1. Coming in the next few weeks.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.
A teaser image ironically featuring no Dinosaurs, but crocs.
Rewatched Walking With Dinosaurs a few weeks ago, visually doesn't really hold up, and some of the science is pretty outdated now, so bring this shit on.
Eh, the CG impressed me back in 2000, but that was then and I was younger.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.
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.
Looks lovely. Now we need the BBC's promise of it being factually accurate and up-to-date to come to fruition and we'll be set.Cow Mengde said:
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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.
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.
Edmond Dantès said:Some new footage of Planet Dinosaur and Frozen Planet in this BBC preview reel.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news...ng-planet-dinosaur-bbc-one-preview-video.html
September 14th at 8:30pm.Furret said: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.
Its on youtube now.Cow Mengde said:Dammit, the video is not available in my area. Region locking online videos...
Edmond Dantès said:
You're living in the past dudeVigilant 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.
Yes it's the sequel.Foob said:is this related to that dinosaur movie starring wayne knight?
Slightly disappointing to hear, still exited nonetheless.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
I refuse to believe there are people like this.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?"