Hey Bill!!

[Ritual]

Have you noticed there\'s a new member here called CreepingMarmoset? Is that a relative of yours? lol

 

[Bill]

 

[Sand Rat]

Thats just wrong on so many levels

 

[freakinacage]

rofl

 

[treide]

Speaking of interesting animals, has anyone else been watching the new \"Planet Earth\" series on Discovery? I have seen two episodes and the cinematography is jaw-dropping. I have seen about 5 or 6 animals in the two episodes that I have never heard of before, and this is from someone who loves nature shows and was a zoology major in college. Bill, you need to check out this series!

 

[supervike]

I have watched it! Those birds from the Amazon were incredible....They were so bizarre, if someone told me they were CGI, I\'d have believed it.

 

[AinuLainour]

I saw that show on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) a few months ago ???

Perhaps its originally Canadian?

 

[matty1001]

Planet Earth is British

It was all filmed by the BBC, and was the first nature documentary to be shot entirely in HD, meaning stunning visuals and georgous environments. In this sense it was seen as a really groundbreaking TV show.

 

[AinuLainour]

Yeah, I had noticed how rich everything looked. So it\'s British.. when did it first air?

 

[matty1001]

Not to long back, spring, summer last year? Can\'t really remember, but im pretty sure it was 2006.

 

[AinuLainour]

Ah.. must\'ve aired at the same time.

 

[Bill]

Nah, the first episode was shown March 2006 Bloody great series it was. Made me very, very happy.

 

[lono]

To quote Dr Ian Malcolm, from Jurassic Park, but in reference to the caves episode:

\"That is one big pile of shit!\"

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by matty1001
Planet Earth is British

Damn cocky Englishmen!

 

[treide]

Originally posted by matty1001
Planet Earth is British

It was all filmed by the BBC, and was the first nature documentary to be shot entirely in HD, meaning stunning visuals and georgous environments. In this sense it was seen as a really groundbreaking TV show.

No wonder I couldn\'t understand anything they were saying in the \"Behind the Scenes\" segments at the end of each episode (just kidding). At least the narrator is from this side of the pond!

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by treideNo wonder I couldn\'t understand anything they were saying in the \"Behind the Scenes\" segments at the end of each episode (just kidding). At least the narrator is from this side of the pond!

The narrator is the host to an alien symbiote that threatens the destroy the galaxy...but yeah, at least she\'s American....LOL


The only issue I had with the program, is they \'throw it in your face\' every chance they get.....For instance, how many times did Ms. Weavers copy read \"in this unprecedented filming\" or \'never before has the hunt of the blah blah blah been caught on film\'....\'Groundbreaking technology has allowed us to see....\'

Blah! We get it! Its new! Shut up about it and let us just enjoy the pictures.

 

[treide]

I agree, the \"First ever blah blah blah\" was a bit excessive. However, my eyes nearly popped out of my head when they showed the slow motion shot of that great white shark leaping completely out of the water. Impressive cinematography indeed!

 

[lono]

The narrator was originally a Brit too, nature ledgend Sir David Attenborough, and I can pretty much guarantee that you would rather hear him doing it than Sigourney Weaver. He has a very therapeutic voice!

And the shark bit is fricking brutal, but very cool.

 

[Ritual]

I don\'t know from what series but I recently saw a film, narrated by Attenborough, about spiders and bugs producing silk. It was an astonishing film! :wow: I never knew spiders could hunt in so many different ways.

 

[Avelorn]

Originally posted by Ritual
I never knew spiders could hunt in so many different ways.

I knew... *shudders*

Maybe I should paint she-lob just for therapy?