1920 Pulp Dinosaurs?

[Umbran]

Oh, it is worth noting that several well known sci-fi authors contributed to scripts for the original series - including Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, Norman Spinrad, D.C. Fontana, Walter Koenig, and David Gerrold.

It is still very 70s, and cheesy, though.

 

[Marc_C]

Oh, it is worth noting that several well known sci-fi authors contributed to scripts for the original series - including Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, Norman Spinrad, D.C. Fontana, Walter Koenig, and David Gerrold.

It is still very 70s, and cheesy, though.

I was raised on 70s cheesy shows!
Seems like our cable provided never broadcast that show.

 

[Umbran]

I was raised on 70s cheesy shows!
Seems like our cable provided never broadcast that show.

Unfortunately, it does not seem to be available for streaming in the US on any of the major providers. DVDs can be had, if you are motivated.

 

[monsmord]

Not to derail the thread...

+1 on Land of the Lost for some possible inspiration and general enjoyment. A cheesy production 99% of the time, but when that 1% landed, whoo-boy. You're rolling along with some nonsense kid logic and bad puppetry and claustrophobic sets and slow-moving enemies unable to shoot their little crossbows beyond 8 feet, then BAM! some splendid sci-fi drama and philosophical overtones. Like (spoilers) future-Holly, the loss of dad, the wrath of the skylons, Enik's realization of his place in his race's timeline, etc. It's hard to watch as an adult, so finding these nuggets is a slog, alas.

Now back to Art Deco Pulp Dino Alien Action!

 

[Tonguez]

1. There are still people searching the Congo basin to find Mokele-mbembe
2. The remoter parts of New Zealand might still have hidden beasties
3. Lots of deep caverns under the ground
4. Pellucidar or some similar Hollow Earth
5. On the Moon

 

[Richards]

You also don't have to find an area on the Earth where you can hide an entire ecological area containing dinosaurs...you only need to hide the extradimensional rift that leads to the alternate world where dinosaurs never died out. Now, instead of having to find a place to plunk down an entire island or figure out how to make Antarctica warm enough to support dinosaurs, you just need to figure out where to place that door-sized rift where the PCs can enter the dinosaur world (which simultaneously explains why Tyrannosaurs haven't come exploring our world in return).

Johnathan

 

[Fenris-77]

Remote Islands, lost plateaus, hollow earth, Antarctic mini-climates, these are all good choices. Or, of if want a little more gonzo, use rifts or somesuch to bring them from somewhere else and have, IDK, a British Raj with dinosaurs.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Go with 19th century beliefs about inland seas in Central Australia. Even in the 1920s that region was pretty remote and cut off from everywhere else.

 

[Peter BOSCO'S]

Have it spotted from the air by a famous aviator. No one believed his dinosaur stories so the PC's are the only ones he can talk into exploring it for him.

 

[MattW]

Artur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World" was somewhere in the Amazon basin