Big Cats Collection

I was disappointed
In the days of LD and VHS NG produced a wide range of interesting reports that concentrated on the animals. Recently there has been a trend towards talking more and more about the background and the people involved, so much so that the animals are almost coming second. This release is entitled Big Cats but in reality is as much about the Jouberts, the Masai and government politics. That is all very well but in no way does this compare with the vividly close to nature presentations from the BBC. A large part of the video is from SD recordings many years ago and the overall video quality is far below say Planet Earth and overall not much better than a DVD. The editing was a bit hit and miss and the subtitles and program advertising from the Lion Warriors segment was particularly muddled and poorly finished.
Overall I was unimpressed and for the price I found it poor value and NOT something I would pop in the player to get closer to say the Lions who were by far the main actors in...

Very nice big cat documentaries
This collection is very well done. There are 5 programs that are included and I will rate each one.

-Big Cat Odyssey ****
Very nice documentary. Four out of five stars because it gives you the depressing facts about lion's shrinking numbers. Other than that, very nice shots and a cool story.

-Leopard Queen ********************
My favorite. Such an amazing story about a leopard that the cameraman became uniquelly attached to. This special is the best out of the collection. Made you walk away feeling good.

-Lion Warriors **
Not the best. This one is about African tribes and their struggle against lions that kill their livestock, so they kill the lions. Made me kinda angry at the tribes for attacking endangered animals, but whatever. This is why its 2 out of five stars.

-Lions on the Edge *****
Great story about lions surviving a severe drought. Does get depressing at one point, but if you just keep repeating "its just the...

I like what I have seen of it.
I have only seen one of the programs,but it is interesting. It is sad though to see how threatened these cats are. If you like big cats it seems worth seeing.

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