Meerkat Manor, Season 2
by Not Applicable
List Price:
Our Price: $16.99
You Save: $7.96 (32%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $10.96 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Meerkat ManorDirector: Not Applicable
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 260 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Genius Products (TVN)
DVD Reviews of Meerkat Manor, Season 2
DVD Review: African Birders take heed! Meerkats make Good Practice DVDs
Summary: 5 Stars
In addition to all the predatory drama and meerkat meanness offered by this series, I'd like to point out that the filmmakers are very good about including nice shots of gorgeous South African birds.
Those of us who enjoy birding in Africa can enjoy the challenge of figuring out which species are shown, few of which are identified by the narrator with their full names. I keep Newmans and Sinclairs books by my teevee when playing these DVDs. Some of the birds are real stumpers!
Even non-birders will like the beautiful Cape Glossy starlings and sociable weavers, among many others. Enjoy!
DVD Review: Meerkat Manor 2 DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD arrived when stated, it was in excellent condition and my niece loves it.DVD Review: Meerkat Manor
Summary: 5 Stars
How can you not like these cute creatures with their live antics and traditions. The filming is excellent in each of the episodes.DVD Review: Thank goodness for Sean Astin ...
Summary: 5 Stars
THANK GOODNESS we have the wise and compassionate Sean Astin narrating the adventures of the Whiskers tribe. He gets us through the beauty and increasing brutality of Season Two. When the rains fall on the Kalahari Desert ending a long period of drought, viewers are treated to some of the most gorgeous African landscape - and skyscapes - ever filmed. If ever a TV series was made for a hi-def presentation, "Meerkat Manor" is it.
We are also exposed to moments of incredible tragedy, watching vulnerable Mozart, abandoned by her family and sitting outside the Whisker's burrow. Having just given birth to a litter of pups, she is surrounded by fields of bright, yellow blossoms. She waits for the group to return; it's impossible for her and the babies to survive without them. Yet Astin confirms they will not come back for her. Matriarch Flower still makes the hard decisions to keep her family strong, but they aren't easy. It makes for hard watching, too. As Astin reminds us when tragedy strikes Mozart's pups, "This is nature at its most raw."
Season Two begins on a note of controversy. Millions of viewers tuned in to find out what had happened to the Season One Whisker favorite, Shakespeare, who was left defending pups in the finale. We don't really find out, but chances are good that he gave his life for his little siblings.
Before we even have a chance to digest that news, Season Two is off and scrambling with the Whiskers, a tribe of some 40-odd, foot-long furries defending their two-mile stretch of the Kalahari. The battle for territory between Flower's family and their arch-rivals, the Lazuli, takes an uglier turn when both families are confronted by a new group, The Commandoes. Led by the ugliest one-eyed critter this side of the Pecos (or anywhere else), Hannibal and his equally gruesome mate, Nikita, live up to their "Jaws"-like theme music.
Meanwhile, between foraging, grooming, training adorable pups, house cleaning, sunning, and keeping an eye out for predators - cage cobras and golden eagles - viewers follow a fascinating journey of true life and death. Don't deny yourself the Whisker's amazing story.
- Kay Reynolds, The Virginian-Pilot
DVD Review: Those loveable little varmints
Summary: 4 Stars
Season Two of "Meerkat Manor," a 2-disc set issued in April, 2008, brings us back into the orbit of several packs of African meerkats, competing for resources and trying to survive in the harsh, arid climate of the Kalahari Desert.
This is the American version of the show, adapted from the British original with some tinkering and trimming to make it more suitable for the family-oriented Animal Planet cable channel... But the essence of the story remains the same: a band of meerkats, nicknamed the Whiskers and led by a tough matriarch named Flower, battle with two neighboring groups in confrontations that, at first, look comical -- those cute little critters bouncing up and down and bobbing their way across the desert en masse -- but often turns deadly. The Whiskers survive one attack on their nest, with the helpless pups the target of several dozen adult invaders, but when this drama has played out and we begin to empathize with the Whiskers troop, they swiftly turn around and try the same thing themselves, attempting to murder the infants of the other tribe in exactly the same way.
Indeed, this shows the problem with this show: although it is compelling viewing (and hard to pry yourself away from) eventually it becomes clear that none of the animals are really all that sympathetic. Meerkats have a complex social order and survive through cooperative behavior, but the veneer of their civilization is quite thin. There is fierce violence not just against other bands of meerkats, but within each family group as well. No pack members are angels, and the drama soon becomes a neverending narrative of aggression, suffering and dominance. Also, their situation never really changes -- meerkats have lived at a subsistence level in the desert for eons, and the struggles of their lives are cyclical and don't essentially change much at all.
This, of course, raises the question of whether, on some level, the same might be said of humans, whether we too make the same kinds of calculations and errors as meerkats or other animals. The highly detailed study of this group's life gives us a better stick to measure ourselves next to... And perhaps the sympathy we feel for these nervous, often ruthless little critters comes from a more accurate reflection of ourselves than we would care to admit. Season Two of the show shows the formula still going strong -- one wonders what surprises Season Three might hold. (Slipcue film reviews)
Description of Meerkat Manor, Season 2
Triumph and mishap, comedy and tragedy - everything a good story needs, but this one is different, it stars a group of wild meerkats in South Africa. This ground-breaking thirteen part series records the daily lives of a group of meerkats known as & The Whiskers. Using state of the art camera technology above and below ground, and by tracking the group's movements 24 hours a day, the series paints a dramatic picture of a year in their highly complex and social lives. The show is narrated by Sean Astin of Lord of the Rings.Science & Technology DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in Science & Technology DVDs
![The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/The-BBC-High-Definition-Natural-History-Collection-Planet-Earth-Wild-China-Galapagos-Ganges-Blu-ray-B0019MG35O-X.jpg)
The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray]BBC Video; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $94.99
Price in other shops:
An Inconvenient TruthParamount; Release date: 2006-11-21; DVD
Best price: $11.42
Price in other shops:
Life After People (History Channel)A&E; Release date: 2008-03-18; DVD
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops:
![Galapagos [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Galapagos-Blu-ray-B000T28PWY-X.jpg)
Galapagos [Blu-ray]Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $15.74
Price in other shops:
![Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [HD DVD] Image](/images/Planet-Earth-The-Complete-BBC-Series-HD-DVD-B000MRAAJW-X.jpg)
Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [HD DVD]Ingram; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $20.99
Price in other shops:
Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)Planet; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $44.95
Price in other shops:
Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $21.75
Price in other shops:
The BBC Natural History Collection featuring Planet Earth (Planet Earth/ The Blue Planet: Seas of Life Special Edition/ Life of Mammals/ Life of Birds)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-04-01; DVD
Best price: $85.25
Price in other shops:
![Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Planet-Earth-The-Complete-BBC-Series-Blu-ray-B000MRAAJM-X.jpg)
Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray]Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $44.85
Price in other shops:
Planet Earth - The Complete BBC SeriesWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $21.49
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
The Tudors - The Complete Second SeasonParamount; Release date: 2009-01-06; DVD
Best price: $17.00
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor Season 1 (3 DVD Set)Animal Planet; DVD
Best price: $68.00
Meerkats (set of 3)Safari Ltd.; Safari; Toy
Best price: $2.99
Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation Season 4 (4 DVD Set)Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $35.95
Plush Meerkat Mini Flopsie 8"Aurora; Aurora; Toy
Best price: $2.78
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahariby Tim Clutton-Brock
Touchstone; Published: 2008-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.71
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor: The Story BeginsWELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-06-03; DVD
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor Season 4Genius; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $16.25
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor - Season 1WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2007-10-09; DVD
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops:
Meerkat Manor, Season 3WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-06-17; DVD
Best price: $16.48
Price in other shops: