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The BBC/Discovery Channel series "Life"
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:38 am
by Damasta
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?
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:02 am
by Gimgimno
WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?
That was weird.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:44 am
by Giovanni Schwartz
That was... kind of cool. Although slightly disturbing. Poor seals.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:41 pm
by Sky Bones
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:31 am
by Damasta
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:34 am
by Humble Master
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:04 pm
by Wisteria
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?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:02 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
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.