LIFE on the disocovery channel (follow up to Planet Earth)

[Homerboy]

Watched the 1st episode. Simply awe inspiring. While not a AMAZINGLY picturesque as PE was the action and footage of Life is... unprecedented. The monkey using they hammer and anvil to crack open the nut literally gave me goosebumps.

Don't get me wrong, the scenery in Life is amazing too, just not the over abundance of "Look how beautiful earth and mother-nature is" wide angle shots. Life is MUCH more up-close and personal.

Oh, and the x264 is beyond flawless.

 

[pyonir]

Starts tonight. I don't care who's narrating it, looks cool as hell.

Glad to hear it's more up close and personal than PE, Homerboy. I loved the wide landscapes of PE, but think this will be a nice change.

 

[Homerboy]

Starts tonight. I don't care who's narrating it, looks cool as hell.

Glad to hear it's more up close and personal than PE, Homerboy. I loved the wide landscapes of PE, but think this will be a nice change.

The first episode is mind blowing. Animals are incredible. Simple as that. And the cinematography... wow. I just dont get how they got 90% of the shots.

Oprah will detract though.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I don't think I could stand to watch a nature documentary narrated by someone without a british accent. It's weird, I know.

 

[fatpat268]

Oprah narrating this, and DiCaprio narrating something about Hubble.

Next: Larry the Cable Guy narrates a documentary on the LHC.

Large Hardon Collider. Heheehe Git-R-Done!!!

Lol

 

[pyonir]

The first episode is mind blowing. Animals are incredible. Simple as that. And the cinematography... wow. I just dont get how they got 90% of the shots.

Oprah will detract though.

To be honest, I don't remember a single thing Weaver said in the PE series. But I remember numerous camera shots. That's what I focus on in any visual documentary. So I'm glad the cinematography is amazing...that's what I'll be watching for anyway.

 

[Crono]

It would be awesome if David Attenborough's brother narrated this series.

Though I would be expecting dinosaurs to come out and attack everything every 30 seconds, lol.

 

[El Guaraguao]

Wonder if life can top the "dancing-black-umbrella-smiley-face" bird.

 

[Anubis]

I'll wait for the BBC version if someone else is narrating. I thought Planet Earth was okay either way but think I'll pass on Oprah as a narrator.

this

 

[TheVrolok]

Count me in for the "wait for the BBC non-Oprah version."

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

LOL @ all the people who won't watch this because of Oprah. Get over yourselves already.

 

[TheVrolok]

LOL @ all the people who won't watch this because of Oprah. Get over yourselves already.

What does this have to do with anything? Simply, I associate Oprah with certain things, none of which are nature documentaries. For this reason, having Oprah narrate a nature documentary would be distracting for me. Therefore, I would rather see a non-Oprah BBC version.

 

[SKORPI0]

Count me in for the "wait for the BBC non-Oprah version."

This. How in the world did she get to do this anyway? :\

 

[alkemyst]

she's only one of the highest paid females in the history of this fucking planet.

Funny some refer to her as a media whore...lolz.

Looking forward to this show. She's done a lot of voice work for successful projects.

 

[Udgnim]

the Oprah detract thing is because it is incredibly obvious she is reading

her voice doesn't bother me, her reading does

 

[TheVrolok]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Blu-ray.../dp/B002KSA4F6

45 USD shipped without Oprah. Win.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Blu-ray.../dp/B002KSA4F6

45 USD shipped without Oprah. Win.

So you're going to spend $45 to order this from the UK instead of watching it for free? Granted I'd rather watch the BBC version as well but don't you think that's a little silly?

 

[TheVrolok]

So you're going to spend $45 to order this from the UK instead of watching it for free? Granted I'd rather watch the BBC version as well but don't you think that's a little silly?

I'll probably do both. It's something that'll be worth having on BRD. I pop the BBC version of PE in every few weeks while I'm cleaning/cooking/doing paperwork. So I'm not sure what's silly about it.

 

[alkemyst]

550 minutes for $45 the way you want to hear and see it is a bargain in my book.

I don't have a problem with Oprah or any other narrator.

 

[Homerboy]

for the record a lot of the verbiage has changed (thus far too). And Im sorry, I'm watching the broadcast now with Oprah and its annoying compared to the BBC version. Interesting the change in narration verbiage though.

In fact the opening sequence is totally different. The BBC version starting with an AMAZING segment on bottlenosed dolphins.

 

[Homerboy]

WTH??! The BBC version didn't even have this Ibex portion either!

 

[Capt Caveman]

for the record a lot of the verbiage has changed (thus far too). And Im sorry, I'm watching the broadcast now with Oprah and its annoying compared to the BBC version. Interesting the change in narration verbiage though.

In fact the opening sequence is totally different. The BBC version starting with an AMAZING segment on bottlenosed dolphins.

Agree. She sucks as a narrator. I may stop watching b/c I can't bear her anymore.

 

[TheVrolok]

WTH??! The BBC version didn't even have this Ibex portion either!

So the segments are different as well? That's bizarre.

 

[Homerboy]

So the segments are different as well? That's bizarre.

quite different. Not only the verbiage of the narration, but pieces in the BCC version aren't in the US version (thus far) and vice versa too

 

[TheVrolok]

quite different. Not only the verbiage of the narration, but pieces in the BCC version aren't in the US version (thus far) and vice versa too

That's pretty frustrating to hear. I wonder what the deal with that is? Hopefully it's just in a different order and all the segments are intact.