I got excited when I heard that the producer of my favorite nature series evar The Blue Planet had produced another series called Planet Earth which is airing on the Discovery Channel now. Then I find out that they yanked Sir David Attenborough’s narration and put Sigourney Weaver’s in for the US version, which is so very lame. I couldn’t hang so I started watching the BBC version that i had to download and everything felt right with the world again.

The Planet Earth series is really damn amazing and comprehensive as per usual with Alastair Fothergill and his crew. There are many majestic sweeping shots of animals and the time lapse stuff is intense and impressive. The quality of direction, narration and the stunning photography is unmatched by any other nature documentaries I’ve seen.

There are 11 episodes in all with themes ranging from mountains to fresh water to caves to ice worlds. I can’t really sum up all the episodes I’ve seen because they are all very unique and disparate with their environments and regional animal life. I did noticed that The Planet Earth series is a lot more gory compared to The Blue Planet but I guess a shark tearing apart it’s fish prey isn’t as unsettling as seeing the exposed bone and gristle of a land animal as it’s being eaten alive by its predator.