Post by creature386 on May 23, 2020 2:00:01 GMT 5
©Official promotional poster. Used for promotional purposes only.
Amazing Dinoworld is a two-part documentary produced in 2019. It consists of two 44 minute episodes. The first one centers alternatingly around the lives of a mother Deinocheirus and a mother Troodon while the second one plunges us into the world of Late Cretaceous mosasaurs.
The episodes are up to date with the latest research as of the release date. They are for the most part presented in the style of Walking With Dinosaurs, immersing us into the stories of fictional prehistoric individuals, with occasional jumps into the real world to show the science behind what is shown to us.
It's available on Curiosity Stream (where you can have a free trial month with the coupon "Tierzoo") and on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Amazing-Dinoworld/dp/B07Z4KW6XS
Here's the link to Curiosity Stream:
curiositystream.com/
Enough promotion. I found this thanks to TierZoo's promotion of the documentary. Here is a mini-review I wrote on Discord:
Just finished watching the documentary Amazing Dinoworld. Admittedly, it wasn't the Walking With Dinosaurs 2.0 TierZoo had promised, but maybe that was because it only had two episodes.
The good:
-Beautiful animation.
-A very smooth and pleasant narration.
-Up-to-date models and information (feathered T. rex, semi-aquatic Spinosaurus, Deinocheirus with a humb)
-Use of evidence to back up claims like in Planet Dinosaur (though unfortunately not as elegant)
The not-so-good:
-Some misplaced wildlife (Abelisaurus 100 mya) and related inconsistencies (the ancestors of mosasaurs supposedly lived 100 million years ago, but in the 95 mya segment, we see a mosasaur that looks identical to the one bothering the Tyrannosauruses later)
-The mosasaurs were a bit overhyped given how easily they could prey on theropods in very shallow water.
-The theropods suffered from what I call Jurassic Park villain syndrome with all their roaring.
Good overall, but no Walking With Dinosaurs 2.0. It's more on the level of Dinosaur Revolution.
The good:
-Beautiful animation.
-A very smooth and pleasant narration.
-Up-to-date models and information (feathered T. rex, semi-aquatic Spinosaurus, Deinocheirus with a humb)
-Use of evidence to back up claims like in Planet Dinosaur (though unfortunately not as elegant)
The not-so-good:
-Some misplaced wildlife (Abelisaurus 100 mya) and related inconsistencies (the ancestors of mosasaurs supposedly lived 100 million years ago, but in the 95 mya segment, we see a mosasaur that looks identical to the one bothering the Tyrannosauruses later)
-The mosasaurs were a bit overhyped given how easily they could prey on theropods in very shallow water.
-The theropods suffered from what I call Jurassic Park villain syndrome with all their roaring.
Good overall, but no Walking With Dinosaurs 2.0. It's more on the level of Dinosaur Revolution.
