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The halocline is as cool when you're there as it is on the program.

But it was the last cave, the one in New Mexico, that made me gasp -- How incredibly beautiful it was!
 
I know they are offering the 1st dvd for sale for $11.95 (Pole to Pole, Mountains and Deep Ocean) at www.pedvd.com. Do you know if they will sell the other dvd's individually? I only want the Shallow Sea's and Deep Ocean DVD's and not the whole set.

Dwight
 
I also loved "Caves" - especially the cave angelfish (Cryptotora thamicola - actually a kind of hypogean loach and not an angelfish) from Thailand.
 

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Thanks for starting this thread brutha, cinematography wise this series is a dream. The amount of time put into acquiring a single shot is astonishing. The same thing with the Blue Planet series. What amazes me even more is that everything is shot on 35mm film and with high speed cameras (I'm pretty sure it is). If anyone caught the Open Ocean episode of Blue Planet they show one of the most beautiful creatures in our ocean, a sail fish, flashing it's colors in chase. The fastest and most agile fish in the water. I think it took them 3 weeks to film that single sequence, insane! I would buy the box set just for that one sequence! Seriously!

orangelion03:
And who knew birdsnest soup was made from their spit? LOL!

If you have a strong stomach, check out No Reservations with Tony Bourdain or for seriously crazy eating Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Both on the travel channel and they give you a "taste" of some interesting local delicacies. Personally I like Tony better, he seems to have a few more intelligent hairs on his head than Andrew and he likes to crack little pot shots at the food network sellouts.

Billy
 
Empty V:
... What amazes me even more is that everything is shot on 35mm film and with high speed cameras (I'm pretty sure it is)....

Billy

I'm pretty sure Planet Earth was shot in digital HD format.

From Cineflex wesite.
"The unique ability of Cineflex's products to track targets from great distances led to its extensive use for animal photography in the recent BBC/Discovery HD production, "Planet Earth". "

Dave
 
CompuDude:
Yes, I've been watching it in HD, although I have a backlog of the non-ocean episodes on my HD tivo. LOL

Great series. I won't buy the DVDs, though... I want it in HD! I'll buy it once they come out with a [blue-ray / HD-DVD] version. (Once the dust settles and a winner is proclaimed, that is...)


I'm with CompuDude. We Tivo them and then the whole family sits and watches an episode together on Sundays. When they are available in HD/blue-ray I'll buy the whole series.

-Ben M.
 
If any of you have a Netflix membership as I do, they are available in all formats. :14:
 
Hm Planet Earth. Its addicting, that's for sure. I watched the two this weekend and find myself amazed. Try to do crunches or some sort of exercise though, so I don't feel so lazy or what not watching tv for 2 hours. :)

The only things I don't like are the kills. Even still, I can appreciate the raw nature it portrays. Just makes me flinch.
 

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