If ever there was a documentary that made me want to be a paleontologist when I grew up, it was the Christopher Reeve-hosted Dinosaur! The stop-motion animation by Phil Tippet still looks good, but even though things have changed a bit since the show came out, it's still fun to watch and provides a good personal follow-up to Friday's open thread. Enjoy!
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I loved all the Gary Owens & Eric Boardman dinosaur documentaries (see here, here, and here) when I was a kid, but I think my most favorite was their special on prehistoric mammals. Called "Prehistoric World," the show took a look at the Page Museum in LA and even featured a bit on Dougal Dixon…
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I love stop-motion animation, but I have to say the style of this short made me wonder if Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer or the Heat Miser were suddenly going to show up...
"There is an energy with stop-motion that you can’t even describe. It’s got to do with giving things life... to give life to something that doesn’t have it is cool, and even more so in three dimensions, because, at least for me, it feels even more real." -Tim Burton
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Can anyone identify the film that has the guy shooting at a ceratopsian with a laser (penultimae video)? Cheers.
Dave; That movie is Planet of Dinosaurs, which was actually just re-issued on DVD. It's about as cheesy as they come, but the stop-motion dinosaurs aren't too bad.
Thanks for that Brian, I have long wanted to know *only* becuase aged about 8 I saw this series in the UK and remember than tiny snippet of footage simply bacuse I had never seen it! I had alswasy wondered and now I know I'll have to try and hunt it down (may not be too easy in China or the UK though!).
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Thank you for posting the Youtube clips of Dinosaurs! I watched this show almost every day when I was a child, and I hold it responsible for my continuing fascination with dinosaurs, Mesozoic birds, and ancient life in general. It is very good to see it again.
I loved that show! One of the best classics ever!
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