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Post by futurepredator on Sept 10, 2011 21:04:23 GMT 1
Some of you have probaly already heard of this, but i'm just letting all of you know of an excellent looking documentary series (Six-episodes) coming to the BBC this wednesday at 8:30 (I think). Here's the tralier: As i'm sure you'll agree with me, it looks excellent! Thanks, FP. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m55k |
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Post by AC on Sept 11, 2011 13:18:04 GMT 1
'...DiploDOcus...'
Gah!
It looks interesting. There's certainly a great score to it, and interesting eras that don't look too similar to the ones visited in Walking with Dinosaurs.
I'm excited. It's been far too long since we've had a regular dinosaur series! The computer graphics are flashier than those from WWD I think, but the series is going to have to do a lot to recapture the drama of that old series.
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Post by Gorgonops on Sept 11, 2011 13:56:00 GMT 1
It looks like a low budget animated series.
Nevermind, has dinosaurs.
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Post by futurepredator on Sept 11, 2011 14:14:11 GMT 1
The first episode is Cretaceous North Africa.
I believe Cretaceous Argentina and Mongolia are also appearing, with an episode aimed at Pterosaurs and another at Marine Reptiles.
Looks good!
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Post by AC on Sept 11, 2011 19:10:52 GMT 1
I gotta admit that the show looks much more low-budget than the likes of WWD. (Then again, few things match WWD's expenditure...)
The lack of any sort of animatronics or location filming takes away from the realism. I suppose that's the trend with dinosaur programs these days - no location shooting means drastically curbed costs.
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Post by futurepredator on Sept 14, 2011 21:37:15 GMT 1
So anybody watch it?
Even if not WWD standard, I enjoyed nevertheless.
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Post by AC on Sept 15, 2011 14:33:30 GMT 1
It was quite different to WWD. The constant breaks to show the evidence for this or that or the other made the whole thing feel quite short and brief. On the bright side, they were satisfyingly accurate; I was seriously worrying when the Spinosaurus seemed to be stalking the hadrosaurs, but thankfully it was just a bluff  . Did anyone else notice that the storyline bore a lot in common with WWD's first episode? Supreme apex predator starts off on top, then a drought comes along and forces the predator's normal food-source to disappear/migrate, which brings said predator into conflict with other predators, before eventually succumbing to starvation, exhaustion and longstanding injury. |
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Post by Gorgonops on Sept 15, 2011 17:43:43 GMT 1
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Post by futurepredator on Sept 15, 2011 18:08:55 GMT 1
It was quite different to WWD. The constant breaks to show the evidence for this or that or the other made the whole thing feel quite short and brief. On the bright side, they were satisfyingly accurate; I was seriously worrying when the Spinosaurus seemed to be stalking the hadrosaurs, but thankfully it was just a bluff . Did anyone else notice that the storyline bore a lot in common with WWD's first episode? Supreme apex predator starts off on top, then a drought comes along and forces the predator's normal food-source to disappear/migrate, which brings said predator into conflict with other predators, before eventually succumbing to starvation, exhaustion and longstanding injury. Which is also in context with the WWM episode with the Gorgonops. |
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Post by Gorgonops on Sept 15, 2011 20:10:18 GMT 1
It was quite different to WWD. The constant breaks to show the evidence for this or that or the other made the whole thing feel quite short and brief. On the bright side, they were satisfyingly accurate; I was seriously worrying when the Spinosaurus seemed to be stalking the hadrosaurs, but thankfully it was just a bluff . Did anyone else notice that the storyline bore a lot in common with WWD's first episode? Supreme apex predator starts off on top, then a drought comes along and forces the predator's normal food-source to disappear/migrate, which brings said predator into conflict with other predators, before eventually succumbing to starvation, exhaustion and longstanding injury. Which is also in context with the WWM episode with the Gorgonops. The "Walking with..." franchise had come full circle. Only the gorg's death was caused by the storm. |
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Post by Abby on Sept 15, 2011 22:00:02 GMT 1
Just watching it now on iplayer....i like so far that its quite informative, not just heres a dinosaur and its going to kill the other dinosaur
But the graphics, not the best and i thought BBC was noted for great graphics on dino programs, not saying they are sh***.....just you can tell its graphics, if ya get me?
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Post by AC on Sept 15, 2011 22:31:15 GMT 1
Yeah. I think it's the fact that WWD managed to really effectively integrate animatronics with CGi. They had a model (say, a polar Allosaur's muzzle), which was painted to look relatively accurate. Then they used CGI in post-production to add shine, moisture and life to it - basically, they took the animatronic and made it look alive. (The process is shown on the WWD making-of on the DVD).
Here, there's no animatronics at all, so the CGI has to by itself make the creature look truly alive in close-ups, something which pure-CGI rarely achieves. The creatures just don't look solid or real without the animatronic - or, for that matter, real backdrops.
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Post by Abby on Sept 15, 2011 22:35:23 GMT 1
Its such a shame, but its still good that they are giving info on the creatures and info on recent discoveries, not just your regular
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Post by capncook on Nov 8, 2011 11:46:21 GMT 1
I thought it was quite a fun series. No doubt the kids loved it and it was fairly science based and informative.
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