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... Was said by Clayton every episode.

Maybe the title of the show should be changed...

Otherwise, pretty average reality show. I've no gripe with the digging of fossils on your own land on your own time... This doesn't purport to represent the industry that includes collectors and museums. It does give a sense of what the high plains ranch country is like. A little bit of generated drama, a little bit of filler script to fill on the hour.

Some good graphics, although repetitive: more detail into digging might have been done, but I'm not sure of the technique.

And frankly, I just LOVE excavators!

The good: photography, massive labor invested in following the animals. The not-so-good: no details about the life of the animals outside of the dramatic "storyline", not about life cycle, size of the group, normal range of behavior, etc...personalizing the animals (except for the penguins, since you can't tell one from another). It's a good series for folks who love big-eyed puppy pictures. Forget it if you are looking to actually learn something.

I saw this as part of the World Tour sidebar of the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival. It starts with some pretty compelling mix of plot elements: the last shore leave, the rascal who wants to have as much wine, women and song as possible, the soon to be married mate who wants dinner with the in-laws and the sailor who's obviously come up against some debatable military "discipline".

Unfortunately, the director chose not to have subtitles turned on for this.

I became more and more lost as the movie progressed. Scenes around a card table with three Aussies yelling, one talking and one sub-vocalizing left me with little to go on for critical plot points.

I expect to rent this if possible and re-rate it. But if you have trouble with this sort of dialect at all do check to see if sub-titles are available. This movie had more than enough promise to give it another chance.