I want David Attenborough to tell me knockknock jokes [BBC / Discovery Documentaries]

MetroidZoid

So I picked up Planet Earth on DVD finally. I am a horrible person though, and don't have a Blu-ray player, so these 5 hours I've delved into are only 1% less visually orgasmic. However, I did make sure to get the BBC version so it's narrated by this guy:

(The one on the right)

Gonna pick up Walking with Dinosaurs, WwDinosaurs: Allosaurus, and Walking with Prehistoric Monsters next, because they're still cheap (Did I forget to mention that? If you're missing parts of your massive natural sciences documentary collection, Amazon and Walmart both seem to be having a nice sale of sort. Regular and hi-def DVDs alike)

I skipped out on Blue Planet, if only because I'm limited on cash, and it's not up there as my top favorite. But maybe one day.

So what's your Discovery / BBC / Nat Geo fix? Moments you like? How many times can we watch a 20' shark leap it's entire body length out of the water and not get tired of it?

Never

Goatmon

If not for the BBC I would never know how awesome the Lyre bird is.

It is the Larvell Jones of the animal kingdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

Munkus Beaver

Oh God it's Goatmon in an Animal Planet thread

Goatmon

Y'know, Munkus, your avatar is very sexy.

Brodo Faggins

Hahaha

animal companion

please don't tell lucky cynic about this thread

TheySlashThem

animal companion wrote: »

please don't tell lucky cynic about this thread

whoops

edit: alternate post

animal companion wrote: »

please don't tell lucky cynic about my username

whoops

animal companion

does everyone egosearch at all times ever

Seattle Thread

I love the shit out of The Elegant Universe

Goatmon

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

animal companion wrote: »

please don't tell lucky cynic about my username

whoops

I was trying to think of a joke along that line.

I hate you now for succeeding where I have failed.

animal companion

ugh god noooooo

TheySlashThem

8-)

sadly I don't have cable or really any tv in my new home

I love me some mythbusters, cash cab, and dirty jobs

Seattle Thread

Also, if you're on the Netflix Instant Queue trip, there's an asston of fine Nova programs for your enlightenment

Volucrisus Aedrius

When I first found out that the American version of Planet Earth was not narrated by Sir David Motherfucking Attenborough I was dismayed but seriously Sigourney Weaver is one of my favorite actresses and the American version grew on me. I must confess that at this point, I almost prefer Sigourney's narration. Her voice is so smooth and melodic.

L|ama

My lasting memory of this year will probably be walking in on two of my very high friends watching a david attenborough documentary about sand dunes on youtube

the cheat

i love de shark leaps. it's kinda mean to tease them with those fake seals though!

MetroidZoid

My biggest gripe about BBC: The Secret Life of Plants is only region 2. They released the reptiles & amphibians series, and the bird series, but not the one that truly pertains to me (amateur botanist). Watched it on Youtube, but it's not the same!

Really though, this was a really good watch, if only to see that orchids are the bastardiest bastard plants of them all.

satansfingers

i think i prefer sigourney weaver's narration :V

The_Scarab

satansfingers wrote: »

i think i prefer sigourney weaver's narration :V

You are everything that is wrong with the world. You know that right? You're basically Hitler.

TheySlashThem

if anyone here is hitler, it is you, scarab

I don't really care about narrators, I'm just making a general observation

BigDes

I wish Blue Planet was out on Blu Ray.

I have the Planet Earth Blu Ray but Blue Planet was better I though.

Bacon-BuTTy

Goatmon wrote: »

If not for the BBC I would never know how awesome the Lyre bird is.

It is the Larvell Jones of the animal kingdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

That is amazing.

The chainsaw part feels like a joke.

Druhim

BigDes wrote: »

I wish Blue Planet was out on Blu Ray.

I have the Planet Earth Blu Ray but Blue Planet was better I though.

I also like Blue Planet more

although Planet Earth is great, one little gripe I have is how they tend to cover the same regions multiple times and even use some of the same footage over for different segments. For example, From Pole to Pole of course covers the polar regions but so does Ice Worlds and they even show the same footage of the mother polar bear and cubs emerging from their den in both. I also get a little tired of all the superlatives he uses during Planet Earth, even in the same episode.

"This place has the most species in the world."
"This coastal region is the most productive in the world."
"These ladies have the rudest titties in the world."

simo

i like sunrise earth

crwth

any time the history channel plays a marathon of the universe i basically cancel my plans for the day

i am constantly fascinated by the different ways the universe could potentially fuck us over

TheySlashThem

I still haven't seen planet earth but if there is a bit about the rudest titties I will have to look into it

Druhim

Planet Titties

TheySlashThem

they fuck with the tides

Goatmon

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

Goatmon wrote: »

If not for the BBC I would never know how awesome the Lyre bird is.

It is the Larvell Jones of the animal kingdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

That is amazing.

The chainsaw part feels like a joke.

Yeah, the chainsaw bit is just crazy.

If it wasn't from the BBC I would have thought that part was some kooky edit.

Abracadaniel

Goatmon wrote: »

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

Goatmon wrote: »

If not for the BBC I would never know how awesome the Lyre bird is.

It is the Larvell Jones of the animal kingdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

That is amazing.

The chainsaw part feels like a joke.

Yeah, the chainsaw bit is just crazy.

If it wasn't from the BBC I would have thought that part was some kooky edit.

The bird starts playing the Benny Hill theme.

Yellow Fever

Well i have all of Attenbouroughs stuff but Louis Theroux also does some amazing documentaries on people who are basically animals

MetroidZoid

I do have a gripe about a couple Discovery documentaries. Mainy, Catching a Giant Squid on Tape (this may or may not be the correct title), and further back Raising the Mammoth. Mainy, it's an hour long segment of a news bite whose total information could be absorbed within minutes.

Giant Squid:

It was a few pictures like this. Beyond cool, really (until that asshole 'Colossal Squid' showed up and whored the spotlight), but not worth an hour of build up and titilating "Will we get it on tape? Won't we?"

and Raising the Mammoth:

Delved into the technology of cloning and trying to genetically 'create' a mammoth, ala Jurassic Park in the Ice Age. But the actual 'raising' was an hour of problem after problem and in the end, they managed to gather new data from a relatively fresh specimen but ultimately their plans went to shit as the carcass rapidly started to decay.

They were still good to watch at least once though, since Mythbusters was on next.

bsjezz

life of birds is such a good series

L|ama

Yellow Fever wrote: »

Well i have all of Attenbouroughs stuff but Louis Theroux also does some amazing documentaries on people who are basically animals

Louis Theroux is awesome

I watched some documentary of his on hypnotists that use it to get women and those "we'll help you get rich, just pay us $texas" people. He was driving to the second group of people's thing with a guy who had bought into it and was constantly laying seeds of doubt in his mind, and by the end of the thing you could see that he was hesitating to answer.

Didgeridoo

The last BBC documentary i saw was the creepy thing about men in love with their sex dolls that came on BBC America last week.

So... yeah.

Goatmon

L|ama wrote: »

Yellow Fever wrote: »

Well i have all of Attenbouroughs stuff but Louis Theroux also does some amazing documentaries on people who are basically animals

Louis Theroux is awesome

I watched some documentary of his on hypnotists that use it to get women and those "we'll help you get rich, just pay us $texas" people. He was driving to the second group of people's thing with a guy who had bought into it and was constantly laying seeds of doubt in his mind, and by the end of the thing you could see that he was hesitating to answer.

The idea of hypnotists actually using their talents to score is kind of horrifying.

It led me to finding this little gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kkz7uJ30SY