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BBC Planet Dinosaur (Walking With Dinosaurs redux) + Dinosaur season on the BBC

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Vigilant Walrus

Vigilant Walrus

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Dinosaurs are one of my favorite things about being alive. They were utterly amazing. Jurrasic Park was such an amazing film. Why did they have to make those two lessser sequels? The child memories of that film. oh my god. It defined me.
 
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Raydeen

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What happened to version the BBC was supposed to be making about future monsters. It was going be set a thousands of years in the future after a disaster has nearly wiped out mankind. Mutated giant spiders ect. There was CGI mock-ups in some of the tabloids, but then it just vanished and was never heard of?
 
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Edmond Dantès

Dantès the White
TrAcEr_x90 said:
any screens or trailers??? I want to see if the 3D is gonna be badass. I loved all these docs, but the 3D was always pretty damn bad. I know budget and time is a factor, but I hope theres a giant leap in quality with this new series.
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1. Coming in the next few weeks.
2. Jellyfish pictures are responsible for the CG and if their previous work is anything to go by, then this series will look fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAUfnKcA3I&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-c5GpoD8wI&feature=relmfu

A whole episode of Inside the Human Body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7WVMKYRqdQ
 
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Edmond Dantès

Dantès the White
A teaser image ironically featuring no Dinosaurs, but crocs.

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Green Mamba

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Well I'm fucking hype.

Rewatched Walking With Dinosaurs a few weeks ago, visually doesn't really hold up, and some of the science is pretty outdated now, so bring this shit on.
 
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Cow Mengde

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Oh yeah, I do have an image from it showing dinosaurs.

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Rewatched Walking With Dinosaurs a few weeks ago, visually doesn't really hold up, and some of the science is pretty outdated now, so bring this shit on.
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I thought the CGI sucked in 2000 and it sucks now. There was little to no science in WWD. Just a load of made up bullcrap. I hope this is better.
 
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Green Mamba

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Cow Mengde said:
I thought the CGI sucked in 2000 and it sucks now. There was little to no science in WWD. Just a load of made up bullcrap. I hope this is better.
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Eh, the CG impressed me back in 2000, but that was then and I was younger.

And yeah, I should have quoted "science." There was a lot of sensationalistic junk like Lipleurodon and Ornithochierus' sizes. And Ceolophysis cannibalism was kind of an accepted theory back when it was made. But there was some more benign things, like Cryptoclidus coming up on land that simply wasn't known at the time.

But I was always confused by the Utahraptors in Europe. I mean, it's not like the location of where they're known from is in their, you know, name. Even worse when they had a nearly identical Iguanodon herd in the America section of that episode, but inexplicably decided to set the Utahraptor attack in Europe.

And while I didn't at the time, I absolutely cringe every time I see a featherless raptor.
 
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Cow Mengde

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Green Mamba said:
Eh, the CG impressed me back in 2000, but that was then and I was younger.

And yeah, I should have quoted "science." There was a lot of sensationalistic junk like Lipleurodon and Ornithochierus' sizes. And Ceolophysis cannibalism was kind of an accepted theory back when it was made. But there was some more benign things, like Cryptoclidus coming up on land that simply wasn't known at the time.

But I was always confused by the Utahraptors in Europe. I mean, it's not like the location of where they're known from is in their, you know, name. Even worse when they had a nearly identical Iguanodon herd in the America section of that episode, but inexplicably decided to set the Utahraptor attack in Europe.

And while I didn't at the time, I absolutely cringe every time I see a featherless raptor.
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I was 18 when WWD came out and I was not impressed. The Utahraptor thing still blows my mind to this day.
 
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Peru

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The Dinos look great. I'm still not sure how I'll feel about the "all CGI" aspect because I loved the thrill of dinos plopped in the real world, but this will allow them to more easily get more accurate of course.
 
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Spaceman Spiff

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Cow Mengde said:
LEAKED FOOTAGE FOUND!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCMkV_GYf4w
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Looks rather good. I was particularly impressed with the terrestrial stalking Quetzalcoatlus-- very up to date.

Cow Mengde said:
I thought the CGI sucked in 2000 and it sucks now. There was little to no science in WWD. Just a load of made up bullcrap. I hope this is better.
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WWD's CG was decent, but some of the models and animation left a lot to be desired. More than anything else, though, it was the overuse of cheesy rubber puppets in some scenes that ruined the illusion that you were watching living animals.
 
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Edmond Dantès

Dantès the White
Planet Dinosaur – Lost World Episode 1

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From the deadliest killers to the biggest and strangest beasts, Planet Dinosaur brings to life a new and terrifying world of dinosaurs.

More types of dinosaurs have been discovered in the last two decades than the 200 years before. This series uses the latest CGI and cutting-edge research to reveal the deadly secrets of these new giants.

For the first time on British television, the very latest dinosaur discoveries have been brought together and brought to life in this ground-breaking series. Featuring a cast of new dinosaurs that will feed the nation's nightmares, the next generation of children aren't going to be talking about Tyrannosaurus rex – they are about to meet far bigger, badder, more vicious characters that roamed the Earth 95 million years ago.

The series starts in North Africa, where two of the world's biggest predators once battled for supremacy. At 13m and 7 tonnes, Carcharodontosaurus was a huge beast, a gigantic lizard-like carnivore with shark-like teeth more than 6 inches long. It was an efficient hunter that would slash at its prey until it bled to death.

But the discovery of an upper jaw in Morocco revealed an even bigger carnivorous killer – Spinosaurus. Four metres longer than Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus is thought to have been one of the biggest killers to ever walk the Earth. But unlike the meat-eating Carcharodontosaurus, Spinosaurus mainly ate fish, living and hunting almost exclusively in the water.

Like all predators that share an environment, the two may once have had to compete for food. Planet Dinosaur takes a look at what one such deadly battle may have looked like and finds out which giant beast would have been most likely to survive a fight to the death.
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Furret

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Is there no date for the series yet? There's nothing in the OP but 'September'.

There's also no indication at all as to when the other BBC4 shows are on.
 
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Deleted member 22576

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Hmmmm... we got Frozen Planet, Dinosaur Planet.. I don't see Gravy Planet, are you sure that's what it was called?
 
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Grimm Fandango

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Hard to believe Walking with Dinosaurs was over 10 years ago.

I remember the story about the pterosaur (couldn't find a mate and died of exhaustion) made me sad.
 
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Atolm

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I didn't know there were more "Walking with...", Walking with dinosaurs was the only one broadcasted here on Spain...I need to pick them up, loved Walking with dinosaurs.
 
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Akira

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Planet Dinosaur (BBC) CGI totally outclasses Discovery's Dinosaur Revolution just from the previews alone. Can't wait!
 
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Bulbo Urethral Baggins

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Vigilant Walrus said:
Dinosaurs are one of my favorite things about being alive. They were utterly amazing. Jurrasic Park was such an amazing film. Why did they have to make those two lessser sequels? The child memories of that film. oh my god. It defined me.
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You're living in the past dude
 
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Cow Mengde

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According to a british fan of mine on youtube, the release date of Planet Dinosaur is 10 days after Dinosaur Revolution, on September 14th in the UK.
 
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Deleted member 22576

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Oh man, that logo is so amazing where can I get a tshirt of it immediately.
 
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Blue Ninja

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Holy shit yes. I recently re-watched the entire series, can't wait to see what they do with this. So hyped. I was a dino freak when I was a kid, can't wait to relive some of that magic. :lol
 
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Edmond Dantès

Dantès the White
Cow Mengde said:
Heads up guys, Thomas Holtz (famed paleontologist and consultant for DR) just basically confirmed Planet Dinosaur won't be very scientific either. I knew what to expect with DR so I came away surprised, but I hope you guys don't think Planet Dinosaur would be any different. Well, it probably won't have the jarring slapstick of DR.

http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.c...-to-your-screens-dinosaur-hyperbole/#comments
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Slightly disappointing to hear, still exited nonetheless.

New footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BunsCD1YEQU&feature=player_embedded
 
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strata8

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I know I shouldn't be expecting much but the CGI honestly looks very video-gamey. Not going to stop me from watching it, though.
 
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Qwomo

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The series has prompted grumbling in some quarters that the BBC is simply flogging a dead horse (or reptile). Indeed, one of the most frequent questions people ask me when they learn that I am a palaeontologist specialising in dinosaur evolution is: "Haven't we already discovered everything there is to know?"
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I refuse to believe there are people like this.
 
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Akira

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Watching Dinosaur Revolution. Is Discovery for real? It's almost like a comedy show with dinosaurs doing slapstick.
 
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