La vida en nuestro planeta

I'm constantly asking "But how?" Millions of years go by and new species appear but there's no information on how. What species did it originally evolve from. The answers are provided for our current animals which I already know and yes it's evolution of course but I want more details on the process. I want more science but maybe it's just me. It's very vague but I'm on episode one so hopefully they'll provide more entail but I doubt it. A massive squid appeared but no info on its structure and what caused it grow such a long cone head. Then it mentioned another squid that's hidden under sand, referring to its large eyes being able to see prey. Large eyes? That's all?!? Just the size?!? Psshhh.

The new Netflix series "Life on our Planet" is really good. I liked it a lot.

It is a mix of astonishing wildlife photography and animation - the latter being so good it is difficult to tell which is which.

The sound production is also awesome (if you watch it you'll see what I mean).

I learned stuff, which is always good. I like how it focuses on the five mass extinctions. It motivated me to do some further reading about them.

Morgan Freeman narrates it brilliantly. He speaks clearly and with passion.

I really have nothing negative to say about it. There are people who compare it negatively to Attenborough series but I've not watched the latter and so... oh well. Nor have I seen the series people mention that is on AppleTV.

So... I happily recommend this series. I liked it a lot.

Reeding alot of negative reviews here I had to add my opinion.

In was truly touched with this series, teers in my eyes, thinking about it for months after and opening up a whole new world for me. The music is so well made: dramatic en building up, with melodic themes coming back again and again (like star wars). This repetitiveness is also seen on the screen, where the rules of life explained in the first episode, and then shown in effect again and again. I mean this positively: these rules of life is what the series really is about, and this repetitiveness (with small adaptions) is what evolution basically is (very very roughly).

The serie is telling a story about our planet being (so far we know) unique in its ability to enable this life, but also the complete brutality of it, where only the most adapted survives, and even then mass extensions resets the stage, over and over again (in the series the 5 biggest are shown). For me, before this series, always boring to read about, but this has changed now.

Alot of people compare the serie with walking with dinosaurs, prehistoric planet and a planet earth. A very strange comparison: This series is not about dinosaurs. This is not a nature documentary to watch when having a hangover to relax. This series is also not aka National Geographic where it will zoom in and explain a specific topic with alot of detail.

No! This series will inspire you, with all its visual and musical power, to think about life itself, what it is, which rules it follows, and how miraculeus it is. And: how fragile, It can be all over within one day (at least for us humans). It will inspire you to broaden your knowledge afterwards about these time periods; about the Devonian, where the first amphibians came to land (long after the insects and plants), about the carbonian where newly evolved reptiles started laying eggs and as a result becoming less dependent on being near water; about the advantages and disadvantages of being warm blooded vs cold blooded; about being at the bottom of the food chain and then suddenly at the top and then at the bottom again. The series makes some assumptions but that is ok, with such a broad scope and so much tot tell, I understand these decisions.

This series is about life itself, and you have to pay attention.

If you want dinosaurs and relax this is not for you.

If your want to be inspired, find love and passion for biology: watch!

Excellent narration ! The way they explains about evolution of life was incredible. Especially the visuals was quite realistic. By this series, we could understand how Nature is acting as creator as well as destroyer. This was one of my favourite series ever ! The introduction of every new species was fantastic, especially the way they explained about the great mass extinctions occurred till now on our planet was mind blowing and stunning. Each and everyone in the planet must watch this series as soon as possible and this may create a awareness of saving our planet from upcoming mass extinction.

As someone who is new to this subject, I found the series fascinating and informative. The nature footage is spectacular, as to be expected by a British natural history show! But I also really loved how this felt different and fresh as a concept. The CGI animals from the past were used in a clever way to bring the past to life, and though jumping through time from past to present was confusing at times, the overall message was clear and I learnt a lot.

Morgan is always great, though I love Attenborough too. Just one more to watch and I'll have binged it all! I hope there is more content like this on the way from Netflix.