Customer Reviews

Planet Earth / The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)

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This is a very smart purchase. when i first ordered, i was under the impression that i was getting the entire planet earth series plus extra footage and a few episodes of blue planet. i was completely wrong! it comes with the entire series of both shows and extras for both shows. everyone will find something to enjoy in one if not both of the shows. i highly recommend it!

I watched many Planet Earth episodes on TV and when the combined series came out, I bought them in a heart beat.
Everytime I watched an episode, I felt an overwhelming sense of appreciation of this rich and spectacular place we live in and a strong conviction of helping to make sure that the beauty and the uniqueness of this place is preserved and cared for. The people who made these two series deserve the best credit for their high artistic standard, great technical execution and genuine communication of the facts.

I bought this set for my daughter, not realizing there was a difference between the BBC version (narrated by Sir David Attenborough) and the US version (narrated by Sigourney Weaver). She loves Attenborough's voice and presentation; much better than Ms. Weaver's, though hers is certainly well done.

These images are breathtaking in scope. Brilliant in execution.

The techniques used at the various remote locations belie a never before seen meeting of technology, global rarity, and the epitome of loving ones work. Even if you only see them aired digitally, you'll want to own and then share these movies with anyone able to benefit from a growing awareness of the unique and varied life on this planet.

the combination of planet earth and blue planet is excellent. diaries show how hard BBC team have struggled to shoot some of the rarest animals... hats off to them!!..
also its pathetic to know that all these rare animals moving towards extinction.
quality of video is excellent, but the dvds arrived bit late, may be because this was just the start of this combination dvds.

I have always been a big fan of planet earth seeing it on tv. Before finding this listing I had never heard of blue planet. But I was amazed by it as well as planet earth. Great buy :)

I have always loved nature films since a kid so when I saw Planet Earth on Discovery channel I recorded them on our dvr. Well they don't stay there forever when your husband hits the delete button. So when I saw this set I was thrilled. I didn't realize how many episodes I missed. I can watch them over and over (My husband will watch them once). I show them when I have company over the house. Even though I didn't buy the HD set,(I don't have a HD DVD player) I have a HD tv and they still look incrediable. This is one DVD set every home should have.

Very happy with the Planet Earth set. Everything as expected: HD with bonus feature at the end of each episode. However, rather disappointed with the Blue Planet series. Did not realize that this is just a SD DVD. Not only that, no subtitle. Watching it on my 58-in plasma TV is worse than on my old 36-in SD TV. This did not do justice to the amazing videography of the happenings in the ocean. Overall, superb contents on both series, highly recommend. But I skipped the 5th/last DVD of the Planet Earth set because it was just annoyingly preachy, more than my taste can tolerate. I recommend purchasing these 2 sets separately and make sure that both are HD, which I plan to re-purchase the Blue Planet series.

so far our family has only watched two thirds of the first discs of this series (there are a total of ten discs), and already I can say the whole family enjoys it. (even our 7 year old who whines when we tell him we are going to watch planet earth, and not a re-run of "family guy" for the 20th time)

each segment has jaw dropping shots that make you wonder how in the world they were ever able to film that, and so far at the end of the first two episodes, there is a short segment of "planet earth diaries" that details the planning and effort that went into getting some of the shots.

one more thing to add, I have noticed several questions or comments about whether this series is narrated by david attenborough, or sigourney weaver. this package that we got from the bbc has david attenborough.

I would highly recommend this for anyone who has an interest in nature. it is so easy to develop tunnel vision and get caught up in the daily grind of commuting and working and doing household chores. this reminds us of what an amazing and delicate planet we inhabit.

This set of DVDs is wonderful for showing things most people never see about our planet. They did an outstanding job and keep the viewer spellbound. I highly recommend this to anyone, especially those interested in biology or earth science.