldn't understand him? I don't know. Just a thought.

Postby **Technomancer** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:46 am

It's not like he has a thick accent or anything, so probably not. I suspect it has more to do with Sigourney Weaver being a draw in and of herself. People who are interested in science and the environment will probably watch it anyways, but the producers might also feel they need to do something extra to bring in a broader audience who generally wouldn't watch a nature show. A Hollywood celebrity might help with that. However famous Attenborough himself might be, it's doubtful many members of the broader audience would have heard of him, much less read one of his books.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:04 am

I suspect it's probably just the Discovery Channel guys imagining the cultural divide between the US and England to be larger and more problematic than it really is.

Postby **ilikegir33** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:11 am

Also they have a three part documentary on PE called Planet Earth The Future that's on the Discovery Science Channel. Sounds to me like:

An Inconvienient Truth+Who Killed The Electric Car?-Al Gore+The Nature Conservancy (who's a sponsor of PE)+Planet Earth itself=PE: The Future

That's basically what it is IMHO.

Postby **Technomancer** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:56 am

CBC has a short summary of Planet Earth: The Future:
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/planetearth_future.html

In truth it's nothing that we haven't known at the scientific level for some time. It's not even material that's been inaccessible to even a minimally motivated layman. Hopefully, though the exposure that this series seems to have been getting will raise the status of these concerns.

Postby **ilikegir33** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:10 pm

Yeah. I wish I could watch it but it's on at 9:00 PM Central Time.

BTW, Planet Earth's last 2 episodes are on next Sunday. I wonder how it ends.

Postby **ilikegir33** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:56 pm

PE ended yesterday and I really thought the imagery was so awesome and awe inspiring. It's available on DVD if you can find it.

Planet Earth on Discovery Channel!

Planet Earth on Discovery Channel!

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