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It was about the Frozen world but ended with him spoken wording Wonderful World with lots of clips from around the world
Hope it's not his last series.
It was all a bit William Shatner though wasn't it? I laughed for the first 2 lines and then it was just a bit wierd. 😕
I was so out of character I had to think something was wrong
I just presumed that it was a subtle effort at promoting the bbc dvds. I was half expecting some kind of dvd ad at the end
Flounce?
It was all a bit William Shatner though wasn't it?
lol - that's exactly what I was thinking.
It did seem a bit like that. He's not getting any younger. Consistently brilliant though. I hope it's not the end.
Although I hope he doesn't retire, who'd take his place?
I like Bruce Parry but Sir David, and I don't want to sound wet, is such a part on my life since a child I can't imagine such integrity being carried forward
If I could choose to have lived someone else's life, I'd choose his.
Hope it's not his last series.
It isn't. Just been for dinner this very evening with a friend of mine who is producing one of DA's next TV outings, a natural history series about somewhere truly amazing. It's going to be very, very good indeed. 🙂 Would love to share more, but would be indiscreet.
Captain, you've made my day, I salute you
It has come to a point where it is almost impossible to watch a natural history program without DA's commentary - it just doesn't work.
Glad that wasn't a sign off - I enjoyed the Wonderful World clip.
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Seal "**** me Its David Attenborough".
Frozen Planet has been the best Tv I've witnessed all year. David Attenborough really Is a National treasure and to have seen the sights he has seen would be something to behold.
Im not very old (29) but will be gutted if he stopped doing what he does better than any one else. BBC docs are the only reason I dont mind (to much) paying the TV licence.
Ben, my friend is a very talented chap (BAFTAs on the mantelpiece. Note the plural) and from what he's described, this is going to be excellent. I'm trying so very, very hard not to tell you any more, as I really wish I could! Also, I really, really am trying to get myself a job on the location film crew somehow...!
I'm trying so very, very hard not to tell you any more, as I really wish I could!
Go on, just whisper it.
[Whispers]
No
[/Whispers]
😉
Kew 3D it's called.
Drac, no it isn't. That's one that's already in the bag, I'm referring to another show that's to come...
Looking forward to Kew, though!
Second all the comments about DA. National Treasure, legend. Natural History programmes just dont carry the same gravitas without him.
I don't know of anyone else who is universally held in such affection.
It isn't universal affection. I can't stand him, and most natural history programmes on the BBC annoy me.
It isn't universal affection. I can't stand him, and most natural history programmes on the BBC annoy me.
You're weird!
I can't stand him, and most natural history programmes on the BBC annoy me.
Well why not use that amaizing feature, fitted to all television sets known as the "OFF" switch.
I hope Attenborough has more in him but when he does step down I reckon Steve Backshall will "replace" him, totally different characters of course but there's a whole generation that has grown up with him and he's a great presenter.
LHS - Member
You're weird!
Probably. It's the music and the way it anthropomorphises the animals which gets to me most.
grahamh - Member
Well why not use that amaizing feature, fitted to all television sets known as the "OFF" switch.
I do.
If I could choose to have lived someone else's life, I'd choose his.
+1
[i]anthropomorphises[/i]
Gosh, imagine typing such a big word and it being wrong!
That's the last thing BBC nature programmes do. I guess it's what [i]you[/i] see in it, rather than what the programme is doing.
CJ - I'm partly with you. Mainstream science/nature shows on the BBC have generally been dumbing down for years - Horizon is the same these days, all style over substance. Fortunately there's still Beeb4 for a lot of less mainstream shows which keep some of the production quality of the prime time ones but actually include some thinking content.
BUT - without Attenborough none of this would happen. The closest we'd get to seeing wildlife in the jungle would be I'm a Frikkin Nobody Get Me A Career and suchlike. Attenborough is 80+ these days so there is obviously going to be a replacement for him at some time - they may revitalise the genre and bring something different to the programmes they make, but they will never fill Attenborough's shoes.
Let's not forget that, alongside Sir David's enthusiasm, knowledge & presenting, the BBC natural history unit has arugably some of the best camera operators & film crew ... the documentaries are as memorable for their visuals as well as Sir David's verbals.
@CaptainFlashheart I've heard rumours about a HoB series. If true, you're damn right. It could make Frozen Planet seem as pedestrian as Corrie.
thepurist - Member
CJ - I'm partly with you. Mainstream science/nature shows on the BBC have generally been dumbing down for years - Horizon is the same these days, all style over substance. Fortunately there's still Beeb4 for a lot of less mainstream shows which keep some of the production quality of the prime time ones but actually include some thinking content.
Indeed. Did you see the programme on decay the other night?
DezB - Member
anthropomorphisesGosh, imagine typing such a big word and it being wrong!
That's the last thing BBC nature programmes do. I guess it's what you see in it, rather than what the programme is doing.
We could argue about it all day, but neither of us is TJ, so i doubt there is time. However, some of the music (not programme as a whole) does imply human emotion to the animals act. I particularly noted the jolly classical music while dolphins swam about... not to mention the dark, hard strings during hunt sequences.
That's not really anthropomorphising, though, is it? It's presenting things in a way that works for human viewers. You could equally say that using a television screen (visual, in full colour) is anthropomorphising as most animals don't see in colour, it should really have been done in smellovision.
[i]We could argue about it all day, but neither of us is TJ[/i]
What we do then, is agree to disagree and move on 🙂 Works for me!
+1CaptJon - Member
It isn't universal affection. I can't stand him, and most natural history programmes on the BBC annoy me.
However, some of the music (not programme as a whole) does imply human emotion to the animals act. I particularly noted the jolly classical music while dolphins swam about... not to mention the dark, hard strings during hunt sequences.
I had a bit of a moan about the same thing on another thread. It does detract from it IMO but it's still an ace series.
I don't know of anyone else who is universally held in such affection.
I was in Norway some years ago, and caught a DA prog on the telly. I was surprised it was not dubbed into Norwegian, like most imported telly stuff is, and instead had the original DA commentary, with Norsk subtitles. Apparently this is because Norwegians love DA so much, that they wanted his voice kept on the shows (loads complained after a dubbed prog was aired apparently). 😀
Remember being in a New York bar, discussing the relative merits of the UK and the US, and all the people in the bar being in agreement that DA 'rocks', and that the US has no-one to touch him. 8)
Before he gets much older we should have David Attenborough record every word in the English language, that we we can continue to make David Attenborough documentaries for ever.
I'm trying so very, very hard not to tell you any more, as I really wish I could!
Life on Mars?
You can see the opening sequence crouching close to the Martian soil scraping away the surface layer...
"And even here..."
have to agree with a lot of the criticisms. plus it does tend to dwell on the grand and the spectacular which drags it down to spectacle tv rather than info/edu.
all in all though, it's still d.a and he is an english icon and one day, i'll miss him being around
He is to nature documentaries what Parky was/is to chat shows...
A boring, fawning, breathless, one trick pony.
imho
Looking forward to Kew, though!
Me too - I'll be there in two weeks for Xmas 🙂
After watching him standing/lying about on Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets in minus baltic°C last night I had to check Wikipedia: he is 85!
Eighty-chuffin-five... absolutely incredible!
Clearly demonstrates that pensioners don't [i]really[/i] need a winter fuel allowance 😀
I'm of the opinion that it's about time he hands over the reins to someone else. I've been consultant with that view all through our Frozen Planet threads.
I would have liked to see someone new in for this series with David just doing some intro or bullet pints. The camera work has been immense, maybe a new narrator could have brought enthusiasm trather than the rolling drone David seems to have these days.
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How about Jeremey Clarkson as a replacement?