Boaty McBoatface

[CZroe]

The Planet Earth mini-series just wasn't right without him narrating it.

"This isn't a nature documentary. It can't be. It doesn't sound right."



From Wikipedia:

...Huh.
If I hadn't seen the credits or heard about it otherwise, I don't think I would have recognized her voice.
Attenborough's? I definitely know that one.


I think they worked in the text "Planet Earth" constantly as an incessant reminder of what we were watching.

I thought "Sigorney vs Attenborough" was all anyone talked about when the series came to Blu Ray around 2006/2007.

The BBC version was better in a lot of technical ways but It was annoying when he assumes his audience will have a sense of the size of Wales for comparison and other such Britishisms.

I still want to see if the Discovery version has the weird pulsing artifacts in the waterfall flyover because I think they are lying about it being electrical interference from the helicopter. Probably wanted to avoid a recall fiasco, but it appears few even noticed it (most reviews said the picture was "flawless"). I can't un-see it. The entire screen pulses with white flecks rhythmically pulsing/appearing in dark areas and darker specs appearing in light areas.

 

[gorcorps]

Booo... who the hell is David Attenborough?

you poor bastard

 

[Thebobo]

Booo... who the hell is David Attenborough?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Lol for some reason that reminds me of something you'd see on a Bill Dance video. Either that whole thing is pure comedy or that guy has the worse luck in the world.

 

[5to1baby1in5]

Well... technically it is still a boat, even if it is submersible, now if they had called it Shippy McShipface...

U-Boaty McBoatface

 

[zinfamous]

Boaty McBoatface prepares for its first Antarctic expedition.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/boaty-mcboatface-to-go-on-first-antarctic-mission

 

[Exterous]

Boaty McBoatface prepares for its first Antarctic expedition.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/boaty-mcboatface-to-go-on-first-antarctic-mission

Yay!

Fortunately there is also a group asking for recommendations on names for new planets. The internet did not disappoint:

Planet McPlanetface 1
Planet McPlanetface 2
Planet McPlanetface 3

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/02/nasa-asks-public-help-name-7-new-plants-chaotic-results/

 

[Thebobo]

But its not the big boat just a little autonomous underwater vehicle now.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Good.news. SIlly Brits.