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Offline Bob Wessner

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« on: March 25, 2007, 08:54:23 PM »
Excellent multipart (11 segments) series on the Discovery Channel. Fantastic cinematography! Gets two thumbs up from me. ;) It should be next year's winning documentary.
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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2007, 05:58:44 AM »
I watched the part on Mountains last night but missed the beginning so I didn't know it was part of an eleven part series, so thanks for the info.  It's even more spectacular if you have HD.

Last night, they showed a snow leopard chasing some type of goat/ram down the side of what was almost a sheer cliff.  At the speed they were going, it's incomprehensible how they could travel that fast and choose their path, keep their footing and not fall.  Pretty incredible.

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Re: Planet Earth
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2007, 06:26:57 AM »
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It's even more spectacular if you have HD.

And wide screen, both the way to go on this one. The had three segments air last night. I recall the snow leopard scenes and the whales hunting the seals, also unbelievable. They used a high-speed camera. The entire shot was 1 second in real-time, but recorded and played back it was 47 seconds long.
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Re: Planet Earth
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2007, 06:54:10 AM »
I hope I don't have to look at any more penguins !
Don't get me wrong. I like penguins. I really do.!
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Re: Planet Earth
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2007, 02:50:37 PM »
Quote from: Bob Wessner on March 25, 2007, 08:54:23 PM
Excellent multipart (11 segments) series on the Discovery Channel. Fantastic cinematography! Gets two thumbs up from me. ;) It should be next year's winning documentary.

Agreed!  I watched it for quite a while last night.  If you didn't get a chance to see their series called "Blue Planet, Seas of Life" that was on a few years ago, it's definitely worth renting.  Same style cinematography, but all about ocean life. 
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Re: Planet Earth
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2007, 03:14:53 PM »
Quote from: gerhed on March 26, 2007, 06:54:10 AM
I hope I don't have to look at any more penguins !
Don't get me wrong. I like penguins. I really do.!

Sounds like too much exposure to Dancing with them and Happy Feet. ;D

Only one small segment so far on Emperor Penguins, it was quite short compared to the rest.
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Re: Planet Earth
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2007, 04:01:29 PM »
I watched Mountains one and the Ocean one and I thought they were pretty good.  I like the ocean one better though. 

What was the first one, I missed it?
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2007, 03:27:56 PM »
I got the whole series for Christmas.  I've got to say, this is the best nature documentary I have EVER seen.  The BBC out did themselves.
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