It was an impulse buy, albeit an informed one, and, boy, was it a good decision. Five discs, fifteen episodes of incredibly filmed landscapes, dramatic predation scenes, cute baby animals, and David Attenborough's mellifluous narration, replete with bizarre and slightly disconcerting double entendres about the animal kingdom: BBC's Planet Earth is simply incredible.
Difficult to do justice through description alone, the DVD series manages to capture stunning landscapes (so far, each of themed episodes for Deserts, Caves, Ice Worlds, and Deep Ocean have been insane) and jaw-dropping animal behavior sequences (a pride of lions stalking an elephant by night, strangely colored lizards hunting flies in the desert, time-lapse films of penguins huddling for warmth in the Antarctic winter, and the terrifying full breach attacks on fur seals by Great White sharks, shown above). Mind-blowing stuff. Watch it.
Difficult to do justice through description alone, the DVD series manages to capture stunning landscapes (so far, each of themed episodes for Deserts, Caves, Ice Worlds, and Deep Ocean have been insane) and jaw-dropping animal behavior sequences (a pride of lions stalking an elephant by night, strangely colored lizards hunting flies in the desert, time-lapse films of penguins huddling for warmth in the Antarctic winter, and the terrifying full breach attacks on fur seals by Great White sharks, shown above). Mind-blowing stuff. Watch it.
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