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| Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series | 
| Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $79.98
Buy Used: $12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1775 reviews
Sales Rank: 39
Format: Anamorphic, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 550 minutes
Number Of Items: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.3
MPN: WARDE2938D
UPC: 794051293824
EAN: 0794051293824
ASIN: B000MR9D5E
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 memo to Discovery, less Sigourney Weaver, more David Attenborough April 9, 2007
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
As D. Vance already stated before, the US Discovery Channle version has the lady from Alien, instead of David Attenborough. I guess they needed to go patriotic with an American. She's a great actress, but unfortunately, she isn't a narrator. Her voice really doesn't belong. In fact, when she speaks, your mind expects Aliens 3 to begin.
Regardless of my opinion of the narrator, this documentary is the best ever produced. My wife and I have been watching it on Discovery HD Theater and I feel sorry for those without HD. If you don't have HD, get it. YOU ARE MISSING OUT! I tried watching a SD broadcast and I couldn't. It was like playing Circus Maximus on Atari 2600 with a joystick. I can't wait for HD-DVD or BR-DVD to become standard. I will definitely get this series on either format then and hold out on buying the SD-DVD version... I doubt even 480p (progressive scan) will do this justice. Luckily, I have HD PVR from Time Warner and will likely hold onto these for a very long time.
So far, the best two series is the Deep Oceans and Ice Worlds episodes. My wife was crying watching the emperor penguins struggle to keep their chick alive.
Needs to be seen to be believed. April 9, 2007
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you've got an HD DVD/Bluray player, then you are required to add this to your collection. HD DVD > Bluray on my TV (360 HD DVD vs PS3 players), so I'll be picking up the HD DVD version, but I expect both to be mind numbing.
Simply Unbelievable! April 8, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Image Quality, Cinematography, Content, Narration, Accomplishment, Innovation... THIS SERIES IS GREAT!
I am a Discovery, Science Channel, National Geographic, etc fan and watch more TV than I probably should. Of all the nature series that I can remember, this is easily the one I like the best. Its content is divided into types of environments (mountains, deserts, caves, etc.) therefore, you travel around the world in each episode. They include spectacular imagery from space. The explanations are not too detailed, they point out the biggest facts and the unique details about each scene; informational enough to enjoy but not so much that you feel like taking notes.
This is a great series for anyone who even enjoys nature and it for those who have not gotten into it, it provides a great primer. Image quality and great cinematography make everything look more interesting and spectacular. Unlike many documentaries where you feel as an outsider looking at the subjects/situations, many of the scenes have managed to make me feel as if I were part of the action.
...if you own an HD system I cannot think of a better use for it.
enjoy!
We need more like this to wake people up!!! April 6, 2007
16 out of 25 found this review helpful
Mind-boggling beautiful and such an intense reminder of our precious world. Yes, I'm a total environmentalist/hippie type. I've been digitally taping the American version w/ S. Weaver & then stumbled upon this version. Just like with Walking with Dinosaurs - BBC version is with Kenneth Branaugh, and I can't remember the American version's narrator - the warmth and intelligence of the narrator MAKES the viewing so much superior... go BBC! So, guess what, I'm buying this version for a permanent keepsake & to enjoy D. Attenborough's mellifluous voice over and over. Love ya Sigourney, but come one, who wrote your dialogue??? ...once again proving how we can thoroughly muck things up here in the new world. What, do we think people won't understand someone speaking with an British accent, and have to be reminded every other sentence about the never before seen (outside of cinematic production) the quality of the filming? har har. Okay, enough of my ranting. Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy! Just being given the opportunity to see so much of this teeny tiny planet that 99.9% percent of us will never normally get to see is more than worth the price of admission.
A Must Have to enjoy your HD DVD Player or BD Player !!! April 5, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the most beautiful documentary ever made about Planet Earth !!!
To answer your question Noah, Yes it is exactly the same documentary...It has been made by the BBC and Discovery Channel bought the complete series to broadcast them in the United States as well as many other channels in the World! But I don't know why they changed the narrator !!! Anyway on the DVD/HDDVD/BluRay it's gonna be the original UK version so it's gonna be David Attenborough the narrator.
The shots are wonderful especially in the FreshWater Chapter when they filmed the Igacu Falls ! It's Stunning !!! Gran Canyon as well...
Anyway it's the movie to own to fully enjoy your HD Screen and your HDDVD Player !!!
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