Planète préhistorique

Original title: Prehistoric Planet

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Computer Animation Dinosaur Adventure Docuseries History Documentary Nature Documentary Animation Documentary History

Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.

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- David Attenborough

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- David Attenborough

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 19 nominations total

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Trivia
Paleontology aficionados have viewed the series as a spiritual successor to Sur la terre des dinosaures (1999). Ironically, David Attenborough refused to do the narration on Sur la terre des dinosaures (1999) because he was unwilling to support a fictitious wildlife documentary at the time. Attenborough has since changed his view leading to his work here.

Goofs
Throughout the series, dromaeosaur dinosaurs (aka "raptors") are depicted with their long wing feathers lining the entire length of their arms, but most fossilized feather impressions show these feathers would have only extended to their elbows and not their upper arms.

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Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Nominees of the Big 50th (2023)

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9/10

Finally a worthy spiritual successor to Walking with Dinosaurs after 23 years

I'll keep it short: The visuals are nearly perfectly photorealistic, especially the animations deserve all the praise they can get. On top of that the sound design is really strong. Both are extra supported by an amazing soundtrack.

The documentary style is pleasant to watch but the hopping from one short story to the next doesn't leave the same impact as when we'd follow one dinosaur for a longer time.

The accuracy of certain scenes is questionable. Some speculation is easily passed of as fact.

These two tiny points keep this series from being a 10 for me. But it is still an incredible series, one that I'll surely revisit many times in the coming years. I hope it does well because even though the first season hasn't fully finished airing, I already want a second one.