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Author:  BS1970 [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:49 pm ]
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I've been waiting for this show for about 4 months now. It's like Planet Earth, but instead of focusing on the environment and the animals that live in it, they focus more on the struggle to survive the animals have to go through. It premiers at 8 tonight on Discovery.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/


Author:  Crosscheck [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:50 pm ]
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I've got my TiVo season pass all set up...it's going to be sweet in 75" of HD.

Author:  Sk8haggard9 [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:07 pm ]
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I can't wait. I'm so glad my girlfriend got me this HD tv. I just wish I didn't work every sunday 5-10.

Author:  BS1970 [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:21 pm ]
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Sk8haggard9 wrote:
I can't wait. I'm so glad my girlfriend got me this HD tv. I just wish I didn't work every sunday 5-10.

There are 2 episodes on tonight: @8 is Challenges of Life, and @9 is Reptiles and Amphibians

They are going to re air these shows 2 more times tonight: CoL @ 10 and 12, the Reps & Amps @ 11 & 1. So you shouldn't miss it if you really wanna see it.

Author:  BS1970 [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:02 pm ]
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So awesome!!

Author:  PatGreen [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:57 pm ]
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yeah it was super epic. i do miss having sir david attenborough being the narrator though.

Author:  PuckSniperPensel [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:39 pm ]
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BS1970 wrote:
I've been waiting for this show for about 4 months now. It's like Planet Earth, but instead of focusing on the environment and the animals that live in it, they focus more on the struggle to survive the animals have to go through. It premiers at 8 tonight on Discovery.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/



I'm in the same boat as you.

I've been foaming at the mouth for this series for a long time now.

First two episodes were awesome. Can't wait for the last 9.

Author:  PuckSniperPensel [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:13 am ]
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Also, the Cheetah hunt was awesome.

Author:  Sk8haggard9 [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:08 am ]
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BS1970 wrote:
Sk8haggard9 wrote:
I can't wait. I'm so glad my girlfriend got me this HD tv. I just wish I didn't work every sunday 5-10.

There are 2 episodes on tonight: @8 is Challenges of Life, and @9 is Reptiles and Amphibians

They are going to re air these shows 2 more times tonight: CoL @ 10 and 12, the Reps & Amps @ 11 & 1. So you shouldn't miss it if you really wanna see it.

Nice thanks for the info! Just finished watching them. Easily the best things on TV since Planet Earth. Not only is the actual nature of it amazing, but also the things these cameramen have to go through to get such rare shots.

After seeing these first two episodes, I can truly say evolution holds no bounds. It is simply amazing what pure survival looks like and the different species it has brought about.

Author:  Sneaky E [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:03 pm ]
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Incredible, incredible footage. I only watched the first one so far, but that hunt of the baby ibex was the most suspenseful thing I've seen in a long time.

Author:  Crosscheck [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:09 pm ]
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I'm sorry, but Oprah ruins it for me...so far anyway.
She sounds like she's speaking down to an audience of children.
I can think of probably 10 people that could do a better job than her.

Author:  PuckSniperPensel [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:51 pm ]
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Crosscheck wrote:
I'm sorry, but Oprah ruins it for me...so far anyway.
She sounds like she's speaking down to an audience of children.
I can think of probably 10 people that could do a better job than her.


Really? I thought she was doing a very good job. :think:

I thought perhaps they could have used Mike Rowe, but I decided that this series needed a fresh voice for narration, and I agreed with their move to use someone who hasn't really done it before.

Just my :twocents-02cents:.

Author:  mechaphil [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:53 pm ]
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I should watch this, but I knew going it was hosted by Oprah and it's made me leery.

Mike Rowe would have been an AWESOME choice, Adam.

Author:  Ryan911T [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:55 pm ]
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I thought it was great, I caught some of one last night. I didn't even know it was Oprah narrating, I thought she did a good job.

Author:  Crosscheck [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:55 pm ]
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For narration like this I'm more of a Morgan Freeman / James Earl Jones type of guy ;)

I can't take Oprah seriously.

Author:  PatGreen [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:16 pm ]
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Crosscheck wrote:
I'm sorry, but Oprah ruins it for me...so far anyway.
She sounds like she's speaking down to an audience of children.
I can think of probably 10 people that could do a better job than her.


yeah, she always sounds condescending. i would have liked sir david attenborough, morgan freeman, james early jones, the dude from the allstate commercials, or mike rowe would have been good.

Author:  BS1970 [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:43 pm ]
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I thought the part about the Komodo Dragon was intense. I have to do a presentation in my Herpetology class and that scene convinced me to do it on the Komodo.

Author:  acrossthelines [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:16 pm ]
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PatGreen wrote:
Crosscheck wrote:
I'm sorry, but Oprah ruins it for me...so far anyway.
She sounds like she's speaking down to an audience of children.
I can think of probably 10 people that could do a better job than her.


yeah, she always sounds condescending. i would have liked sir david attenborough, morgan freeman, james early jones, the dude from the allstate commercials, or mike rowe would have been good.


All better choices.

I was excited about this until I remembered the commercials with Oprah in them. :lol: I do not understand why is she so well-received by so many people. She is the most condescending host on television. When there is a behavior or something else presented that she does not understand, her entire demeanor becomes holier-than-thou; she is not at all a genuinely inquisitive person. Her tone rarely matches her questions in those circumstances. It only does when she asks rude, intrusive ones. Seeing her interview people very much like me and witnessing how she spoke down to them was just a lovely experience. I also don't think she has much faith in her audience at all, but that may be a somewhat accurate attitude.

I'll catch it over the summer, anyway, more likely than not. I'm a sucker for the imagery in HD.

Author:  PuckSniperPensel [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:31 pm ]
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I don't pick up on her being condescending at all. :lol:

This is so WEIRD to me. I'm watching it right now (I'm DVRing all of the episodes) and she's rhythmic, balanced, and melodic.

I'm quite honestly shocked at how poor her reception has been.

EDIT: Perhaps it's because I don't watch her television show, and haven't seen it since I was in elementary school when my mom watched it.

Author:  acrossthelines [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:56 pm ]
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PuckSniperPensel wrote:
I don't pick up on her being condescending at all. :lol:

This is so WEIRD to me. I'm watching it right now (I'm DVRing all of the episodes) and she's rhythmic, balanced, and melodic.

I'm quite honestly shocked at how poor her reception has been.

EDIT: Perhaps it's because I don't watch her television show, and haven't seen it since I was in elementary school when my mom watched it.


She probably wasn't condescending on that show... just in some interviews, it's like, "OH MY." She's a jerk.

Her show has ruined her for me in general. :P

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