Life
Description
From the BBC and the Discovery Channel, producers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, comes the newest landmark natural history series, Life. In Planet Earth, we brought you the world as you’ve never seen it before. Now, get closer with Life. Four years in the making, filmed over 3000 days, across every continent and in every habitat, with breathtaking new high definition filming techniques developed since Planet Earth, Life presents 130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world, 54 of which have never been filmed before. Packed with excitement, revelation and entertainment, this remarkable 11-part blockbuster, narrated by Oprah Winfrey, captures unprecedented, astonishingly beautiful … More >>
Life
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June 13th, 2010 at 8:57 am
I think Oprah is great and I can’t wait to watch this narrated by the one and only Oprah! Wait until all her fans see this. She will have 5 stars all across the board!
Rating: 5 / 5
June 13th, 2010 at 9:06 am
…nobody else has either since it starts tonight on Discovery (the Oprah version)
That doesn’t stop all the crazy 1 star reviews though!
Rating: 5 / 5
June 13th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Good job. I enjoyed this and Planet Earth. I think Oprah’s narration is soothing and playful, and appeals to all ages, though I still get upset when an animal gets eaten though, and I never root for the predators.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 13th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Even though many reviewers are giving this product negative review because of Oprah’s narration, I think that it is time that someone wrote an honest review about the product. After watching the first two episodes last night, I must say that this series is simply AMAZING! The footage was entertaining and educational at the same time. This is the same reason that Planet Earth has been so successful as well. When I show the Planet Earth series in the class the kids actually cannot wait to watch it. They always ask when we are watching it again. Like Planet Earth, Life tells a great story in every episode and we get to see things that often times we have never seen before.
All those complaining about Oprah being the narrator are missing something. When my students are watching a series like this, a narrator they can identify with helps them relate to the subject matter even more. You should see the kids when they realize that the narrator from Planet Earth is from Avatar. They make the connection, and they can relate to the narrator. David Attenborough may have more a “scientific” background than Oprah Winfrey, but my students and many other non-science folk cannot relate to him. If he were the narrator of this series on Discovery, many might quickly view this as “too scientific” and move on. If you don’t like her narration, buy the other version. I’m buying this version to show my students because her voice makes this interesting educational series even more appealing to them.
If you like a great story with great characters, then you need to check out this series. Words cannot describe how awesome it was to see a “Jesus Christ Lizard” running across the water, monkeys using rocks as tools, a toad that tenses up its muscles to become “pebble-like” and roll down a mountain to get away from a predator, or three cheetahs working together to take down an ostrich! Another fantastic series from BBC and Discovery!!
Rating: 5 / 5
June 13th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
It’s terrific. Wonderful to listen to. I’ve taught Biology and have a Masters degree in Zoology, and I think Oprah does great. Science doesn’t have to have a British accent. (Attenborough doesn’t actually have any science degrees anyway, he’s a broadcaster as well.)
Some nature programs are boring, not this one.
Rating: 5 / 5