Planet Earth - The Complete Collection (2007, Blu-ray Disc)

Planet Earth on Blu Ray held me to the TV for hours and hours without any regret. A must buy if you have a Blu Ray player.

Review done by New York Times
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Nature often looks better at a distance. “Planet Earth,” an 11-part mother of all nature series to be shown on the Discovery Channel for five consecutive Sundays, beginning tomorrow night, understands this truth. The BBC, which produced the series with Discovery, used helicopters, long lenses and all manner of cutting-edge film techniques to bring us the photographic spoils of a five-year global odyssey.

Often the filmmakers show Earth in the most flattering light. In Antarctica “the cliff tops are stained pink,” the narrator Sigourney Weaver says, “with the droppings of tens of thousands of nesting penguins.”

Seen from afar, the droppings look lovely. But “Planet Earth” does not always see waste matter through rose-tinted lenses. Close-ups can be equally dramatic.

In a cave in Borneo the camera ranges across what appears to be a moving mountain. This, Ms. Weaver explains, is a 300-foot-high mound of bat droppings, “its surface carpeted with hundreds of thousands of cockroaches.” One would have been enough.

The cockroaches eat the droppings. Occasionally something bigger drops — a bat, say — and the cockroaches eat that too. This brings us to the last element of the trinity of nature shows: beauty, repulsiveness and bloody slaughter.

“Pole to Pole,” the first of the series’s hourlong episodes, is a scan of the planet, a précis of things to come. It includes serious evidence that the natural world, however wounded by global warming, continues to be red in tooth and claw. A wolf captures a caribou; a snow leopard (the species is rarely seen) eats a deer; and a seal falls prey to a shark.

It’s a jungle out there — except when it’s a desert. Early on, a tired, thirsty elephant calf trudges alone through the Kalahari Desert, following its mother’s tracks — in the wrong direction.

The elephant is going to die, but we don’t see that on “Planet Earth,” just as we don’t see a wounded polar bear expire, although we know it will. This series skillfully takes us to the brink of heartbreak and then pulls way back — letting us relax and revel in long shots of caribou migrating across the Canadian tundra — or hones in on a cute family of kangaroos licking their skinny forearms to cool off in the 120-degree heat.

The severest climates and most monotonous landscapes on Earth seem to produce the cuddliest animals. Polar bears, seals and penguins populate the poles; kangaroos, big-eared foxes and long-lashed dromedaries enliven the desert. It is as if nature evolved to accommodate a nature show.

The planet, of course, is changing faster than its inhabitants’ ability to keep up with it, and that sad fact colors many of the episodes. As the polar ice cap shrinks, polar bears must swim farther than ever for food. This leads to the aforementioned bear’s quixotic 60-mile voyage to find dinner: in this case, an ill-judged attack on a walrus herd.

Among this series’s many rare feats is that it often encourages you to root for the predator rather than the prey: fitting at a time when the planet itself seems as vulnerable as a newly hatched penguin.

Truly great stuff. A must have. Our planet as never seen before. Top quality sound an picture. Great for kids and whole family.

The Planet Earth Blu-ray is amazing. I saw several on the series and knew I needed it. The video is so absolutely clear that you think youre there. Watch it on a large screen TV and you will be amazed.

The Blu-ray version (if you have a player) is a must have for anyone with an HD capable TV, it was filmed in 1080p and is amazing looking. Not much else can be said, the documentaries are first class and these disc's have the best high def filming i've seen.

I love the planet earth DVD I was so happy that I received it within two days we watch it on a daily basis no joke my chihuahua can see this on my 1080p TV! Thank you!!!

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Excellent DVD set. Unbelievable scenes. Definitely a set of DVD to be kept for viewing and reviewing.

I have a regular DVD set but I want to see the difference between regular DVD and Blu-ray. There is not a huge difference since my DVD play also does upconverting.

Highly recommend.

Awesome series. If you own a blu-ray player you MUST have this. Visually unbelievable. I got it at a great price in excellent condition.

Everything came speedy and as advertised. Great seller! Great product! I couldn't be happier. Two thumbs up

Nice scenery!
As of its release in early 2007, Planet Earth is quite simply the greatest nature/wildlife series ever produced. Following the similarly monumental achievement of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this astonishing 11-part BBC series is brilliantly narrated by Sir David Attenborough and sensibly organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been magnificently represented by the most astonishing sights and sounds you'll ever experience from the comforts of home. The premiere episode, "From Pole to Pole," serves as a primer for things to come, placing the entire series in proper context and giving a general overview of what to expect from each individual episode. Without being overtly political, the series maintains a consistent and subtle emphasis on the urgent need for ongoing conservation, best illustrated by the plight of polar bears whose very behavior is changing (to accommodate life-threatening changes in their fast-melting habitat) in the wake of global warming--a phenomenon that this series appropriately presents as scientific fact. With this harsh reality as subtext, the series proceeds to accentuate the positive, delivering a seemingly endless variety of natural wonders, from the spectacular mating displays of New

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quality of picture and sound cannot be matched, scenery is priceless, very well narrated. I wanted to test my new unit with something that can be enjoyed over and over.

AMAZING!!!
truly shows you the beauty of this planet.
remarkable footage and very informative.


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Excellent and it's in 16:9 unlike some of the blu-ray movies. Perfect way to show off your new 1080p HDTV.

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awesome visuals.very well crafted. recommend this to anyone who is interested in our world. it will make you see yourself and others in a different way

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never recieved dvd. seller would not return my email. Had to go thru paypal to get my money back. The seller told paypal they would eat the considerable loss to themselves. I have seen planet earth on dvd and think it's some of the best vidio of the planet ever made.

it is the worst blu ray disc ever made in the history of history. i just want to point that out. i would pay somebody just to take the movie out of my possesion.

Nature is so beautiful especially when you see this on bluray at 1080.
After i seen it advertise on tv i wanted it.