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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Vudak on April 29, 2007, 11:30:23 PM
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Anyone else watch this miniseries? I'm completely hooked :O
The shots are, with no exagerration, amazing. I saw "Shallow Seas" first and couldn't believe it. Absolutely breathtaking.
From about age 5 to 10 or so all I ever wanted to be was a zoologist working on these sorts of things. This miniseries is making me wish I'd stuck with that :)
If you have onDemand, a few episodes are available. If you like it, it's going on Amazon for $54 standard DVD to $67 for HD or Blu-ray.
I'm seriously considering buying it myself...
:aok
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Been catching it in bits & peices
Great show
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Yes indeed, the stuff they shoot is flat out amazing. They were interviewing the crews tonight and they had to spend 2 months in the Gobi Desert to get shots of camels. And they had to carry all their supplies for 2 months in a few trucks.
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Great series and looks excellent on a 42" HD set.:aok
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Great series and looks excellent on a 42" HD set.:aok
I think I'm going to go to Circuit City and try to get a demonstration... Never have seen HD before and figure this would be a good one to get me hooked :aok
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Great series and looks excellent on a 42" HD set.:aok
Someday maybe you'll get a big one.
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I was very impressed by the one or two episodes I was lucky enough to catch. Some breathtaking imagery.
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Discovery Channel is doing a great job lately with there programming. Planet Earth, Deadlist Catch, Everest, Man vs Wild have all be great programs.
They are very intresting and some of the shots they get are amazing.
I hope they keep this going, and dont do any more American Choppers or anything like that again.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Someday maybe you'll get a big one.
42" is almost too big for the Family room. :huh
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Originally posted by Jebus
Discovery Channel is doing a great job lately with there programming. Planet Earth, Deadlist Catch, Everest, Man vs Wild have all be great programs.
They are very intresting and some of the shots they get are amazing.
I hope they keep this going, and dont do any more American Choppers or anything like that again.
+1.
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DiscoveryHD is one of the best HD channels on the air today.
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ya it is amazing and even i like it and im 16 lol. that show is really cool they really go the extra mile.
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I don't miss American Chopper and whatever that HotRod show was. I was puzzled as to why they were on the Discovery Channel. The only thing I "discovered" was unfunctional families, businesses and heavy use of the BLEEP BLEEP sound effect LOL
Discovery HD is really quite something. My folks recently bought a Phillips 37" TV that does 1080i (which is what TimeWarner HD broadcasts in). You really get to see what an HD TV can do when you find an HD show.
Oddly enough, the episode with the polar bear that was so desperate for food, it attacked the walruses and died really bothered me. I commend them for filming the wild as it is. Just the scene with that polar bear groaning in starvation and lying down to die....yeesh...that's how nature is.
Visually...a gorgeous show. The whole global warming spin is at a minimal, which is a nice change.
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That was a BBC series, awesome.
It follows on from another which you may like called Blue Planet.
Glad you liked it. Comes with compliments from the British Public who pay their TV license fee :D
http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/bbcdvd1883&bklist=icat,3,,planetearth
http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/bbcdvd1792&bklist=%3Cvenda_bklist1%3E
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I can't watch that show. I know its nature, but nature is cruel and it sucks.
(In Sigourney Weaver type voice) " The young rabbits are born but their troubles have just begun. If found by by this wolf, they will all be killed."(Shows scenes of cuddlly bunnies) Suddenly the wolf appears and eats them all.
My wife said, "All they show is animals eating eachother in pretty settings!"
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Originally posted by Furball
Glad you liked it. Comes with compliments from the British Public who pay their TV license fee :D
:rofl
I have to say, when I went to England I was at first perplexed by that little tax you all pay for your TVs, but after a week or so of catching the programming I can't really say you get a bad deal.
Coupling, Alan Patridge, Monty Python, Are you Being Served, Worst Day of My Life, The Office, Extras, Faulty Towers, Benny Hill, just for comedy the list goes on and on. Throw in the documentaries and you have some great programming.
I have BBC America over there, but for whatever reason they'd rather just show "Who's Line is it Anyway?" and "Cash in the Attic" type shows for hours on end. The good stuff is on at all crazy hours. :mad:
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Great show.
I think this would do more for saving the planet that wackos burning hummers.......
burning hummers?
You know what I mean.
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Originally posted by Phaser11
burning hummers?
What happens after you take your date out for a spicey mexican meal.
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Originally posted by Shifty
What happens after you take your date out for a spicey mexican meal.
:rofl
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Originally posted by Shifty
What happens after you take your date out for a spicey mexican meal.
Point and match to Shifty! :aok
We are so going to get PWND!
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Originally posted by Engine
I was very impressed by the one or two episodes I was lucky enough to catch. Some breathtaking imagery.
TVTorrents is your friend. :)
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Originally posted by Vudak
:rofl
I have to say, when I went to England I was at first perplexed by that little tax you all pay for your TVs, but after a week or so of catching the programming I can't really say you get a bad deal.
Coupling, Alan Patridge, Monty Python, Are you Being Served, Worst Day of My Life, The Office, Extras, Faulty Towers, Benny Hill, just for comedy the list goes on and on. Throw in the documentaries and you have some great programming.
I have BBC America over there, but for whatever reason they'd rather just show "Who's Line is it Anyway?" and "Cash in the Attic" type shows for hours on end. The good stuff is on at all crazy hours. :mad:
Yeah, they make some great shows. Rome was fantastic too (made with HBO of course), but the best part about the BBC is no commercials. Especially with shows like planet earth - no interruptions.
When i was in America your infomercials every 10 minutes was irritating the hell out of me.
The best bit of TV i saw while over there, was an old Arnie clip on Letterman (i think) with him saying "biting" "bite it". :rofl
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TV license fee? how does that work ? is it monthly? pay by the hour ? pay when you buy your set?
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The BBC is very good at making documentaries visually interesting. They're also good with the music they use. You guys should also see “The Victoria Cross: For Valour“ about the battle at Arnhem, and "Greatest Raid of All Time" about the Commando raid on St. Nazaire in 1941. Both narrated by Jeremy Clarkson and directed by Richard Pearson (Top Gear).
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Originally posted by FBplmmr
TV license fee? how does that work ? is it monthly? pay by the hour ? pay when you buy your set?
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp
here you go
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Originally posted by Vudak
:rofl
I have to say, when I went to England I was at first perplexed by that little tax you all pay for your TVs, but after a week or so of catching the programming I can't really say you get a bad deal.
Coupling, Alan Patridge, Monty Python, Are you Being Served, Worst Day of My Life, The Office, Extras, Faulty Towers, Benny Hill, just for comedy the list goes on and on. Throw in the documentaries and you have some great programming.
I have BBC America over there, but for whatever reason they'd rather just show "Who's Line is it Anyway?" and "Cash in the Attic" type shows for hours on end. The good stuff is on at all crazy hours. :mad:
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/
Lots of good Brit TV on that sight, streaming and relatively low quality, but definately worth a look if you are into anything on BBC.
I personally reccomend : Rome and Robin Hood for tele-movie/mini series type stuff, both excellant shows.
Black Adder, Black Books, Spaced, Ideal and League of Gentlemen for whacked out British comedy.
And definately Planet Earth for doco type stuff.
BTW, they have about half a dozen or so episodes of 'Over There'.....anyone know where I can download and watch the rest of that series?
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i love the series
and yes we do get tv here lmao