Disney's earth copying planet earth?

So I saw the preview, and I almost threw the remote at the TV. Who does the feel-good, corny, and annoying corporation think they are? I've been reading a lot of reviews about it, and almost every person says that the movie is a cheap carbon copy of Planet Earth, filmed by BBC.

If you don't know what the hell I'm saying, this.

One person stated that the Earth movie is the same footage shot by BBC, but with a different narrator.

Just another reason why Disney only caters to 5-10 year olds.

Your thoughts?

Well, it's nothing new for Disney given the whole Simba/Kimba fiasco with The Lion King but they're hardly the only ones being unoriginal and if some of the same footage is being used then I would say it's all on the level and they acquired the rights to use it. If they want to re-hash someone else's work and spend their money buying the rights to someone els'e footage instead of going all out on their own production and avoiding negative reviews for being copycats, the only people they're hurting are themselves as it's their reputation that's suffering, not the BBC's. And if they want to cater to a specific audience, again so be it. I can't say I'm impressed, but I'm certainly not outraged to hear it.

Your thoughts?

That you might need anger management.

Why I believe the only difference is that the UK narrator is Patrick Stewart and the US narrator is James Earl Jones / Darth Vader.

The one released by Disney is the same film released in the UK in 2007, and the film itself is based on BBC's Planet Earth

Yes, Earth was a cut down for theaters version of Planet Earth. Disney got the rights to distribute the film in the U.S. and changed the narrators for whatever reason. It's the same film otherwise.

The outrage in the OP is just hilarious.

Why I believe the only difference is that the UK narrator is Patrick Stewart and the US narrator is James Earl Jones / Darth Vader.

Patrick Stewart it is, James Earl Jones has lost his narrating mojo.