I’ll cut straight to the chase … Oprah Winfrey will be narrating the US Version of ‘Life’ when it airs on the Discovery Channel in March 2010. David Attenborough will be narrating the superior UK version. He did an amazing job with Planet Earth. I highly recommend that Blu-ray by the way! Amazing stuff and the picture quality is outstanding.
For those of you that haven’t heard of the series ‘Life’. Here is a trailer I yanked from Amazon UK.
Life will be released on Blu-ray in the UK on November 30, 2009.
Looks like Amazon UK ships to the US. Is this Blu-ray region free? I heard Planet Earth was region free.
Global media leader and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will narrate Discovery Channel’s all-new 11-part series LIFE, set to premiere in March 2010. The series reveals the most spectacular, bizarre and fascinating behaviors that living things have devised in order to thrive. Many of these were captured for the first time using the latest in state-of-the-art high-definition filming techniques.
As one of the most influential voices of our time, Winfrey will lend her talent to some of the most compelling imagery ever captured on film. From strange creatures, such as the star-nosed mole that hunts underwater using bubbles to smell its prey, to epic spectacles, including millions of fruit bats darkening the Zambian sky, each episode tells mind-blowing stories of survival with drama, humor and suspense.
“We are honored to have Oprah Winfrey tell the story of what is already a visual masterpiece,” stated John Ford, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel.“The stories capture your imagination, curiosity and emotion as you see animals and plants up close and personal — each story more amazing. Ms. Winfrey will be the perfect complement to this blue-chip natural history television event.”
More than four years in the making, filmed over 3,000 days, across every continent and in every habitat, this is life as no one has ever seen it before.
Written by: Tosh
#1 by JimmyMagnum on November 13th, 2009
awesome! I’ve yet to get Planet Earth on Blu-Ray. I hope they have a combo pack, because I’d get that when I get the money!
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#2 by Tosh on November 13th, 2009
I know they are doing a bundle for Planet Earth and Life in the UK.
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#3 by JimmyMagnum on November 13th, 2009
sweet, I might have to import that (if they’re both region free)
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#4 by Angus-MacGyver- on November 13th, 2009
I’ve seen both editions of Planet Earth, in my opinion Attenborough did a better job than Weaver, however since they both read the exact same narrative, saying one of those is superior is opinion. I will be looking for both Attenborough versions to be cheap soon.
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#5 by Eddie on November 14th, 2009
I own Planet Earth…If you find an import for this post it up.
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#6 by Trev on November 15th, 2009
grown up all my life listening to David Attenborough, the man’s a saint. can’t even begin to imagine how horrible it would be to have anyone else, let alone orpah narrating a bbc nature show.
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#7 by Michael on November 15th, 2009
why can’t they put both audio tracks on the disc anyway?
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#8 by Steve George on November 30th, 2009
Bought the UK version of Life today. It starts ok on my Region A PS3, you get the BBC Earth trailer then screen goes black… That’s it… Looks like it ain’t gonna play on US/Jap machines…
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#9 by Tosh on November 30th, 2009
Saw this on NeoGAF
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#10 by Steve George on December 1st, 2009
Thanks for the info. Just returned the Blu to the retailer & got a full refund. Ain’t gonna buy the US version if it’s 1080i and certainly not with a bloody Oprah narration!!!!
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