Why BBC documentaries are much better than US documentaries?

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Because US understands the term BBC differently if you know what I mean.

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Eternal insta-btfo reminder
Also
>little spider
>should've prayed

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Because lion fucking shits.

>inb4 pasta

>>85165101
I'm not sure about that.

Those are fine US documentaries:
>Hookers at the Point
>American Pimp
>Pimps Up, Ho's Down

Making them for two separate audiences. Although my dad will watch the Planet series box sets just as happily as he'll watch american guitar rift t-rex sfx beetle documentary so theres that.

>>85165101
in the US, anti-intellectualism has a substantial constituency
'knowing things is for faggots' is the sentiment

that said, there's one area where BBC documentaries often fall short of NatGeo
When it comes to animals hunting other animals, I want to see the moments of capture and death. BBC often doesn't show the crucial moments.
I want to see the fucking jaguar kill it's prey after the build up of the hunt!

>>85165159
Why didn't they stick with Sigourney Weaver? Didn't she do blue planet? Her voice at least is half decent for documentaries.

anyone have the UK-US copy pasta. I liked the longbow comparison the best

American documbetaeoee are biased as shit. Only in America would documentary like Bowling for Columbine or Aradise lost would be taken seriously.

>UK docus
thoughtfully presented facts with incedicle shots of nature
>US docus
WILL THE BURGER SURVIVE THE HYENAS??? DADADAAAAA FIND OUT ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF MC DONALD'S EXPLORING OUR 3000 YEARS OLD EARTH!!! BLESS JESUS!!!!

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>>85165216
>I want to see the fucking jaguar kill it's prey after the build up of the hunt!

BBC's The Hunt was pretty good.

>>85165204
I think people that watch British documentary work will put up with most American work but be slightly annoyed but will do it for the animal footage.
Where as the people that can only watch American-shit think the British stuff is boring.

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here you go

found it

>British TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvKJcxa8x_g

>Doesn't baby the viewer
>recognizes that viewers can breathe through their nostrils
>No need for constant background music and dramatic editing
>American "Television"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAUKRbaZ9E

>IM YOUR HOST DICK RICHARDS AND THIS IS EXTREME HISTORY
>WOAHHHHH DUUUUDE
>OMG
>RADICAAAAAALLL
>EYE OF THE TIGER INTENSIFIES /// INCEPTION NOISE
>LETS GET BACK TO THE ANALYSIS LAB AND SEE SOME COOL 3D EFFECTS TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE TALKIGN ABOUT INCASE YOU HAD TROUBLE IMAGINING IN YOUR MONGOLOID TESTTUBE BRAIN SINCE YOUR PINEAL GLAND IS CLOGGED WITH FLOURIDE AND HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Epic

>>85165299
Top 5 pasta for me. I love it

I watched an american documentary the other day and they kept taking 5 minutes after every break to recap what happed before the break it was mind numbing. There was also double the amount of these moments than there were adverts in britain so I can only imagine the amount of adverts Americans have to put up with.

>>85165288
Why was Planet Earth 2 such a massive disappointment bros?

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>>85165369
It wasn't.

>>85165178
https://youtu.be/h13b7TaUddA

PLANET EARTH 3 FUCKING WHHEEN

>>85165299
that's it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsp9bMQz7lc

>crickets sound like donkeys

What is wrong with american editing, do they have zero attention span?

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>>85165101
BBC's NHU is the largest production house in the world dedicated solely to natural history, makes hundreds of hours of new content ever year. One underrated show of theirs is Natural World - consistently excellent episodes ever single year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Natural_World_episodes

>>85165413

2026.

Except PBS documentaries by Nature, Nova, and Frontline are superior in every way.

>>85165530
Kek, good one.

What you guys are complaining about and referring to as U.S. documentaries, no one in the U.S. would refer to as a documentary.

>tfw when a documentary series has one of the best soundtracks of the decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dc74Oao9kQ

>>85165599
The entire point is to meme

>>85165530
Not really. Only stuff like Ken Burns' Civil War stands on the same level as some of the best BBC produced programmes.

>>85165614
Planet earth in HD was a revelation. I had tears in the corners of my eyes after the opening shots.

>>85165530
False,BBC horizon is superior in every way.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtp51eZkwoI

>>85165101
Because David Attenborough

>>85165101
Because the BBC is publicly funded just like PBS which also produces quality documentaries other networks like Discovery and History Channel are just trying to bring in ratings so their "documentaries" are filled with sensationalist bullshit for mouthbreathers.

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>>85165671
This. Although the BBC have been diversifying their selection of voice actors recently. Jorah Mormont did the narration recently on some documentary about the cruise ship the Queen Mary 2.

>>85165161
At least it tried

Humanity didn't deserve something as great as Planet Earth II.

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>>85165259

Is Life worth a watch?

>>85165101
Americans don't pay their tv licenses

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>>85166006

>>85166108
It did get away, just the camera makes the bear look closer than what it is.

>>85166100
The past 20 or so seasons have been disappointing

>>85166198
I bet that scene would look pretty good in 3D

american docs make to much use of 'dun dun dun' music and commercial breaks like 'WILL THEY SURVIVE?' even though its a historical event and you know the answer. things that don't need to be dumbed down always are too. i dont need an example comparing space-time to a pool or some shit.

all around brit docs are just less insulting and more informative

>>85165314
I'm British and I actually prefer the America version, I feel like there's a certain level of self awareness to it. It's intentionally over the top. It's educational but also entertaining in a "so over the top it's funny" kind of way.

>>85166113
Of course they do, it's included in their taxes, like most of the rest of the world

more hunting gifs


more hunting gifs

>>85165314
To be fair the first one is for youtube, not broadcast television

David Attenborough

>>85165101
America has brave wilderness, that's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKUekkAnlZ8

>>85165314
Pretty sure they were just shooting to hit certain ranges at that time, not a bullseye target thats so close to the archer like this guy is doing.

>>85166270
the 'a bow is like a big spring made of wood' line made me think Americans really are fucking stupid

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>>85166385

>>85165392
This is beyond comfy.

>>85165493
Holy shit that's a lot of content

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>>85165493
>tfw seen pretty much every Attenborough and and read his book about the making of them
>tfw will never have his life

Well since we've entered the second-half of 2017, that means it shouldn't be too long until Blue Planet II, which is going to be docu-kino on another level.

>>85168283
That's just a selection of it, not every single programme they've made.

BBC nature documentaries narrated by David Attenborough are the best thing you can watch.

It's the purest form of drama, the animals aren't acting, and they are really fighting to survive.

One of the best examples is this giraffe fight from the BBC documentary named Africa.

https://streamable.com/5ow0g

>>85165259
>The polar bear on the cliff

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>>85165101

>>85165159
>>85165227
Why did they even think of replacing Attenborough? He has one of the best narration voices ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79u11C6JmEw
You can't make thi shit up

>>85165493
Love how Attenborough is always associated with the best ones. Hopefully BBC can pump out more with him before he gets too old.

>>85165101

Because the US doesn't have that sweet, sweet TV license money to spend on unprofitable nature documentaries.

>>85165486
Isntnit the Velociraptor sound effect from Jurassic Park?

>>85165986
>>85166006
Reminds me of sad dogs

>>85169085
Getting old and he won't be around forever, so they have to find someone who can pick up his mantle

>>85169990
I'm talking about the American releases where they replaced Attenborough's narrations with someone else.

>>85165671
This. But he's 91 years old and probably going to die soon. Life in the undergrowth is his best work.

>>85165299
I laugh everytime

>>85170054
burgers are too stupid to understand british accent

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>>85170189
I can see him making it to 100 years old. Whether he'll be working up until then I doubt it. His ship will be ready soon enough.

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>>85169433
>before he gets too old

>>85170189
Crazy how his still working despite age.

>>85165101
>BBC
>Let's observe these animals in their natural habitats and maybe give some insights on their habits

>US version
>Holy F**K, you wouldn't believe THIS SERIAL KILLER *slowmo fight* LIVES IN YOUR GARDEN *rock music intensifies*

>>85165493
I wondered how they've had AVARA LUONTO on tv every week since 1987 and it always has a BBC logo in the end. This explains it.

>>85170347
As an American, I've seen so much media from Britain that I barely even notice anymore. It's not a big enough deal where I even register that I'm watching a BBC documentary or shoe from the UK

>watch american documentary on bugs
>monkey screeching sounds starts playing

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>>85165314
>THE BOW IS BASICALLY A BIG SPRING MADE OF WOOD

>>85165299
Planet Earth is literally this though.

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Wow this thread is quite the circle-jerk. What else can you expect during 4chan's faggot hours?

>>85170054
I did not know that they did that

>>85165132

Thinking of the pasty white cuck who made this post makes me laugh

>>85165369
It wasn't. It was amazing.

I watched the first episode at the tail end of an acid trip and I both laughed and cried. It was great.

>>85165101

Watch the PBS ones.

If you're watching the stuff that Discovery shits out then it's your own fault.

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Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was maximum comfy.

>>85165101

While BBC nature docs appear superior in style, in substance they have been declining in their reliance on 'relate-able narratives' and story-heavy based material which is overly sentimental. Over use of sound effects and anthropomorphised tropes are leaking in to draw in the pleb audience who need everything to be like a feature film with a protagonist and villain, and where the animal you're rooting for always survives.

That on top of the constant beating over the head about global warming and climate change, instilling a constant sense of shame in the viewer that humans are ruining the environments of these animals.

BBC programming is full of subtle demoralisation propaganda and left wing sentimentalism. They're just excellent at masking it as objective documentation.

>tl;dr BBC docs are more sinister than some dumb American over edited nature flick

>>85165101
It's the accent. I can't stand the monologues in American documentaries for this reason. The british accent was made for kino documentaries

>>85170276
He'll be fine

>>85171349
>everything is muh left wing jewish communist bolshevik cuckold reddit nu-male conspiracy

It's one thing to complain about the americanization of planet earth 2 with all its anthropomorphised stories and another to see conspirators and agendas at every turn. How do you make it through the day, I wonder.

>>85171489

Literally every episode of Planet Earth 2 mentions global warming or climate change. What ever happened to just showing a documentary about animals without a political overtone?

Also in Planet Earth 2 there is a plot-line where a big black horse cucks a while male horse and takes all his mares from him. Pretty funny if not intentional.

>>85165101
i think american documentaries are made with a very clear bias, or you can feel the smugness of the faggot who thinks he is breaking ground by directing it. animal docs are great cuz they are fairly straightforward, documentaries about churches, "the streets", or historical events always pass through a bullshit filter as they are being made.

>>85166471
They showed the restored version of his first BBC documentaries on tv a few months ago, amazing stuff

>>85171349
nu /pol/ and the_donald is leaking here

>>85165518
Uncle Attenborough will be long in the ground by then

>>85171066
>US population almost 5 times as large as UK
>4/10 of the top 10 universities are in the UK
What point were you trying to make?

>>85171618
Because Attenborough personally believes ita important and he's basically responsible for the BBCs natural history. Shit, he used to be the director of the whole company.

>>85171618
You do realise that outside of a fringe of people on online imageboards, climate change is accepted by the developed world? Regardless of what you believe, my point is that it's not a controversial issue, if the god emperor never said anything about climate change being a hoax before he became a kike sellout, this fringe climate change denial movement wouldn't even exist in any significant manner. Just putting things in perspective.

Same goes for the stallion fight. Where you see BLACKED references and liberals celebrating the downfall of the white man by the young black stud, every other person on earth sees horses fighting to become leaders. Who's anthropomorphising nature now?

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>>85165101
I saw an American nature doc by Disney and it was fucking colour filtered.

I almost vomited right then and there.

You people can't do anything right.

>>85165314
>How to shoot the English Longbow
>take bow into hand
>fuzz shows up
>arrests you for islamophobia and illegal possession of a deadly weapon

>>85166440
that's basically what a bow is though. some people think the power of the bow comes from the elasticity of the strings and not the curving of the bow itself -- easy misconception if you've never fired one.

>>85171855
>Where you see BLACKED references and liberals celebrating the downfall of the white man by the young black stud, every other person on earth sees horses fighting to become leaders.

Subconsciously they see the former, consciously they see the latter.

>>85171991
>defending that line
american pls

>>85171997
I don't know how else to explain to you that you're projecting 4chan memes on the real world. Nobody thinks in such racial undertones when they see anything with black and white. I didn't think about any of that shit before the whole racebaiting memes started flaring up here. And nobody else does either, with the exception of a few radical mentally deranged feminists that regularly make the headlines in /pol/ every other day.

>>85171997
that's because you're subconsciously racist. Everyone else is a grown adult capable of making their own decisions on who they find attractive or not.

No one's forcing you to take black dick.

>>85172035
i'm british and also a physicist. "a bow is a wooden spring" is a perfectly decent first-order approximation. if i had to model it mathematically, that's how i'd start. if i had to explain to somebody who had no idea how a bow worked, that's what i'd say.

>>85172118
>Saying youre british
>british
lmao no youre not.

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>>85172140
whatever, pleb

>>85172093

You can hypnotise or implant ideas in peoples mind by using cue words, images or symbols.

The case here with a black and white horse have greater assocations on someones unconscious mind beyond the literal presentation of a black and white horse. It reinforces a theme that black > white. If you simply deny that symbolism can influence peoples perception then you're wrong because it has been demonstrated. The frequency TVs flash frames at you puts you into a trance state that makes you extra susceptible to this symbol suggestion. The BBC are the masters of propaganda and this form of mass media hypnosis.

American war documentaries are top tier, BBC can only do animals right.

>>85172308
Or maybe you're just so obsessed with black cocks you see them wherever you look?

>>85172559
>BBC can only do animals right.

The BBC do great science and history documentaries.

>>85165299
this

>>85165392
so fluffy

>>85172195
lol you got rumbled

>>85172559
come again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBSwhms7O4

^^ defend this garbage

>>85172732

Look up WW2 in HD, or even D-Day in HD.

It's pretty incredible, there are also some really good like 6 hour long ones about the entire history of Hitler and Germany leading up to the war. Most of them aren't afraid to show both sides of the war and include narration from german soldiers as well.

>>85171349
>humans are ruining the environments of these animals.

They are.

>>85172308

I guess they should have switched the horses colours with CGI or something

>>85165101
BBC does not stand for British Broadcasting Corporation. Not anymore white boi.

>>85172140
rekt

Though to be fair he could be one of those faggy types we sometimes get.

>>85171349
>instilling a constant sense of shame in the viewer that humans are ruining the environments of these animals.
But we should feel shame, we should feel sadness whenever we read that animals like tigers, rhinos and elephants are facing extinctions.

Im not good at placing burger accents but from which parts of the US are most documentary commentators from?, like in the UK there usually from the home counties, you never hear a scouser of brummie commentators for good reason.

>>85172308
honest question

everytime I see accusations of black>white mass subliminal propaganda to control the population I wonder this

for what purpose? what would it achieve?

>>85166029
Did it live?

The island of crabs and ants was the most kino thing on Planet Earth 2. A true modern parable.

>>85173435
We just get David Attenborough or Morgan Freeman.

>>85168833
what where?

>>85165274
Honestly, most British documentaries are just showing people cool scenes and cool animals. American ones typically actually TEACH you something. Not all, of course. Fucking shit, half of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet teach nothing, but the good ones teach shit.

>>85165257
Totally correct and totally not strawman.

>>85174210
> British documentaries don't teach you anything

>>85165314
I learn more with the annoying American one though.

>>85165216
>I want to see the fucking jaguar kill it's prey after the build up of the hunt!
Just watch BBC's The Hunt then. Overall it was better than Planet Earth 2 anyway.

>>85165216
>BBC often doesn't show the crucial moments
What?
I have watched documentaries all my life and they have always shown kills.
I saw lions take on and kill an elephant, an orca kill and continuosly throw a seal in the air with its tail fin, to teach it's young how to hunt.
Seen dolphins prey and kill a baby whale and numerous others.
idk if the documentaries you have watched have been censored in your country but BBC are never shy to show animals kill.

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>>85165216
>BBC often doesn't show the crucial moments.

>>85171066
Congratulations the rich Americans can get good education, while the rest of you are stuck with identity politics and mediocre education. You sure showed everyone in this thread.

>>85171349
>instilling a constant sense of shame in the viewer that humans are ruining the environments of these animals
You're just mad because you can't accept that you are not only a failure in life, but also part of your own planets destruction. Neck yourself please.

>>85171042
only the burger version

>>85174303
That British clip isn't from a television documentary, it's just a random YT clip.

>>85165771
>Mongolian throat singing.

Kek what the hell is that?

>>85174898
I can see that.

>>85174956
Eh, a meme. Youtube it. /wsg/ I think started it.

>>85174897
No the UK version is full of added sound, silly music and CGI. At least Planet Earth 2 was anyway, haven't watched the 1st in a while.

>>85175097
> CGI
Apart from the title scene, complete bullshit.

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>>85171887
Color filtering is a good idea. You should try it sometime.

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>>85165159
Also, this

>>85178780
lmao xd

>>85166029
>fuck this thing smells weird

>>85165216
>Neogaf: the post
dude, Drumpf

>>85165641
>Ken Burns' Civil War
A truly patrician documentary.

>>85171349
Whether or not you believe in global warming we are destroying these animal's habitats. We are hunting them to extinction. What part of that is leftist propaganda? Do you think we should just keep polluting the oceans and cutting down all the trees because that's not what the SJWs want?

>>85173435
I did hear one chav with a speech impediment (couldn't pronounce r's correctly) on a nature documentary, who was it?

>>85165314
A good amount of British TV is meant to be watched in a calm manner, having a sip of tea, being nice and comfy in your chair - perhaps just after a nice, large dinner - perhaps you just want to relax. Maybe you've just done your shopping; you have a cheeky scone, maybe some biscuits.

This is the British daytime television experience. No Drama. No fuss. Just chilled.

>>85170054
Because americans are stupid. But, desu we did that too. But at least english isn't the official language here, and the guy who does the narration for the NRK is great.

>>85165986
How he caught that seal I'll never understand.

>>85165392
I want to be that bunny.

>>85171779
Faithless swine.

>tfw Blue Planet II is coming out in Autumn
Words cannot adequately describe the level of hype I currently feel. Praying for another based deep sea episode

BBC Natural History should be self funding. The rest of the BBC should be abolished.

>>85174956
It's fucking impressive is what it is.

>>85174956
>>85175008
>>85180138

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9S50a-oskg

From 38.20 onwards, with another based member of the BBC presenting.

>>85165493
This is the shit they should be spending the license fee on, stuff that is important/educational, but wouldn't get made by the private sector.

Not funnelling it all into Chris Evan's offshore bank account.

>>85171997
>Subconsciously they see the former, consciously they see the latter.
>Hello, I know what everyone is thinking all the time even if they don't know it themselves and I never asked what they're thinking

>>85165101
Should've prayed to the mantis, OP.

>>85180285
I could watch Ray Mears all fucking day. Fuck that living meme Grills.