"Planet Earth" on the Discovery channel is truly awesome tv!!!

[Shine]

Do yourself a favor and check it out. :applause: :thumbsup: The footage is just spectacular. It's unlike any nature documentary I've ever seen, that's for sure.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17770850/site/newsweek/

[XemaSab]

1. Do you know if/when they are rerunning it?

I got sucked into watching 87 consecutive episodes of House last night. :P

[Shine]

2. All I know is that it's an 11 hr series that started yesterday, 3/25

we have our tivo programmed to catch it all, but I don't know the specific details of the timing, sorry. I'd suggest checking your local listings. YOU'D definitely enjoy this series, XemaSab. It's great stuff!

:hi:

87 consecutive episodes of House?!? OMG. I've never watched that show before. I am, however, completely addicted to 24.

[XemaSab]

4. Okay, it was more like 4 consecutive episodes

but I really, really, really want to see at least part of Earth. :P

[Shine]

7. Well, I hope you get to catch some of it.

last night they had a bit on the bird of paradise which was really quite amazing and funny, too. Right up your alley, fer sure dude.

[XemaSab]

19. I'm thinking I'll have to check out the DVD

I'll be away from a TV for a while.

[Zomby Woof]

3. We've been enjoying it

Amazing, breathtaking footage. How about that bird of paradise? Or the Himalayas? Or the whale shark feeding among the bait fish? Or... or...

[Shine]

6. Yeah, that bird of paradise was quite amusing

but the footage of the whale jumping out of the water to eat an entire seal was just incredible. Can't wait to see what's next!

Good to see you Zomby! :hug: :hi: How's married life treatin' you and Nini? Best regards to you both!

[Zomby Woof]

8. It's spoiling us rotten

And back at ya with the regards!

[bridgit]

5. i agree, i love that stuff...

:bounce:

[Reverend_Smitty]

9. I caught it last night in HD

It is an absolutely breathtaking series. I think the birds of paradise were my favorite

[Generic Brad]

13. Saw it again tonight on a regular Discovery channel

There is no comparison. It's like watching a different reality on HD.

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. We were lucky...

Our cable provider just added Discovery HD yesterday. Just in time!

[Little Wing]

10. Yep, BBC show, came out last year

Life on Earth by David Attenborough *Attenburgh?* was also excellent.

[Reverend_Smitty]

11. He originally narrated the series...

but the US version on Discovery Channel is narrated by Sigourney Weaver. It kind of annoys me when British documentaries are over-dubbed by an American as if American audiences are too dumb to understand someone speaking with an English accent.

[Little Wing]

12. fine, now I know which version to download

How rude!

[MountainLaurel]

15. That's why we're not watching

We made it through one episode. After seeing all of the Attenborough docs, her delivery is just wrong. So, in a month when the DVD version comes out, we're going to buy one with Sir David doing the narration.

And did you notice that none of the teasers or announcements note that it was originally produced by the BBC (and paid for by the British citizen). All you hear is "Discover Channel and Bank of America present . . ."

[Reverend_Smitty]

16. Attenborough is a wonderful narrator...

with an obvious passion for his subject so it just doesn't make sense why they wouldn't keep his original narration. I rather enjoy listening to him. I did notice that the Discovery Channel severely downplayed the BBC's involvement with the project, and without the BBC there wouldn't be any show. The only way you would know they had anything to do with it was a BBC logo at the end of the credits

[Hissyspit]

18. There's a BBC logo that pops up occassionally. Yeah, Sigourney Weaver is

too cutesy in her delivery. It's been kind of annoying me. But the footage is incredible.

[Hissyspit]

17. I just got High Definition TV. And it's a 40" screen. A site to behold.

A lot of the footage is groundbreaking and in incredible detail.