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Frozen Planet - The Complete Series [DVD]
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Genre | Technology |
Format | PAL |
Contributor | Alastair Fothergill, David Attenborough |
Language | English |
Number of discs | 3 |
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Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and from the award-winning team behind Planet Earth & Blue Planet comes the ultimate portrait of the earth's Polar regions.
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements – the weather, the ocean and the ice – is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. Yet these harsh environments are teeming with life: home to iconic animals from polar bears to emperor penguins and from killer whales to wandering albatrosses.
Using the latest camera technology to film on land, from the air, underwater and below the ice caps, Frozen Planet follows their fascinating lives throughout the seasons as they struggle to survive. With spectacular polar landscapes and amazing animal behaviour, often filmed for the first time, it captures the drama of an extreme natural world.
With both Poles under grave threat from climate change, this extraordinary series may be the last chance to witness these great wildernesses before they change forever.
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- Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 1.78:1
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Rated : Exempt
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 19 x 14 x 2 cm; 220 g
- Audio Description: : English
- Item model number : 5051561033919
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 5 hours and 46 minutes
- Release date : 8 Dec. 2011
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : 2entertain
- Producers : Alastair Fothergill
- ASIN : B004TSD1YG
- Number of discs : 3
- Best Sellers Rank: 2,978 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
- 72 in Documentary (DVD & Blu-ray)
- 520 in Box Sets (DVD & Blu-ray)
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2011'The Frozen Planet', the DVD arrived from Amazon on Friday (9th Dec) and I have watched it over a couple of days. I have reviewed the DVD as supplied and not what the BBC showed. To watch it and listen to it in 5.01 surround sound was simply stunning from start to finish. It would seem there is an added programme on the DVD to what was shown on the BBC entitled, 'Science at the End of the Earth'. So the 5.01 and extra programme stand as examples to reviewing a programme from the intended item and not from television. As with most nature programmes these days that are shown the results leave one spellbound in their professionalism. At times one tends to forget that there are a great number of people that are simply not seen when these programmes are filmed. For most of the time we only hear David Attenborough's commentary. As good as he is or at least his script writer is the credit is to those cameramen and sound recording staff that are behind the lens. How good to see at the end of the episodes these same people in action and describing how things were actually done. 3 years in the making but well worth it.
Well, well, my post certainly stirred up some people. This is the first time I have been onto this article since my last one of Novemeber 18th so it made interesting reading of all the ones after.
I am in total agreement with 'ALM1' and indeed some others of like postings. My post was between the 3rd and 4th episodes on the BBC and I stand by it in total. The review is supposedly on the DVD and not on the television output. Though both will undoubtably be the same. To review a full 7 part series after just 1, 2 or 3 episodes is both illogical and ridiculous. As other posts, Amazon should not open up an item for review until it is available to purchase. Going on some of the comments of the posters (who really need to get a life) they would probably be silly enough to post a review after only reading 1, 2 or 3 chapters of a 7 chapter book !!!!!.
'Arcturus', It is immaterial to me who reads anything I post. As for Mr. D.K.Lind, I assume is some spotty adolescent hunched over his computer and I treat his post with the contempt it deserves and like a lot more he needs to get out into the real world.
Indeed it deserves the 5 stars. As an aside, you cannot post without leaving at least 1 star, hence the 1 star originally. I had no reason to review a DVD that was not available until December 8th. I simply posted a comment initially which some sadly seem incapable of differentiating from a review.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2016This series was shown for the first time on television in 2011 and created considerable admiration for the latest levels achieved in the photography. Shortly after, in 2012, the Blu-ray version of the series became available to even greater acclaim. Now the same discs can be viewed via the latest 4K televisions, a level of technology which was unavailable for the general public at that time.
The broadcast experience, both visually and sonically, was arguably the best achieved at that time and continued a very long run of natural world triumphs. These have regularly pushed the boundaries of technology relative to their vintage at the time of recording and this series was no exception in that line of development. With the aid of increasingly available 4K televisions, it continues to pack an awesome punch visually.
The structure of the series is essentially showing the transition though the seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter with two flanking programs providing an introduction and a conclusion. Each program follows events in the two Polar Regions by alternating between the two. This allows the viewer an opportunity to make appropriate comparisons in terms of their similarities and differences.
The commentary by David Attenborough for many viewers, and that includes this one, is an integral part of the success of these programs. At all times the depth of his understanding and his commitment and belief in what he says is absolute. It takes the experience far beyond casual, although awe-inspiring, visual entertainment and deeply into the realm of studies. These are delivered in a way that transforms what could be an academic exercise into a gripping natural drama that has implications for all life on earth. The responsibilities for human-kind are made clear as well as the consequences of human behaviour.
Quite apart from the main feature of each program there are also the additional 10 minute features added on, in this case appropriately entitled ‘Freeze frame,’ which give an insight into the making of part of each program. The second documentary in this series, for example, places a team of just two into the Antarctic to document the lives of the penguins which meet up to breed there. This is the most unimaginably inhospitable environment where prolonged storms lasting for days and with winds of up to 130 mph are a recurring feature. An enduring memory of this sequence is the increasingly deadpan sense of humour exhibited by the two men which leads Attenborough to suggest on more than one occasion that he would doubt their continuing sanity!
The above is only intended to give pointers as to what lies within this series. To do full justice to the series requires an understanding and appreciation that can only be gained by purchasing the discs.
This is a wonderful series and one which may never be repeated as global warming takes its destructive course. This makes an imperative viewing experience.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2024So nice to zone out and watch
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2013Not that anyone should be surprised, but the BBC has produced another absolutely amazing series. This one, focusing on the polar regions, falls into the stereotypical polar bear/killer whale/penguin emphasis that every polar documentary, but it gets away with it by showing the aforementioned animals in ways you have never seen them before. Especially the killer whales, and their 'killer wave', which is one of the most amazing things I have never seen before in a documentary. It also benefits by giving time to many of the lesser known members of the polar casts, such as wolves, owls, caterpillars, albatrosses, and narwhals. As always, the footage is stunningly beautiful, and is a test case that shops should put on their HD sets to sell TVs.
I particularly like how they broke up the series into an episode for each season. That really gives you an opportunity to really see what is happening in the ecosystem through the year.
The only downside is the incredibly obnoxious option to enter audio navigation before the menu. You can't skip it, it is incredibly loud (I guess it has to be for the visual and hearing impaired) and it takes forever for the screen to go away. I hope the BBC doesn't include that same obnoxious screen on their new Africa series.
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Jacopo RettoreReviewed in Italy on 4 December 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Da avere assolutamente
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sfvReviewed in France on 27 August 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars rien à signaler
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- ChristineReviewed in Australia on 13 April 2019
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- SPIDER XXXReviewed in the United States on 11 August 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
VISUALLY STUNNING. A WELL DONE MASTERPIECE.
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HellbertReviewed in Spain on 24 March 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Un documental de WOW
Una serie documental de lo más espectacular, con momentos increíblemente filmados que incluso superan la belleza de las imágenes de su primera parte, Tierra. Bien narrado y más variado de lo que puede parecer a priori (no todo es blanco y hielo en los polos de nuestro planeta, ni todo osos y lobos), con una banda sonora orquestral que multiplica la épica, Planeta Helado es una pieza audiovisual que todo amante de la naturaleza debe tener en su colección... en alta definición, si puede ser. Al ver todos los episodios querrá repetir.