Mesozoic Mind

Sigh. Yes, that terrible sign, to start off with that utterance Man, I really wanted to like Surviving Earth . But god damn it was less then we all wanted.  It felt like reheated Trilogy of Life leftovers/Greatest Hits album, with an overly safe to to appeal to as many without offending pearl clutchers, so we get little violence and less stakes. On top of that, Tim Haines turmed out to be an AI shill. Frankly, choosing NBC to air it was a mistake. It should  Bu still, we can't entiely write SE off: it still introduces a lot of creatures to general audiences, has g So what do I think of each episode? 8. When the Asteroid Fell You'd think the K-Pg extinction would be among the best episodes, but unfortunately they really droppd the ball on it. It has the most egregious case of toothlessness in the series: the dark winter fails to leave longterm impact, and the Nanunqsaurus  are already 2010s relics. Still, I love they didn't do Hell Creek for the umpteenth time. Accuracy - ...

  I generally found "When the Asteroid Fell" to be a step down from the last twoepisdes, but I legot cracked up when the dromaeosaurs did this to the Nanuqsaurus . Feels like Looony Tunes, or Dinosaur Revolution , and of course I had to set it to Yakety Sax. See Also Surviving Earth: Initial Thoughts on ep 1

  Well, it's official: Tim Haines is BACK! After years of waiting, Tim Haines has made a new palaeo-doc. Surviving Earth , which covers many of the extinctions of Earth's history. The first episode, "When the Earth Burned" , naturally starts things off with the Permian Extinction. Set in Russia, we follow a family of the gornopsid Inostrancevia . Pretty inspired choice. Without spoilers, what are my thoughts on it? The effects and design are excellent. The cinematograohy is alsao very lush, with the Californian forests . The animal behaviour is up to par. I like the gorgonopsids have a lion-influenced social structure... though I do object to them fighting even as lava looms to be the alpha (which is a bunk term). The species selection is great, showing both the big guys of Permian Russia (Ino, Scutosaurus) and the dicynodont Elph  (no joke I genuinely thought they said elf and was wondering why they were calling them by snything other then their real name) and Sumini...