Planet Earth 2

[Moonhawk]

Whilst the visuals are stunning, the sound quality is pretty crap - speech varies between too quiet to loud. Music as seems to be the case more and more with these programmes is far too loud and intrusive when coinciding with speech.

Personally - I dont likd the 10 minute "diary" section at the end either. I'd rather have 10 minutes more programme than 10 minutes about how the camera crew must drink Carling black label.

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 13th November 20:55

[surveyor]

Moonhawk said:

Whilst the visuals are stunning, the sound quality is pretty crap - speech varies between too quiet to loud. Music as seems to be the case more and more with these programmes is far too loud and intrusive when coinciding with speech.

Personally - I dont likd the 10 minute "diary" section at the end either. I'd rather have 10 minutes more programme than 10 minutes about how the camera crew must drink Carling black label.

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 13th November 20:55

Disagree about the end. I'm fascinated as to how they got these shots.

[MiniMan64]

Yeah I'm afraid the last bit is some of the best. The effort and the creativity it takes to make these programs is fascinating.

Drones must have made an interesting difference to how they film, be interesting to see some of that.

The snow leopard bits were great, they must have been filming for years to get just those few minutes and enough footage to put together a 'story'

[JohnClancy]

Another awesome TV show. 5 months without food for a Grizzly though, I'd never cope.

[Adz The Rat]

I agree, the diary part is fascinating, gives a fantastic insight.

The goats (Ibox??) were incredible, how they found grip up there is baffling.

[Cobnapint]

Seeing this show makes you realise how the BBC couldn't afford to hang on to Bake Off.

[outnumbered]

The pictures are absolutely amazing, but it always bugs me that most of the sound is dubbed on afterwards. I realise it's hard/impossible to do anything else, but somehow it still annoys me !

[Driver101]

It's an amazing watch. I've really enjoyed both shows so far.

[DoctorX]

Moonhawk said:

Whilst the visuals are stunning, the sound quality is pretty crap - speech varies between too quiet to loud. Music as seems to be the case more and more with these programmes is far too loud and intrusive when coinciding with speech.

Personally - I dont likd the 10 minute "diary" section at the end either. I'd rather have 10 minutes more programme than 10 minutes about how the camera crew must drink Carling black label.

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 13th November 20:55

That's the bit that gets lopped off when sold to networks with commercials I assume. Makes it a 1 hour programme with ads.

[CooperD]

The two programmes so far have been brilliant TV. Didn't know a Golden Eagle could dive at nearly 200 mph and the Ibex were superb.

[toasty]

Loved the back scratching bears and the prancing flamingos.

[Biker 1]

ajprice said:

Extra iguana v snake film that wasn't in the programme. https://youtu.be/2cOMjZWJyog

That cameraman's got some balls!!!!!

[BristolRich]

outnumbered said:

The pictures are absolutely amazing, but it always bugs me that most of the sound is dubbed on afterwards. I realise it's hard/impossible to do anything else, but somehow it still annoys me !

Yeah me too...what bugs me is some of it is added for comedy value...Take the scene of the Viscacha (sp?) - The small rabbit/wallaby like animal basking in the Andean sunshine...any need to add the snoring sound?

[lemmingjames]

BristolRich said:

Yeah me too...what bugs me is some of it is added for comedy value...Take the scene of the Viscacha (sp?) - The small rabbit/wallaby like animal basking in the Andean sunshine...any need to add the snoring sound?

Maybe for the hard of hearing or if/when it gets sub-titled?

Also female Snow Leopard, what a prick tease, has a daughter wants some male attention so calls out for some, when they turn up she decides she doesnt want it anymore so has a scrap. Male is like, nah bh you wanted some you getting it now, ive not just trekked about 40 sq miles for nothing except a fight.

[Nom de ploom]

(SP) Ibex.

near enough. however they are spelled they were awesome. so young and so agile. snow leopards, stunning, just stunning.

I thought the music was erring towards that used in Interstellar at times - almost eerie, haunting.

amazing photography although I thought the waterfalls in a couple of shots were enhanced???

[PorkInsider]

Cobnapint said:

Seeing this show makes you realise how the BBC couldn't afford to hang on to Bake Off.

I Suppose that Bake Off is worth bugger all outside the UK couch potato market whereas Planet Earth must see huge overseas markets revenues.

Everything I don't like about the BBC, and the licence fee, is forgotten when I watch something like Planet Earth. I can't imagine any other TV channel in the world is commissioning this sort of thing?

I'm still amazed that it's 10 years since the first Planet Earth, to be honest. Seems like 5 years ago at most.

[hyphen]

If you look at that extra Iguanas clip, 1:04 in, it says: BBC UK co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent, and France Televisions. So they did share the pain.

Think Planet Earth 1 cost something like £15 million and ended up making a profit through oversea sales, DVDs etc. Dunno about now though with DVD sales not being so prominent.

[rehab71]

Moonhawk said:

Whilst the visuals are stunning, the sound quality is pretty crap - speech varies between too quiet to loud. Music as seems to be the case more and more with these programmes is far too loud and intrusive when coinciding with speech.

Personally - I dont likd the 10 minute "diary" section at the end either. I'd rather have 10 minutes more programme than 10 minutes about how the camera crew must drink Carling black label.

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 13th November 20:55

I agree. Although interesting, I'd rather they just made a one-off special with all the 'how we did it things'.

They do so there is room for ads when they sell it to other broadcasters.

[hyphen]

PorkInsider said:

... whereas Planet Earth must see huge overseas markets revenues.

Could it be that big though? (relatively speaking). As if it was then you would expect the likes of Amazon/Netflix/Hbo and so on, whom have deeper pockets than the BBC, to have rivalled it. Think how much Amazon have paid for the new Top Gear- £160 million for 3 seasons, House of cards cost Netflix £100 Million for 2 seasons.

[Nom de ploom]

isn't bake off a franchise / licence thingy like Strictly that the beeb can sell on?

x-factor has the same doesn't it?