Anyone Watching Planet Earth?

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmmm, I'm getting kind of discouraged that reviews here peg the series as long on beauty but short on knowledge. I certainly can't watch it as it airs ... but was considering renting the DVDs later. Now, I'm not so sure.


The series of this genre that I adore - Richard Attenborough's Secrets of Life was long on both beauty and knowledge. I cherish it much more for the fascinating information ... and am not too keen to experience a nature/science programme where I don't learn interesting stuff.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hmmmm, I'm getting kind of discouraged that reviews here peg the series as long on beauty but short on knowledge. I certainly can't watch it as it airs ... but was considering renting the DVDs later. Now, I'm not so sure.


The series of this genre that I adore - Richard Attenborough's Secrets of Life was long on both beauty and knowledge. I cherish it much more for the fascinating information ... and am not too keen to experience a nature/science programme where I don't learn interesting stuff.

Like the others, the documentary narration is sketchy, but I still think, visually, it's absolutely stunning and worth a Netflix rental. Of what I have seen, I do wish they had spent a bit more time, at least alot more footage. Meaning, it took them 5 years to film all of this, I'd like to see more detail on deserts and not 2 minutes on the Gobi, etc. After all, I doubt I'm getting to the Gobi in this lifetime!

I'm still enjoying it and am anxious for them to reach the deep caves underground, the previews look fab and I'm a frustrated spelunker anyway.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The series of this genre that I adore - Richard Attenborough's Secrets of Life was long on both beauty and knowledge. I cherish it much more for the fascinating information ... and am not too keen to experience a nature/science programme where I don't learn interesting stuff.

It holds my interest. I call it fluff in the sense that there's nothing particularly earth-shatteringly new, but even old info about animals and nature is interesting. And there's a lot of "first time captured on film" type stuff that, while not necessarily "informative" is certainly interesting to watch.