It is a little off-putting, but I think it certainly has its place in educating and entertaining people about wildlife. BBC's Hidden Kingdoms comes to mind, wh

It is a little off-putting, but I think it certainly has its place in educating and entertaining people about wildlife. BBC's Hidden Kingdoms comes to mind, where they make no illusions about the fact that you are watching a film not a camera left out in the woods for ten days. In fact, after each episode they double down and re-use all their work by showing you just how they got the shots and set up all the scenes. That, and I think Planet Earth has occasionally been guilty of what you're talking about, but personally I've never felt insulted, more like impressed they managed to make a palatable narrative out of a bunch of wildlife scenes.