Earth

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Mar Fri 06, 2009 1:25 pm

I just watched the trailer for the new DisneyNature documentary (without sound because I'm at work) and the scenery looked gorgeous. Any thoughts out there on this movie?

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Mar Fri 06, 2009 2:38 pm

I have been dying to see this since I saw the first trailer. I love animals and I can't wait to see the polar bear lifestyle on screen. Earth Day is in April, isn't it? I never kept track of that holiday.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Mar Fri 06, 2009 10:37 pm

I've seen the trailer also and I can't wait to see this! It looks beautiful!

Post by **js3901** » Mar Sat 07, 2009 9:45 am

I haven't heard of this before. anyone got a link to the trailer/site?

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Mar Sat 07, 2009 12:31 pm

I saw the trailer b/c we have Comcast, if you have Comcast you can watch it on On Demand for free.

Post by **js3901** » Mar Sat 07, 2009 1:22 pm

nope, Verizon FiOS TV. When Adelphia Cable folded, we got Time Warner in this area. So, as far as cable service goes, we have the choice of FiOS or TW. FiOS was offering a better deal than TW was giving, so we got FiOS.

Anywhere online (that anyone knows) that I can view this?

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Mar Sun 08, 2009 7:52 am

Here are the trailers for Disney Earth:

http://www.canmag.com/movies.php?moviekey=earth

Post by **acp** » Mar Sun 08, 2009 7:52 am

There's HD trailers on the Apple trailers website:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/earth/

It does look very nice in HD

Andy.

Post by **js3901** » Mar Sun 08, 2009 1:19 pm

wow. the HD version looks really good. looks like I'll have to spend some money at the theater when it comes out...

sandi · Post by **sandi** » Mar Sun 08, 2009 7:06 pm

Wow, amazing photography!!!

ckc0915 · Post by **ckc0915** » Mar Wed 11, 2009 7:24 pm

anyone else watch the planet earth series from discovery channel a few years back? some of the footage in the trailers for disney earth is footage from planet earth. whats up with that? one of the above links says that the director/producer is the same guy. so whats the difference between, Disney Earth and Planet Earth?

Post by **js3901** » Mar Wed 11, 2009 8:02 pm

ckc0915 wrote:anyone else watch the planet earth series from discovery channel a few years back? some of the footage in the trailers for disney earth is footage from planet earth. whats up with that? one of the above links says that the director/producer is the same guy. so whats the difference between, Disney Earth and Planet Earth?

I have the Planet Earth series on DVD, and am now curious (thanks to you) what the real differences (if any) are. I know that this Disney Earth is about 3 different animal families, and Planet Earth is about ALL species.

I think I'll have to get the Disney Earth version when it comes out on DVD and watch them side-by-side to see differences...

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Mar Wed 11, 2009 8:18 pm

ckc0915 wrote:anyone else watch the planet earth series from discovery channel a few years back? some of the footage in the trailers for disney earth is footage from planet earth. whats up with that? one of the above links says that the director/producer is the same guy. so whats the difference between, Disney Earth and Planet Earth?

My best friend thought it was some sort of Planet Earth movie when he saw the first trailer so I'm glad we're not the only ones who thought of it.

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Mar Sat 21, 2009 3:16 pm

Yay, I finally get to say something good about Disney.

Have you seen the new commercial for Earth? It sounds just like me rambling on about Walt creating the True Life Adventures and inventing the nature documentary.

It looks like it's going to follow the same story-telling method of the old TLAs, and even some of the shots looked like the ones from 50 years ago.

I really hope it's good. I would love to see a return of the entertaining nature documentary as G-rated theatrical releases that people talk about and learn from.

And if they tied them in to the Animal Kingdom or Adventureland, that would actually be synergy that wouldn't make me barf.

I didn't think anything could get my hopes up about Disney these days, but this is the first tiniest sliver of potential goodness I've seen in years, so I'm going to savor it while I can.

Once the movie comes out and the penguins leap out of the water and start singing Hannah Montana songs, I can crawl back into my hole of despair...but until then!!

Edit:
Did some more reading on this. Looks like it came out a couple years ago in Europe and Japan and got great reviews. It seems to be an overseas production (the BBC is involved) which gives me hope that it will not suck.

It's a bit troubling that they are replacing the Patrick Stewart narration with James Earl Jones. Jones has a great voice, no doubt, but it's not like we wouldn't understand Stewart, and when narration is changed for American audiences, it tends to get dumbed down.

The David Attenborough narration on Blue Planet and Planet Earth was far superior to the pointless American versions. Hell, they even got another Brit to do the Blue Planet retread, which means it has nothing to do with the accent.

Attenborough is one of the coolest guys around and certainly the world's most entertaining and respected (or at least famous) naturalists. Removing him from a project makes no sense at all. I'd pay money to watch that guy describe how he makes toast.

Anyway, even if they stupidify the script, the visuals should still be the same, so it is bound to be at least half good.

They seem to be going at this with the right spirit, and they've already got a number of movies ready to roll, so I really hope they don't screw this up.

Their web site gives Walt the respect he deserves and even has clips of the classic TLA series. I recommend clicking on the "History" section, then watching the "Secrets of Life" clip.

It's a good example of how they fabricated the stories, mostly by causing animal fights, which are always entertaining to watch. There's a fair bit of humor too.

You can also totally see them cheating...pretending different animals are the same one in order to make a story out of the footage they shoot. Well, they were still working out the bugs.

Here's a fun story from the site, although "legend" is hardly decent evidence, especially when it comes to Walt. But I will choose to believe this one:

Alfred and Elma Milotte shot the fascinating footage that formed the beginning of the True-Life Adventure series. Walt had hired them to do some filming for him in Alaska, but as he studied the footage they sent back to the Studio, he zeroed in on the seal footage as having the most promise. So he asked them to emphasize the life cycle of the seals and not show any indication of man's presence.

The resulting film did not appeal to RKO, the Disney distributor, who felt that no one would want to sit in a theater for half an hour watching a nature film, so Walt had a friend of his, who ran the Crown Theater in Pasadena, run the film for a week in order to qualify for an Academy Award.

Sure enough, it won the award for Best Documentary. According to legend, Walt took the Oscar down to Roy Disney's office and said:

"Here, Roy, take this over to RKO and bang them over the head with it."

As one could expect, RKO was soon clamoring for more of the True-Life Adventures.

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Mar Mon 23, 2009 9:40 am

It's going to be released on April 22 (Earth Day) and apparently Disney is planting a tree for each person who sees the film in the first week. A little cheesy, but a nice thought all the same.