Prehistoric Planet trailer: Thoughts

 If you've been keeping up with palaeo-media for the last couple of years, you may have heard of Prehistoric Planet, a documentary on the streaming service Apple TV+ that shares its name with at least two recuts of Walking With... properties (Shameles plug link to my thoughts one of them), from both BBC Natural History Un it and Jon Favreau, using the same CG used in his previous works at Disney. For months no further came of it, and many, including me thought nothing would ever be, even being quietly cancelled.

But today the trailer dropped, and OMIGOSH ITS AMAZING.

The whole series is looking absolutely astounding. Hans Zimmer is composing the score and the snippet here is already breathtaking, THE David Attenborough is narrating, the cinematography and the dinosaurs. Just the Dinosaurs. 

We start off with a herd of what are presumably Alamosaurus Dreadnaughtus. By any rate they're stunning and imposing to look at. The inflatable sacs along the neck are also a cool touch.

This Velociraptor or some relative of it looks suitably birdlike, with its eyes being strikingly piercing.

Hatzegopteryx being majestic as hell.

Tyrannosaurus rex shows up rather accurately bulky, but in a twist, one and a few young ones are in the middle of a swim. Interesting thing to do (and reminiscent of the Jurassic Park novel's scene), and it makes sense as the places where Rexy lived was a swampy floodplain.

At this point this could either be another juvenile T. rex and the oviraptorosaur Anzu, or the asian "Pinocchio rex" Qianzhousaurus and the fairly recently discovered Corythoraptor. Either way, impressive, especially the blue colouration. Reminds me of a southern cassowary.

Another dinosaur documentary from the 2010's, another time Pachyrhinosaurus peroturum appears in the snow, replete with quills and utterly accurate. Also, not sure if that's troodont or Nanuqsaurus, and we'll have to see.

This is one of my favourite shots in the entire trailer, a plesiosaur breaching as it catches fish is slow motion. Really carries the BBC Nature Doc aesthetic.

A final shot of a tyrannosaur ends things, and its even got some fuzz on it!

So yeah, I look very forward to Prehistoric Planet. The cinematography looks great, the music sounds amazing and the designs are both detailed and accurate as they possibly can be. I hope it kicks off yet another renaissance of palaeo-documentaries like in the early 2000's.

Bye for now!

EDIT: And just realised I made the 40th post here. Was saving it for the anniversary date... ooops.