03/27/2007
Towleroad Guide to the Tube: #106
HOMOPHOBIC ARMY RECRUITER: CBS coverage of the email sent by an army recruiter I posted about yesterday. SLDN has called for her dismissal.
KEITH OLBERMANN: Responds to Tom Delay comparing liberals to Hitler.
PLANET EARTH: If you have an HDTV and you're not recording this eleven-part series, you're really missing something special.
LARA LOGAN: Disputes coverage accusations by the Bush administration that only bad news is being reported.
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Posted 3:45 PM EST by Andy Towle in Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Iraq, Keith Olbermann, Military, Nature, News, Towleroad Guide to the Tube | Permalink
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I have watched three episodes of the Discovery Channel's Planet Earth. One word: Breathtaking. Simple as that. Don't miss it.
Posted by: Kyle Childress | Mar 27, 2007 4:07:15 PM
I want Lara Logan to be my giiiiirlfriend...
Posted by: Rottin' in Denmark | Mar 27, 2007 4:22:54 PM
Terrible situation Cory was placed in. He did the right thing by exposing discrimination.
Planet Earth has amazing cinematography. I kept wondering how they got the shots. Biology documentaries will never be the same.
Posted by: Jack! | Mar 27, 2007 4:33:34 PM
Re: Lara Logan...
I think I just became a lesbian!
Posted by: mark m | Mar 27, 2007 4:46:37 PM
If you like what you're seeing on Planet Earth thus far, check out Blue Planet, a similar series that also began on the BBC and aired on the Discover Channel. It's the same team with similarly astonishing camera work. It's great to see that nature documentary has finally found away to convey the massive scale of ecosystems and animal populations.
How they got the shots? Thousands and thousands of hours filming in hundreds of locations over the course of 5 years.
Posted by: scientitian | Mar 27, 2007 5:26:40 PM
This was the most popular thing on tv when it aired here (UK) a couple of years back.
The killer whale/seal shot will bring tears to your eyes; its sheer power, size and terrible beauty is more moving and awe-inspiring than anything man can possibly dream up.
This documentary shows you why we have no need of 'god'; the beauty, variety and complexity of evolution and nature is IT.
Posted by: atheist | Mar 27, 2007 5:56:59 PM
Atheist
"Here here" on your statement. ^5
I would also throw in, who needs a club med in the clouds to make one feel important. To just know that one's molecules will recycle through so much amazing and beautiful life is enough.
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Mar 27, 2007 7:35:13 PM
That Lara Logan video is about a year old. Check out the oldest comments on YouTube.
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Posted by: Dan Drew | Mar 27, 2007 8:41:50 PM
Re: Planet Earth... it should be noted that the US version has different narration and each episode is 10+ minutes shorter. Critics (such as Time Out NY) are saying it's vastly inferior to the BBC airing. Consider waiting for the BBC blu-ray/hd-dvd releases on 4/24/07 which Netflix will undoubtedly carry.
Posted by: Scott | Mar 27, 2007 9:49:11 PM
The American version is edited? That's a load of suck...they didn't do that with Blue Planet. Who would choose Sigourney Weaver over David Attenborough? Think I'll be pre-ordering the BBC version and holding my breath until April 24.
Posted by: scientitian | Mar 28, 2007 9:25:59 AM
I'd choose Sigourney over Attenborough! Just because he has a British accent...jeez. I love Siggy.
And I love Keith O.!
Posted by: Martin | Mar 28, 2007 10:51:01 AM
It's not uncommon for the BBC to use American voice overs for their U.S. release. I think it's kind of silly too. When "Walking With Dinosaurs" came out in the U.K. it was (I think) Kenneth Branagh voicing it, and when it was released in the states, it became Avery Brookes. Personally, I preferred the copy written for Brookes, though I always prefer a British accent for some reason.
Posted by: mark m | Mar 28, 2007 11:26:52 AM
Sounds like the White House is at again. Censorship and control is what the White House wants and will get. Remembering that the media is controlled by big business and they will tell them what to report and only when it is a win win situation for the USA.
Just a thought.
Posted by: Dr. Pat | Mar 28, 2007 11:35:01 AM
I love me some Lara Logan!! Count me among the "lesbians" with a crush!
Posted by: soulbrotha | Mar 28, 2007 11:39:07 AM
That Lara Logan clip may be "old" but it's relevant as the White House is still pushing the talking point that we only hear bad news coming from Iraq. Every time they send out Laura Bush, that's the talking point she is given. And the despotic Mugabe in Zimbabwe this week blamed foreign journalists for reporting only the "bad" news from his country. So that Lara Logan clip needs to be seen far and wide, including Howie Kurtz' loathsome attempt to undercut Lara by getting in some support for Laura Ingraham. Really, I'm amazed Logan hasn't been canned fron CNN yet for being too good.
Posted by: Turtle | Mar 28, 2007 12:15:04 PM
The program seems cool enough, but who knew ol' mother nature could be edited into the latest Mel Gibson action flick? Bah to commercials like that.
Posted by: GBM | Mar 28, 2007 12:17:34 PM
RE: PLANET EARTH...forget about HD TV....I lived in Provincetown for seven years and watched my favorite fish go from an inexshautible quantity to fisherman that can now not make a living because the waters have been overfished...I implore you...if you have ANY passion for our ecosystem .. do your little bit to help........one of the ways is eating fish that is not "overfished"..when you do not eat or buy that fish, the "fishmongers" will NOT BUY THE FISH!!..it's that simple ........please go to http://www.montereybayaquarium.org ..there you can either download or order for free a pocket guide(they will send you one or a 1000) to the area of the world you live in WHAT FISH IS GOOD TO EAT in that area..and also if you're traveling you can search the area & eat safe fish..."good" meaning ..does not make a horrible impact on the oceans..we can & must do what we can for the oceans...
thanks...
Tony(nyc)
Posted by: tc | Mar 28, 2007 11:02:55 PM