The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4)
by Alastair Fothergill
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Director: Alastair FothergillDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 392 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Video
DVD Reviews of The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4)
DVD Review: "The Blue Planet - Seas of Life"!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Blue Planet - Seas of Life, is an excellent documentary. Although it is narrated by David Attenborough, it is not a part of his "Life of" series. But that doesn't really matter, because this program is just as good.
The series producer is Alastair Fothergill, who also worked with David Attenborough on "Life in the Freezer" (part of the "Life of" series, presented by David Attenborough) and more recently, "Planet Earth". (also narrated by Attenborough but not part of the "Life of" series)
This series has 8 programs and loads of extras. Seeing as no one has listed them yet, I'll do that here...
Disc 1
1. OCEAN WORLD: Experience the power of the Blue Whale - the largest mammal to ever grace our planet. Learn how the sun and moon help control and tame the ocean. Travel far and wide - from the Eastern Pacific to Alaska, from the Bering Sea to the shores of Southern California - and begin to understand the complexity and power of our oceans.
2. FROZEN SEAS: An environment where only the toughest survive, the Arctic and Antarctic are unrelenting habitats. Only in the spring does life begin again. Plankton blooms and feeds vast hordes of migrating fish, walruses rake the seabed for clams, and minke and humpback whales gorge themselves on gigantic swarms of krill. But it is a brief spring feast - the ice soon returns and pushes life back into the ocean.
Extras:
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
- Interview with cameraman Doug Allan
- Blue Planet music video
- Photo gallery
- Fact files
Disc 2
3. OPEN OCEAN: In the immense space of the open ocean the sea bed is a staggering five miles below the surface and the nearest island is over 300 miles away. Yet here live many of the most spectacular predators in the ocean. Marvel as you experience ruthless and beautiful battles between hunter and prey.
4. THE DEEP: A place of mountain ranges, perpetual night, pressure extremes and cold... and the weirdest life forms on our planet. Dive to the depths of the ocean, an eerie world where predators with teeth so large they can't even close their mouths, chase bioluminescent creatures of the deep. Discover the spectacular smoking chimneys of the hydrothermal vents. Go deeper down than you have ever been...
Extras:
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
- Interview with "The Deep" researcher Penny Allen
- Photo Gallery
- Fact Files
Disc 3
5. SEASONAL SEAS: As the days grow longer, billions of microscopic plankton bloom under the blazing sun. Here in the temperate seas, three-ton basking sharks graze among forests of giant kelp - the fastest growing plant in the world. The forests harbor thousands of other animals, including sea otters, brilliantly colored anemones, squid, and exquisite leafy dragons. But as the year wears on, storms rage in the icy sea... a desperate challenge for the animals that remain.
6. CORAL SEAS: Bathed in bright sunlight and warm, clear water, the coral reef is a rich oasis of life - the rainforest of the sea. Bizarrely adorned harlequin shrimp carry off a starfish several times their size, while haunting songs reverberate around the reef, heralding the arrival of humpback whales. Shimmering schools of brightly colored fish battle for territory in this competitive world where you have to stand out to survive.
Extras:
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
- Interview with producer Alastair Fothergill
- Photo Gallery
- Fact Files
- Trailers
Disc 4
7. TIDAL SEAS: The sun and moon move billions of tons of water with every turn of the tide. The strongest tides empty entire bays, smash trees on riverbanks, and strand sea creatures on suddenly dry land. Weaker tides control the movements of huge numbers of fish, coaxing schools of giant stingrays through astounding underwater arches. And as the water recedes, the tide can create unbelievable landscapes - like a sparkling world of salt crystals inhabited only by tiny shrimp and bright pink flamingos.
8. COASTS: From rocky cliffs to gentle dunes, the coasts are always changing. Day in and day out, they are battered by crashing waves. Seabirds come here by the thousands to nest, while baby turtles hatch and race to the sea, pursued by hungry predators. Young sea lion pups are born and play on the sand - until a killer whale attacks, crashing in on the surf. But when breeding season is over, life returns to the sea and the shores are empty once again.
Extras:
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
- Deep Trouble: a compelling exploration of man's impact on the Earth's Oceans.
- Photo Gallery
- Fact Files
- Trailers
This DVD is great, perfect picture quality, and sound. The bonus features are also very good (and quite lengthy) a lot of in-depth information on the making of the series and it is very interesting and amazing. (how they filmed this series was incredible) The footage is really, really spectacular. A lot of it does have to be seen to be believed.
This DVD is of the highest quality, and is more than worth the price, highly recommended!
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