Yukon Cornelius Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) I highly recommend this. Its on for 4 hrs tonight and will be on next Sunday and other dates. You can purchase the 11 part documentary for $49 at the Discovery website. I dont like starting threads. Its a very rare thing for me to do so. But I see many that are kind of not worthy of a thread and I think this is worthy. Lots of great info and incredible footage. Sigourney Weaver does a magnificant job and puts you there. Its all over the Earth. Deserts, oceans, forests, all kinds of wildlife and great info. A must see. Some examples, bats leaving there caves and being chased by predatory birds, the Cicada's coming out every 17 yrs and the short life they live and their contribution to the world around them, Great White sharks and seals in their environment, the great forests and deserts and trees that were here 3000 yrs before the birth of Christ, life at the bottom of the sea, and on and on. Just fabulous. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/plane...anet-earth.html Edited March 23, 2009 by Yukon Cornelius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 We have Planet Earth with the man. It's the BBC version. We have watched it quite a bit. I subbed for 8th grade science a few weeks ago, and the kids LOVED the episode I showed that day. They were talking a lot during the video, but it was all questions, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I don't have cable but I do watch Art Wolfe's 'Travels To The Edge'. Man, he gets some great pics. Last night he was in Antarctica with the penguins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spats Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 The movie roles must of dried up for Sigourney. When actors take jobs like this that's usually the reason. It's like when long time movie actors go and do tv. It's because the movie offers stopped coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 The movie roles must of dried up for Sigourney. When actors take jobs like this that's usually the reason. It's like when long time movie actors go and do tv. It's because the movie offers stopped coming. I've seen some of these Planet Earth episodes, and thought they were the most well done of this type of documentary. Weaver, best known for the "Aliens" movie series, may have been chosen because many of the regions and the appearance or life cycle of the creatures that inhabit them seem mysteriously alien to most viewers. Or, she's a crusty old hag - like you said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 The snow leopards. Awesome animals. I saw the PBS show where they filmed them with hidden cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_zeppelin94 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) I got a DVD for Christmas- rainforest & oceans, I think. I love this stuff!! Edited March 25, 2009 by ms_zeppelin94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I caught some of this....was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 As the world gets smaller and the science gets better, there is always gonna be better footage it seems. this series is very well done and educational. i'll never forget the footage of the the great whites jumping out of the water hitting those fake seal baits being trolled...just amazing. was on another show. Good to see the discovery channel being the discovery channel again with this series!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croquet'n'cocaine Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 We have Planet Earth with the man. It's the BBC version. The man being Sir David Attenborough, presumably? The second greatest living Englishman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncing~ship Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Vote for Buzz Aldrin as one of NASA's administrator... http://obamanasa.uservoice.com/pages/gener...225-buzz-aldrin official http://blog.nss.org/ http://buzzaldrin.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthekingshorses Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Its great. Im watching now. Ill never go in a damn cave! Fucking bats, snakes, roaches, Yikes! those crystals were amazing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sounds worth watching. Will have to catch up with it. Eleven part series on dvd for $49. How many hours is it? Could be a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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