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Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Five-Disc Special Edition)

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This product, similar to the Planet Earth series, provides ten one-hour long episodes of well-done photography and information about the sea life on earth. I've also enjoyed the special features of how BBC filmed these episodes and the planning behind each one. I love to travel and this series has taken me to different parts of the world to see its beauty and uniqueness. It's a relaxing end-of-the-day activity at my house!

I first saw Blue Planet on the Discovery channel... years ago and I absolutely fell in love with it. It is one of the most beautifully filmed documentaries and I think only Planet Earth (ironically) surpasses it in that beauty. I have also always loved David Attenborough, who has a way of really bringing the majesty of whatever you are watching into your home. This series is educational and beautiful to the point of tears. This is a must for any DVD library and I would highly recommend Planet Earth as well.

Produced by the same people who brought us the amazing Planet Earth, we're given the no less amazing Blue Planet.

Where Planet Earth gave us the world, Blue Planet focuses entirely on the oceans and all the life that depend on it. What we're given here is a true masterpiece in photography and cinematography that'll blow away your senses and amaze you. No one has ever captured ocean life like this before.

This set is comprised of 4 discs, with each disc consisting of 2 areas or conditions in which sea life flourish. From the coasts and tides to the deep and the arctic, just about every area of the ocean known to man is beautifully captured. We're shown an amazing variety of fish and animals here, including whales, jellyfish, lobsters, crabs, seals, dolphins, sharks, rarely seen deep sea life, birds, various coral and plant life, and much more. The struggles and rituals of mating, hunting, feeding, and fighting are all uncovered before our eyes. There's just so much to see and learn here. What you know or what you thought you knew about the ocean and oceanlife will be put to the test. For educational and entertainment purposes, this set is truly worth it's weight in gold.

The audio and video are superb. The images are crystal clear and we're given some outstanding close ups which reveal each creature in splendid detail. Words simply cannot describe some of the sights to be seen here. If you've seen Planet Earth, then you'll have an idea of what to expect. The audio adapts easily to DD 5.1 systems. The narration comes across clearly, the music is soulful and appropriate for every scene, and the sound of water, rain and the animals themselves work nicely to the surrounds.

As with Planet Earth, Blue Planet helps to shed the light on the glory of God's creation. As a man of faith, I find it a big faith booster as everything on screen just screams divine design. Because most of us are now trapped in our own concrete jungles, it's just good to get a look at nature and the world we live in. To see, experience and remind ourselves of the beauty and majesty of our planet. Untouched and uninterfered with by the worst and most destructive predators of them all, us. To see life the way it should be, as it was meant to be. This is an easy must buy and recommend for anyone who's even slightly interested in viewing nature as it is.

I ordered this as part of our homeschool curriculum. We loved it! The kids wanted to watch it over and over again. The photography is excellent and it's so interesting it easily holds the kid's attention. It even looked great on our old, worn out TV. They especially enjoyed the videos of the creatures found in the deep and the Sharks. We highly recommend it.

Blue Planet is a great educational and interesting video series. If you are interested in ocean animals, biology, or just like learning about new things in a fun way, this is for you. I personally really love marine life, so this was right up my alley. Each show is about 45 min. long and there are a couple of shows on each disk.

Every "episode" is just amazing and blows me away. Even though I have read many books on the subject, there is so much to know. The cinematography is great, it seems like the viewer is just swimming along and "happens" to run into whatever animal they are talking about, rather than the painstaking process I'm sure it took to find each one. You are shown many different types of animals from different areas of the ocean.

In short, this set will not disappoint! :)

This is a sensational documentary of life in the sea. Certainly the best I've seen in a long time. Well organized and incredible photography.

I use parts of it in a class on oceanography to demonstrate life in the ocean in a way that is impossible to describe in a lecture.

Spellbinding and good for all ages.

I don't know if you caught this when it came on TV a few years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it then which is why I purchased the dvd.
This series came before "Planet Earth" and focused on the world's oceans and the life that inhabits it and its shores. The video quality is quite good - it's just that I have become used to HD and therefore I find myself wishing this was available in that format. I suspect the film stock is not up to HD quality which is why it is not offered on Blu-Ray.
If you enjoy nature and in particular the oceans then I would recommend this series.

1/19/2011 - I just wanted to point out that "Blue Planet: Seas of Life" came out on TV before HD became popular. I have seen some of the comments that this series is now out on Blu-Ray - but the video quality is quite poor as compared to other Blu-Ray disks. This goes back to my first comments - The quality from the original film/video is just not good enough for high def.
Again, this was a terrific series - just not up to todays HD video standards

My husband is a huge nature documentary afficionado. Last Christmas I got him the "Planet Earth" DVD set which he loved. This year I got him "Blue Planet" set which he thought was even better. We've watched it together and found never a dull momment, fascinating shots of deep sea creatures or coral spawning. Attenborough is a superb narrator and the special features are well worth a look. Only caveat is that the last DVD in the set is just a hodge podge of other, inferior, nature documentaties.

Excellent, fresh, never before seen footage of some of the most amazing places underwater! Great addition to the Planet Earth collection.

i really love this series and the way it was shot is also being shown so we know the pains of these camera men and their innovation in taping. I would really recommend it to anyone who wants to know about oceans. Thank you