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Special Features
- Includes "Ocean World" and "Frozen Seas"
- Making-of featurettes
- Doug Allan interview
- Music video
- Photo gallery
- Fact files
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| Blue Planet - Seas of Life Season 1 |
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Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight these two segments of the BBC's remarkable wildlife series, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. "Ocean World" begins with astonishing views of a gigantic blue whale--the elusive Holy Grail of undersea photography--and the marvels continue to demonstrate the power, diversity, and profound ecological influence of Earth's oceans. From the surface feedings of dolphins to the pitch- black environs of deep-sea predators rarely glimpsed by humans, the oceans are seen as living entities teeming with nutrients and rejuvenating currents essential to all life on earth. This marvelous portrait of the food chain--from plankton to sharks to killer whales--continues in "Frozen Seas," examining whales, walruses, penguins, and other creatures under the extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. The Blue Planet: Seas of Life is one of the finest wildlife programs you're ever likely to see. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Part I of an incredible BBC presentation exploring our world under the water from the series The Blue Planet-Seas of Life . Includes Ocean World" and Frozen Seas." 2 episodes. 2001/color/98 min/NR/fullscreen.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you or anyone you know has even a remote interest in the ocean and marine life this DVD is a must. Even if you've seen parts of the "Seas of Life" series on the Discovery channel this DVD is still worth it as the difference in quality is astounding.
Since my childhood I've always been a fan of wildlife documentaries, but nothing can compare with this. It is absolutely, jaw droppingly beautiful. "Ocean World" provides something of an overview of all of the other segments so it's a good intro to the series. "Frozen Seas" probably spends as much time on the surface of the frozen seas as it does within them, but it's still compelling.
I can recommend this DVD without any reservations (something that any of my friends and relatives could attest to ;-)!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If movies are the director's medium and television series the writer's, nature programs belong to the photographers. Good moving pictures, deftly edited, can make a good nature show great. The first two episodes of the BBC program THE BLUE PLANET, `Ocean World' and `Frozen Seas,' have some of the best nature photography I believe I've ever seen.
I'm not usually a great fan of nature shows. Most seem heavily loaded with warnings about global warming, human encroachment, lose of the rain forest, etc. All important issues, but usually more depressing than enlightening. Not too keen on the ones where the host adopts a grizzly cub or peels a poisonous snake off a mambo tree, either. Thankfully THE BLUE PLANET doesn't have an agenda to push or a host's ego to stroke. If you want to see a program that simply celebrates nature, this is the one for you.
Richard Attenborough hosts these programs, adding his considerable credibility to the proceedings. Highlights in the first program include the dolphins herding of the migrating sardines and the arrival of the creatures of the night from the ocean depths. There's some footage of blue whales, but because they swim alone - we don't see a human being in either episode - it's hard to get a sense of their size from the footage. Second episode highlights include a polar bear with cub on the hunt and herds of penguin huddling against the biting wind and bitter cold. Simply amazing footage in both episodes. Also included are a couple of short (9 minutes or so) featurettes profiling the film crews for the two episodes. Highest recommendation for this dvd.
I'm not usually a great fan of nature shows. Most seem heavily loaded with warnings about global warming, human encroachment, lose of the rain forest, etc. All important issues, but usually more depressing than enlightening. Not too keen on the ones where the host adopts a grizzly cub or peels a poisonous snake off a mambo tree, either. Thankfully THE BLUE PLANET doesn't have an agenda to push or a host's ego to stroke. If you want to see a program that simply celebrates nature, this is the one for you.
Richard Attenborough hosts these programs, adding his considerable credibility to the proceedings. Highlights in the first program include the dolphins herding of the migrating sardines and the arrival of the creatures of the night from the ocean depths. There's some footage of blue whales, but because they swim alone - we don't see a human being in either episode - it's hard to get a sense of their size from the footage. Second episode highlights include a polar bear with cub on the hunt and herds of penguin huddling against the biting wind and bitter cold. Simply amazing footage in both episodes. Also included are a couple of short (9 minutes or so) featurettes profiling the film crews for the two episodes. Highest recommendation for this dvd.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have all 4 DVDs (8 films) of the series; all are outstanding productions, and clearly the best of the marine documentaries I have seen (which is a lot).
Two aspects of the films stand out the most: the unbelievable image quality and visual narratives. The films capture aspects of animal behavior which have never before been seen on film (polar bears hunting beluga whales; orcas playing soccer with a baby seal, baitball feeding with marlin, dolphins and a sei whale; orca pods attacking a baby gray whale, and so on). And they capture this behavior with extremely moving beauty.
Unlike many nature documentaries, there are no talking heads, only background narration. You get a non-stop flow of images creatively matched to orginal music. But for those who do enjoy the talking heads, each film has great bonus tracks with interviews of the camerafolk, producers, scientists, etc.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5 star +++
Great product...can't say enough about Blue Planet. Very relaxing to watch, and high quality all the way around.
Published on September 12, 2009 by AmazonFan
A Wonderful Documentary
This is one the greatest explorations of the marine world ever made for television. David Attenborough takes you on a journey through the oceans to see the animals and much more... Read more
Published on February 27, 2007 by Amateur Stargazer
If you are unsure my advice is go for it
If one is interested in marine biology then the Blue Planet series is the absolute best on the subject. Read more
Published on February 24, 2006 by David A. Gillespie
'Awe and wonder' at its best
I was somewhat apprehensive about viewing yet another BBC natural history documentary, however, I need not have been concerned. Read more
Published on February 11, 2005 by HJ
Fabulous Documentary
A superior and enjoyable documentary exposing people to the animals that live in the Earth's vast oceans. Read more
Published on February 7, 2002 by "_jcd_"
The most thrilling and spectacular undersea footage
Each segment covers one of the oceans (frozen, coastal, tidal, deep, etc.) Each time the top-of-the-notch crew managed to capture amazing footage, the kind of pictures you cannot... Read more
Published on January 9, 2002 by Montjovent Pascal
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