Planet Earth: Discovery Channel Mini-series

[Russ Smith]

Attenborough is going to be the narrator on the DVD release.

I agree about the Weaver take. She is horrid.

Oh in that case I won't even bother to record this on DVD I'll wait for the real DVD's to come out with Attenborough.

thanks

 

[Louis]

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-...2-7488754?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1175018693&sr=8-1

The BBC DVD set is available on 4/24/2007.

DVD Features:

• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• The 11-part series shot entirely in high-definition: From Pole to Pole, Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests, Ocean Deep
• Original U.K. broadcast version narrated by David Attenborough, including 90 minutes not shown on the Discovery Channel
• 110 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage (included on standard-definition DVD release only)
• Planet Earth: The Future: 150-minute companion series (included on standard-definition DVD release only

 

[Louis]

As "Planet Earth" lives up to the loftiest of expectations, the most fortunate viewers will be seeing the film on the Discovery HD Theater channel, because it was shot with high-definition equipment. And purists equipped with the latest home video equipment will be glad to know that "Planet Earth" will be released April 24 on all three DVD formats -- regular DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray -- and the two cutting-edge formats will feature the original narration of naturalist-explorer David Attenborough

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301868.html

 

[Russ Smith]

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-...2-7488754?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1175018693&sr=8-1

The BBC DVD set is available on 4/24/2007.

DVD Features:

• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• The 11-part series shot entirely in high-definition: From Pole to Pole, Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests, Ocean Deep
• Original U.K. broadcast version narrated by David Attenborough, including 90 minutes not shown on the Discovery Channel
• 110 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage (included on standard-definition DVD release only)
• Planet Earth: The Future: 150-minute companion series (included on standard-definition DVD release only

Awesome thanks for the heads up Louis. I may just return my DVD recorder now.

 

[abomb]

Check out the cable ratings for the show!

1. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
2. Planet Earth - Mountains (Discovery)
3. Planet Earth - Pole to Pole (Discovery)
4. Bring It On: All Or Nothing (ABC Family)
5. Planet Earth - Deep Ocean (Discovery)
6. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
7. I Love New York (VH-1)
8. House (USA)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
10. House (USA)

 

[Russ Smith]

I meant to post this before. If you order the DVD set be sure you order the BBC version, not the one they sell on Discovery Channel's website. I made
the mistake of getting it from Discovery and it has Sigourney Weaver narrating, not David Attenborough who's on the one the BBC sells.

You can get it on Amazon.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I want to get the HD-DVD version of this show, but they leave out the extra disc of commentary/features from the regular DVD version.

 

[Russ Smith]

I want to get the HD-DVD version of this show, but they leave out the extra disc of commentary/features from the regular DVD version.

YEah that's the rub with me too. The Discovery version has an extra CD with more stuff, the BBC version has Attenborough and costs less.

I may wind up ordering the BBC one too. I let my dad borrow mine and he sent me an email the next day "boy I see what you mean about not having Attenborough, she is really hard to listen to."

 

[Covert Rain]

I want to get the HD-DVD version of this show, but they leave out the extra disc of commentary/features from the regular DVD version.

Watching it an HD glory then to have to buy it in down converted standard definition DVD in 480p just makes zero sense to me. If I buy it, I want it the way I watched it....in HD.

 

[Dback Jon]

Been watching the BBC DVDs. I hadn't keeped up with the thread, so was pleasantly suprised to hear David Attenborough narrating!!
Awesome, awesome!

 

[Louis]

Bump.

Just bought the Attenborough narrated set.

Amazing, amazing work.

Futures was an awesome addition to the series. I also bought the DiCaprio narrated 11th Hour.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I have watched the first two episodes. It is great.

 

[BigRedRage]

best HD show ever, almost worth upgrading my dvd player

 

[Russ Smith]

For those who like this show I'd recommend another one that's on On Demand PBS right now. It's a nature show called Superfish. Rick Rosenthal goes around the world filming billfish(sailfish, marlin etc) in the water it's absolutely stunning stuff and the story behind it is pretty alarming(he says 90% of the worlds billfish have disappeared in the last 50 years to overfishing by commercial boats).

There's a scene with him off Mexico with at least 100 sailfish swimming around him, a scene where he finds a sailfish nursery and has a baby in his hand that literally fits in his hand. ANother scene with him swimming with a 1000 pound marlin that has 3 male marlin below it looking to mate, and 3 bullsharks below that looking to eat dinner.

It's on DVD too.

 

[arthurracoon]

just got a blu-ray player and got disc 1 (first 3 episodes) of planet earth from netflix

saw pole to pole tonight

amazing

 

[dreamcastrocks]

just got a blu-ray player and got disc 1 (first 3 episodes) of planet earth from netflix

saw pole to pole tonight

amazing

Congrats on the Blu purchase. Did you get a PS3 or a stand alone?

 

[arthurracoon]

Congrats on the Blu purchase. Did you get a PS3 or a stand alone?

stand alone - we might return it later on

its from costco - so it has a 90 day return policy

 

[dreamcastrocks]

stand alone - we might return it later on

its from costco - so it has a 90 day return policy

It should have a 1 year return policy.