The Nature Documentary Thread

Where are my enthusiasts for nature documentary series and films? What are your favorites and what are you currently watching?

 

My favorites are pretty much anything narrated by David Attenborough (Planet Earth II and Our Planet II are top tier). I loved Queens recently. Angela Bassett did a fantastic job with the narration.

I’m currently watching The Americas. The footage has been absolutely fantastic, but Tom Hanks has been a disappointing narrator. Plus it is only giving surface level commentary on climate change, which feels like such a cop out at this day and age.

 

Another great David Attenborough doc. It goes into horrifying detail of some aspects of industrialized fishing (though I wish it would go a step further and name names). Of course there’s some hope sprinkled in at the end too. The footage is absolutely stunning.

 

my wife was just talking about that one. honestly not sure if my heart could handle it

 

also, is there a doctor in here? my nature is very sick (the real reason i opened the thread)

 

Lol I guess I could change the title to be Nature Documentaries

 

lol no need, i just felt compelled to make a bad joke

 

Nature doc + a competition reality show. Weird combo

Basically they got a bunch experts to do a real life Pokemon Snap-off with Sharks

 

that sounds kinda dope! radiolab (podcast) has been putting out daily shark content this week and it’s super interesting

 

An unexpected concept for a reality show, but I’m kind of into it. Horrible title though.

 

I know they're flawed as far as having a finger on the scale of them being "non-fiction," but I have an enormous soft spot for Disney's True-Live Adventures series from the '50s. White Wilderness, The Vanishing Prairie, The African Lion, etc. Something about the Technicolor and knowing you're seeing nature that no longer exists that same way really grabs me.

 

This thread gonna pop off when Shark Week starts a month from now

 

I’ve been watching Dynasties. The first episode with the chimps was insane. It was like a real life version of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

 

Been watching Mammals (2024) on HBO. The second episode “The New Wild” is fantastic. A very interesting look at how animals have adapted to our built environments.