cosmax10

I watched this, and it is different from other documentaries because it is just a documentary about just one octopus and a man's relationship with it. It was hard to watch in some parts because he had to stay neutral and not interfere with nature, something I would find very hard to do. I have seen quite a few documentaries about the octopus, and they are extremely intelligent. They do not live very long, the female that is. The narrator and documentary maker is not a very excitable person, he is extremely mellow and relaxed, so if you are expecting a more Americanized type of documentary with a more rambunctious type of host/film maker than you probably won't enjoy his voice. I found it to be one of the most intimate documentaries that I have seen, and it really consumed my emotions.

The British seem to love creating over the top characters and are obsessed with bodily functions and double entendres. I get the premise of the show and think that the concept is quite clever, people from Britain vacationing on the cheap, but the characters have been done to death on Brit shows, I have seen so many shows where they take the quirkiness way over the top and make the characters more of a pantomime than real. Some of the writing I must admit is very funny, and some characters one could not warm to, and in real life wouldn't have anything to do with. The characters that you think you would find hard to like turn out to be the most likeable because they don't take their actions over the edge. There are two characters in the show that I absolutely thought were the wrong choice, and their lines did not come off as funny nasty, but just plain nasty and horrible. I have watched a lot of British comedies in the past and have enjoyed them, but they are now becoming repetitive. I think if you are British you will relate to this type of comedy more.

I really like this show, just found it on Netflix, love the stories behind the objects and the reactions of the owners of them. However, the host, not sure if he is actually an expert on anything, maybe I am wrong, is really not necessary.