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Whistle Stopper - Wild China
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Manufacturer: BBC WARNER
Starring: Wild China
Directed By: BBC Video
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929016723
Format: Color
Label: BBC WARNER
Manufacturer: BBC WARNER
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC WARNER
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-08-05
Running Time: 300
Studio: BBC WARNER
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Summary: Beautiful images, empty words
Comment: This is another outstanding British series with excellent production values and plenty for everyone. The makers clearly took full advantage of the pre-Olympic mandated official Chinese tolerance of western journalists, and traveled the length and breadth of the country to document its seldom-seen wildlife. The results are stunning. Each episode covers a geographical area and the focus is largely on photogenic megafauna, but there is so much that is new that this is an acceptable gloss.
What is less acceptable is the narration, which avoids all issues that might be even vaguely contentious. Again and again individual Chinese efforts at conservation are praised, vignettes are tenderly shown, and the almost soporiphic narration sooths us from one gentle scene to another. Of course a wildlife series is no place for political commentary, but a little more might reasonably have been said about why such conservation is necessary, and whether it can possibly have efficacy in the face of overwhelming forces to the contrary. Additionally it would have been nice to have had narration with a greater emphasis on detail: the habits of the animals shown are not explored in any real depth. This series is more in the pattern of National Geographic programs whereby pretty pictures are presumed enough and information is regarded as a potential threat to viewing figures. Again and again as we watched the episodes, members of my family would comment that the narrator wasn't really telling us anything. At one point my daughter said, "I wish they'd asked David Attenborough to do this series."
Perhaps we live in an age where information-lite is transforming to information-free; an age in which spectacular photography is considered sufficient unto itself. If so, we can expect more series of this type: beautifully filmed, captivatingly framed, but ultimately unsatisfying because they tell us so very little about the creatures being presented and about the underlying dynamics of the environments in which they exist.
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Summary: Great and interesting video!
Comment: For those who likes to know about foreing cultures, specially from China it's something you must see! You will enjoy this great production.
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Summary: Wild China
Comment: This is an amazing video trip through a beautiful land. It has so many wonderful surprises. Both nature and the people provide a most interesting story. It makes one want to get on board an aircraft and begin a journey that would cover this vast area of our world. From the smallest flowers to the elephants, this video covers it all.
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Summary: The finest documentary ever made on China's wildlife and natural beauty
Comment: I have to admit Wild China has to be the finest documentary ever made on China's wildlife and natural landscapes. As a Chinese living overseas, this documentary makes me so proud to be a Chinese and I will get it as a gift for all my relatives and friends, in China or overseas.
The photography in this series is just stunning, similar to BBC's Planet Earth. Also I like the way they document the interaction between people and landscape and wildlife. I think this is the most important aspect of conservation in China today - how to achieve the balance between progress and conservation.
Many of the locations in this documentary I have not heard of before. Also many of the wildlife species are very rare and the footage is extremely available to the public.
Thank the BBC team for their great effort to present China's wildlife and natural beauty so beautifully.
Get this DVD, watch it a couple of times and visit China yourself.
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Summary: Most breathtaking shots
Comment: I had originally come across some of these episodes on the Travel Channel, right before the Beijing Olympics. Once I saw a couple of the episodes, I knew I had to get the DVD set. It was just jaw-dropping, breath-takingly beautiful. The scenery is straight out of the traditional Chinese 'mountain-water' paintings, the animals were amazing, and the overall presentation was just classy-ly done. And to those who would love to have Chinese friends and family watch and enjoy, there are indeed traditional Chinese subtitles. I can safely say this is worth every penny.
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An exotic fusion of natural history and Oriental adventure, "Wild China" is a series of journeys through four startlingly different landscapes, each based around the travels of a real historical character. With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the world's most enigmatic and magnificent country, delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of unbelievable natural complexity. Journey across China from the glittering peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see, in pioneering images, a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures.
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