I'm big Sir David fan but @ 97 yrs old his voice now has permanent laryngitis, has lost its unique "wonder tone" & disserves his own legacy by distracting from filmography. Script is very simple yet he truly struggles with delivery. Series is short, not the best BBC but VIP to show the remaining areas we CAN preserve for OUR future- there is hope but action must be done now by everyone. HOW?? Eat 1 vegan no dairy cheese meal 1 time per week; change lightbulbs to LED bulbs; weather strip your home by DIY means or if remodeling, use double paned weather strip windows which are affordable. That's it - easy, & consumer power + saving one's $$ instead of paying high electricity bills, reducing globally CO2, & toxic methane. In THIS series, there are Few shots of TINY true Eden's left but shown are few shots of current burning them for farms. Few new species, notably gorgeous "keynote species maned vegetarian Brazilian wolf", spectacular leopard hunt short clip, have irritating sound effects bc ppl machinery noises bombards entire planet 24/7. If U've seen all best BBC planet earth, ocean & spy films, most narrated with Sir David's unique voice, you'll recognize same shots enhanced to HD. It's been 27 yrs since Sir David started best written, profitable & enjoyable nature docs. It's time he retires with unmatched legacy. In THIS series, viewers see how much we've allowed to vanish yet there's still WONDROUS areas that CAN BE PRESERVED by consumers choice & demand as I stated above. This series focuses on hope, not enough on HOW average person can make an impact as in "Racing Instinction", " Seaspiracy", or Sir D's "Yr Earth Changed." Ppl do NOT want to blame themselves for apathy & ruining their own future. This is NOT emphasized in the series. There's few seconds reminder of how we burn last Edens to farm, 1 of our modest fishing methods = 1 medium size fishing boat with typical huge net & how it catches ENTIRE fish shoal- billions of fish & all marine life around it.. Clip FAILS to show the daily nonstop fleets of thousands of huge fishing factories, as huge as floating cities, with giant multi nets, over fishing in Sea of Cortez, South seas / South Pole- last areas of fish stocks plummet fast. Instead of managing fish stocks, ppl INCREASE fishing. NOT shown in this series. THIS film FAILS to show relationships of fish, healthy coral, kelp, mangroves, river estuaries & ICE in both poles, ALL requisite for fish & their food to reproduce that benefits PPL. Fact: 70% of ppl globally rely on sea for fish daily. Not in this film. Missing from this film is VIP message PPL remain the SOLE dominant species & for short term greed, we still think the ocean is magically replenished after continuous generations of over fishing & pollution, that ancient forests & pristine ecosystems are somehow "regrown" by Easter bunny or nature earth fairies, & slaughtering whales, dolphins,& orcas will stop OUR overfishing. ONLY ppl kill daily Millions of "by catch marine life from blue whales to krill" from unregulated fishing, esp abandoned floating fish nets that poison seas & ppl for decades. No one cleans up these plastic nets or makes it illegal to dump them in sea despite known devastation. Again, NOT in this series. YET, Nature CAN & DOES HEAL via regenerate but keynote species Must be left alone & given DECADES OF TIME TO RESTORE mass devastation ppl do in minutes. This series shows few seconds of recovery some episodes. Fact: Sahara desert has TRIPLED in size moving SOUTH to densely human populated areas. Floods & violent weather occurs everywhere now regularly. Ppl have ruined 10K yrs of stable global climate that allowed HUMANS & nature to thrive. FACT: Repurposing mils of acres of abandoned farmland is a very easy & economic method to STOP destruction of last pristine forests, large ranches. Consumer power & demand IS THE method that'll STOP destruction. Demand it by buying certain products & big corps / agribusiness must obey. Sadly, , this is NOT in this series. Message of ppl sharing/ caring for our only home is NOT STRESSED ENOUGH in this series. Our mono cropping mils of acres, loss of pollinators, clearing & burning few last gem habitats for cheap farms & new homes is NOT the answer. These last rare gems that sustain remaining hardiest keynote species & predators are OUR hope to repair our home & guarantee PPL future. Nature works FREE tirelessly IF ppl CHOOSE to allow it. Note: Ppl seek nature for VIP events, honeymoon, dream vacations, celebrations, revitalization, spa treatments - ALL ADS show pics of pristine beaches & sand, forests, valleys, NOT pics of oil drilling platforms, crude oil spills in sand, factories spewing out C02, nor auto/ plane traffic & streets ; nor cruise ships packed with ppl. This is NOT in series but should be linked. Reply to those who deny ppl are causing global warming, "blaming scientists" who do NOT have free platform. That's same logic as blaming victim for getting robbed/mugged- why were U there? Why did U bring any type of $ or wallet? U should Stay home & never venture out- then U will likely not be a victim. NOT IN THIS SERIES: After 27 yrs of freely spreading global data Re HUMANS need thriving ecosystems to survive- what's our response to truly change our future? Nothing. Instead, we've Doubled our population, intensified using fossil fuels, & big govts are fighting over sea drilling oil from ice free North Pole, which will cause release billions of tons of encased methane. See Hulu "Racing Extinction" filmed 2009. Methane caused this planet's extinction of virtually ALL life, incl tiny microbes = foundation of all life in sea. Without a healthy ocean, nothing on land can survive. It's not dinosaur / top predator extinction, it's ALL life we are dooming. And there's going to be vast suffering of ppl every where. It's NOT going to be instant extinction like a nuclear explosion, but prolonged global one with billions ppl suffering. As in "Matrix" H. Weaving, told morpheus "humans were classified as virus" bc we are only species that chooses NOT to cohabitate with natural environment, we choose to destroy all, spread, repeat. ThIS series revisits some same places as 1st planet earth & is more about hope- but waiting for "someone else" to save us is long over. Due to poor narrative by Sir D, it's heartbreaking for filmmakers who risk a lot to film natural behaviors of shyest, last few survivors barely existing in harshest environments. Here, viewer gets tired fast of listening to Sir D's severe laryngitis narration, basic child like script, despite some lovely visuals. Get Jeremy Irons, Tom Hiddleston, Charles Dance, Nigel Lythgow - all Brits who've proved they can perform outstanding nature narration / acting & still retain their unique vocal tones today.

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