The BBC/Discovery Channel series "Life"

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:38 am

First of all, why didn't they keep Richard Attenborough for the American release? He's awesome! Oprah Winfrey is great in her own way, but I felt she was lacking as a narrator.

Oh, well. On to the real point of my post. Go to the show page here. Watch the clip about Orcas hunting elephant seal pups in shallow coastal pools (click the right arrow once and you'll see it; it's three minutes long). At one point (I'm not going to say where, so that you can't skip right to it and lose the full effect, but if you can't find it, I'll post the time point later) you see something in a wave. Is that not one of the freakiest things you've ever seen?

Gimgimno · Post by **Gimgimno** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:02 am

WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?

That was weird.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:44 am

That was... kind of cool. Although slightly disturbing. Poor seals.

Sky Bones · Post by **Sky Bones** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:41 pm

You mean David Attenborough. He's the famous narrator of nature programs. His older brother is Richard Attenborough and he's an actor, director and producer, not a narrator.

Anyway, David Attenborough will be narrating Life for one of its DVD releases.

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:31 am

Sky Bones wrote:You mean David Attenborough. He's the famous narrator of nature programs. His older brother is Richard Attenborough and he's an actor, director and producer, not a narrator.

Anyway, David Attenborough will be narrating Life for one of its DVD releases.

Ack! You're right! I meant David Attenborough. He's the narrator on the BBC (i.e. original) version. I just don't get why they redubbed it with Oprah Winfrey. She just lacked the oomph and passion that David Attenborough has.

Humble Master · Post by **Humble Master** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:34 am

The general speculation is that Discovery had Oprah narrate the American version of the documentary because in the near future Oprah and Discovery are teaming up to launch OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network). So it was just business.

Wisteria · Post by **Wisteria** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:04 pm

I also feel that Oprah doesn't have the most compelling voice as a narrator. And did I miss something? I saw a bunch of seaweed in a wave- was that what I was supposed to be looking for?

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:02 pm

Wisteria wrote:I also feel that Oprah doesn't have the most compelling voice as a narrator. And did I miss something? I saw a bunch of seaweed in a wave- was that what I was supposed to be looking for?

A little bit after 2:40? The first time I saw it, I thought it was a dead seal. Although now I'm not quite sure what it was.