Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuExplore the dramatic tales of individual dinosaurs through this reimagined series. Paleontologists excavate a specific creature per episode, allowing cutting-edge scientific insights to depi... Alles lesenExplore the dramatic tales of individual dinosaurs through this reimagined series. Paleontologists excavate a specific creature per episode, allowing cutting-edge scientific insights to depict their daily lives with unprecedented accuracy.Explore the dramatic tales of individual dinosaurs through this reimagined series. Paleontologists excavate a specific creature per episode, allowing cutting-edge scientific insights to depict their daily lives with unprecedented accuracy.
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I was waiting for this to be released for a long time. I couldn't wait to see an updated dinosaur show, both in terms of CGI and in scientific understanding. We almost got both, but neither shines the way they should.
What we do have is a character-driven narrative style for each episode. These stories feel entirely unnatural and based more on the writers' ideas of what makes a compelling structure than what the science actually shows. Amongst these contrived scenarios we get some insight from actual paleantologists, which are quite good but feature far too prominently.
This is not Walking With Dinosaurs the way we know it. The show should have presented the animals as if we were observing them in a nature documentary. Instead we get a series of silly what-if situations, very loosely based on scientific evidence.
The storytelling element and lack of actual dinosaurs on screen ruin this. I get that it's cheaper to interview people than it is to make complex computer animations, but it doesn't work for this show. We want the dinosaurs on screen acting in a way that seems natural.
What we do have is a character-driven narrative style for each episode. These stories feel entirely unnatural and based more on the writers' ideas of what makes a compelling structure than what the science actually shows. Amongst these contrived scenarios we get some insight from actual paleantologists, which are quite good but feature far too prominently.
This is not Walking With Dinosaurs the way we know it. The show should have presented the animals as if we were observing them in a nature documentary. Instead we get a series of silly what-if situations, very loosely based on scientific evidence.
The storytelling element and lack of actual dinosaurs on screen ruin this. I get that it's cheaper to interview people than it is to make complex computer animations, but it doesn't work for this show. We want the dinosaurs on screen acting in a way that seems natural.
The Original 'Walking with Dinosaurs' (and the two subsequent Series 'Walking with Beasts' & 'Walking with Monsters') were ground-breaking insomuch that they presented 'Prehistory' in a Wildlife Documentary-style. The 30 minute Episodes allowed the viewer to remain in the time period concerned and thus forced the makers to write a cohesive (and informative) Narration script to explain to viewers the important scientific facts of the animals and Periods themselves.
Fast forward to 2025 - and we have the long anticipated 'follow-up' to this classic Series. BUT, oh my goodness, what on earth have the makers decided to do? Well, they have decided to 'discard' the original concept and replace it with something that simply does NOT work. The idea that you can flit backwards and forwards from Mesozoic to modern dig-sites completely destroys any proper narrative and is a serious distraction. In addition, the script seems to have been written with an audience of 10 year olds in mind! All the wonderful 'cliche's' are in there - I was even anticipating the next line (successfully) on several occasions! The 'Science' seems to have taken 'second place' to telling a 'Story', so the Narration gives hardly any scientific insight, leaving that to the 'Dig-site' portions of the Episode. Even worse, the CGI itself was absolutely SECOND RATE. I have seen a lot of Dinosaur CGI and this was distractingly BAD & added to the dreadful Narration, just made it an effort to watch.
It appears the 'Makers' thought it needed a 'modern reboot' touch and in this they have seriously compromised the Series.
In conclusion, the entire 'concept' for this Series is totally WRONG, the jumping around is distracting, the Narration is simplistic tripe, the CGI creatures themselves are second-rate, the 'stories' all seem to be rehashed from elsewhere and both the sound-effects - and music - are plain and uninspired.
I will re-watch the old Series now. I doubt I can even be bothered to watch any of these new Episodes again as they are simply awful in every respect...
Fast forward to 2025 - and we have the long anticipated 'follow-up' to this classic Series. BUT, oh my goodness, what on earth have the makers decided to do? Well, they have decided to 'discard' the original concept and replace it with something that simply does NOT work. The idea that you can flit backwards and forwards from Mesozoic to modern dig-sites completely destroys any proper narrative and is a serious distraction. In addition, the script seems to have been written with an audience of 10 year olds in mind! All the wonderful 'cliche's' are in there - I was even anticipating the next line (successfully) on several occasions! The 'Science' seems to have taken 'second place' to telling a 'Story', so the Narration gives hardly any scientific insight, leaving that to the 'Dig-site' portions of the Episode. Even worse, the CGI itself was absolutely SECOND RATE. I have seen a lot of Dinosaur CGI and this was distractingly BAD & added to the dreadful Narration, just made it an effort to watch.
It appears the 'Makers' thought it needed a 'modern reboot' touch and in this they have seriously compromised the Series.
In conclusion, the entire 'concept' for this Series is totally WRONG, the jumping around is distracting, the Narration is simplistic tripe, the CGI creatures themselves are second-rate, the 'stories' all seem to be rehashed from elsewhere and both the sound-effects - and music - are plain and uninspired.
I will re-watch the old Series now. I doubt I can even be bothered to watch any of these new Episodes again as they are simply awful in every respect...
It's ok. I can't help but feel Jurassic Park felt more realistic, and that was over 30 years ago. Even the first Walking with Dinosaurs 20 years ago seemed to have more believable animated dinosaurs, from memory.
I quite like the format of telling the story about a central character each episode, but the archeologist segments really take you out of the story. I prefer the usual format where you have 10 minutes at the end to meet the people behind the story.
The narrator sounds as bored as I was, or maybe I was bored because of his drone. There wasn't a moment of excitement or fascination in his voice.
I quite like the format of telling the story about a central character each episode, but the archeologist segments really take you out of the story. I prefer the usual format where you have 10 minutes at the end to meet the people behind the story.
The narrator sounds as bored as I was, or maybe I was bored because of his drone. There wasn't a moment of excitement or fascination in his voice.
The BBC should hang their heads in shame. CGI from the 50's, overly dramatic story telling, cuts to dumbed down palaeontologist commentary, horrible 'human like' dinosaur reactions, and ultimately a really boring series of shows. Honestly, if you don't love what you do - go home. Leave the making of these beloved shows to people who care and can negotiate a budget. No hope for your kids falling in love with dinosaurs after this mess.
Format should have been like the original. Long show of purely dinosaurs with good story telling and interesting interactions. Then, like Planet Earth sometimes does, do a 'behind the scenes' style show. Like what inspired the story.
If my legacy was to be depicted like this I'd have tried so much harder to survive the impact of the meteor just to make sure mammals didn't rise up to work in the BBC feature making department.
Format should have been like the original. Long show of purely dinosaurs with good story telling and interesting interactions. Then, like Planet Earth sometimes does, do a 'behind the scenes' style show. Like what inspired the story.
If my legacy was to be depicted like this I'd have tried so much harder to survive the impact of the meteor just to make sure mammals didn't rise up to work in the BBC feature making department.
Compared to the original this is something that belongs on Disney+
The dinosaurs are far to cartoony and look really CGI. In places it looks almost to computer-gamey and unrealistic.
How can something with 25 years computer and animation development look worse than the original?
The stories are happy-clappy woe is me with dinosaur behaviour you have no way of substantiating scientifically.
Stick to the science and stop trying to "tell a good story".
The narration is very poor and it is hard to get into.
Then there is the painful dialogue between researchers is cringeworthy to listen to - why make up obvious fake dialogue for people in the field.
Overall this is a major let-down - the original was (and still is) far superior.
How can something with 25 years computer and animation development look worse than the original?
The stories are happy-clappy woe is me with dinosaur behaviour you have no way of substantiating scientifically.
Stick to the science and stop trying to "tell a good story".
The narration is very poor and it is hard to get into.
Then there is the painful dialogue between researchers is cringeworthy to listen to - why make up obvious fake dialogue for people in the field.
Overall this is a major let-down - the original was (and still is) far superior.
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- WissenswertesAs explained by Thomas Holtz, much of the series' informative content was not always based on scientific consensus but rather on the personal beliefs and hypotheses of each episode's main scientific advisor. For example, the deep water swimming hypothesis for Spinosaurus presented in episode 2 has been heavily disputed by lab experiments and scientific papers years before the series' production. These suggest that Spoinosaurus would have more likely been at home wading in shallow water and its tail was not adapted for swimming. However, this episode was overseen by Dr. Nizar Ibrahim and thus his older, disputed ideas were favored.
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