Saw this commercial before 300 on Sunday. Starts March 25.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html
Planet Earth: Discovery Channel Mini-series
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POLE TO POLE
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
PLANET EARTH's premiere episode, "Pole to Pole," ties the series together with a fresh understanding of how life in every nook and cranny of the globe is connected — from the highest mountains and darkest caves; shallowest water and deepest oceans; ice-covered lands and great plains; untamed jungles and giant forests; to freshwater and the harshest deserts. The sunward tilt of Earth's orbit dictates all our lives, creating the seasons that trigger one of the greatest spectacles in the world — the mass migration of animals. It's a unique view of the majesty of our planet and the amazing creatures that live here.
MOUNTAINS
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tours the mightiest of mountain ranges and introduces a few of its extreme animal mountaineers — the mountain lion, snow leopard and puma, all rarely filmed creatures. CGI time-lapse footage brings the mysterious geological history of mountains to life, while flying alongside bar-headed geese provides a spectacular view of the Himalayas.
Learn more about this habitat.
DEEP OCEAN
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The ocean is by far the largest habitat on our planet and it remains almost entirely unexplored. This episode scans the ocean's vast surface and trolls its depths, revealing daytime hunters and night feeders, from dolphins to manta rays, and life among hot vents and underwater massifs, following the energy source between oceanic white tips, myctopids, tuna, whale sharks and petrels.
Learn more about this habitat.
DESERTS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Deserts are united by their lack of rain, yet they are the most varied of our planet's ecosystems. Go where freshwater is really precious and meet animals that have learned to survive with small amounts of it, such as the wild Bactrian camel of Mongolia's Gobi Desert that eats snow instead of drinking water or Chile's guanacos that lick dew from cactus spines. Experience spectacular aerial and time-lapse footage, featuring an explosion of life and shifting sand dunes.
Learn more about this habitat.
ICE WORLDS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
This episode guides viewers on a journey to the polar extremes of our planet. Freshwater is frozen and out of reach, and coupled with numbing temperatures, this makes life hard in frozen climes from the top to the bottom of the world. CGI time-lapse and elapsed-time filming techniques show Arctic ice coming and going over the centuries, and emperor penguins settling in to breed in Antarctica.
Learn more about this habitat.
SHALLOW SEAS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Follow a humpback whale mother and her calf on their epic journey to the most prolific feeding grounds that fringe the coasts. The shallow seas that lie above the continental shelf are the richest in the ocean. It is here that you find the coral reefs and, in colder waters, the fishing grounds. Massive shoals of fish act like magnets for predators. Spectacular storm footage, above and below the water, reveals extraordinary events in this tropical paradise.
Learn more about this habitat.
GREAT PLAINS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
A quarter of the earth's surface is covered with grass, and the world's plains are home to massive herds of animals. This episode traverses the grasslands of Mongolia and the flooding plains of Papua New Guinea, and finds great gatherings of creatures, such as East Africa's wildebeest and clusters of rare grazers like Mongolian gazelles.
Learn more about this habitat.
JUNGLES
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Beautiful floating aerial shots introduce the world's most spectacular forest vistas and high-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of the species that live on the dark jungle floor, in this episode. Enter a world of mood and menace, and witness intense competition on a macro and micro scale as jaguars track prey and fungi infiltrate insect hosts.
Learn more about this habitat.
FRESHWATER
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Just 3 percent of the planet's water is fresh and it is our most precious resource. Rivers and lakes have shaped the earth, carving out the world's most impressive gorges, valleys and waterfalls. Unique behavior takes place in the presence of this life force, such as dueling otters and crocodiles and diving macaques.
Learn more about this habitat.
FORESTS
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tells the story of seasonal forests and plant survival. Forests cover vast expanses from Siberia to Tasmania and still remain largely unexplored. Infrared and low-light cameras peek into the lives of elusive woodland inhabitants, such as snub-nosed monkeys, Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.
Learn more about this habitat.
CAVES
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Caves are Earth's final frontier, and this episode will go where few have been before. Caves are one of the only habitats not directly driven by sunlight, but this doesn't mean there's no wildlife living in their confines. Descend into darkness to witness the unseen behaviors of bizarre creatures like cave angel fish that attach themselves to walls and swiftlets that build nests from saliva.
Learn more about this habitat.
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
PLANET EARTH's premiere episode, "Pole to Pole," ties the series together with a fresh understanding of how life in every nook and cranny of the globe is connected — from the highest mountains and darkest caves; shallowest water and deepest oceans; ice-covered lands and great plains; untamed jungles and giant forests; to freshwater and the harshest deserts. The sunward tilt of Earth's orbit dictates all our lives, creating the seasons that trigger one of the greatest spectacles in the world — the mass migration of animals. It's a unique view of the majesty of our planet and the amazing creatures that live here.
MOUNTAINS
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tours the mightiest of mountain ranges and introduces a few of its extreme animal mountaineers — the mountain lion, snow leopard and puma, all rarely filmed creatures. CGI time-lapse footage brings the mysterious geological history of mountains to life, while flying alongside bar-headed geese provides a spectacular view of the Himalayas.
Learn more about this habitat.
DEEP OCEAN
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The ocean is by far the largest habitat on our planet and it remains almost entirely unexplored. This episode scans the ocean's vast surface and trolls its depths, revealing daytime hunters and night feeders, from dolphins to manta rays, and life among hot vents and underwater massifs, following the energy source between oceanic white tips, myctopids, tuna, whale sharks and petrels.
Learn more about this habitat.
DESERTS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Deserts are united by their lack of rain, yet they are the most varied of our planet's ecosystems. Go where freshwater is really precious and meet animals that have learned to survive with small amounts of it, such as the wild Bactrian camel of Mongolia's Gobi Desert that eats snow instead of drinking water or Chile's guanacos that lick dew from cactus spines. Experience spectacular aerial and time-lapse footage, featuring an explosion of life and shifting sand dunes.
Learn more about this habitat.
ICE WORLDS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
This episode guides viewers on a journey to the polar extremes of our planet. Freshwater is frozen and out of reach, and coupled with numbing temperatures, this makes life hard in frozen climes from the top to the bottom of the world. CGI time-lapse and elapsed-time filming techniques show Arctic ice coming and going over the centuries, and emperor penguins settling in to breed in Antarctica.
Learn more about this habitat.
SHALLOW SEAS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Follow a humpback whale mother and her calf on their epic journey to the most prolific feeding grounds that fringe the coasts. The shallow seas that lie above the continental shelf are the richest in the ocean. It is here that you find the coral reefs and, in colder waters, the fishing grounds. Massive shoals of fish act like magnets for predators. Spectacular storm footage, above and below the water, reveals extraordinary events in this tropical paradise.
Learn more about this habitat.
GREAT PLAINS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
A quarter of the earth's surface is covered with grass, and the world's plains are home to massive herds of animals. This episode traverses the grasslands of Mongolia and the flooding plains of Papua New Guinea, and finds great gatherings of creatures, such as East Africa's wildebeest and clusters of rare grazers like Mongolian gazelles.
Learn more about this habitat.
JUNGLES
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Beautiful floating aerial shots introduce the world's most spectacular forest vistas and high-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of the species that live on the dark jungle floor, in this episode. Enter a world of mood and menace, and witness intense competition on a macro and micro scale as jaguars track prey and fungi infiltrate insect hosts.
Learn more about this habitat.
FRESHWATER
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Just 3 percent of the planet's water is fresh and it is our most precious resource. Rivers and lakes have shaped the earth, carving out the world's most impressive gorges, valleys and waterfalls. Unique behavior takes place in the presence of this life force, such as dueling otters and crocodiles and diving macaques.
Learn more about this habitat.
FORESTS
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tells the story of seasonal forests and plant survival. Forests cover vast expanses from Siberia to Tasmania and still remain largely unexplored. Infrared and low-light cameras peek into the lives of elusive woodland inhabitants, such as snub-nosed monkeys, Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.
Learn more about this habitat.
CAVES
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Caves are Earth's final frontier, and this episode will go where few have been before. Caves are one of the only habitats not directly driven by sunlight, but this doesn't mean there's no wildlife living in their confines. Descend into darkness to witness the unseen behaviors of bizarre creatures like cave angel fish that attach themselves to walls and swiftlets that build nests from saliva.
Learn more about this habitat.
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Looking forward to these.
If I am not mistaken this is also on Discovery HD. I am hooked on that station. Even if the Discovery channel's show is not all that interesting, I love watching the footage in HD. It's amazing.
Can't wait to see this!
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yeah we saw this before the last 2 movies I saw, the previews, can't wait.
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Looks brilliant.
Seen the preview before Last King of Scotland.
I added this to my season recordings list on my DVR.
Seen the preview before Last King of Scotland.
I added this to my season recordings list on my DVR.
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i am addicted to discovery hd.
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Bump.
Starts this Sunday
Starts this Sunday
Thanks for the bump...so I can add it to my DVR list.
Looking forward to this
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Absolutely AMAZING in HD
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meh
I was watching it, not on HD for I am poor, I thought there was no way it was real footage at times. I thought they had to have computer assistance. My mind has been blown.
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Probably the best advertisment for getting HD that you will ever see. Amazing film.
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It was very good although I really dislike Sigourney Weaver as narrator she's too boring. Attenborough is much better on Blue Planet even if he can't pronounce Algae.
I'm still getting the hang of my DVD recorder so I blew my first chance to record last night but should get it recorded on the replay which is Thursday night 8,9 and 10 again.
The Snow Leopard stuff was so cool and the giant panda just looks so weird it doesn't look real? Amazing camera work. I am not watching in HD but it's impressive enough in just regular tv I can't imagine how good it would be in HD.
I'm still getting the hang of my DVD recorder so I blew my first chance to record last night but should get it recorded on the replay which is Thursday night 8,9 and 10 again.
The Snow Leopard stuff was so cool and the giant panda just looks so weird it doesn't look real? Amazing camera work. I am not watching in HD but it's impressive enough in just regular tv I can't imagine how good it would be in HD.
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2 other things that blew me away.
1) the baby 6 inch long sailfish. Every year in Loreto we see tons of sails and we always talk about the babies. We've asked our guid every year and none of them have ever seen a baby so we always assumed they grew up in some totally different environment and went into the open ocean as they got bigger. Apparently not true from last night it seemed to be in the open ocean?
2) the mass of about 100 adult sailfish feeding on the baitfish. One of the things you do with sailfish when flyfishing is you get them "lit up" by the guide tossing a live sardine or two at the fish. They eat them and you can visibly see the color change as they light up.Then you cast the fly in nearby often behind the fish or short works better than in front of it's mouth(so the line doesn't spook the fish). If they are sufficiently lit up, they'll turn and grab the fly.
So I was quite surprised to hear them say that they light up and change colors as a means of signalling the other fish that they intend to eat so that the other fish can stay clear of the bill and not get impaled when the fish
goes flying in for food. I guess that explains the lighting up when you throw them sardines, they must do it even if they're all alone to signal they're going to eat?
I wish they'd had Dorado(mahi mahi) too but just watching those sails was really awesome.
1) the baby 6 inch long sailfish. Every year in Loreto we see tons of sails and we always talk about the babies. We've asked our guid every year and none of them have ever seen a baby so we always assumed they grew up in some totally different environment and went into the open ocean as they got bigger. Apparently not true from last night it seemed to be in the open ocean?
2) the mass of about 100 adult sailfish feeding on the baitfish. One of the things you do with sailfish when flyfishing is you get them "lit up" by the guide tossing a live sardine or two at the fish. They eat them and you can visibly see the color change as they light up.Then you cast the fly in nearby often behind the fish or short works better than in front of it's mouth(so the line doesn't spook the fish). If they are sufficiently lit up, they'll turn and grab the fly.
So I was quite surprised to hear them say that they light up and change colors as a means of signalling the other fish that they intend to eat so that the other fish can stay clear of the bill and not get impaled when the fish
goes flying in for food. I guess that explains the lighting up when you throw them sardines, they must do it even if they're all alone to signal they're going to eat?
I wish they'd had Dorado(mahi mahi) too but just watching those sails was really awesome.
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loved the snow leopard scene - all around amazing footage in this show
another brilliant discovery HD showing - now if only they'd move dangerous catch to HD
another brilliant discovery HD showing - now if only they'd move dangerous catch to HD
Discovery is clearly the cutting edge on HD. Out of all the movie channels, local stations etc... it's clear that Discovery is fully committed to HD. It's great.
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Attenborough is going to be the narrator on the DVD release.
I agree about the Weaver take. She is horrid.
I agree about the Weaver take. She is horrid.
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