Palaeo-redo: Netflix's The Dinosaurs
I like The Dinosaurs , Netflix's spinoff/sequel to the otherwise-mediocre Life on our Planet that's not to be confused with PBS' 1992 series. Dare I say it, it's even better then Surviving Earth . But this isnt to say it's perfect. It often oversimplifies evolution and is way too focus on interspecies fights. Here's what I would do if I were making it. General Rename the series from the generic The Dinosaurs. Call it… Age of the Dinosaurs . I would further away with the “Le Epic Clash of Evolutionary Dynasties” angle that LOOP was huffing. No taxa goes unnamed, everything is by name or an onscreen title. Rise Rhyncosaurs are deopixted going extinct not because of conifers alone, but because the low-lying ferns they were specialized in eating were mostly replaced with new low-lying flora (such as conifers) they couldn't eat, much like the stegosaurs of the Early Cretaceous in the same documentary. Replace the Procompagnathus with a young Liliensternus . Th...