Take a video journey to Wild China

I’ll have the full review for you later over on DVD Verdict, but I’ve just seen the first two episodes of Wild China, the BBC documentary on the land which will host the 2008 Olympics, and they are beautiful. I was hooked about 5 minutes in, as the sheer human accomplishment behind the rice paddy terraces of Yuanyang County sank in.

I’m blogging now because The Travel Channel will be running Wild China in two big Sunday three-hour blocks on July 27 and August 3, starting at 8 p.m. each night. Since the shows run 59 minutes on the DVD, there will likely be cuts to fit the hour time slots. The documentary also has a rare graceful flow that could be lost amid commercials and those ubiquitous promos. Still, it is something to behold, and you ought to catch it.

Yeah, you’ve heard that before about documentaries, and yeah, I realize there are a lot of times when you just aren’t interested in the subject. From what I’ve seen so far, though, you could be hooked even if you think you’re uninterested.