tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post2415951165512851470..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Planet Dinosaur, episode six - reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-77636079031204630932011-10-26T19:01:05.751-04:002011-10-26T19:01:05.751-04:00Quiet, Hadiaz... ;) such are the perils of writing...Quiet, Hadiaz... ;) such are the perils of writing reviews with the aim of getting them out ahead of everyone else...Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-26101024475546752542011-10-22T12:16:49.024-04:002011-10-22T12:16:49.024-04:00@Marc Vincent
Would you say that PD is the overal...@Marc Vincent<br /><br />Would you say that PD is the overall best dino doc series ever?<br /><br />"The episode began with a look at the dwarf dinosaurs of Hațeg Island, including the titanosaur Magyarosaurus and some unnamed deinonychosaur,"<br /><br />Actually, it's said to be Bradycneme (See 3:12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_tDNaf02c ).<br /><br />"The repeated use of the term 'oviraptorid' and the incorrect feather placement did niggle,"<br /><br />Out of curiosity, what's wrong w/the usage of said term?<br /><br />"Finally, then, we came to DINOGEDDON."<br /><br />On the 1 hand, I do agree w/you in that it wasn't really necessary to show how dino domination ended (I usually prefer dino docs that do so to also show how it began). On the other hand, I do like it for being the 1st & most realistic portrayal of post-impact life for non-avian dinos since "Dinosaur!" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYe3r-wH_1s&feature=channel_video_title ) AFAIK: Almost every other dino doc has either skipped ahead to the present (E.g. WWD), skipped ahead to when all the non-avain dinos are dead & the mammals emerge from their burrows (E.g. When Dinosaurs Roamed America), or come off as a cheap disaster movie (E.g. Last Day of the Dinosaurs).<br /><br />"At the very end of the show, Hurt spoke of the 'end of Planet Dinosaur'. Of course, the truth is it didn't end. Today dinosaurs are represented by over 9,000 species of birds, outnumbering mammal species two to one. Walking With Dinosaurs, to its credit, pointed this out, so it's a shame that Planet Dinosaur, given its excellent adherence to scientific evidence, didn't do the same."<br /><br />To be fair, PD did refer to birds as dinos at the end of Episode 2 (See 13:49: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8JEvC9ZG-U&feature=channel_video_title ). Also, what Hurt said isn't necessarily inaccurate: Based on what I've read, when a source says that dinos dominanted life on Earth for however long, it usually means that dinos monopolized the large terrestrial vertebrate niches for however long; That seems to be how PD defined dino domination.Hadiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805346627826158173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-17570394687170631322011-10-21T17:03:03.527-04:002011-10-21T17:03:03.527-04:00@Taranaich: now that would have been an ending to ...@Taranaich: now <i>that</i> would have been an ending to applaud, certainly.Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-73012074050200080162011-10-21T16:11:18.765-04:002011-10-21T16:11:18.765-04:00I was honestly expecting the end of the episode to...I was honestly expecting the end of the episode to end on a big "surprise," where John Hurt tells us that "with 9,000 species of avian dinosaur still going strong, we are still living on... PLANET DINOSAUR!" Or some such.<br /><br />It was good that they pointed out that not just non-avian dinos, but anything above the size of a small dog was wiped out, though.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-50259253419586233492011-10-21T08:34:19.091-04:002011-10-21T08:34:19.091-04:00@Henrique: Your top two correspond exactly with my...@Henrique: Your top two correspond exactly with my own (my second is <i>New Giants</i>). I haven't quite decided about the others. Also agree about more ornithischian focus.<br /><br />@Stu, I hope you will forgive me for being fond of the term 'sauropodlet'. I shall go away now...Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-45564023435577607842011-10-21T08:32:19.206-04:002011-10-21T08:32:19.206-04:00@Henrique Niza: I agree that an episode that had a...@Henrique Niza: I agree that an episode that had a greater focus on ceratopsians would be a good candidate for a future series. Ankylosaurs would be good, too.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-5589340962931141052011-10-21T07:23:53.407-04:002011-10-21T07:23:53.407-04:00I liked Hatzegopteryx being depicted as the stork ...I liked Hatzegopteryx being depicted as the stork from hell, although it was a bit hokey when two started scrapping over the baby sauropod (be thankful they weren't called 'sauropodlets') which then did a runner and got away.<br /><br />Great series in my opinion.Stu Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389601261560266346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-52172906060590102162011-10-21T07:00:22.993-04:002011-10-21T07:00:22.993-04:00I thought the last episode was somewhat mediocre. ...I thought the last episode was somewhat mediocre. I actually had quite high expectations for Hatzegopteryx and that compared to the other main non-dinosaur character, Predator X, was pretty dull. The same can be said about the asteroid collision both visual and informative.<br /><br />The Nothronychus segment (and Gigantoraptor clowning) saved the episode in my own opinion. The distinction at the end of the episode between birds and dinosaurs also made me exclaim "what?!" for a moment.<br /><br />If I had to rank the six episodes from worst to best it would be as follow:<br /><br />6- Last Killers<br />5- The Great Survivors<br />4- Fight for Life<br />2- Lost World/ New Giants<br />1- Feathered Dragons<br /><br />Overall an excellent series above pretty much everything else done in a similar fashion. A sequel more focused in ornithischians would be welcomed, specially if they do an episode on omnivore ceratopsians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-7615099612723912902011-10-20T09:59:34.495-04:002011-10-20T09:59:34.495-04:00@Dani Boy: So that's where I've been going...@Dani Boy: So that's where I've been going wrong at parties.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-63148855379530800062011-10-19T20:56:33.908-04:002011-10-19T20:56:33.908-04:00I think that a distinction between dinosaurs and b...I think that a distinction between dinosaurs and birds is OK, if only society was knowledgeable about the nature of the family tree. In this day and age, you could refer to a sparrow as an avian dinosaur - but everyone would think you were a jerk..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095764453211185102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-62443240962898761942011-10-19T19:41:36.474-04:002011-10-19T19:41:36.474-04:00Nothronychus alone would have drawn me, but the dw...<i>Nothronychus</i> alone would have drawn me, but the dwarf dinos of Romania plus <i>Hatzegopterus</i>... must see, ASAP.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-86052832777537112502011-10-19T17:21:52.090-04:002011-10-19T17:21:52.090-04:00Bravo indeed. I'm sad the series has finished...Bravo indeed. I'm sad the series has finished.Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.com