Comments on: My love letter to the makers of Frozen Planet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Rich http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13473 Rich Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:22:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13473 I bought an HD tuner mostly to watch programmes like this and I've not regretted it. In some ways it's like a stage magic trick. Because you can't believe anyone would go to so much trouble for an effect that last a few seconds you're brain's defeated in trying to work it out. The trouble they went to to get 10 seconds looking down into Mt Erebus! Yes, it makes the license fee worth it. I bought an HD tuner mostly to watch programmes like this and I’ve not regretted it. In some ways it’s like a stage magic trick. Because you can’t believe anyone would go to so much trouble for an effect that last a few seconds you’re brain’s defeated in trying to work it out. The trouble they went to to get 10 seconds looking down into Mt Erebus! Yes, it makes the license fee worth it.

]]> By: davem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13472 davem Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:20:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13472 Jammy = lucky. I saw the first show, and think that this may be the best ever. The photography is simply stunning, and I use that word with care. Jammy = lucky.

I saw the first show, and think that this may be the best ever. The photography is simply stunning, and I use that word with care.

]]> By: Steve http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13471 Steve Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:44:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13471 "Jammiest"? Um, please translate for us Yanks. “Jammiest”? Um, please translate for us Yanks.

]]> By: zackoz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13470 zackoz Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:23:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13470 Attenborough the magical. Somehow, I find it almost off-putting to see a nature documentary without the great A's mellifluous tones on the soundtrack. The biggest joke of recent years was when some genius decided to use Oprah Winfrey for an American version of a documentary originally voiced by Attenborough. Sublime to ridiculous. Attenborough the magical.

Somehow, I find it almost off-putting to see a nature documentary without the great A’s mellifluous tones on the soundtrack.

The biggest joke of recent years was when some genius decided to use Oprah Winfrey for an American version of a documentary originally voiced by Attenborough. Sublime to ridiculous.

]]> By: Conor Myhrvold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13469 Conor Myhrvold Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:13:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13469 Gentoo penguins for the win! :0) By the way, you mention the south pole in the beginning but then all of your examples below (polar bears, wolves, and largely speaking whales) are from the north pole. Gentoo penguins for the win! :0)

By the way, you mention the south pole in the beginning but then all of your examples below (polar bears, wolves, and largely speaking whales) are from the north pole.

]]> By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13468 Daniel J. Andrews Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:11:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13468 I've been waiting for this series eagerly since I first heard he'd been seen with a camera crew on the plane to Antarctica back in Dec 2009/Jan 2010 or thereabouts (h/t Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal). I have almost all of Sir Attenborough's series--I'm lacking Private Life of Plants which is only on DVD for Region 2, I need Region 1**--and I will be buying this one when it comes out on DVD. Really really wish I could meet Sir Attenborough....his documentaries have influenced me heavily, which is one of the reasons why I'm now a wildlife biologist, ecologist. I found out he's quite right about things being fascinating, interesting, amazing, remarkable. I have sometimes found myself crawling through some swamp, or trying to locate my tent in a fog-snowstorm on top of a mountain muttering to myself, "And this, is the wettest place on earth...", or "Here I am...." **Region 1 is Canada and the U.S. I've been waiting for a very long time for the DVD version, and I'm starting to think I might have to download it from a torrent site or something. C'mon BBC--make an expat now Canuck happy (and keep me from becoming a pirate) and produce a Region 1 DVD. :) I’ve been waiting for this series eagerly since I first heard he’d been seen with a camera crew on the plane to Antarctica back in Dec 2009/Jan 2010 or thereabouts (h/t Dan’s Wild Wild Science Journal). I have almost all of Sir Attenborough’s series–I’m lacking Private Life of Plants which is only on DVD for Region 2, I need Region 1**–and I will be buying this one when it comes out on DVD.

Really really wish I could meet Sir Attenborough….his documentaries have influenced me heavily, which is one of the reasons why I’m now a wildlife biologist, ecologist. I found out he’s quite right about things being fascinating, interesting, amazing, remarkable. I have sometimes found myself crawling through some swamp, or trying to locate my tent in a fog-snowstorm on top of a mountain muttering to myself, “And this, is the wettest place on earth…”, or “Here I am….”

**Region 1 is Canada and the U.S. I’ve been waiting for a very long time for the DVD version, and I’m starting to think I might have to download it from a torrent site or something. C’mon BBC–make an expat now Canuck happy (and keep me from becoming a pirate) and produce a Region 1 DVD. :)

]]> By: Lilian Nattel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13467 Lilian Nattel Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:04:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13467 I haven't seen this yet--thank you for the information--I'll be going there very soon. I haven’t seen this yet–thank you for the information–I’ll be going there very soon.

]]> By: Dunc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13466 Dunc Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:27:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13466 I couldn't agree more! The BBC (in collaboration with the OU, another wonderful British institution) makes the best TV documentaries in the world by a very large margin, and the licensee fee really is a bargain. I couldn’t agree more! The BBC (in collaboration with the OU, another wonderful British institution) makes the best TV documentaries in the world by a very large margin, and the licensee fee really is a bargain.

]]> By: Flippy Doodle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/28/my-love-letter-to-the-makers-of-frozen-planet/#comment-13465 Flippy Doodle Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:21:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5666#comment-13465 One of these days, I too am going to write an open love letter to the BBC Natural History Unit on my blog. I have slavishly watched many of their classic series several times. Nothing makes me as excited and philosophical about nature like the documentaries by BBC. The production values are breathtaking; and David Attenborough's voice, mixed with the orchestral ecstasy, make the experience incredible. Other channels, like Discovery and National Geographic, make decent nature docs, but nothing comes even close to the BBC. Your Guardian article was excellent, and expressed exactly how many members of the audience feel. "Even Attenborough himself sounds older, his voice slower and rougher than the sprightly tones from Life on Earth" - I'm just hoping that Attenborough is immortal. I think he might be. One of these days, I too am going to write an open love letter to the BBC Natural History Unit on my blog.

I have slavishly watched many of their classic series several times. Nothing makes me as excited and philosophical about nature like the documentaries by BBC. The production values are breathtaking; and David Attenborough’s voice, mixed with the orchestral ecstasy, make the experience incredible.

Other channels, like Discovery and National Geographic, make decent nature docs, but nothing comes even close to the BBC. Your Guardian article was excellent, and expressed exactly how many members of the audience feel.

“Even Attenborough himself sounds older, his voice slower and rougher than the sprightly tones from Life on Earth” – I’m just hoping that Attenborough is immortal. I think he might be.

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