Walking with Dinosaurs rocks!

[Logan]

Aside from the lousy story, the only think about Jurassic Park III I had issues with was stating that the Spinosaurus was a larger carnivore than T-Rex. The last I checked, the Spinosaurus was probably longer than T-Rex, but not larger (heavier or as powerful). I know that there's at least one theropod out there that was larger than T-Rex (name escapes me), but I don't believe it was Spinosaurus.

Gianotosaurus, from Arengentina. And while I'll adimit to liking JP III, the whole Spinosaurus thing jaded me to, considering any creature with a sail that big is not going to engage in any activity that might damage it, like fighting or hunting large prey. Which is why, along with it's straight, not curved teeth, led my (non-profeessional) opinion that Spinosaurus was a really big vuluture, using it's size to steal a meal, or a fish-eater. But yeah, walking with dinosaurs rocked.
And walking the prehistoric beasts was cool, to.

 

[reveal]

Gianotosaurus, from Arengentina. And while I'll adimit to liking JP III, the whole Spinosaurus thing jaded me to, considering any creature with a sail that big is not going to engage in any activy that might damage it, like fighting or hunting large prey. Which is why, along with it's stright, not curved teeth, led my (non-profeessional) opinion that Spinosaurus was a really big vuluture, using it's size to steal a meal, or a fish-eater. But yeah, walking with dinosaurs rocked.
And walking the prehistoric beasts was cool, to.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Spinosaurus.shtml

"Spinosaurus was a carnivore, a meat eater with huge teeth and powerful jaws. It ate dinosaurs and large fish. The teeth were long and sharp but had little or no serrations. It was a large, fierce predator that could perhaps even kill large sauropods. Spinosaurus may also have been a scavenger."

 

[Swoop109]

As for WwD, greater series. They creators had another dinosaur-focused show that featured an Allosaurus called "Al." Although I didn't see it in its entirety, I think it focused on the life of an Allosaurus...

I enjoyed watching WwD and the speical that they did on 'Big Al'.
If you ever get the chance, the same people did another series called, "Walking with Prehistoric Beasts". It delt with the different forms of mammals that evolved after the dinos and up through the first humans.
A number of those would make excellent encounters in any fantasy rpg.

 

[Mark]

Good shows. I enjoyed Walking with Dinosaurs, The Ballad of Big Al, and Walking with (Prehistoric) Beasts. If you or your children did, too, then these series (if you can find them) might interest you, also -

Prehistoric Planet

Dinosaur Planet

They're animated in a similar vein, though perhaps geard more toward a younger audience.

 

[reveal]

Good show. These might interest you, also -

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397820/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389605/

Cool! Those went into my Netflix queue.

 

[Mark]

Cool! Those went into my Netflix queue.

I edited and added a bit more information.

 

[barsoomcore]

Agreed. I liked II and III if only for Dinosaur rampaging action.

Not suggesting, I hope that Dinosaur Ramapaging Action isn't completely sufficient in and of itself.

The little boy? With the fishtank? And his parents?

That was almost old Steven Spielberg. I think that's the best scene I've seen from him in ages.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Not suggesting, I hope that Dinosaur Ramapaging Action isn't completely sufficient in and of itself.

The little boy? With the fishtank? And his parents?

That was almost old Steven Spielberg. I think that's the best scene I've seen from him in ages.

As usual, you have a good point.

 

[Ambrus]

I'm anxious to see the "Dragons" special in which they supposedly use the same type of CGI as the dinosaur series. It'll follow the biological evolution of a fictional aquatic dragon/dinosaur species that survives the impact of the asteroid which caused other dinosaurs to become extinct. The species continues to evolve and becomes the medieval dragon that we're familiar with. It'll air later this month on the Animal Planet channel.

 

[reveal]

I'd never heard of that. That's looks awesome!

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html