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Summary: Great dinosaur video!
Review: This is the perfect gift for the dinosaur-obsessed. Six 30 minute episodes give the audience a detailed and believable picture of the Triassic through Cretaceous worlds. Although the dramas are created, they are based on factual finds, which are presented by the actual scientists. The CGI (computer generated images) of the dinosaurs are amazing and realistic. For vigilant parents: I find that I would rate this for "G" audiences. While it does show some carnivorous activity, it is not gory, and avoids the finer details of mating.
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Summary: Hot blooded? cold blooded? asteroid?
Review: __________________Disk one contains six episodes of six chapters each. Disk two contains an eight chapter "making of" documentary. This is a worthwhile set to buy if you have pre-teen children, or older children who are interested in dinosaurs. The program consists of real and synthetic landscapes with dinosaurs portrayed by puppetry or through digital synthesis, or both. It's well shot, reminding me of a high-budget version of the computer game "Nanosaur". The program gets repetitive -- the dinos lay eggs, they protect their eggs, they have to run from predators, or have to hunt prey or scavenge the dead and dying. Each of the episodes is about 29 minutes long, and the only differences between them are the environments and species. I understand why it is that shows that seem too short get aired -- the audience is left wanting more. I don't think of this set as being suitable for adults, whereas children can watch these 29 minute episodes on six consecutive days, and thereafter for months on end before tiring of it. Another deficiency is the complete lack of the Alvarez theory. The outmoded and discredited volcanic extinction is offered in episode six. That is simply inexcusable. I presume this stems from this program having been produced by the BBC in the homeland of Darwin and other dead gradualists. My personal favorites are (in order) the "making of" documentary on disk two, "Cruel Sea", "Giant of the Skies", and "Spirits of the Ice Forest".
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Summary: DINO Is A Hit
Review: If you found yourself glued to the Discovery channel when this special first appeared, then this DVD is a must for your home. Even if you didn't see the showing on the Discovery channel but have a great interest in dinosaurs, then this DVD is for you and your family. You will not be disappointed. You will however be entertained and enlightened. Enjoy.
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Summary: FASCINATING SERIES!!
Review: When I first saw "Walking With Dinosaurs", I was amazed. It is very realistic and seems like a modern nature documentary. I suggest that you purchase this video because if you saw it on TV, you didn't see all of it. One thing is an explanation about how iguanadons had cheeks and could chew. I've been a dinosaur fan since I was little and I think it's very interesting. Since watching it that first time, I have watched again and again. I suggest that you purchase this video. It's not a waste of money!
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Summary: As real as it gets!!!!!!
Review: Worth getting a great film. Easily the best documentary I have ever seen. I could even say it should have premired in theaters. It has picture quality as good as possible. It's anamorphic 1.78 aspect was perfect for widscreen tv's. It was very long. three hours. Just as long as it should be. Extremly relistic and entairtaning. It had good suppliements. The making of documentary was very funny. It even had outtakes. Its picture in picture mode was good but I would have prefered it on the second disc in fullscreen. The raptors have resently been proven to be feathered creatures. I think the film would be perfect if the raptors had feathers. The sound was good but I would prefer doby digital. Even the packaging was the best I have seen. Walking with Dinosaurs is a great film.
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Summary: DVD presentation rated.
Review: Top notch production. This is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. And what an intreging idea: a camera crew goes back in time and documents the habitats of these creatures that watched the earth millions of years before us and millions of years longer than us. It's presentations like WALkING that make you wonder about our place in the world. I get a similar feeling with the Jodie Foster movie CONTACT. WALKING is overflowing with quality. Even when the makers had to guess about certain looks and behaviors (i.e., the color of dinosaurs and the way a ornithocheirus walks when it's not flying) are all wonderfully educated. Now, I was all set to give this a lower score (4 stars) because I noticed that the picture seemed to be bobbing up and down a little and "fluttering" at times. That may just be my player program so I'll not downgrade it yet. Be sure to watch the wonderful "Making of..." documentary AFTER you have watched all parts of the program. I think it makes the overall impact less potient when you know how things were done. But DO watch it because it's alternatingly funny and enlightening. WALKING complements the other dino-movies like the Jurassic Parks and Dinosaur. It's better in many ways and not as good in others. It's a DVD you'll watch at least once a year. It's worth the price. Good show! Thank you BBC!
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Summary: This is an amazing movie
Review: Good movie with good graphics. Kind of like Jurassic Park set in the time of the dinosaurs, with no people.
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Summary: Fabulous using DVD and widescreen format
Review: Wow - My 7 year old is just amazed by this DVD. When I recently bought a DVD player and a widescreen TV, I bought this as "his" DVD for the new equipment. This DVD just rocks using the 16:9 widescreen mode. It has ended up being the most popular DVD in the house. The director's comments make the second and third viewings great for adults.
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Summary: Simply Incredible
Review: The intense effort for accuracy together with the amazing effects the chaps at the BBC managed to betrayal make this a must have DVD. You will watch this again and again, whether you're a school kid or adult.
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Summary: The Real Thing
Review: I bought this video for my 3-year-old son who is a dinosaur maniac. He enjoys the realistic scenes of life long ago, and can stay riveted to the TV for most of the two-video set. It's amazing how computer graphics can make the dinosaurs look so life-like. The narration by Kenneth Branagh is also well done. My son has many parts memorized and can immitate Branagh's lovely British accent to a T (we are American)! This is one video that will remain a classic in our home.
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