rhys gethin
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But why didn't they feed that poor bloody bear?
Planet Earth back on BBC1 now (sun 9pm)
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weltweit
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Chorlton said:
Yes I saw that, what impressed me was how intelligent they are and also the dedication of the photographer, very impressive black and white photos he took of the two bull elephants fighting in fact I preferred them to the video images, black and white stills somehow do it for me.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Because they were there to film and not intervene with what was going to happen anyway. Also it was injured pretty badly, so probaby wouldn't have survived much longer.rhys gethin said:
They did say they would never normally have helped that little penguin chick, again, becuase they were there to observe and document, but couldn't help it
(probably because there was less chance of being bitten
)
T & P
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I kind of hope that chick wasn't one of the ones that get killed in the process. I guess it was.trashpony said:They did show some upsetting stuff - or was I the only person who found that penguin chick getting smothered by that posse of overkeen potential mothers distressing?
What I found more distressing was that group of chicks that got separated from the colony during a blizzard and got lost. Attenborough suggested they froze to death, and the last thing they showed was them shivering and their eyes and faces already covered in frost.
I can believe how soppy I'm becoming. A few years ago I would have watched any documentary without any bad feelings. Parts of the Natural World programme on elephants that is also being talked about upset me as well- specially the calf born prematurely and the mother's efforts to at least find some shade for him so he doesn't burn in his final hours.
trashpony
Hag
T & P said:I kind of hope that chick wasn't one of the ones that get killed in the process. I guess it was.
What I found more distressing was that group of chicks that got separated from the colony during a blizzard and got lost. Attenborough suggested they froze to death, and the last thing they showed was them shivering and their eyes and faces already covered in frost.
I can believe how soppy I'm becoming. A few years ago I would have watched any documentary without any bad feelings. Parts of the Natural World programme on elephants that is also being talked about upset me as well- specially the calf born prematurely and the mother's efforts to at least find some shade for him so he doesn't burn in his final hours.
Oh yes that group of chicks distressed me too. And the lone calf (what were those huge oxen things - I've never seen them before, they were stupendous) and the injured male bear.
I'm very soppy. So much so that when that bear was looking in the window, even though I know they're vicious killers I was all 'awwww'
BTW if anyone really does want their blood lust for decapitated penguins sated - there is a fantastic picture between the ads for SUV's and Oil companies in this months national geographic on page 84.
Or you can see them here with short video
or clck here
Or you can see them here with short video
or clck here
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I was actually a bit pissed off that they helped that penguin - the whole point of natural history filming is that you are there to document life, not interfere with it.
Cakes
back in town
trashpony said:I'm very soppy. So much so that when that bear was looking in the window, even though I know they're vicious killers I was all 'awwww'
It's nose was squeaking against the glass!! ... and the crew inside were squeaking a bit themselves. Massive polar bears, 7 foot at the shoulder and then they can stand up too.Do you think they had to shoot it in the end? It wasn't giving a shit about the bear scarers. I'd have just given it some intensely hot chili, which it probably wouldn't have enjoyed and then got the shits and wouldn't come round again. *emails David*
trashpony
Hag
Cakes said:
Do you think they had to shoot it in the end? It wasn't giving a shit about the bear scarers. I'd have just given it some intensely hot chili, which it probably wouldn't have enjoyed and then got the shits and wouldn't come round again. *emails David*
I'm sure if I were confronted with one face to face, I'd feel differently. I blame those stupid ads for that fizzy drinks with the polar bears (what was it called?
) which made them seem all cuteadmirablenelson
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A lot of small children will be watching Planet Earth as their parents will have decided, quite rightly, that this is top quality, educational material. The decision to leave out the gore was therefore correct. The programme makes the point of the fragility of life in these regions very well. You don't need to ram it home with images of shredded penguins.
My own daughter adores penguins and seeing them torn to bits would be profoundly upsetting for her.
Planet Earth is a superb show, technically and editorially.
My own daughter adores penguins and seeing them torn to bits would be profoundly upsetting for her.
Planet Earth is a superb show, technically and editorially.
Crispy said:With a sealskin jus, on a bed of desicated polarbear paw
kids love squished stuff tho
after seeing the seal rip the pengweng apart they could then show the footage from blue planet of killer whales playing tennis with a still alive seal, as they batter it across the sea, thus giving penguin loving children something to cheer - a great antidote disneyification of animals in films like march of the penguins
lighterthief said:
i thought but then i thought that they might have done that on purpose.
if i remember in the last series, they opened with that image and then gave a general idea of what we were to look foward too, plus showing off (in a fuckin spectacular way) the shots we could expect from the series as a whole. Then having the same shot in the opening episode of the secong half of the series they went into way more detail, concentrating 45 minutes on just the two poles.
could have been a subtle stylistic flashfoward, flash back, kind of technique but could be wrong
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I have to say, after just watching Natural World (about naturalist Charlie Russell looking after orphaned grizzly bears), I think that was much more touching and got me much more interested than Planet Earth and its amazing photography managed to do on Monday.
I'm all teary eyed!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=natural_world
I'm all teary eyed!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=natural_world
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
trashpony said:That scared me
Yeah, it was pretty gruesome wasn't it. And a different kind of fungus for each insect. I almost felt a bit sorry for the poor creepy-crawlies. I wonder if it could cross over into humans. Imagine going to the doctor's and being diagnosed with fungus-brain, then all your friends and neighbours driving you up to the Highlands of Scotland and dumping you off a cliff. Not nice.
Fez909
toilet expert
More re-used content on this episode with the Birds of Paradise. But fuck me! If anything needs repeating it's those. That one that fluffs its plumage up to create a kind of tunnel with its neon blue eyes and mouth/beak! My girlfriend summed it up last time it was on: "if you came across that in the jungle, you'd be convinced you were tripping."
Loved the mushrooms time lapse thing. And the trees growing back, fighting with the 80(?) other kinds of tree which have lain dormant. That sequence must have taken forever.
Looking forward to next week. The shallow seas. I loved the Blue Planet, possibly even more than Planet Earth, so PE does BP should be cracking.
They should make a Best Of... and put it in the cinemas. Would love to watch it on IMAX or something!
My girlfriend summed it up last time it was on: "if you came across that in the jungle, you'd be convinced you were tripping."Loved the mushrooms time lapse thing. And the trees growing back, fighting with the 80(?) other kinds of tree which have lain dormant. That sequence must have taken forever.
Looking forward to next week. The shallow seas. I loved the Blue Planet, possibly even more than Planet Earth, so PE does BP should be cracking.
They should make a Best Of... and put it in the cinemas. Would love to watch it on IMAX or something!
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Hehe, the starfish et al moving across the floor reminds me of the Clangers and other such cool stop-motion animations
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