Who here doesn't like David Attenborough?

HamsterFace · 08-05-2016 07:57PM #1

Come on. Make yourself known and justify your stupid opinion.

Edit: apologies for the spelling! Mortified...
Maybe a mod can change the title?

armaghlad · 08-05-2016 07:57PM

Here*

viztopia · 08-05-2016 07:58PM

David is getting old and wont hear you

armaghlad wrote: »

Here*

Ol' Donie · 08-05-2016 07:59PM

Don't be silly. No one anywhere doesn't like David Attenborough.

Such a great man.

Slydice · 08-05-2016 08:03PM

And here we see the classic example of a spelling mistake taking the full range of our posters attention away from their otherwise agressive post

HamsterFace wrote: »

Come on. Make yourself known and justify your stupid opinion.

Edit: apologies for the spelling! Mortified...

Watch as the user notices they no longer have edit permissions upon their own thread title and excitedly proceeds to use the edit post button vigourously

HamsterFace wrote: »

Come on. Make yourself known and justify your stupid opinion.

Edit: apologies for the spelling! Mortified...
Maybe a mod can change the title?

:D:D:D

The_Valeyard · 08-05-2016 08:05PM

I dislike him as 'boaty mc boat face' was my preferred choice.

endacl · 08-05-2016 08:07PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I dislike him as 'boaty mc boat face' was my preferred choice.

Henceforth Sir Zoologisty Frederick McZoologist Face, OM CH CVO CBE FRS FLS FZS FSA.

hairyslug · 08-05-2016 08:09PM

He reinvented the dinosaur, for that and that alone he is dead to me.

I do however love when he talks about hippos having sexy time and for that I will forgive him for the abomination previously mentioned.

I Feckin love hippos.

Your Face · 08-05-2016 08:10PM

Sorry what?
I can't HERE you?

Junkyard Tom · 08-05-2016 08:14PM

I have great respect for David Attenborough and think the shows he has presented/narrated are some of the finest nature/natural history documentaries ever produced. The BBC is second-to-none when it comes to making these programmes.

That said I find the hero-worship of Attenborough a bit odd. Attenborough has led a truly charmed, enviable life working for a state broadcaster surrounded by expert naturalists and cameramen. The British taxpayer and BBC employees are the people due most of the credit imo.

Esel · 08-05-2016 08:14PM

Hear, hear!

Odyssey 2005 · 08-05-2016 08:22PM

Oh fook, 2016 strikes again.:(
David Attenborough is gone deaf !!!!

Hans Bricks · 08-05-2016 08:22PM

It had the makings of a good thread ...... :pac:

Hitchens · 08-05-2016 08:24PM

He is probably up there in our esteem with the most heterosexual man on earth........... Dr Charles Bird!

ScumLord · 08-05-2016 08:28PM

The sound of David Attenborough's voice is what I imagine the inside of a womb sounds like.

08-05-2016 08:34PM

He is great.

But afair he did have one series that featured shots from a zoo edited in, and he was caught. Was a bit disappointed with him about that, he should have signalled it. But a small issue, he has definitely brought so much information into our living rooms and is far more thought provoking than so much reality tv schlock.

Edit, it was "controlled conditions"...

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nature-scenes-filmed-in-controlled-conditions-bbc-admits-after-cameraman-says-small-animal-footage-8867020.html

The Backwards Man · 08-05-2016 08:36PM

He's a cranky oul sod who should have retired years ago.

BrokenArrows · 08-05-2016 08:37PM

hairyslug wrote: »

He reinvented the dinosaur, for that and that alone he is dead to me.

That was his brother

Ruu · 08-05-2016 08:38PM

No one can hold a candle to him (not sure why someone would need to do that, but if they had to, they couldn't) or ever will.

hairyslug · 08-05-2016 08:40PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

That was his brother

Ever seen the two of them in the same room?

Thought not.

Harry Palmr · 08-05-2016 08:41PM

International treasure.

HamsterFace · 08-05-2016 08:53PM

And a very happy birthday to him. 90 years old. Probably the only thing I was ever able to watch and love with my Dad.

Summer wind · 08-05-2016 09:04PM

David Attenborough is the absolute King of nature programmes. I've always loved him and his shows. I could watch them all day.

wylie · 08-05-2016 09:07PM

I've learned more from dave than all my teachers.....probably.

This is a good one.

fatknacker · 08-05-2016 09:09PM

Imagine hearing he was part of the bbc nonce ring. It would tear the whole world to shreds.

Agricola · 08-05-2016 09:10PM

I hate how snooty he is with his Darwinism n' shít. If I wanna believe the Earth is 6000 years old and dinosaurs never happened, that's my God given right.

wilhelm roentgen · 08-05-2016 09:43PM

Timothy Fielding doesn't like him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0

Maireadio · 08-05-2016 09:54PM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

I have great respect for David Attenborough and think the shows he has presented/narrated are some of the finest nature/natural history documentaries ever produced. The BBC is second-to-none when it comes to making these programmes.

That said I find the hero-worship of Attenborough a bit odd. Attenborough has led a truly charmed, enviable life working for a state broadcaster surrounded by expert naturalists and cameramen. The British taxpayer and BBC employees are the people due most of the credit imo.

He's a zoologist himself and was one of the early supporters of conservation when nobody knew or cared what it was. He's not just a presenter.

Turtle_ · 08-05-2016 09:59PM

I see there's a petition to have him change his name to Boaty McBoatface

indioblack · 08-05-2016 10:11PM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

The British taxpayer are the people due most of the credit imo.

Thanks - it was nothing, really.
At one time, I believe, the BBC considered scrapping the Natural History Unit - the makers of probably most of these programs.

08-05-2016 10:25PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He's a cranky oul sod who should have retired years ago.

No, that's you!

I won't hear a single word against DA, he's an absolute legend. He's got a singular talent for presenting these programmes. There's no one else like him.

I like Brian Cox, but he's no Attenborough.

Who here doesn't like David Attenborough?

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