Great footage with an interesting and funny twist on the narration, allows you to learn from nature and the human humor.
15 Reviews
Amazing!
pablojgp146 May 2018
Beautiful and hilarious
junofarnsworth11 December 2019
It has the amazing footage and stirring music from other series like Planet Earth, recombined in shorter episodes with funny narration. He says things you're thinking, like "A baby penguin! It's so cute!" OK, maybe the side bits like getting phone calls in the studio weren't necessary, but they don't bother me. I'm really disappointed that Netflix has dropped it, and there don't seem to be DVDs available anywhere.
Relax....
pjsmitty-435445 October 2019
It's time we had a bit of humor.
The shots are fantastic. The narrative is a narration. Relax. It's funny, poignant, and on point.
Relax....
It's educational, descriptive and deceptively funny. That is the point!!
It's brilliant. Sir David Attenborough cannot be the only voice. Nor should he. And it shouldn't be Oprah.
Have a sense of humor. Families can watch this program together. Isn't that the point? Isn't that was we want? Parents and children enjoying a nature program together; having a laugh?
To the purist: this is not for you To everyone else: enjoy! There is something special about this show.
It's for watching in a group. Whatever that means to you. Enjoy.
The shots are fantastic. The narrative is a narration. Relax. It's funny, poignant, and on point.
Relax....
It's educational, descriptive and deceptively funny. That is the point!!
It's brilliant. Sir David Attenborough cannot be the only voice. Nor should he. And it shouldn't be Oprah.
Have a sense of humor. Families can watch this program together. Isn't that the point? Isn't that was we want? Parents and children enjoying a nature program together; having a laugh?
To the purist: this is not for you To everyone else: enjoy! There is something special about this show.
It's for watching in a group. Whatever that means to you. Enjoy.
Funny and educational
phoenixflame-401575 August 2018
I'm so happy that they finally decided to make a nature show funny as well!! Nature is already entairtaing and they just made it better. I love learning about animals and I love laughing and this is a perfect mix of both.
NEED MORE
camarillomayela22 April 2019
This is the most hilarious and educational series out there!!! I wish there was more of these I'm an environmental science major and I watch a lot documentaries and after a while its the same old stuff but this was so refreshing I couldn't stop laughing even rewatched it with my boyfriend !
Not a documentary fan?
manakayar28 June 2019
I have watched every nature nature doxcumentry that Netflix has had for the last 5 years or longer. Many times over. I like documentaries but most of my friends make fun of me.
This one however. Is a good way to get people who don't want to "learn" to watch a documentary. There are many adult comments so watch on your own before showing to children to decied if it's suitable for them. It is however halarious.
Great fun while learning about interesting animals.
This one however. Is a good way to get people who don't want to "learn" to watch a documentary. There are many adult comments so watch on your own before showing to children to decied if it's suitable for them. It is however halarious.
Great fun while learning about interesting animals.
Beautiful and very funny, but for adults.
eightgodzillas21 June 2019
Some of the same footage used for the BBC "Planet" documentaries with a much better narrator. The writing and narration is excellent, if slightly blue, and the visuals are astounding. Bonus: it's not preachy. It is not, however, for small children. I'm glad I watched this alone instead of with my daughters.
Great show!
audreytownes-949427 October 2019
I understand that the combination of pictures as well as audio can be somewhat overwhelming for some people. If this describes you then maybe you should pick a simpler show to watch. Not only have I learned a ton from watching Round Planet, but it is very enjoyable to watch. It's funny, informative, and visually appealing.
Just not funny
astena20 February 2023
I loved the concept for this show, but the writing is terrible. The jokes are just sad, obvious and not even remotely funny. They're the kind of quips I'd expect my nine-year-old nephew to come up with, not the intelligent British wit I expected. And the narrator's voice doesn't help. A classic, dry documentary-style deadpan would have had much more impact than the goofy delivery used here.
It's such a shame, because the idea for the show had such potential, but the awful jokes and the cartoon-ish narration are absolutely cringe-worthy. I wanted to like this show so much, and was disappointed on nearly every level. Wasted opportunity.
It's such a shame, because the idea for the show had such potential, but the awful jokes and the cartoon-ish narration are absolutely cringe-worthy. I wanted to like this show so much, and was disappointed on nearly every level. Wasted opportunity.
Outstanding and fun to watch
hailkaeser27 May 2021
If you're looking for a serious nature show go and watch something else.
The humor is the intent of the show and it works incredible well. You'll also learn a lot about nature, but in a goofy sort of way. It is well written and I loved every episode. I can't wait for it to return to streaming somewhere.
The humor is the intent of the show and it works incredible well. You'll also learn a lot about nature, but in a goofy sort of way. It is well written and I loved every episode. I can't wait for it to return to streaming somewhere.
What a shame
mkletiz13 April 2019
David Attenborough was correct. This show has amazing filming and beautiful shots of the wild but the narration ruins the entire show. The narration takes away from the beauty of what is being filmed. Matt Lucas, Armstrong Wedgewood sounds creepy and I had to put a face to his voice and he's a weird creepy guy that thinks he's funny but just sounds weird and is not funny at all and is ruining the show. I had to watch it on mute with subtitles on to be able to see the beautiful videos. If David Attenborough had been narrating this show it'd be 10 times better and fun to watch. It would also b more liked and popular and educational and maub last more than a season. Not cool BBC
The worlds very best "planet" documentary
rwagn-1365319 October 2022
Sure, there are other planet documentaries. Frozen, fragile, whatever. Nothing compares to round, for round is the planet. It's round around, and all around round. Pretty sure they just re-used shots from all the other existing planet documentaries, and why not? It's absolutely stunning already. Toss in a bit of cheeky wordplay, and it's so subtle, it keeps your attention. I've watched it at least 3 times before it was taken off Netflix. I'd legit pay $100 for this on Bluray. And I almost never buy movies.
It's still very family friendly, but it has some fun with the whole thing at the same time. What more could be better?
It's still very family friendly, but it has some fun with the whole thing at the same time. What more could be better?
Warning: show is not meant to be taken seriously
thomasp-047237 January 2022
This is a wonderful disaster of a show. Atop what can only be a recut of some footage that BBC Earth had lying around, we see some absolutely unhinged commentary, banging on about how Yellowstone can blow at any moment. Normally, a nature documentary would mention this but Wedgewood seems to delight in bringing up, repeatedly, that it could blow, when talking about every single animal, and it gets hilarious. He promotes a cruise he speaks on in one episode, and it's clear that in-universe they don't do multiple takes.
Don't expect a documentary... or a comedy
JakeBrinkman10 October 2019
I've watched a lot of nature documentaries, but I'm definitely not a purist for the documentary format or for Attenborough's narration style. I'd absolutely love it if they made Snoop Dogg's Plizzanet Earth into a full documentary/comedy series. Round Earth is nothing like Plizzanet Earth. Round Earth is neither a comedy or a documentary because it fails at both of those genres.
As a documentary, if you've already seen Planet Earth, this show doesn't have any new shots or information for you. It literally uses the same footage, but only half of it, and maybe 10% of the information, so definitely don't go into this expecting a documentary.
As a comedy, it's far from the mockumentary that I was hoping for. I expected something similar to Plizzanet Earth, but it turned out to be a series of bad jokes read while the footage plays in the background. I only watched episode 1, but I only laughed once or twice in the whole episode, and the rest of the episode was so unfunny that it cancelled out any actual humor.
As a documentary, if you've already seen Planet Earth, this show doesn't have any new shots or information for you. It literally uses the same footage, but only half of it, and maybe 10% of the information, so definitely don't go into this expecting a documentary.
As a comedy, it's far from the mockumentary that I was hoping for. I expected something similar to Plizzanet Earth, but it turned out to be a series of bad jokes read while the footage plays in the background. I only watched episode 1, but I only laughed once or twice in the whole episode, and the rest of the episode was so unfunny that it cancelled out any actual humor.
Great Nature Filming Ruined By Absurd Narration!
stevegill-4431322 August 2019
I do not know who's idea it was to hire a comedian to do nature commentary but he ruined the series and made of himself. I have watched Blue Planet, Our Planet and many more. The intelligent and informative narration in those shows added to the overall greatness. His jokes about global warming maybe being real were ignorant. He ruined the series for me. I had to stop watching. It made me want to go and watch the great Netflix series again - Our Planet.
With professional, informed narration, it would have been a ten.
With professional, informed narration, it would have been a ten.
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