Water Life (3pc) [Blu-ray]

Water life has so much to offer the viewers,yet it has been underrated. It appears that some reviewers have compared other series with similar contents in order to place there reviews but for me my review for the series is to set it aside from others as a separate work of water and its associates and also considering what it has to offer to everyone. The incredible quantity of creatures above, below and in hidden areas, that you will see in these programs each disc containing 4 episodes with great photography, is astounding.Everything is associated with water. You have narration throughout the series that helps identify the types of water and the inhabitants that live there and also hours of wonderful wildlife scenes, nature treats,under the sea treasures and lots of precious moments of creature play and habits.There is much to learn in this 6 disc set ,the complete series. DVDS are in HD and surprisingly clearer than some blu-rays out there. We are watching mother nature in constant action with one of her most necessary elements for survival, water, even in abundance and the lack of it. There's so much to learn about water in everything that needs, lives and is sustain by it and that really is a big part of the earth on which we live. I will not live long enough to experience in real time all that which I can enjoy and learn from Water life series over and over again.It is a gem, one of a kind set and should not be compared to anything else out there. It stands alone and was created to be different and special. I have found much more positives than negatives in the complete series and will be enjoying it again and again.It is a great set and I am happy to have this in my wildlife collections.

The visuals on this documentary are beautiful, exceedingly so, and this is both a plus and a minus. I got the feeling at times that the editors were torn between making an educational documentary and a beautiful set of moving images.Maybe I'm being unfair, but this pales in comparison to the BBC documentaries like Planet Earth. I was particularly disappointed with the commentary for the most part as it seemed halting and poorly strung together.Having said that however I like the fact that the series is based on half hour segments and it is indeed a spectacular visual treat.

I did some research on the three-disc Blu-ray set before buying it and learned this set only contains the first 14 episodes, along with the 26th "making of" episode. The kicker that makes this Blu-ray release extremely odd is the fact that the DVD release contains all 26 episodes. It even has the same cover art. Why the decision was made to only release part of the series to blu, while all of it made it to DVD, is beyond my understanding. Both the BD and DVD sets have been out for a few years (the existing Blu-rays even being re-released with DVD's and digital copies). Even foreign releases of this series to Blu-ray only contain these same 15 episodes, so if a complete set was planned I think it would have already been released. However, it would be nice if Questar released the remaining episodes to Blu-ray on two discs so owners of this set can complete their collection. Anyway, having some of the series is better than none of it.

Wonderful Blu-ray.

This is a very disappointing production. As other reviewers have said, it definitely is far below the quality of recent BBC productions. In fact, very far below those lofty standards. If you collect the several criticisms that have been posted on this, they are all correct. First, unless you know very little about natural history, you will learn nothing from these programs. I would not say the the narrative is error-prone, as in the narrative in some PBS Nature productions, it is just simple-minded and hard to listen to for any length of time. In one episode, on fresh water, you will flip from shots of tropical animals to a temperate stream, with no apparent reason. This is typical- you will be flipped from clip to clip in a sequence that may have been random! Much of the source material was very low quality, but most of it was very good, in fact. It is what the film editors did with these clips that boggles the viewers. Invariably, time motion is jerky and interrupted, so that, in panning landscape shots in particular, there is no smooth motion at all. At first I thought that this was related to digital artifacts (and there are many of those), but no, this was intentional. If you see a good clip (and there are many), you will have only about one second at most to watch it, before you are flashed to something else. Whoever put this together may have had a background in "creative video editing," but clearly no evident appreciation for the thoughtful observation of nature by a viewer. One would think that the theme of water movement and its impact on various ecosystems could be the basis of a meaningful production, but this one is very hard for me to watch. Maybe other people process visual information differently than I do! Anyway, for awesome productions see BBC productions on the Galapagos, Planet Earth, and most of the Yellowstone production. I really enjoy watching those, as much as I find this water series difficult to enjoy. Good natural history video? It starts with outstanding cinematography, but also requires excellent research and thematic focus on scripts, and careful film editing to preserve the special art of this medium. Rent before you buy this one!

I LOVE IT !!

nice stuff, a great addition to planet earth and now life, it doesnt have the rad panning out like planet earth, where it seems like ur viewing from space and then zooming back into a single bird, but..... it does have alot of animals, which was missing fromplanet earth, hence the new life series. worth the money i think.....

great collection; water is life! love these documentaries

It was incredible to watch the Water Life movie, and see all the lives depending on it, and also the cycle of water, how much the simplest chemical composition H2O that we take for granted is the source of life for everything on this planet.The movie is informative, yet so beautiful. I recommend adding it to your library.

I was rather dissatisfied with this series, I found allot of it to be amateur and something like I was made to watch in grade school 25 years ago. There is some nice shots, il give it that, but overall not great.

This series, made for Spanish TV, is visually spectacular, on a par with the BBC/Attenborough series such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet etc. The narration is not quite up to that level, but neither is the price! The series is quite informative about something we too often take for granted -- and that's important in a time when water supplies are under threat due to human impact on the planet. The translation to English seems to be well done. (I should say that i haven't viewed the whole series yet -- at one half-hour program a week, it would take half a year.) And you get a good look at an amazing variety of critters from microbes up to whales, and their relationships with habitat. Very recommendable.Update February 2012: I've seen the whole series now and it's pretty much consistent to the end, although the last disc relies more on talking heads, as it takes up some of the water-quality challenges now arising globally and what can be done about them, and the last of the 26 episodes is a making-of. Episodes are just under a half hour each.