Dinosaur Revolution

This miniseries was much disliked by its' viewers.

That said, yes it had fairly jerky animation, and yes, it had many silly and/or gory moments.

So if the above makes you feel this production is not worth your time, I've already gotten the critique out of the way. However, if you, like me, have more than just a passing interest in dinosaurs, you are in for a real treat.

For all of its' quirkiness, this series is the first of its' kind to set up its' species as characters that the viewer can be invested in. If I were you, I'd be protesting that "Walking With Dinosaurs" already accomplished that, but you'd be wrong.

Anyone who's ever dealt with snakes or alligators will tell you that even they have their "adorable" moments. This series takes that angle as well. We see these animals as clumsy and imperfect, with personality and quirks. Another twist is the illustration of some species fighting to survive AFTER the well-known asteroid impact.

Dinosaur Revolution takes a sympathetic view of its' subjects, even T-Rex. It is obvious that this series was not meant to have narration or "talking head" interviews as each subject has more than enough personality to carry each story. The problem was the late revision to present this as a documentary, rather than a docudrama.

The article here says that the producers are re-editing this series to reflect the original vision. If so, I'd be happy to see it, but I'd be surprised if anyone would change their opinions on it. The criticisms about the animation are justified. The silliness, however, I found endearing.

I'd say this video would do well as a foil between viewings of other CGI dinosaur documentaries. It fleshes these species out in a way that has never been, and likely will never be, done by anyone else.

If nothing else, consider this the, intentionally, campy dinosaur documentary.

Although the animations are stiff at times i really liked the colorful and imaginative take on the different species, especially the t-rex which looked like death itself. But despite this fact i cannot like this series when every single scene is filled with straight out ridiculous behavior from animals which intelligence and behavior should have been similar to their modern counterparts. When i see a hunting dinosaur nod to its fellow hunter i cannot help but shiver out of dismay, the animators obviously had no idea about animal behavior and seemed to have given the dinosaurs almost human personalities.

I suppose the purpose of this series was to display dinosaurs as more caring for each other, but the way it was executed reminds me of a Disney movie, the only thing missing is the animals actually talking to each other.

While some paleontological information is offered from very famous experts in the field occasionally, with some footage of excavations, there really is not much educational content to be given.

The biggest pro I can give this program is the designs of the dinosaurs. They're very colorful and creative. Very birdlike, which is something most dinosaur documentaries actually lack, going for duller browns and greens primarily.

Everything else though is pretty bad. The animations of the dinosaurs are strange. It's jerky and looks like they're moving at a different framerate then they should be. They also act way too much like domesticated animals like dogs, and even some human-like behaviors are present as well, which is my biggest con. This honestly feels more like a high-budgeted cartoon than a documentary.

This is honestly one of the worst dinosaur documentaries of recent years. If you're looking for something educational on the subject matter, check out other Discovery Channel documentaries such as "When Dinosaurs Roamed America".

They exaggerate a bit with these '' funny behavior of animals '', they were supposed to show these animals as not stupid but also caring for their young, etc. They were about. Well, if they prefer a rigid version, it can let them into the henhouse? There they will find the appropriate traits that dinosaurs might once inherit. Arguments like 'The animators had no idea of animal behavior' are just ridiculous. You might as well find fault with Jurassic Park / World movies, especially the second part of Fallen Kingdom, but well. Is it wrong that they portray these animals in such a non-"rigid" way? After all, how are we supposed to picture these animals? But well, they are more or less right with that, but here in these movies, this is exactly what it was about to portray dinosaurs in this way.

I can understand the hardships of CGI, but this is a sorry excuse for this movie. The animals act too human-like and not enough like animals. The dinosaurs are unrealistically colored and there are sound effects every 2 seconds as their on camera. unfortunately, this is a flaw in many documentaries, and I wish that there could be a documentary that fixes all of these flaws, and Dinosaur Revolution acts like it did... but it failed at doing so.

But on the bright side, at least they tried to do so, and I have to give them credit for adding feathers to their dinosaurs.

Turns out it was meant to be a comedy rather than a documentary, so...yeah.