72 Dangerous Places to Live

Very sloppy. Shots flying buy like bullets, no time to see. One reviewer from Japan said some of the video clips weren't even in Japan. NOT acceptable.

A few of the reviewers dinged the narrator for mispronunciations. He was not an American. No American uses the world "whilst" I'm not sure exactly what he is (IMDb didn't have that information, but it was produced in Australia), so that can account for a lot of what American's perceive as something being mispronounced.

My main gripe about it is that it included so many, it glossed over everything. Feel free to leave out Antarctica! That's a given.

It moved to fast and furious. Sort of like the some of the catastrophes it showed - again and again.

It's okay as a 'whilst (haha) you're doing other things' and want to have the telly on. Otherwise - it can easily be skipped.

My House Should Be On That List- What With The Toys On The Floor And Dog Bombs In The Yard...Oh ! And The As Yet Undiscovered Wasp Nest In The Tree.

Overall it's interesting. However, the gross amount of mispronounced words just blows my mind and I've only just started the second episode. Did someone tell the narrator to just sound out words he didn't know how to say? Respiratory...asbestos...New Zealand...Maldives...those are just a few. Maybe don't just pull your people off of Craigslist and not make sure they can read. Spend a few extra dollars and go for that Hooked on Phonics.

Also, in the piece about pollution in Japan, they kept focusing on masks that had holes in them while they talked about how masks were good to help keep people from getting sick.

TBH, I can't evaluate the accuracy or purported risk of any of the places mentioned...I've been to a few of them, and didn't think they would be on such a list. Breathing blue Asbestos (which the narrator consistently mispronounces) is clearly bad...walking through volcanic gas...also bad. Swimming in sewage (a word the narrator thinks has an "r" in it) is clearly bad. Wind farms, maybe not so much.

But the narration is really bad at times. I really don't understand how someone's voice can be so professional and clear, but that same someone can mispronounce every other word, even when those words are contemporary parts of the English language and most are used in common speech. I would expect that kind of outcome from an alien trying to behave like a human, but I'm assuming that isn't the scenario in this show since it's been a few years and we have yet to be invaded. I don't mean to sound picky, but its pretty off-putting in some of the episodes.

I did get a few new vacation ideas though...

While watching the earthquake episode with Japan featured (I live in Japan), places were inaccurately depicted with some shots that are not even in Japan (some were in Philippines as I recognised the signs on shops). Also, places were inaccurately pronounced. If this was a properly researched documentary, and not just grabbed clips from YouTube, it would have been better.