The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)

Director: Alastair Fothergill
Studio: BBC Warner
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Come explore years of incredible undersea photography and breathtaking views into a world we share. Choose four DVDs or four VHS tapes. Seasonal Seas/Cral Seas, Tidal Seas/Coasts, Ocean World/Frozen Seas, The Open Ocean and The Deep. Two titles per disc or tape. (Some scenes may be graphic in nature.)

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Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight the BBC's remarkable wildlife series The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. "Ocean World" begins with astonishing views of a gigantic blue whale--the elusive Holy Grail of undersea photography--and the marvels continue to demonstrate the power, diversity, and profound ecological influence of Earth's oceans. "Frozen Seas" examines whales, walruses, penguins, and other creatures under the extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. The next two episodes are even better. "Open Ocean" travels thousands of miles into the vast "liquid desert," where currents determine how the ocean's diverse life forms will assume their places in the food chain. More amazing, "The Deep" descends with a state-of-the-art submersible to the ocean's abyssal plain and beyond, filming such bizarre creatures as the fangtooth, bioluminescent jellies, transparent squid, the giant-mouthed gulper eel, and the never-before-seen hairy angler fish.

"Seasonal Seas" focuses on the explosion of life that accompanies every annual blooming of plankton, numbering in the countless billions and captured here with brilliant microphotography. In "Coral Seas," miles-long reefs of living coral are explored, from deep within (requiring brief computer animation) to the surrounding environs, where you'll see white-tipped sharks in a feeding frenzy while beautiful harlequin shrimp wrestle with a starfish. "Tidal Seas" explores the myriad life forms that thrive when lunar gravity pulls the oceans offshore. "Coasts" is easily the most brutal episode, but no less mesmerizing. The most unexpected, and horrifying, sequence is the orca, earning its "killer whale" nickname by capturing, killing, and tail-tossing a seal pup--a sequence so mysteriously primal that even the most seasoned marine biologist will be utterly amazed. One of the finest wildlife programs you're ever likely to see, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life provides the privilege of visiting a truly alien world teeming with the rarest wonders of nature. The series was recut into the feature-length Deep Blue in 2005. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Blue Planet series.......2007-07-06

Best documentary I've ever seen! Fascinating stuff! If I wasn't scared to death of sharks, I'd want to go out and study most of this stuff myself. Incredible information and footage. The only problem with it is that it's too short :P

The Blue Planet.......2007-07-03

I could not believe it when I saw an ad for deep blue. I remembered a special I had seen on tv about the ocean. I kept trying to watch and see if it was ever going to come on tv again, because i wanted to try to catch it all. I was playing music at night and working in the daytime so it was hard for me to see all of the series. But here some of it was on the ad for Deep Blue. And I wanted it. So I got on [...] and much to my surprise I found Deep Blue and and The collector's set of The Blue Planet. So I ordered both. I had told my sister and her kids and grand kids about The Blue Planet. So I couldn't wait to take it to their house to let them see the amazing filming that was done on this remarkable collection. If anyone enjoys the ocean and films about the ocean, you have not seen anything and I mean anything until you see this collection. Do not see how it can be any better. Their All going to order it to add to their collection.

Larry Hull

The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4).......2007-07-03

The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4) Great series. Every science department K-college should have this in their library. Photography is top-notch.

The Blue Planet.......2007-06-27

This DVD collection is very well done and extremily educational. My teenage son loves these DVDs and watches them over other things on TV or other DVDs. Would make anyone a great gift!!!!

Blue Planet enchantment.......2007-06-27

Enjoyable fantastic film of life on earth. The ocean shots are the best I have seen. This is a set that we will watch over and over again.

Average customer rating:

Amazing
Launching Pad For a Career
Id give it 6 if I could
Whoa!
Ground-breaking!

The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 2)
Director: Alastair Fothergill
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The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)
The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 3)
The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 4)
The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1
The Life of Mammals, Vol. 2

ASIN: B00005UM1S
Release Date: 2002-02-05

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The BBC's acclaimed nature series The Blue Planet will astonish you from start to finish, and these two episodes are even better than those included in Part 1 ("Ocean World" and "Frozen Seas"). "Open Ocean" travels thousands of miles into the vast "liquid desert," where currents determine how the ocean's diverse life forms will assume their places in the food chain. From manta rays to spinner dolphins, hammerhead sharks, and a plethora of smaller creatures fending for their lives, the patient cameramen capture a movable feast with intense proximity, while narrator David Attenborough brings these forces of nature into eloquent perspective. Even more amazing, "The Deep" descends with a state-of-the-art submersible to the ocean's abyssal plain and beyond, filming such bizarre creatures as the fangtooth, bioluminescent jellies, transparent squid, the giant-mouthed gulper eel, and the never-before-seen hairy angler fish. The Blue Planet provides the privilege of visiting a truly alien world teeming with the rarest wonders of nature. --Jeff Shannon

Description

See over 90 minutes of some of the most startling wildlife photography ever to have been shown on television! The Blue Planet: Seas of Life features amazing new discoveries and photographic breakthroughs in two episodes: "Open Ocean" and "The Deep." "Open Ocean": Endless blue stretches in every direction, this is the open ocean. In this marine desert there is nothing but the burning sun above and the blackened abyss below, yet here live many of the most spectacular predators in the ocean. Striped marlin, dolphin and the shearwater birds chase down large shoals of sardine and makerel. Survival in the open ocean depends upon, speed, cunning and agility. "The Deep": A place of mountain ranges, perpetual night, pressure extremes and cold and the weirdest life forms on our planet. Dive to the depths of the ocean, an eerie world where predators with teeth so large they can't even close their mouths, chase bioluminescent creatures of the deep. Discover the spectacular smoking chimneys of the hydro thermal vents. Go deeper down than you have ever been. 98 minutes

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2007-01-05

Really incredible images of the weirdest sea life ever seen. The footage of the faunal comunities of the thermal vent is particularly striking. A must see for anyone interested in sea life.

Launching Pad For a Career.......2006-12-12

This was an amazing documentary that I saw not long ago. I have always wanted to be a marine biologist and then I saw this movie and knew exactly what I had to do. This movie is fantastic with rare footage of live deep sea creatures uninhibited and fully entrenched in daily activities. This not only gives you an idea of what deep sea creatures look like, but amazingly shows predator/prey interactions (though some of that was dramaticized, it was entertaining none the less). Now working with one of the contributing scientists from the movie, I watch this every time I sea it on discovery or animal planet and I'm even more amazed when I see the fish the filmed in person.

Id give it 6 if I could.......2005-01-02

AMAZING dvd..The colour is just out of this world w/o a high Def TV. The footage makes the viewer feel like they're actually there..DEFINITELY worth buying as well as seasonal seas/coral seas..I couldnt decide which one to get so I bought them both and highly recommend them :)

Oh and they have behind the scenes footage for each section (so two BTS per DVD) very interesting to see how much effort and energy was invested!!!

Whoa!.......2004-07-03

The Blue Planet's two episodes on this tape are the very best I have ever seen on the ocean's bowels and surfaces. The best episode here is "The Deep", which alone completely trashes Steve M's film "The Living Sea!" The Deep is ten times more amazing than anything shown in "The Living Sea". This episode takes you
in a submersible down into the dark depths of the planet. The creatures shown are amazing, including: Gulper Eels, rodlike fish, Anglerfish, Sixgill Sharks, and many more! The submersible even passes over a trench 4000 meters down in the deep ocean. It is amazing and sometimes frightening. Very much worth the expense of the entire video!
"Open Ocean", is also very exciting. The real highlights of this episode are the battles between different fish. There is ocean footage almost every second of the 45 minutes.
You will have to view this for yourself and find out how excilirating it really is!

Ground-breaking!.......2003-03-18

All other documentaries should aspire to the level of that of the Blue Planet series. By far the most impressive documentary ever put together! Even though the Discovery Channel re-airs these programs; the high quality of DVD sound and audio make this worth paying for it.

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A Wonderful Documentary
As good as it gets
If you are unsure my advice is go for it
'Awe and wonder' at its best
Beautiful images and narrative

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The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 2)
The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 3)
The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 4)
The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1
Life in the Freezer

ASIN: B00005U2KU
Release Date: 2002-02-05

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Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight these two segments of the BBC's remarkable wildlife series, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. "Ocean World" begins with astonishing views of a gigantic blue whale--the elusive Holy Grail of undersea photography--and the marvels continue to demonstrate the power, diversity, and profound ecological influence of Earth's oceans. From the surface feedings of dolphins to the pitch- black environs of deep-sea predators rarely glimpsed by humans, the oceans are seen as living entities teeming with nutrients and rejuvenating currents essential to all life on earth. This marvelous portrait of the food chain--from plankton to sharks to killer whales--continues in "Frozen Seas," examining whales, walruses, penguins, and other creatures under the extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. The Blue Planet: Seas of Life is one of the finest wildlife programs you're ever likely to see. --Jeff Shannon

Description

See over 120 minutes of some of the most startling wildlife photography ever to have been shown on television! The Blue Planet: Seas of Life features amazing new discoveries and photographic breakthroughs in two episodes: "Ocean World" and "Frozen Seas." 135 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Documentary.......2007-02-27

This is one the greatest explorations of the marine world ever made for television. David Attenborough takes you on a journey through the oceans to see the animals and much more in their natural surroundings. If like many of us you don't have a big screen TV, get this version so that the picture will be as large as possible and look the most impressive. You won't be disappointed!

As good as it gets.......2006-02-26

If movies are the director's medium and television series the writer's, nature programs belong to the photographers. Good moving pictures, deftly edited, can make a good nature show great. The first two episodes of the BBC program THE BLUE PLANET, `Ocean World' and `Frozen Seas,' have some of the best nature photography I believe I've ever seen.

I'm not usually a great fan of nature shows. Most seem heavily loaded with warnings about global warming, human encroachment, lose of the rain forest, etc. All important issues, but usually more depressing than enlightening. Not too keen on the ones where the host adopts a grizzly cub or peels a poisonous snake off a mambo tree, either. Thankfully THE BLUE PLANET doesn't have an agenda to push or a host's ego to stroke. If you want to see a program that simply celebrates nature, this is the one for you.

Richard Attenborough hosts these programs, adding his considerable credibility to the proceedings. Highlights in the first program include the dolphins herding of the migrating sardines and the arrival of the creatures of the night from the ocean depths. There's some footage of blue whales, but because they swim alone - we don't see a human being in either episode - it's hard to get a sense of their size from the footage. Second episode highlights include a polar bear with cub on the hunt and herds of penguin huddling against the biting wind and bitter cold. Simply amazing footage in both episodes. Also included are a couple of short (9 minutes or so) featurettes profiling the film crews for the two episodes. Highest recommendation for this dvd.

If you are unsure my advice is go for it.......2006-02-25

If one is interested in marine biology then the Blue Planet series is the absolute best on the subject. Produced by the BBC, these videos are uncomparable in quality of production and sheer visual impressivness to any other documentary about sea life I have ever seen. If you decide to purchase any of this series of documentaries prepare to spend a lot of time watching and rewatching them and who knows maybea youll learn something in the process. I know I sure did.

'Awe and wonder' at its best.......2005-02-12

I was somewhat apprehensive about viewing yet another BBC natural history documentary, however, I need not have been concerned. 'Blue Planet' proved to be an awe-inspiring journey across the oceans of the world which left me both amazed and scared in equal measures about the creatures of our mysterious underwater world.

While the opening image of the series - a 'must be seen to be believed' blue whale at least the size of a double decker bus - is astonishing, I have to go with 'Frozen Seas' as the greatest episode of the series. In this episode the camera work and photgraphy is stunning, capturing both the physical beauty of the barren Arctic and the complexities of survival faced by the smattering of creatures who inhabit the area. The production team are similarly successful in revealing to us, the viewers, the distinctive personalities of these creatures, including the unforgettable sequence about the penguins trying in vain to make shore.

A 'must-see' for anyone who has ever been for a swim in the sea and wondered what lurks beneath them.

Beautiful images and narrative.......2003-06-29

I have all 4 DVDs (8 films) of the series; all are outstanding productions, and clearly the best of the marine documentaries I have seen (which is a lot).

Two aspects of the films stand out the most: the unbelievable image quality and visual narratives. The films capture aspects of animal behavior which have never before been seen on film (polar bears hunting beluga whales; orcas playing soccer with a baby seal, baitball feeding with marlin, dolphins and a sei whale; orca pods attacking a baby gray whale, and so on). And they capture this behavior with extremely moving beauty.

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The BBC's landmark series on marine wildlife continues with this pair of uncommonly beautiful episodes. "Seasonal Seas" focuses on the explosion of life that accompanies every annual blooming of plankton, numbering in the countless billions and captured here with brilliant microphotography. The plankton provide a seasonal feast for a stunning variety of creatures, including the gigantic basking shark, sea otters, immense swarms of jellyfish, bat rays, and dancing Australian squid. In massive kelp forests, we witness such delightful sights as white-sided dolphin playing a game of "pass the seaweed." In "Coral Seas" miles-long reefs of living coral are explored, from deep within (requiring brief computer animation) to the surrounding environs, where you'll see white-tipped sharks in a feeding frenzy while beautiful harlequin shrimp wrestle with a starfish. Stunningly photographed and supplemented by an informative DVD bonus interview with producer Alastair Fothergill, these episodes represent a filmmaking legacy that will reward viewers for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon

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See some of the most startling wildlife photography ever to have been shown on television! The Blue Planet: Seas of Life features amazing new discoveries and photographic breakthroughs in four episodes. The Blue Planet: Seas of Life #3 features: "Seasonal Seas" and "Coral Seas."

Customer Reviews:

About Hoplite's review.......2006-03-07

I've researched the spotlight review "hoplite Phalanx..." and it's apparent this person is creating multiple accounts to vote on his reviews! How amazon lets this person do what he is doing is appaling. The filthy language (although censored) he uses in his music reviews is not necessary, and in no way is it even possible for him to garner the vote count he has. Look at his rank.

Look at his rank.

Then look at his total number of votes, and just compare them to the other reviews around him. It is obvious whats going on. Sad and pathetic. As a newcomer to Amazon I find this distasteful to say the least. His account as well as all his reviews should be removed.

Betty

Seas For All Seasons: Storms, Calm, Temperate and Chaotic!!!.......2005-10-14

Potentially the most "boring" of Blue Planet subsets, the Seasonal Seas and Coral Seas grouping is, as a TV-produced documentary, one of few elitist, educational fares that not only disdains other attempts at the same ambitions but will, in posterity, probably continue to stand at the impregnable apex of undersea filmography. I'm not dismissing this offering from Blue Planet-----it's simply that, comparably, by the perversely intimidating standards of some of the other offerings in this series, such as `Coasts'; `The Deep'; `Ocean World' and `Frozen Seas'----this examination of decidedly less rigorous environments (inlets from the ocean and beaches) and decidedly less majestic animals (seadragons and pufferfish) lowers the consistency, but only by a grudging bit.

As always in this series, aggressive proximity of close-up detail is so harsh, it's perverse. For instance, in `Seasonal Seas' is contained a piece about the elusive salmon shark, which, heretofore, I had never ever heard of, much less seen. This segues into another beneficial aspect of Blue Planet. Complementing its unholy vivid cinematography is the rare find of being exposed to something utterly new and unprecedented, which may have been completely stagnated in the dark of unenlightenment for you. A smaller relative of the Great White (the shark, not the nightclub-fire setting band) that measures 10 feet long, these fish fit well under a "seasonal" heading because every year they return to the same Alaskan inlets to attack salmon, as the producer of this episode described at the end of this show's regular insights into the filming of these episodes.

Or how about another segment, concerning female spawning lobsters which move to warm shallows to look for a place to incubate their eggs in, wherein attention to the minutest detail is so hardened, it's perverse. They followed one particular lobster that, upon it's arrival, discovered that many craters in the sand had already been occupied by rivals. Blue Planet shows the fearsomely overlookable fight between the two, which is more of the smaller lobster yielding to the larger female with her eggs. Not to mention the preceding, yet torturously brief, feature relating to the basking shark. They have such an impressive shot of the fish, with it's mouth wide agape as it just propels itself through the water collecting plankton, almost like a loathsomely colossal sieve. This was after Attenborough had established that the plankton was some of the most microscopic ocean life.

Another curious facet was when they showed California otters surrounded by seaweeds. To sleep, these sea otters use the strands of kelp, coming up from 100 meters beneath them from the ocean's floor, as anchors to wrap around themselves to keep themselves from drifting off with the current. Successively, Blue Planet showed the otters' hunting methods, which consisted of diving down for shellfish, then bringing them back to the surface for consumption while swimming. Additionally, interesting was the sight of dolphin----in early autumn----appearing in B.C. to "play" with seaweed, as the crew caught them. It's doubtful whether this really was a game----one dolphin would carry the seaweed by its mouth or flipper and then desert it for the next dolphin to take, who promptly resumes this----because when animals move, they don't possess any dexterity.

In `Coral Seas', again citing the grudging let down of the theme of much sadder animals in this pack, it starts off exploring corals, catastrophically predictably. However, what's quite fascinating in this piece is the time-motion camera they use to illustrate the narrator's points concerning coral survival of the fittest. Namely that as coral beds grow atrociously, increasingly near each other, they tend to fight for space by one consuming the other, rival coral, because of overcrowding. They do this at night.

Other aspects are consistently the same warring mix of inferior animals together with the most obscurely witnessed, and probably heretofore, filmed, perversely specific acts of nature. Such as threats to corals, like the crown-of-thorns starfish, that attempts to eat corals live by sucking them outrightly through it's stomach, on it's outside. Blue Planet particularly shows this harshly magnified, as do they the next pertaining scene, where small crabs that inhabit the coral will emerge to defend their home, by pinching the thorns of the starfish, causing it's retreat. Also factually immaterial, yet new to me, was the revelation of parrotfish having jaws so ornery, they'll not only eat coral but also rocks. Parrotfish erode corals, yet surprisingly, they aid in the development of beaches----by defecating this coral and rock they ingest as the fine sand on beaches.

They also cover how nighttime in reefs is supplanted by nocturnal hunters like Moray eels and Whitetip sharks, which hunt using electrical senses. When their prey (fish) are hiding in the dark inside the corals, they use these senses to detect movement of these fish, since Whitetips are impeded visually because of the dark. In another one of this series' closing features where they interview camera people for their techniques, the divers disclosed their methods for shooting the feeding frenzy, once the Whitetips found their prey, occurring in what would be cloudily black water, at night. They created artificial lighting using colossal floodlights connected to a portable generator they took underwater with them, in turn connected to miles of cable going to the surface. The divers confessed they were distraught that their imposing lighting would disrupt the natural occurrence of the Whitetips' feeding, but then explained that the instinct of them was grievously powerful, that they would single-mindedly focus on their kills, and nothing else.

Closing `Coral Seas' out romantically is talk of turbulent ocean storms. Intimidating footage of the most tumultuous tempests is delivered severely close-up, with the animosity of waves and winds crashing in full fury to highlight the fact that, supposedly, in just such chaos, coral reefs hundreds of years old can be wiped out in hours. Contrastingly, out of such devastation emerge new coral larvae to re-colonize the ruined landscape where the storm just hit.

Out of our usual world.......2002-06-12

Just like I said, out of our usual world. Is it really like that under the water. The Blue Planet team not just filmed it, but brought it to life for all those of us who don't spend their lives under the sea. Excellent script, perfect photography, flawless sound mixing, magical music. A multiple thumbs up.

stunning.......2002-06-09

The photography was the best I've seen,the story line was highly interesting and informative,I was awed by the ability of the film crews to capture scenes that must rarely occur...one of the best series I have ever seen

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Outstanding Content , Photography and Narration
Tidal Seas and Coastal Life

The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 4)
Director: Alastair Fothergill
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The Blue Planet - Seas Of Life (Part 3)
The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)
The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 2)
The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1
Life in the Undergrowth

ASIN: B00005YU7J
Release Date: 2002-05-07

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Oceanic marvels abound in these two episodes of The Blue Planet, and we're given a front-row seat thanks to the series' peerless camerawork and sound effects, and George Fenton's glorious orchestral score. "Tidal Seas" explores the myriad life forms that thrive when lunar gravity pulls the oceans offshore. These include surfing snails, diving osprey, breeding stingray, and bottlenose dolphin digging for razorfish in the shallow tidal flats. In a delightful time-lapse sequence, sand bubbler crabs clean an entire beach for food, leaving millions of filtered sand balls in their paths. "Coasts" is easily the most brutal episode, but no less mesmerizing. Here we witness the battles of elephant seals, the tenacity of Galapagos iguanas, and the mating rituals of the walrus. Surely the most unexpected, and horrifying, sequence is that of the orca, earning its "killer whale" nickname by capturing, killing, and tail-tossing a seal pup--a performance so mysteriously primal that even the most seasoned marine biologist will be utterly amazed. --Jeff Shannon

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Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Content , Photography and Narration.......2006-12-12

I've been a marine biologist for more than 25 years and am amazed everytime that I watch these movies. I originally bought it for my grandson Liam to have here at the house when he visited. However, I've watched them many times over even when he isn't here. These movies have instilled in both of us a whole new awareness of the majesty of our oceans. Except for a few of the more graphic depictions of "real-life" predator/prey relationships which may need adult companionship for some of the younger kids, I would wholeheartedly recommend these to everyone, young and old! An outstanding effort in every respect!

Tidal Seas and Coastal Life.......2003-09-06

This DVD takes a look at the sea life along the shorelines of the world. Like all of "The Blue Planet" series, this is a thorough documentary that I highly recommend to anybody interested in marine life.

The Blue Planet - Seas of Life 2 Pack (Parts 1 & 2)

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A testimony to earth's grandeur
Outstanding
An amazing suspension of belief
Great series!
Marvelous,excellent and Surprising!

The Blue Planet - Seas of Life 2 Pack (Parts 1 & 2)
Director: Alastair Fothergill
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Monster Garage
Boarding School
Baby's Angry
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, Vols. 3 & 4
The Lotte Berk Method: High Round Assets

ASIN: B00005YU7F
Release Date: 2002-02-05

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Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight the BBC's remarkable wildlife series, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. "Ocean World" begins with astonishing views of a gigantic blue whale--the elusive Holy Grail of undersea photography--and the marvels continue to demonstrate the power, diversity, and profound ecological influence of Earth's oceans. From the surface feedings of dolphins to the pitch-black environs of deep-sea predators rarely glimpsed by humans, the oceans are seen as living entities teeming with nutrients and rejuvenating currents essential to all life on Earth. This marvelous portrait of the food chain--from plankton to sharks to killer whales--continues in "Frozen Seas," examining whales, walruses, penguins, and other creatures under the extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.

The next two episodes are even better. "Open Ocean" travels thousands of miles into the vast "liquid desert," where currents determine how the ocean's diverse life forms will assume their places in the food chain. From manta rays to spinner dolphins, hammerhead sharks, and a plethora of smaller creatures fending for their lives, the patient cameramen capture a movable feast with intense proximity, while narrator David Attenborough brings these forces of nature into eloquent perspective. More amazing, "The Deep" descends with a state-of-the-art submersible to the ocean's abyssal plain and beyond, filming such bizarre creatures as the fangtooth, bioluminescent jellies, transparent squid, the giant-mouthed gulper eel, and the never-before-seen hairy angler fish. One of the finest wildlife programs you're ever likely to see, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life provides the privilege of visiting a truly alien world teeming with the rarest wonders of nature. --Jeff Shannon

Description

See over 240 minutes of some of the most startling wildlife photography ever to have been shown on television! The Blue Planet: Seas of Life features amazing new discoveries and photographic breakthroughs in four episodes. The Blue Planet: Seas of Life #1 features: "Ocean World" and "Frozen Seas." The Blue Planet: Seas of Life #2 features: "Open Ocean" and "The Deep."

Customer Reviews:

A testimony to earth's grandeur.......2007-06-26

This was the best filming of this subject that I have seen. It was fascinating and educational: I didn't know what fierce hunters Killer Whales are. The filming of two of their brutal hunts is graphically honest. The unimaginable beauty of the biofluorescence of certain deep water life is hypnotic to watch. The biology of teeming life in the boiling temperatures near the hydrothermal ocean vents is amazing. There is even a brine LAKE on the ocean floor!

This four-part series would be a wonderful addition to everyone's nature DVD collection as it would be suitable for chldren and adults alike. What a lovely gift this would be.

Outstanding.......2003-01-13

It is a magnificent documentary -- perhaps the best I have ever seen on nature.

The beauty of the scenes is inspiring -- and the sections on feeding and survival, quite moving. The swirling balls of herring and sardine illuminated by the sun are fascinating -- though portends of mortal danger.

Nature can both generous and ruthless.

I was impressed once again that whales -- who should be at the top of the food chain -- actually survive on very primitive plant and animal life -- plankton and krill. Most of the rest of the sealife -- not to mention mankind itself -- is not so civilized.

An amazing suspension of belief.......2002-12-27

A science fiction fantasy told and presented as reality. Which doesn't seem like much until you realize this *is* reality. Unearthly creations both monstrous and spellbinding, painstakingly caught on video and presented in the comfort of your living room. No prior knowledge of undersea life is necessary to enjoy this visual feast. Even my 5 and 7 year-old children find this video as fascintating as those about dinasours.

By the way, I brought this DVD series after reading the book of the same name. The book obviously goes into more detail but both are a highly recommended addition to your library.

Great series!.......2002-11-13

I love it, and my 3-yr old does too.

Marvelous,excellent and Surprising!.......2002-10-05

I didn't know what was the big thing about it when I was watching the commercials for it but when I finally got the chance to see it I was atonished.It's unbelievable the beauty of nature. Some many species hidden in the deep blue sea that we never imagined they existed.The narration was great.It was quite well done and the whole crew deserves credit for the good job they made.

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"Tidal Seas" explores the myriad life forms that thrive when lunar gravity pulls the oceans offshore. These include surfing snails, diving osprey, breeding stingray, and bottlenose dolphin digging for razorfish in the shallow tidal flats. In a delightful time-lapse sequence, sand bubbler crabs clean an entire beach for food, leaving millions of filtered sand balls in their paths. "Coasts" is easily the most brutal episode, but no less mesmerizing. Here we witness the battles of elephant seals, the tenacity of Galapagos iguanas, and the mating rituals of the walrus. Surely the most unexpected, and horrifying, sequence is that of the orca, earning its "killer whale" nickname by capturing, killing, and tail-tossing a seal pup--a performance so mysteriously primal that even the most seasoned marine biologist will be utterly amazed. Stunningly photographed, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life represents a filmmaking legacy that will reward viewers for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon

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Fabulous! Don't miss it!.......2003-10-06

I've viewed Part 4, The Deep Oceans. The videography of the deep oceans is absolutely incredible. If you have the slightest interest in the oceans, this is a no-miss DVD!

unFathomable quality, Leauges ahead of others.......2003-10-03

Each of the 4 disks has something unique and beautiful. The narration is just enough so that you know what is going on but not so much that you do not absorb all the facts given.
These DVDs are all about life and the sea. not just life in the sea, so combined they are quite extensive and show the big picture. I recommend the entire box set, not just individual disks.
My only complaint is a few of the sound effects are a little cheesy.

Phenomenal and breath-taking.......2002-09-14

The quality of these films, and these dvd's, is not available anywhere else. You will never see such 'impossible-to-imagine-how-they-filmed-these' scenes anywhere. The documentaries on the making of each episode are themselves better than any other sea or ocean documentary available on dvd. The camerawork is amazing. Admittedly, I watched them widescreen, where they pack an incredible punch. They will be the jewel of your collection if you have a widescreen tv: you'll show them to your friends over and over again.

Not extraordinary.......2002-07-10

Unlike the first set, this second set of videos does not astound. My bias is for larger fish and mammals of the sea. The deep sea footage of "The Deep" was amazing in the breadth of the variety of organisms shown. The majority of the footage for the fourth DVD involves land animals, birds and invertebrates. The third DVD has some interesting scenes of sharks hunting at night but it didn't feel like it had any image that topped the first two DVDs. Buy these if you want a complete set at home but they're not absolutely necessary.

Good, but not as great as discs 1 and 2.......2002-05-27

This review is actually pretty simple:
If you saw discs 1 & 2 and loved them, go ahead and get these.
If you saw discs 1 & 2 and were ambivalent, this won't change your mind.
If you didn't see discs 1 & 2, what are you doing here? Go see them!

With that out of the way... I liked these, but the "wow" factor of the imagery is nowhere near as high on these discs as on the first two discs. Parts of these episodes feel like re-cycles from prior discs (how many different scenes of whales and birds eating up shoals of fish packed into balls do we need?), and the long segments on seafarig birds felt out of place. Also, some really suspect computer graphics work rears its head in these two specials a bit too often, which really pulls the viewer out of the experience.

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Five years in the making, with a budget of over $10 million, Blue Planet: Seas of Life is the most comprehensive series of the Earth's oceans to date. Plunge into the mysterious deep with eight, full-length episodes from the highly acclaimed series. Join Sir David Attenborough as he leads an unprecedented exploration of the ocean, exposing stories of survival against the odds and revealing new species, habitats and behaviors never before caught on camera. Episode 7: Tides govern marine life. Tidal marshes are one of the most productive parts of the world. Numerous plants support numerous animals, yet life is not easy: predators are attracted to these enormous quantities of food, forcing animals to seek constant protection from attack. Relief comes with the crashing waves, as the tides flow once more. Between the tides, when the sands become depleted of food and air, the worms, clams and shrimps just endure the expected pause.

The Blue Planet - Episode 5: Seasonal Seas

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The Blue Planet - Episode 5: Seasonal Seas

Manufacturer: Discovery Channel
ProductGroup: DVD
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Five years in the making, with a budget of over $10 million, Blue Planet: Seas of Life is the most comprehensive series of the Earth's oceans to date. Plunge into the mysterious deep with eight, full-length episodes from the highly acclaimed series. Join Sir David Attenborough as he leads an unprecedented exploration of the ocean, exposing stories of survival against the odds and revealing new species, habitats and behaviors never before caught on camera. Episode 5: Shafts of sunlight radiate through a green sea. This blazing light is the vital source of energy used by the countless billions of plankton which grow every spring and summer in the world's temperate sea, the richest of all habitats. Forests of giant kelp, the fastest growing plant in the world, harbour thousands of animals. Sharks move in to pick off the vulnerable. Sea otters, brilliantly coloured anemones, squid and exquisite leafy dragons are just a few of the other creatures that live in this cool, rich water.

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The Blue Planet - Episode 6: Coral Seas

Manufacturer: Discovery Channel
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Five years in the making, with a budget of over $10 million, Blue Planet: Seas of Life is the most comprehensive series of the Earth's oceans to date. Plunge into the mysterious deep with eight, full-length episodes from the highly acclaimed series. Join Sir David Attenborough as he leads an unprecedented exploration of the ocean, exposing stories of survival against the odds and revealing new species, habitats and behaviors never before caught on camera. Episode 6: Bathed in warm, clear tropical water and brilliant sunlight, coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea. Surrounded by ocean deserts they are rich oases of life. Spectacular numbers make it necessary to stand out to survive. This competition is highly visible as brightly coloured fish compete for food, territory and mates. But the corals themselves are also dynamic. Incredible time-lapse photography shows the dramatic formation of a coral reef, portraying its myriad inhabitants and its ultimate destruction.

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