Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] planet earth series
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 01:34:19 -0500
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I am -- based on these encomia -- going to go back and try to watch them
again. My problem was the narration which is a pile up of relentless cliches
("To avoid overgrazing the migrating caribou truly eat 'on the run'..." and
"For the seals the sea is a banquet, but the feast comes at steep
price..."). Sigourney Weaver's reading it as if its her kidnappers' ransom
note and they're holding a gun to her head. It's almost all like this, truly
relentless, so I stopped watching it though I did see the snow leopard
sequence and yes, the photography is absolutely amazing. If I were to listen
with the sound off I wouldn't know half the time what exactly I was
seeing... oh well.

I hope the Life series got a better writer.



On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com> wrote:

> reving up the TiVo even as we speak...
>
> ab
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > same crowd has a new one starting march 21-- Life
> >
> > ric
> >
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:50 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> >
> >> I have the whole thing on DVD - absolutely brilliant!
> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:25 AM, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Anyone else seen any of the Planet Earth series?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/video-player/video-player.html
> >>>
> >>> Just finished watching the "Mountain" chapter.  Stunning film.  Don't
> >>> know how they do it.   There was a shot of a Snow Leopard hauling a
> >>> kill up a mountain face in a snowstorm.  Amazing.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Leo Wesson
> >>> Photographer/Videographer
> >>> 817.733.9157
> >>> www.leowesson.com
> >>>
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