BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

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BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by klr » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:19 pm

Just a two-part series, first episode tonight at 9 PM, BBC2:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Life_%28TV_series%29
First Life is a 2010 British nature documentary written and presented by David Attenborough, also known by the expanded titles David Attenborough's First Life (UK) and First Life with David Attenborough (USA). It was first broadcast in the USA as a two-hour special on the Discovery Channel on 24 October 2010. The British version is a two-part series, beginning on BBC Two on 5 November 2010.

First Life sees Attenborough tackle the subject of the origin of life on Earth. He investigates the evidence from the earliest fossils, which suggest that complex animals first appeared in the oceans around 500 million years ago, an event known as the Cambrian Explosion. Trace fossils of multicellular organisms from an even earlier period, the Ediacaran biota, are also examined. The naturalist travels to Canada, Morocco and Australia, using some of the latest fossil discoveries and their nearest equivalents amongst living species to reveal what life may have been like at that time. The series utilises cutting-edge visual effects to reconstruct and animate the extinct life forms.
Hey, it's already been shown in the US. ;ob;

Which is good in a way, because ...

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Interestingly, although Attenborough's documentaries have attained immense popularity in the United States, several have never been made available on DVD in NTSC format, most notably those that cast doubt upon conservative religious or political positions. These include:

* Life on Earth, which examines the evidence for evolution.
* State of the Planet
* The Truth About Climate Change
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by Animavore » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:23 pm

Jizz bomb.
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Post by Rum » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:24 pm

Animavore wrote:Jizz bomb.
I like your empirical attitude! :lol:

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Post by SPMaximus » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:24 pm

2 hour special my ass, its only 87 minutes long, and ive been waiting for a second part for a whole fucking week cause i was expecting more, must have been 30 minutes of commercials that were removed ;ob;
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by klr » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:27 pm

SPMaximus wrote:2 hour special my ass, its only 87 minutes long, and ive been waiting for a second part for a whole fucking week cause i was expecting more, must have been 30 minutes of commercials that were removed ;ob;
Huh? The Beeb doesn't do commercials, and their episodes will be an hour long each. I wonder if Discovery did some serious editing. ;ob;
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by Pappa » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:32 pm

Animavore wrote:Jizz bomb.
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Post by SPMaximus » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:39 pm

klr wrote:
SPMaximus wrote:2 hour special my ass, its only 87 minutes long, and ive been waiting for a second part for a whole fucking week cause i was expecting more, must have been 30 minutes of commercials that were removed ;ob;
Huh? The Beeb doesn't do commercials, and their episodes will be an hour long each. I wonder if Discovery did some serious editing. ;ob;
Damn you Discovery ;ob;
How did they lose 30 minutes :x
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Post by Animavore » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:00 pm

T'was pretty good. Nothing really new there for me though :(
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Post by PsychoSerenity » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:09 pm

It was :awesome: as always!
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:13 pm

klr wrote:
SPMaximus wrote:2 hour special my ass, its only 87 minutes long, and ive been waiting for a second part for a whole fucking week cause i was expecting more, must have been 30 minutes of commercials that were removed ;ob;
Huh? The Beeb doesn't do commercials, and their episodes will be an hour long each. I wonder if Discovery did some serious editing. ;ob;
I've already seen this, it's worth watching. :tup:
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Post by Rum » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:15 pm

Dave - the new Dicky!

Dicky could learn a thing or two I fancy.

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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by klr » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:04 pm

OK, having been out earlier, I'm going to watch it now. Sir Dave has a uniquely calming voice, guaranteed to make the heart rate drop ... :levi:
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by hackenslash » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:52 am

Pretty good, although some things were slightly overstated. I've been a bit sensitive to this since the Ida 'missing link' debacle.
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Re: BBC 2: First Life starts tonight, presented by Sir Dave!

Post by klr » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:50 pm

hackenslash wrote:Pretty good, although some things were slightly overstated. I've been a bit sensitive to this since the Ida 'missing link' debacle.
In this case, I would put it down to the need to squeeze everything into just two episodes. Production expense would not seem to be an issue (compared to some other series), so I suspect the compressed content is because Joe and Jill Public mightn't be able to sustain interest through a five- or six-episode series. A pity ...
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