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Summary: Dinosaur Planet
Review: The latest entry in the post-"Walking with Dinosaurs" craze, "Dinosaur Planet" follows "When Dinosaurs Roamed America". Composed of four hour-long episodes - White Tip's Journey, Pod's Travels, Alpha's Egg, and Little Das' Hunt - this series is better in both animation and story telling than its predecessor, though it is still no "Walking with..."What most people might find interesting about this series is that all of the episodes feature dinosaurs that most people probably never hear of. Most everyone is familiar with Velociraptor, Iguanodon and Maiasaurus, but how many passing dino fans have heard of Shuvia, Daspletosaurus, Saltasaurus, or Pyroraptor? This series opens up the world of dinosaurs that most people have never heard of. The Episodes are:
White Tip's Journey - a young female Velociraptor travels the Gobi desert searching for a new pack. Along the way she must dodge rival Oviraptors and angry Protoceratops. Pod's Travels - a male Pyroraptor looses his two sisters in a tsumami and ends up on and island populated by smaller versions of the animals he's used to. Alpha's Egg - a Saltasaur's life is followed from birth to her first egg clutch. It's a bumpy ride to adulthood, especially with all the predators about. Alpha's chief rival, though, is Dragonfly, a hungry carnosaur that's got her in his crosshairs. Little Das' Hunt - Little Das, a juvenile Daspletosaurus, tries his hardest to help his older sisters and mother in the hunt, but he always seems to mess things up! But just as he's on the verge of proving himself, a volcanic eruption changes the balance of power. Despite the animation quaility and good narration, there is a glaring flaw in this series. The producers appear to have been less selective in where they put their dinosaurs than the "Walking with Dinosaurs" team. The dinosaurs in "Planet" are shown wandering about in grass filled landscapes, a plant that did not exist in that age. The "Walking with..." creators were more careful, and this laziness on the part of the "Planet" producers prevents this series from getting five stars. Overall, a good series, but with flaws that could have been easily avoided.
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Summary: Legs
Review: The latest entry in the post-"Walking with Dinosaurs" craze, "Dinosaur Planet" follows "When Dinosaurs Roamed America". Composed of four hour-long episodes - White Tip's Journey, Pod's Travels, Alpha's Egg, and Little Das' Hunt - this series is better in both animation and story telling than its predecessor, though it is still no "Walking with..." What most people might find interesting about this series is that all of the episodes feature dinosaurs that most people probably never hear of. Most everyone is familiar with Velociraptor, Iguanodon and Maiasaurus, but how many passing dino fans have heard of Shuvia, Daspletosaurus, Saltasaurus, or Pyroraptor? This series opens up the world of dinosaurs that most people have never heard of. The Episodes are:
White Tip's Journey - a young female Velociraptor travels the Gobi desert searching for a new pack. Along the way she must dodge rival Oviraptors and angry Protoceratops. Pod's Travels - a male Pyroraptor looses his two sisters in a tsumami and ends up on and island populated by smaller versions of the animals he's used to. Alpha's Egg - a Saltasaur's life is followed from birth to her first egg clutch. It's a bumpy ride to adulthood, especially with all the predators about. Alpha's chief rival, though, is Dragonfly, a hungry carnosaur that's got her in his crosshairs. Little Das' Hunt - Little Das, a juvenile Daspletosaurus, tries his hardest to help his older sisters and mother in the hunt, but he always seems to mess things up! But just as he's on the verge of proving himself, a volcanic eruption changes the balance of power. Despite the animation quaility and good narration, there is a glaring flaw in this series. The producers appear to have been less selective in where they put their dinosaurs than the "Walking with Dinosaurs" team. The dinosaurs in "Planet" are shown wandering about in grass filled landscapes, a plant that did not exist in that age. The "Walking with..." creators were more careful, and this laziness on the part of the "Planet" producers prevents this series from getting five stars. Overall, a good series, but with flaws that could have been easily avoided.
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Summary: Dinosaur Planet
Review: The latest entry in the post-"Walking with Dinosaurs" craze, "Dinosaur Planet" follows "When Dinosaurs Roamed America". Composed of four hour-long episodes - White Tip's Journey, Pod's Travels, Alpha's Egg, and Little Das' Hunt - this series is better in both animation and story telling than its predecessor, though it is still no "Walking with..." What most people might find interesting about this series is that all of the episodes feature dinosaurs that most people probably never hear of. Most everyone is familiar with Velociraptor, Iguanodon and Maiasaurus, but how many passing dino fans have heard of Shuvia, Daspletosaurus, Saltasaurus, or Pyroraptor? This series opens up the world of dinosaurs that most people have never heard of. The Episodes are:
White Tip's Journey - a young female Velociraptor travels the Gobi desert searching for a new pack. Along the way she must dodge rival Oviraptors and angry Protoceratops. Pod's Travels - a male Pyroraptor looses his two sisters in a tsumami and ends up on and island populated by smaller versions of the animals he's used to. Alpha's Egg - a Saltasaur's life is followed from birth to her first egg clutch. It's a bumpy ride to adulthood, especially with all the predators about. Alpha's chief rival, though, is Dragonfly, a hungry carnosaur that's got her in his crosshairs. Little Das' Hunt - Little Das, a juvenile Daspletosaurus, tries his hardest to help his older sisters and mother in the hunt, but he always seems to mess things up! But just as he's on the verge of proving himself, a volcanic eruption changes the balance of power. Despite the animation quaility and good narration, there is a glaring flaw in this series. The producers appear to have been less selective in where they put their dinosaurs than the "Walking with Dinosaurs" team. The dinosaurs in "Planet" are shown wandering about in grass filled landscapes, a plant that did not exist in that age. The "Walking with..." creators were more careful, and this laziness on the part of the "Planet" producers prevents this series from getting five stars. Overall, a good series, but with flaws that could have been easily avoided.
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Summary: A complete MASTER PIECE
Review: There is nothing wrong with the CGI in this DVD. the computer graphics are perfect, the movements of these dinosaurs are completely realistic. I always notice thing like this, and the difference between Dinosaur planet and Walking with Dinosaurs is very minor. there was only one scene in which the graphics were not perfect, the scene in which a volcano erupts doesn't look completely realistic. this scene was almost perfect, but not quite.
The stories are entertaining and imformative. the narrator speaks calmly and clearly. i definately recomend buying this DVD. while watching this movie you will learn many facts about these creature as well as there behavior.
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Summary: Great stories, great price.
Review: These 2 discs are a great value. First off you get four stories about dinosaurs, with lots of drama, action, adventure and even humor. Each disc comes with dino fact sheets, two stories each and Scott Sampson, a Paleontologist, who pops up within the stories to help explain a lot about dinosaurs, much of which is based on new information. Walking With Dinosaurs had better CG, but I think Real Big Stories holds up well.
Also, I think Christian Slater does a good job as the narrator. He reacts to what is going on right before our eyes - he isn't wooden or stale. He really helps us link up with the dinosaurs - giving White Tip, Pod, Das and Alpha a voice. Like the music in any film he helps bring out the drama, humor and tragedy.
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Summary: Dinosaur Planet
Review: This much hyped four episode show tries to duplicate BBC's phenomenal Walking with Dinosuars series, but doesn't do it very well. Now, Walking with dinosaurs was by no means an accurate portrayal of dinosaurs, but Dinosaur Planet doesn't even try to be. Despite its taglines that insist that it is a look at how real dinosaurs would have lived, this is basically a CGI The Land Before Time if the dinosaurs didn't talk. These dinosaurs have names, hold grudges, make friends with other species and have mortal lifelong enemies. Its pure fiction. The narration by Christian Slater of all people is pretty lackluster and often annoying. The script he has to work with makes repeaded use of the world "instictivly" to explain absolutly everything that happens, which gets old quickly. Also agravating are Slater's frequent made up slang. Its so bad its funny. The animation is sometimes passable, but more often then not is of poor quality. You can see herds of dinosaurs going through identical walk cycles at the same time. Often even the simplest motions are poorly animated. The Saltasaurs, for instance, have a "sticky-feet" walk that looks like they are putting far too much energy then they should be in each step. The compositing is poor, and whenever the CG animals interact with their enviorment, the timing is off. There is also brief use of a lifeless puppet that moves extremly woodenly. Overall Dinosaur Planet is disapointing. I'm sure it would be fun for kids to watch, but they might get bored. I got bored watching this and I usually love this type of show.
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Summary: Met my expectations
Review: What I was expecting from this was new information delivered in an entertaining way. And I got what I wanted. New Dinos and "old friends updated", with the information delivered in an interesting format. The DVD will find a place in my library with previous installments (Walking with dinos/cavemen etc.) It was a surprise that Christian Slater was narrator, but this was pleasant, as I did like the sarcasum that went with his commentary. I am expecting, as in the past, that when the DVD is received, it will be a different narrator (Kevin B. replacing Stockard Channing, etc.) The annimation, alas, I was too into the 'story' to watch for other than how realistic the animal itsself appeared, not the ground behind it, under it, correct shadows etc. I tend to watch for entertainment/information, not to critique. So, if you are simply interested in updated information about new and updated old dinosaurs in a observational fashion, the by all means aquire the DVD!
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Summary: DINOSAURS
Review: Wow, beautiful! Beautiful!
Nothing is perfect, but I love the work of all those scientists that made this program possible.
Dinosaurs are very funny.
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