Originally Posted by
SBfreak
All documentaries are mentally helpful and improve one's general knowledge.
that is, if they are truthfully depicting the subject at hand, without resorting to false information or biased views, trying to instruct the viewer what he should believe, ie. forming public opinion based on their own views (or that of their employers/financiers)
Originally Posted by
SealLion
demonstrates the negative impact of human interaction on animals, to the point of favouring the disapearance of species.
.....of the human species??
imo it is not about the disappearance of human species (not directly anyways ), the point they are making is that humans supposedly have a negative impact on animals, to the point of disappearance of animal species
in some of my previous posts i commented on the 'disappearance of species', so i'll just quote myself on that one, to keep things in perspective:
then there are natural disasters that have no preference when it comes to choosing their victims and there have been many during the ages with a few notable ones as the supposed ice ages and/or according to some deluge(s), which as you may imagine have had a much more powerful influence on the animal/plant life in the past than humans ever did
so i would say there are many angles to take into consideration when dealing with this subject, one thing is for sure, reckless destruction of plants/animals should be avoided or minimized, since it may very well be true that our own existence (or that of the future generations) depends on it
http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthre...574#post178989
naturally, since we as human beings need to ensure our own survival, there will be (and were) situations when it was necessary to choose between human life and animal/plant life, the resulting decision being an obvious one, and that is just how things in real life are, its all nice & dandy on the 'big screen', but in a survival situation, the stronger (or smarter) one will prevail - but, since we are aware of this problem, there is a possibility to save a large part of animal/plant life by being careful not to use unnecessarily extreme measures that may cause them to face extinction (like reducing pollution, excessive fishing/hunting/lumbering/weeding, poaching, eliminating GM crops until thoroughly researched, establishing & maintaining reservation areas and so on)
Originally Posted by
SealLion
Let's just eliminate the entire human species as we know ourselves. Then all of nature can be enjoyed without ourselves actually having opportunities to enjoy what the natural world has for us to see and experience.
you know, some are warning that there is a certain tendency to eliminate parts of humanity, those seen (by the supporters of this agenda, the 'elite' as they like to think of themselves) as inadequate/disabled (eugenics) or unimportant (poor) or impure (racially) or not-by-god-chosen (religiously, gentiles) or as surplus (depopulation) and so on
the global warming & animal extinction subjects are, among others, being used to manipulate ecologically/environmentally concerned citizens into financially supporting corporate projects (see who has established or controls all those large aid funds & organizations), with low or no actual improvement to the environment itself
now, concerning the trailer, it is an example of shameful disney self-praise propaganda (sounds like he invented nature-based documentaries or something ), as apparently they had actually no part in making of the documentary (their only role is simply distribution in usa!), it was done (narration, script, production, direction) by french filmmakers - if you check the wiki page for the movie there is not a single mention of any usa cooperation or participation except for the aforementioned mere distribution role
Code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceans_%282010_film%29
generally speaking, seems like this movie is more aiming at entertainment through astonishing imagery and less at actual documentary information (probably the reason why real documentaries tend to be slow and somewhat strenuous), as in reality animal (and human alike) life is mostly monotonous with (short) periods of excitement/action
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