EDIT:Spell check doesn't work on title fields...my bad "Capitalism"
So I saw a commercial for Disney "Earth" and had a strong sense of deja vu..."I have seen those flowers grow in time lapse before...and that shark...and those dolphins...and that flock of birds...."
Turns out (after a little research) that Disney took the footage from the BBC/Discovery documentary "Planet Earth" (which I own on DVD and watch all the time) Repackaged it with their own Disney spin and want people to pay $10 bucks to see it in theaters, even though they could watch it on the discovery channel for free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/movies/11earth.html Quote:
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But the success of “Planet Earth” could actually prove a stumbling block for “Earth,” as the Disney project contains a large amount of repackaged footage from the Discovery Channel mini-series. Indeed, about 60 percent of “Earth” has already been shown repeatedly, free, on Discovery Channel. A sequence in “Earth” showing great white sharks breaching as they feed on sea lions, for instance, will be familiar to anyone who has seen “Planet Earth.”
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Is it just me or does anyone else feel like Disney is just trying to cash in on the environmental movement?
