BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="JWN Andrewes" data-source="post: 1614209" data-attributes="member: 7131">Didn't like it. In fact I would go so far as to say I thought it was a huge disappointment. A technically brilliant disappointment. A huge amount of skill went into it yes,but that was all there was. It was a showcase of how brilliant wildlife camera work is, but at the expense of content. Almost neverything on it we've seen before; cetaceans herding fish together; primates smashing nuts open; frogs raising tadpoles in bromeliads (Life on Earth, what was that, thirty years ago?); Orcas hunting seals. Ok, so all of these were variations on what we've seeen before, but for me the only new aspect was the technology. Not enough without a new story. (This is why Star Wars was brilliant, but the various copycat film that came out afterwards were trash; the copycats grabbed hold of the special effects but forgor about getting the story right.) Best bit last night? Stalk-eyed Fly; new, brilliant. Worst bit? Script; facile, cliched, trite. "Not all animals are hunters; some are vegetarians." Dear God, spare me! Also Rob's species switch of the Grebes was unforgivable in a programme on natural history that has bigged itself up so much. That'll do for now, until I've calmed down a bit. Got a feeling I might have to be back later to defend my point of view though! I suspect I'll be in the minority. (In fact I do believe I already am!) James</blockquote>