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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By 2099
Oprah is good at a lot of things, but NOT good at narration. Through the whole series she sounds like she's reading a bedtime story to a five-year-old. It's very irritating and actually takes away from the brilliance of this amazing documentary. Stick with the David Attenborough version - there's no one better than he at narrating nature documentaries!
By Emma Gatrell
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I bought life as a Christmas gift and the recipient loved it! It is very informative and so interesting. I highly recommend it
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2.5 out of 5 stars
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33 of 40 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Big mistake, Oprah takes all excitement of Life away
Mar 22 2010
By L. B. D'Alba
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I can not believe they had Oprah narrating this amazing series. The production is fabulous, the science behind it is superb, the stories are breathtaking but then the narration just makes the whole production to become a dull, high school biology class boring kind of video of which you feel required to write a report. It is a crime, is Sir. David Attenborough too British for the American audience? please...
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
What were they thinking?
April 8 2010
By R. M. Barge
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It is simply incomprehensible why The Discovery Channel felt they had to remove the excellent narration by David Attenborough and replace it with a dumbed-down script narrated cloyingly by, of all people, Oprah Winfrey. Do they think that their target audience is preschoolers?
If you wonder why the US is falling behind other nations in certain academic fields, you have only to consider the thought process that led to creating this travesty. Shame, shame, shame, Discovery Channel.
If you wonder why the US is falling behind other nations in certain academic fields, you have only to consider the thought process that led to creating this travesty. Shame, shame, shame, Discovery Channel.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
GET THE BBC VERSION!!!
Mar 29 2010
By Silus Cramford
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In total agreement with the reviewing majority here. Get the BBC version. These series are amazing, and are the domain of Sir David.
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