Perhaps the greatest testament to its influence is the way it has been imitated. The battle royale among all the new streaming services has created “the perfect market environment for natural history,” says Julian Hector, the head of the NHU.Ī viral sequence of a baby iguana running from menacing snakes, footage of manta rays soaring through the sea set to the strains of a Hans Zimmer score-no one does it quite like the NHU. The NHU is opening an office in Los Angeles this year inking new deals with half a dozen streaming services, networks, and cable channels and currently producing more than 20 projects, including Planet Earth III, set to debut in 2022. According to the BBC, “Over a billion people have watched Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II in the last 3 years.” Those series were produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the undisputed leader in high-polish nature documentaries since at least 2006’s Planet Earth. Stoned or sober, we are streaming sharks and penguins and lions into our homes in record numbers. And there are no troublesome humans on-screen to kill the vibe. The effect is awe-inspiring but also surprisingly chill. In between, you are treated to epic, empty landscapes and intense close-ups of the rich colors and textures of the nonhuman world, which pop off like fireworks in your wide-open mind. The stoned attention span perfectly matches the length of each vignette, in which Attenborough’s soothing, avuncular voice guides you through a simple story about animal life. The combination is hard to resist, as my experience with A Perfect Planet proves. Nature documentaries have never been more popular, in part because they offer easy escapism during a rough time, and in part because marijuana has been legalized in much of the United States. Now I am looking at drone footage of a massive colony of flamingos, the classic sweeping overhead shot, what my brother calls “POV God.” Behind the images, a string orchestra sets the mood, giving the coral-pink birds an otherworldly theme in E minor. I am looking at the red eye of a flamingo, a molten lake surrounding a tiny black pupil. The show is called A Perfect Planet, and it is narrated by Sir David Attenborough. I t’s late afternoon, late pandemic, and I’m watching a new nature documentary in bed, after taking the daintiest of hits from a weed pen. The series is called Our Planet and get set for some stunning 4k visuals.Īre you looking forward to watching Blue Planet on Netflix? Let us know down below.This article is part of a new series called “ Who Owns America’s Wilderness?” Back in 2015, Netflix greenlit a series that’s scheduled to be released in 2019. Also, keep an eye out for…įurthermore, we’ve got great news if you’re a fan of nature documentaries as Netflix has commissioned a series from the team that brings you these fantastic doc-series. It’s likely, the BBC will likely keep it off of Netflix for a while and keep it on BBC iPlayer so you can expect a wait of up to 2 and a half years. Following this, Netflix will be getting season 2 of Blue Planet in December 2018. Last year the BBC released Planet Earth 2 in December 2016 and the series has been announced for release on Netflix in December 2017. Now although there’s no confirmation that the second Blue Planet is coming to Netflix if the past years are anything to go by then it most definitely will. Unlike some of the BBC’s other shows which have release dates scattered all over the place like Sherlock and Peaky Blinders and while productions like Blue Planet take many years to produce, the BBC are consistent at putting these types of series out.
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