When Animals Attack… It’s Effing Awesome
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Maybe I’m the thirtieth person to tell you this, or maybe I’m the first, but listen to one of us and watch Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel. It’s the first thing I’ve seen on tv that made me think “shit, I wish I had HDTV.”
For those of you that don’t know, Planet Earth is the mother of all nature shows. I’ve always been a fan of nature shows, but this one take it to the nth level. The folks at Discovery Channel, in conjunction with the BBC, spent over five years filming various habitats and the ill shit that goes down in them. I’m a little late to the party, as I just saw it for the first time last night, but it’s an 11 part series and new ones come on every Sunday at 8 and 9.
I recorded the Ice Worlds one, and I have to say there’s really something for everyone. The ladies and the kiddies get to see a mini March of the Penguins, the sick fuckers like me get to see a starving polar bear go toe to lard ass flipper with a herd of walruses. You may be surprised to see who wins.
What separates this from other nature shows is the production quality. There’s always been some nice filmography, but this takes the cake. Witness exhibit A. Turn the volume up for this one and hold on to your ass:
Is that not fucking bad ass or what? As you can see, there are times when you may need to have the kids put on eyemuffs, but you’ll be glad that you did. It’s nice to have a legitimate medium for hot animal on animal action.
So DVR this shit, or buy me the DVD for an early birthday present, and we can watch it together on your high-def tv. Oh, you don’t have one? Get me one of those, too, then.
On a completely unrelated tv note, Rome has finished its run on HBO, perhaps for good? That would suck, because that show was pretty great. It had gratuitous nudity and violence, all in a semi-historical context, so you didn’t feel like a total cretin watching it. Check it out on DVD if you never had the chance. I feel kind of gypped that we didn’t get a sweet montage at the end like Six Feet Under, but what can you do?
Wilco will be touring around the states in the next couple of months, naturally not anywhere close to here. The closest venues are Red Bank, NJ and good ol’ Manhattan. The NJ show is on a Friday, and the Friday before my birthday no less. Anyone up for a road trip? Could be a nice segue to a weekend at the lake house, Kali…
That’s all for now, but I’ve got a lot on my mind about this crop of fairly cruddy new albums by good bands. I’ll be back to discuss that at some point, with a little input from you, I’m sure.
Speaking of which, have any of you fooled with the iMix yet? Just wondering.
Oh, and just because I feel like it. BEAST MAN AIDS!: