Planet Earth premieres tonight on Discovery

Planet Earth is poo without David Attenborough! I was living in England for a year and I watched every Planet Earth episode there was. Then I come back to the US and excited to show my family what an awesome show it is......until I hear a boring woman's voice narrating instead. It is like night and day! Change back to Sir David. He def makes Planet Earth come to life! Big difference! Boo on the people who decided S.Weaver should be the voice. They need to be fired!

Planet Earth was AWESOME with Sigourney Weaver as narrator. Excellent narrator. YEA Sigourney.

Is there any difference in the content between the S. Weaver version and the Attenborough version? Or is it just the narration?

Patrick

Sigourney Weaver is a wonderful narrator! One doesn't need to have a British accent to sound cultured and interesting. Let me add that I was priviledged to witness a premier of "Caves" tonight at the EcoVision 2007 conference in Washington and an opportunity to meet Discovery Channel Executive Producer Maureen Lemire, a wonderfully poised and intelligent professional. If you don't yet own an HDTV, here's your best reason ever to acquire one. Sit back and celebrate Planet Earth!

There is certainly still entertainment and information to be gained from the series - no doubt - but Discovery Channel's presentation of it pales deftly in comparison to the BBCs.

Just wait until the DVDs come out with the original narration, original soundtrack etc etc. You'll be amazed at the difference, even if you've already seen every episode.

Also, listening to the crew members who flew and rode all over creation to get these fabulous films had distinctively non-American accents. Actually I recognized them as being u-m-m-m-m-m, very British.

Anyway, this was a joint BBC/Discovery documentary that aired in England last year where up to 9 million people watched each of the 11 episodes. It is just now premiering in the USA. So much for a "US'ed" version.

Akbar Fazil, if I were you, I'd make my own decision whether or not to watch this stunning show. The first 10 or 15 minutes will let you know if you like it or not. You can always turn it off if bored, but at least you say you gave it a chance and then call it BS.

I don't have HD, but I thought it was simply stunning.

That does suck Peter. I have these on my tivo waiting for me. If that is the case, I will not even watch them and look into acquiring the BBC versions (which probably have more content as well)

I Absolutely loved it! I called everyone I know and told them to watch!